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While trying to develop a shallow pattern at Lake Hartwell, Paul says he will be throwing a crankbait on 10-
pound Gamma Edge. “Edge is a great cranking line because it has less stretch than Polyflex and it sinks, there-
by providing a bit more depth for my bait. With lower stretch, Edge fluorocarbon also provides more feel to
let you know what the crankbait is doing and the line is invisible in water.”

These are the same reasons he uses 8-pound test Edge on his jerkbait rod and 14-pound Edge on his deep-
water football jighead rod.

“Due to Gamma’s incredible strength per its diameter, I am able to use lighter pound-test in Gamma’s lineup
than I would if using another company’s line. To sum it up, Gamma puts more fish in the boat for me.”

Gamma Line President Dale Black wishes the best to Paul and all the Gamma Pro Staff members fishing the
Bassmaster Classic this week.

RUMORS…and the rest of the story

In angling, you come to expect the occasional rumor about exceptionally big fish. Some turn out to be true;
some do not. On January, someone emailed me about a rumor of a 20 pound walleye
taken through the ice at Justus Lake supposedly the week before. Putting out feelers
among the Fishing Report contributors who frequent Justus Lake, we tracked it down.
Yes, there had been a 19 pound 8 ounce walleye measuring 35 inches taken at Justus
Lake…but not this year. Rather it was a fish taken in 2010. Apparently someone saw the
picture of either at the Nature Center at Justus Lake or at Jigger Tackle in Franklin. Mike
Horrobin sent me faded picture of the fish, at which point I remember reporting on in
the Fishing Report 5 years ago. Yes, it would have been a new state record had the angler turned followed up
with official paperwork.

Last week, I received a call from a fishing report contributor asking if I
knew anything about a 49 pound musky taken through the ice at Lake
Arthur. After numerous phone calls, I discovered from a park ranger at
Moraine State Park that Nick Colangelo had caught a 53.5 inch musky at
Arthur a few days before. A picture was made available through Face-
book. Since the musky was released, the fish apparently was not
weighed and someone was guessing at the weigh. However, after see-
ing two good photos of the fish, it does not appear to me to be a 49
pound fish—although I could be wrong. A day later, two Fishing Report contributors sent a link to an internet
news organization called the Blaze that ran a story and photo of the big fish and Nick, saying the fish had
been taken at Pymatuning. Anyone with knowledge of Pymatuning shoreline would clearly recognize the
backdrop was not Pymatuning. Where the Blaze journalist came up with
Pymatuning as the site is the real mystery.

But there are big musky at Pymatuning of course. Here is a for-sure Pymatuning
musky taken by Rich Sari on January 25 of 2014. He was using a Sonar on 6-pound
line. THE fish measured 50 inches and weighed 45 pounds. And he has the mount
to prove it!