Category: Rivers
Oddball Classic Colors?
Waded through a bunch o’ pattern info from the Top 11 at the Classic (all now in BassGold.com, some deets coming on Bassmaster.com or maybe already there), and these two color-related items stuck out for me. Ott DeFoe said – I believe to Bassin’Fan – that a key of the custom-colored crank he fished with [...]
Current Red River Conditions?
Since I’m fishing the Classic this year (yeah right)…. Okay, since I’m replacing Tommy Sanders this year as co-host (yeah right)…. Seriously now – doin’ some bassin’ analysis for the Classic, looking for any sites or folks (guides, whoever) who are on or around the Red River enough to be current on the conditions down [...]
K Short Winning Streak, Part 2
Here we go with the second and final part of the convo with Kevin Short on him chalking up three B.A.S.S. wins in 3 consecutive years. Pretty impressive. If’n you missed part 1, it’s here. MS River, Pickwick, Table Rock – not exactly like waters. For that matter, June, April, October – not exactly like [...]
AR DNR Says AR River Hurting
Is the Arkansas River hurting? That’s what the Arkansas DNR says. Here’s some excerpts from a news article, followed by an observation about pro tourney weights that hopefully you can add to: > Heavy winter and spring rains in Oklahoma for the last 4 years have created tough living conditions for fish downstream in the [...]
Science: Alien Invader Update
Remember hearing the news about the coming end of the bassin’ world back in 2004? You know, all the green fish were going to be eaten, tourneys were going to be out of business, along with the guides. All that lost revenue, and jazz. It was the new alien invader, and it had landed smack dab in [...]
Don’t Eat Smallie Privates…
…if you’re catching ‘em in the Susquehanna River, as well as CO, DE, IA and OH. Disturbing stuff. As far as PA goes, we’ve covered the problems Susquehanna smallies are facing, and the questionable things the PA Fish and Boat Commission is doing in response, but here’s a new wrinkle. It’s in the “we can’t [...]
BP on BP: Palaniuk Won’t Look
Brandon Palaniuk’s catch phrase is “Do Work”. The Palaniuk contingent supporting the Federation Nation champ at the Bassmaster Classic had that slogan printed on the back of their T-shirts, and it’s plastered all over his Facebook wall by adoring fans. It seems BP is taking that slogan to heart. Check out this pic he just [...]
Don’t Count Out the Cajun Baby
Has your 2011 fantasy fishing campaign been an outright suckfest so far? Don’t worry. You’re not alone. If you’ve got lots of ground to make up in the BassParade fantasy league you might want to take a hard look at Group D. As it stands now, Chris Lane and Peter Thliveros make up 64% of [...]
Do Manatees Count?
When the pundits said this week’s Citrus Slam at the St. Johns River was going to be dominated by sight-fishing, I don’t think they were referring to manatees. Elite Series rookie and BassParade feature blogger Brandon Palaniuk sent us a text this morning that included the pic to the left and said: “Gotta’ love Florida. [...]
Citrus Situation: Grigs or Scroggs?
I’ve got a fantasy fishing conundrum I’m dealing with. Maybe you guys can help me. On one hand you’ve got Terry Scroggins: a guy that knows the St. Johns River, site of this week’s Bassmaster Elite Series Citrus Slam, about as well as Aquaman knows the ocean. On the other hand there’s the sight-fishing sultan, [...]
Cullgate 8 of 8, Don’t Ask/Tell Must Die!
Part 7 covered some actual math and science behind the Minn/Wis culling regs. Part 8, however, is all opinion. This is the last post in the “Cullgate” series. Hopefully I’ve answered some the lingering questions folks have had about this subject. I’ve definitely satisfied my own curiosity, that’s for darn sure! One question that has [...]
Cullgate 7 of 8, Science and Fiction
Part 6 asks, “What is the Law?” Part 7 looks into whether the law makes sense. In the St. Paul Pioneer Press newspaper article mentioned earlier in this series, on the subject of culling laws, Al Stevens of the MN DNR is quoted as saying, “Biologically, it is a sound rule.” Really? Let’s find out [...]
Cullgate 6 of 8, What’s the Law?
Note: Part 5 of this series covered Karen Savik’s DQ. One of the things that has been so fascinating about the Cullgate topic is what I said previously in this series: I’ve never seen a law so clearly communicated be so widely misunderstood. Why is that? My speculation is that it’s because the law is [...]
Cullgate 5 of 8, Savik DQed
Part 5 of the Cullgate series now continues where Part 4 left off… Following Karen’s culling comments being published and the Cullgate topic becoming public knowledge, she was investigated for culling and issued a citation from the Minnesota DNR. Following that, the ABA DQed Karen from the tournament for not obeying all federal, state and [...]
Cullgate 4 of 8, Winona
In Part 3 we wrapped up the hoopla surrounding the LaCrosse, Wis event. The story now continues in Part 4… The next chapter of this story occurs on the same stretch of water, but this time launching out of Winona, MN in September. Following the LaCrosse, WI tournament, given the culling controversy, Karen carefully considered [...]
