Hi all, I realize this post has nothing at all to do with fishing but I thought I’d share it with you, let me take you back a little. In my younger days I thought I was pretty much invincible. As a kid I used to play tackle football in the streets of my neighborhood and do some pretty crazy … [Read more...]
Archives for 2010
Crappie Fishing
I don’t know about your neck of the woods but out here in California the crappie are getting ready to move up into the shallows, if they have not already to perform the yearly spawning ritual. While at the lower elevation lakes they might have already be staging at my home lake they have not yet … [Read more...]
Upgrading the Drag and Servicing an Abu Revo
Today I thought I would explain how to upgrade the drag with Smoooooth Drag Carbontex replacement drag washers on a Abu Revo reel and seeing how I'll be tearing it down I figured I might as well service it at the same time. This video is on the Skeet Reese Revo which was very popular awhile back but … [Read more...]
Fred Hall Show 2010
The 2010 Fred Hall Long Beach show is quickly approaching. Beginning Wednesday March 3rd through Sunday March 7th at the Long Beach Convention Center in down town Long Beach of course. In addition to the huge selection of boats, booth exhibits, salt and freshwater tackle and of course all of the … [Read more...]
Ford SVT Raptor
"DNA of a Factory Perrunner" This thing is a BEAST! It started its life as a regular F-150, then the engineers at SVT basically cut the thing down the middle and added 7 inches to make it wider than the standard F-150, pretty extreme huh? But that was just the beginning. SVT stands for Special … [Read more...]
Freeing stuck lures
Even though your significant other would you rather didn’t you finally break down and purchase that new expensive lure you have been eye balling for the past month. You then take the time to change out the old line with some brand new quality line and attach the lure with good solid knot. You’ve … [Read more...]
Sunglasses, which ones are right for me?
That’s a question that I’m sure each and everyone of has asked more than once. With all the choices it can all be very confusing so I will attempt to break it down some, at least from my personal experiences. Before I go any further let me say that in my opinion, there is no one perfect pair for … [Read more...]
California Aqueduct Fishing
On line I had reading a lot of reports of some very nice Striped bass coming out of the California Aqueduct in the Antelope Valley area so I did some searching on Google Earth thanks to suggestions from a couple people I had met online. After seeing some likely looking spots I decided to take a … [Read more...]
Fishing Arizona
Hi everyone, its been a few weeks since I was on the water, at least in the Champion. I have however had a couple opportunities to wet a line, so I’m not going through withdrawals, yet. The week between Christmas and New Years Cindy and I went to Phoenix AZ to visit our grandson Daveed, a grandson, … [Read more...]
New World Record Bass?
Umm, yes and no. I know I for one have always dreamed about catching the next world record, as I’m sure everyone reading this has also. There has always been speculation surrounding Perry’s record. For years there was speculation if a bass could actually grow that large. Then in 1991 Bob Crupi … [Read more...]
