Category: FL
Science: Florida Bass Up North
If you live in the northern part of bassin country, you’ve inevitably heard somebody mention how they should just stock some of those Florida strain bass up here to get us some big ones just like they catch down south. Sounds like a good plan, except for the part about how it won’t work.
Stats: There’s gold in them thar…’gills’
Out of state fishing license: $24 A week’s worth of meals at the local podunk bar and grill: $150 Seven days of gas and oil for the boat: $425 Bringing a B.A.S.S. tourney to town: Priceless One of the first arguments bass anglers like to make whenever tourneys are questioned is that they bring a [...]
Science: Going ‘CSI’ on State Records?
I’m guessing it’s not just me, but it sure seems like a lot of state record bass have been falling the past 6 months; largemouth, smallmouth and spots. Two in Oklahoma alone. I was reading an article this weekend which mentioned one of the big advances in fishery science, the ability to analyze the DNA of a particular [...]
Bed Fish: Ever Wear Out the Males?
We’ve been poring over some Okeechobee pattern info here for patterns we recently posted to BassGold.com (bringing the total to over 3,400 btw). Anyhow, noticed the following which I thought was cool. In the January 2010 FLW Series derby on the Big O, Georgia pro J. Todd Tucker – who finished 4th – said the [...]
Science: Extreme Rigging
We’ve touched on the subject of fishery regulations before, and the argument that has been made that many of those regs are antiquated, and have either been arbitrarily set, or are more in place to create equality of harvest among anglers, kind of a social/ethics type thing. For example, back in 1974, the average daily [...]
RIP Jimmy McMillan
Damn. Didn’t know Jimmy McMillan, but I’m choked up about his passing. Because I sorta did know him, just like I sorta know all of you. A bass fisherman, a hard-working family man, just an all-around good guy. He died recently – here are the deets if you didn’t seem ‘em on Bassin’Fan. Think this [...]
Science: Stocking Your Way to Great Bass Fishing?
In this world of instant everything - text and instant messaging, the Internet, GPS coordinates for bassin’ hot spots - we tend to think that there are fast and simple answers to solve every problem. For example, you have a poor quality bass lake, or fishing has become a little slow these past couple years on the [...]
Big Deal: New World’s Largest Lure
Yesterday the (new) world’s largest fishing lure was unveiled at the Sandestin Golf and Beach Resort in Destin, FL. Specs: 10′ 10″ long, 2-foot trebles, more than 355 pounds. And it’s a topwater – kinda looks like an old Boy Howdy. A guy named Mark Davis (not the pro fisherman) and nine other folks took [...]
FishingGold! Now 2,010 Patterns on 200 Waters
Are you freakin’ kiddin’ me?! After the latest upload of winning and placing patterns to the FishingGold.com database, you can now search 2,010 patterns on 200 water bodies! Two…thousand…plus…patterns. That’s pretty dang outstanding, ain’t it!
Another Reason Not To Jet Ski…Naked
What’s worse than jet skiing naked in the skin-baking Florida sun? How about being in your 60s and doing it. And then getting into an accident. Yep, here’s the story, excerpted from here: Two people were hurt when they hit a sea wall while riding a water scooter near Cypress Cove Nudist Resort in Osceola [...]
Find A Floating Package, Don’t Do This
Warning: This sounds funny at first, but has a tragic end. Here goes, from the Monroe County, FL Sheriff’s Office: 53-year-old Thomas Swindal was offshore of Marathon Wednesday, trolling in about 200 feet of water on a boat with his brother, Kenneth Swindal. The brother told Detective Mark Maison they [found a floating package and] [...]
62 More Patterns Now In FishingGold!
FYI we just uploaded pattern info from top finishers in all 2006 and 2007 FLW Series events (remember those?), as well as a few patterns from a “Midwest trail that shall remain nameless for now” – we’ll make an announcement when we upload more patterns from it. Here are the lakes covered in the latest [...]
What’s Your State’s Bass Slam?
FloridaToday.com recently had an article about a guy who caught the Florida bass slam: Florida largie, Suwanee, shoal, spotted. He took 6 months to do it, and said he was inspired by an article in Bassin’master Mag. Cool! Got me thinking about bass slams in other states, and maybe not limiting them to different species. [...]
Here Comes 5oz
Chef turns to pro fishing – we’ve heard that before. Goes like this: Peter T. But this time it’s not BASS it’s FLW, and the chef goes by 5oz – guess that’s pronounced 5-O-Z? More from the Miami Herald: > For four years, Anthony Hunt, upscale chef, has been preparing for a career as a [...]
We’ve Lost One of Our Own
Looks like we’ve lost one of our own, a bass fisherman and a war vet: The body of Florida bass fisherman Christopher Hill was found yesterday on the bank of the St. Lucie River. Here’s what happened, according to tcpalm.com: > Officials had been searching the area for the 39-year-old Vero Beach resident since he [...]
What Does This Ad Mean?
First, I gotta give props to Evan Williams – actually Heaven Hill Distilleries – for sticking with the bass fishing scene. Many so-called “non-endemic” (non-fishing) companies come and go, not Evan Williams. Also cool that I see the following full-page ad in Sports Illustrated, showing the world’s most awesome fishing show fish. But what does [...]
The Dead River = Spooky
According to Wikipedia, Florida’s Dead River—which connects Lake Eustis and Lake Harris—got its name because it has virtually zero current. From the Wiki entry: “Studies have shown that a simple jon boat [As opposed to a complex jon boat?] can remain in nearly the same position if left on the river overnight with less than [...]
