tournament ’ s biggest catch , which included a 7-3 beauty that won the Big Bass trophy .
Spending most of their time in the Monkey Box on the lake ’ s west side , the Martins targeted reed heads with Yamamoto Senkos and D Shads on 5 / 0 offset Trokar hooks . Slow , stealthy presentations were the key to tempting spawners in 3 1 / 2 feet of water .
Team USA placed four teams in the top 10 . Joining the Martins were silver medalists Cox and Keith Carson , Dudley and Mark Schlarb in seventh , and Shirley Crain and Michelle Jalaba in eighth .
Taking the silver medal among countries , Team Canada also had four top-10 teams , led by third-place finishers Cole Bailey and Bruce Leeson , who earned the individual team bronze medal .
Perhaps most notably , Costa Rica – the tournament ’ s only represented nation where black bass aren ’ t present – placed two teams in the top 10 and earned the overall bronze medal . Carlos Cabero and Henry Marin led the Costa Rican contingent with a fourth-place finish .
“ I ’ m so excited by how the sport is growing ,” says Scott Martin , who also competed in the 2017 Black Bass World Championship on South Africa ’ s Vaal River in October . “ With the growth of high school and college fishing , and with all these countries supporting and promoting it , I think now is the perfect time to make bass fishing an Olympic sport .
“ I look back at history and there ’ s never been another time when we ’ ve had such an opportunity for this . I think it can happen .”
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SOLUNAR TABLE
APRIL 2018
PACIFIC STANDARD TIME
+ 56 + 52 + 48 + 44 + 40 + 36 + 32 + 28 + 24 + 20 + 16 + 12 + 8 + 4
-8 -12 -16 -20 -24 -28 -32 -36 -40 -44 -48 -52 -56
MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME
+ 56 + 52 + 48 + 44 + 40 + 36 + 32 + 28 + 24 + 20 + 16 + 12 + 8 + 4
-4 -8 -12 -16 -20 -24 -28 -32 -36 -40 -44 -48 -52 -56
APRIL AM PM Moon Date Day Minor Major Minor Major Phases
1 Sun 5:15 11:30 5:40 —:—
2 Mon 6:10 12:00 6:35 12:20
3 Tue 7:00 12:50 7:30 1:15
4 Wed 7:50 1:40 8:20 2:05
5 Thu 8:45 2:35 9:10 2:55
6 Fri 9:35 3:25 10:05 3:50
7 Sat 10:25 4:15 10:55 4:40
+ 56 + 52 + 48 + 44 + 40 + 36 + 32 + 28 + 24 + 20 + 16 + 12 + 8 + 4
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CENTRAL STANDARD TIME
-8 -12 -16 -20 -24 -28 -32 -36 -40 -44 -48 -52 -56
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EASTERN STANDARD TIME
-8 -12 -16 -20 -24 -28 -32
APRIL AM PM Moon Date Day Minor Major Minor Major Phases
16 Mon 4:50 10:55 5:05 11:20
17 Tue 5:35 11:50 6:00 —:—
18 Wed 6:30 12:25 7:05 12:50
19 Thu 7:30 1:20 8:10 1:55
20 Fri 8:40 2:30 9:15 3:00
21 Sat 9:35 3:25 10:10 3:55
22 Sun 10:45 4:35 11:20 5:05
8 Sun 11:20 5:10 11:45 5:30 23 Mon 11:40 5:30 —:— 6:00
9 Mon —:— 5:50 12:00 6:15 24 Tue 12:15 6:20 12:40 6:50
10 Tue 12:30 6:35 12:45 7:00 25 Wed 1:05 7:10 1:20 7:35
11 Wed 1:15 7:20 1:30 7:40 26 Thu 1:50 8:00 2:10 8:20
12 Thu 1:55 8:00 2:10 8:25 27 Fri 2:35 8:40 2:50 9:05
13 Fri 2:40 8:45 2:55 9:05 28 Sat 3:20 9:25 3:35 9:50
14 Sat 3:20 9:25 3:35 9:50 29 Sun 4:05 10:10 4:20 10:35
15 Sun 4:05 10:10 4:20 10:35
30 Mon 4:50 10:55 5:10 11:15
SOLUNAR TABLES ® are designed to forecast the daily active feeding periods of fish . They are formulated from the position of the earth in relation to the sun and moon .
The major periods last for approximately 2 to 3 1 / 2 hours , and the minor periods last for approximately 3 / 4 to 1 1 / 2 hours . To determine the start of major and minor times for your area , find the bold time-zone rule on the map . If you are located in the area left of the time-zone rule , add the number ( in minutes ) at the top to the corresponding time on the chart . If you are located in the area right of the time-zone rule , subtract the number ( in minutes ) at the bottom from the corresponding time on the chart . Add one hour to all times during daylight saving time .
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