Category: Deep Thoughts
Science: Lefty-Righty Bass?
Everybody knows most people are either left-handed or right-handed. Turns out, many fish are too – not right or left hands obviously, but right dominant or left dominant. I’ll spare you the name of the article, but a couple of Japanese researchers did a whole series of tests whereby they put left dominant and right dominant [...]
Science: Bassin’s Big Mysteries
Stonehenge. The Great Pyramids of Egypt. The Bermuda Triangle. The lost city of Atlantis. All famous mysteries of the world – but who cares? We in the bass fishing world have our own big mysteries to puzzle over. We can artificially reproduce giant Texas bass, and use DNA analysis to determine the degree of parent [...]
Phishy Philosophy
Me: “C’mon dude. Let’s go flip these reeds and see if we can get some big bites.” Fishing buddy: “We’re catching one fish after another out here in this grass! I’ll play with these small aggressive suckers all day, but do whatever you want to do.”
Fishin’ for Space Garbage
Did you know there’s junk floating around everywhere in space? And I don’t mean stars and asteroids and stuff.
Really Smart Fish for $400, Alex
Kofi Annan; U.N. Secretary-General; graduated Macalester College, MN. Steve Jobs; Apple Computer; graduated Reed College, OR. Alex Trebek; “Jeopardy” host; graduated Ottawa, U of (Canada). All really smart guys, but can they hold their own against a fish? According to a news report from National Geographic, you might want to read the story before submitting [...]
Conroe: Not as Cool as it Sounds
You know how every time a Kardashian sister blows her nose you read about it in 18 different magazines the next day? Well, the same thing happens in the bass world when a five-fish tournament sack comes in over the 40-pound mark.
Duckett: No Info, No Problem
What started as a simple blog post has turned into an interesting point-counterpoint discussion between two high-profile [and opinionated] Elite Series pros. You have to figure these types of conversations between pros go on behind the scenes all the time, but thanks to the magical powers of the Interwebz, this one is playing out right [...]
Would You Pay for a Pro’s Fish?
Saw in a local paper that saltwater fish and crab sales have been soaring because they’ve been caught by “celeb” captains – like swordfish “caught” by Linda Greenlaw of Swords: Life on the Line fame (she doesn’t catch them herself and has trouble finding them without help) and Jonathan Hillstrand of Time Bandit Deadliest Catch [...]
So You Wanna Fish the Elites?
So how much does it actually cost to fish a season in the Bassmaster Elite Series? We know entry fees are going to cost you an arm and a leg, but what about all the incidentals—travel, food, lodging, all that fun stuff? Maybe I’ve missed it, but I’ve yet to see a big league pro [...]
Asian Carp Want You Dead
We all know how much of a threat the invasive Asian carp are to America’s delicate aquatic ecosystems and beloved native fish species. But our resident gamefish aren’t the only ones whose lives are at stake. Just ask the woman who was almost murdered by a school of the soulless, scale-laden thugs.
Bucketmouth U: Where Brains Meet Bass
If there were a college curriculum designed specifically to prepare aspiring professional anglers for life at the tour level, what would it look like? That’s the question that popped into my head after coming across this Q&A posted at BassEast.com earlier this week.
Go Big or Go Long? Hmmm
“These are the facts and they are undisputed” (with respect to Kevin Bacon in A Few Good Men):
