Category: BASS
BassBlaster 9/25/12: Evers’ Patterns
Welcome to the BassBlaster, your daily email about all things bassin’. Hey – forward this Blaster to a bassin’ bud, willya? *|FACEBOOK:LIKE|* Today’s Top 3 1. Mark Rose long-lined at Wheeler. Interesting stuff from Bassin’Fan: > He spent hours upon hours on the water, idling around and examining his sonar screen to watch how fish [...]
All-Star Tourney: WWYD?
Found the Toyota All-Star tourney pretty durn interesting, here’s why: Everyone fished shallow. Every one of the 12 guys – including Aaron Martens – fished shallow. Shelbyville, I’m talking about, which had shallow and deep fish, not the Decatur bowl which was shallow only. It was only 12 guys and seems like they all “defaulted” [...]
BassBlaster 9/21/12: Before Depthfinders
Welcome to the BassBlaster, your daily email about all things bassin’. Hey – forward this Blaster to a bassin’ bud, willya? *|FACEBOOK:LIKE|* Today’s Top 3 1. All-Star: 12 guys, 1 limit. Say wha? Yep, turns out Edwin Evers was the only guy to weigh five on Shelbyville yesterday. Why? “Some blame a fall turnover. Others [...]
Oneida Elite Fishin’ Sitch: WWYD?
Was in the Z-train boat at Oneida watching Brent Chapman and Randy Howell fish, and also spoke to the rest of the Top 12 at the day 4 launch. All were experiencing the same thing when fishing reaction baits for smallies: lots of follows. The smallmouths were swimming around and nailing the abundant shad (shad-like [...]
Nice Guy Finishes First…Again
Putting aside Boyd Duckett’s win for a sec and Randy Howell’s heartbreak (dang), you all know by now that Brent Chapman won Angler of the Year this weekend. I’m incredibly stoked about that. Fact is, Brent has been a great (I don’t use that word lightly) consistent stick literally for decades, but beyond that, he’s [...]
Bassin’ Back In the Saddle Again?
Have you heard – you would have already if you were a BassBlaster subscriber (sign up here) – that our own Mark Zona will be throwing out the first pitch at a White Sox game? Yep, I was surprised too: the White Sox are still around! No seriously, how cool is that? And does it [...]
Rayo Breckenridge In Outdoors HoF
Rayo Breckenridge. A classic bass fishing name – which I mean in only a good way – and a classic dude. Never knew him, but knew him as a bassin’ fan and student of the sport as a classy guy. Like no bragging, quiet, let’s get down to bizness. Ray Scott called him the “soft-spoken [...]
Today’s BassBlaster 6/28/2012
Welcome to the BassBlaster, your daily email about all things bassin’. Hey — have you forwarded the BassBlaster to a bassin’ bud yet?! *|FACEBOOK:LIKE|* Today’s Top 3 1. The Green Bay conspiracy theory. That’s the title of my BassParade post today. Could that whole mess be even worse than it seems? Couple tidbits from the [...]
The Green Bay Conspiracy Theory
Let me know if I’ve licked one too many toads on this…talkin’ ’bout the whole Green Bay mess. On the one hand we know that whoever is responsible for the nonsense at the Wisconsin DNR has a legit issue. Check it: (I love that DERP pic.) No seriously. SomeONE is responsible for doing the bait [...]
Today’s BassBlaster 6/25/12
Welcome to the BassBlaster, your daily email about all things bassin'. Hey — have you sent the BassBlaster to a bassin' bud yet?! *|FACEBOOK:LIKE|* Today's Top 3 1. One interesting tidbit from Todd Faircloth's win: Shad Walker. As everyone expected, including BassGold.com, Todd Fairthcloth won the Elite Series event on the upper Mississippi River fishing [...]
Only KVD Sells Tackle? Nope
Few weeks ago, a post on Wired2Fish.com had this quote in it: “If your name ain’t KVD, you ain’t moving any appreciable product. There ain’t many pros that can sell you much these days.” That’s a piece of bass industry info that’s become conventional wisdom – and like conventional wisdom everywhere, isn’t necessarily right. Also [...]
Who’s Got Their Fingers Xd for Lake Mich?
Re: the whole secret lake thing, which was kinda fun btw. I read somewhere that B.A.S.S. has never held a tournament on Lake Michigan. Technically that’s correct, meaning: Even though the 2000 Bassmaster Classic was held there, the wind blew so it became a mad scramble to find basses of any size anywhere else. And, [...]
What Else Do The Pros Know…
…That They’re Not Telling Us? A pretty good number of ord’nary bassers think they can beat the pros or a pro on any given day. That belief is one of the many great things about bassin’ for fishes, but in reality most of those folks must’ve caught one too many fly balls with their noggins. [...]
Last Friday’s Top 5 Bassin’ Quotes
Taken from that day’s BassBlaster email. Interesting stuff, and gotta say we love doing the BassBlaster as much as folks dig receiving it. If you’re not getting it yet, just use the easy sign-up form at right. 1. “(The mystery concept) opened up my eyes as to how many people get information before an event [...]
Scientists weigh in on bedding bass
Jay tipped me off to this neat deal over on the Bassmaster website. Back during the last Classic, B.A.S.S. hosted a Conservation Summit for Federation Conservation Directors and others that tackled many of the controversial issues surrounding bass management, including topics like fishing for bedding bass. Everything was recorded and turned into individual podcasts, so you can [...]
When Is Strolling Trolling?
Jeremy Starks used a fishing method called “strolling” or “long-lining” to win the Douglas Lake Elite last weekend. This is where you basically cast out your bait, then get on the small motor and move away from the bait until most or all of the line is off the reel, then begin your retrieve. This [...]
One Reason I Love the New B.A.S.S.
I love B.A.S.S. Always have, ever since I stumbled across an issue of Bassmaster and found a whole group of people who liked to catch bass as much as I did – I being a kid in New Jersey. Bear in mind there was no Internet or even cable TV back then, so discovering that [...]
