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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...]

Filed Under: Fishing Advice, Fishing Gear Tagged With: amber lens, bright conditions, brown lens, costa del mar, glass vs polycarbonate lenses, gray lens, low light conditions, maui jim, oakley, ocean waves, polarized sunglases, rayban, shallow water, sunglasses for big heads, wide sunglasses, wiley-x

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...]

Filed Under: Fishing Tips Tagged With: cabelas, crappie jig, fishing Arizona, lake pleasant, maxima fishing line, Peoria az, road runner, Shore fishing, urban fishing

Specialty rigs.

I figured I’d talk about some specialty rigs for soft plastics. By now everyone knows about the effective drop shot rig, the split shot rig, doodling and of course the Texas rig but there are other ways of rigging plastics that are not as well known yet they are very effective. Today I’ll talk … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Tips Tagged With: izzy byrd, izzy rig, neko rig, o-ring rig, specialty rigs for plastics, wacky rig

To borrow a phrase from DW…….

Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Lets go Fishing Boys! The days are getting longer and the nights are getting shorter. The daytime temperature is nice and its still a bit nippy at night. The birds have started nesting, Fred and Ethyl are once again nesting on the pillar outside my front door. Yes, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Tips Tagged With: bad gas, checking outboard motor, motor impeller, preparing boat, prop, sea foam, servicing bearing buddies, servicing reels, servicing rods, spring bass fishing, stay built, trailer brakes, trolling motor maintenaince

What happened to winter?

Here it is the middle of January and it's supposed to be cold. I don't know about your nook of the woods but out here in California it sure does not seem like winter. The current temperature today is 76 degrees and I've noticed that the birds are out and about already starting their mating … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Techniques, Fishing Tips Tagged With: Add new tag, bottom bouncing crankbaits, colorado blade, ice jigs, modify a spinnerbait, slow rolling spinnerbaits, spooning, winter bass fishing

Let the feedings begin.

The dog days of summer are over and the morning air is considerably more "Crisp". The days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer and this can only mean one thing, old man winter is on his way. I'm no fish biologist but from years of fishing experience I do know that when it gets … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Tips Tagged With: crankbaits during fall, crawdad crankbait, crawfish crankbait, fall bass fishing, fall feeding frenzy, jerkbaits dyring fall, spinnerbaits during fall, top water fishing, winter bass fishing

Sponsorships, are they worth it?

First off I want to take a minute to give a big thank you to my sponsors for all of their help. Bob at Magna Charger, George at Belltech, Bill at Baer, Tony at Volant, Steve at Trucksecuirty.com, TJ and Ron at TTI Companies the makers of X-Point and Daiichi hooks, Rick at Maxima line and of course … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Advice, Fishing Stories Tagged With: bass fishing, first impressions, fishing sponsors, how do i get sponsors, obtaining sponsors, positive attitude, public relations, Sponsors, sponsorship commitments, sponsorship contracts, sponsorship obligations, sponsorship proposal, sponsorship tips, sponsorships, tournament fishing, truck sponsors

We want steak! Fishing with live bait. Part 2

Welcome back. Lets continue the discussion on fishing live bait. Ok, I talked about the crawfish in the last post now its on to live shad. While in other parts of the country it may be legal to use throw nets out here in California we are not allowed to use them to catch shad to use for bait. But … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Tips Tagged With: Add new tag, catching shad, fishing with crickets, fishing with minnows, Fishing with shad, hooks size for shad, locating shad, rigging earthworms, rigging live bait, rigging water dawgs

We want steak! Fishing with live bait. Part 1

There have been times when the bass, or any type fish for that matter, just don't want to cooperate and you just cant seem to get then to bite. Or when you take children out and they need to catch fish to get them interested in the sport but for some reason or another the artificial stuff just aint … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Tips Tagged With: bass fishing with crawdads, fishing with earth worms, live bait, live shad, rigging crawdads, rigging crayfish

Finesse Fishing Part 2.

Lets see, where did I leave off last time? I talked about the drop shot and the split shot rigs, OK, I remember where my thoughts were. Now I'll go into some not so well known styles of finesse fishing. Now lets talk about Flipping reapers. First off a reaper is a CA finesse bait. If I had to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fishing Techniques, Fishing Tips Tagged With: bass fishing, darter heads, doodeling, finesse fishing, reapers, shakey heads, slider heads, unweighted worm

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