AL Rig Music Vid: One Rod, One Bait…
Stoked to say that Scotty Bud Melvin jumped on the suggestion/inspiration/whatever that the Alabamian Rig ban quote in a previous post – “One Rod, One Bait, One Fish” – sounded a lot like the George Thorogood tune “One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer.” So maybe one intrepid basser would take a whack at redoing that [...]
VA PSA: Support the Hokies
The Virginia Tech Bass Fishing Team will be having its first Smith Mountain Lake Open, a team-tourney fundraiser for the team to help with travel expenses and whatever else college kids buy (wink, wink). Okay, kidding about that last part…. It’ll be held this weekend on the Red River. No wait, that’s another tourney. Seriously, [...]
Science: Tackle Stats – We Want Numbers
Scientists: We measure this, weigh that, and calculate the volume of something else. It’s what we do. And when it comes to my fishing tackle, I’m exactly the same way. Details. Numbers. That’s what I want to see. The industry is doing great in some areas, and still doing terrible in others. Here’s some examples.
Ever See Mechanical Rod Holders?
My local lake is deep and clear. Smallies, largies but also a lot of stocked trout, so you always see downrigger types out there. Yesterday morning I’m driving by, it’s raining, one boat on the water about 100 yards from me, circling out of a cove. I see rods sticking up in the rod holders, [...]
Two Cali Trails Ban AL Rig Becuz…
Can’t believe how many stories I’m seeing, hearing about the Alabama Rig. The way people are talking, maybe it makes sense that B.A.S.S. banned it from the Elites. Sounds like the whole country could be one big Alabama Rig trail. Probably not, but that’s the amount o’ buzz. But the Elites aren’t alone in their [...]
Here’s Oldham’s Tilapia Color for Falcon
Didja hear about the Bass Champs derby on Falcon last month where 45.52 pounds won it (5 fish) – and 43.80 was 2nd? If not, yep, you’re reading right. A 9+ average – guys were culling 7-pounders! Must…go…to…Falcon…. The winning team of Jaime Buitron and Terry Oldham used two baits to catch that huge string: [...]
The Controversy of Posted Fish Photos
I had mentioned in a previous post of an instance of what seemed like a fairly benign post going ‘viral’ on a fishing forum. Well, I just ran across another one this weekend, and so had to post on it and get some feedback. This particular controversy is around the role of pictures during fishing, and perhaps more [...]
Now BassGold: More, Bigger, Better!
Listen Up Central Pro-Am Fishermen! [Posted on the BassGold.com blog, sticking it up here too because you should know about it bassin'heads!] Wow, that was some couple months. At the end of 2011, FishingGold.com had just over 2,000 tournament patterns in the database, which includes almost every B.A.S.S. tourney from the first one in 1967. [...]
Showmanship Tips for Classic Anglers
The Bassin’master Classic is the ultimate fishing show. The Greatest Free Show on Earth, I call it. And since it’s a show, it’s gotta have some showmanship, right? So here are a couple quick tips to help out the Classic anglers. 1. Classic, Terminator-like quote. Hit us with something like “I’ll be bahk.” Far as [...]
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 [...]
Crazy College Carp Caper
What does an NFL pass rush look like if you’re Eli Manning? (Go Giants!) Looks like what these crazy Illinois “yoots” found out in their quest to rid a river of some Asian carps. Don’t try this at home!
First 20th AL Rig Knockoff?!
Anyone see this ‘N-Seine Rig’ yet from Mizmo? Any other copycat rigs out there anybody’s seen for sale commercially? That’s the bassin’ bait biz for ya….
Science: 101 Uses for Fishing Line
Monofilament fishing line might have taken a back seat to fluorocarbon and braid among most modern bass anglers these days, but there is still a time and a place for it in certain circumstances. Those instances might not be exactly what you’re thinking of though.
Giveaway: You Too Can ‘Death Shimmer’
Speaking of bait names, how ’bout that Death Shimmer spinnerbait you read about here a while back? The name alone got me to check into it, so a good name. Caught up with Rich Lau, the Death Shimmer namer, inventor, owner, to ask a few questions. Read all about it below – it’s a good [...]
What Would You Name Your Sig Bait?
In the spirit of whoever was inspired to name the “pinky-dink” color, I started to wonder what I’d name a color…and then what I’d name a bait. Hmmm. First thing that came to mind was Andre Moore and his…uh, “colorful,” sometimes hilarious bait names at Reaction Innovations. (Reminds me of the time Z and I [...]
Do You Ever Go Pink? Or Pinky-Dink?
Don’t mean “K-Pink,” but spinnerbait. Remember the old Color-C-Lector? (Wait – I think they still sell it!) Anyhow, believe it used to/still does recommend the color pink for dirty water. Real dirty. Never bought it. Not that pink wouldn’t work, but that it’d work better than another color the basses could see better (imo) in [...]
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 [...]
Man Candles: No Bassin’ Stanks?
As a man, I do not get candles. This is okay right up until my wife lights them: All I think about is the stink and the fire hazard – she thinks they “smell nice” and doesn’t worry about the house burning down. So the only reason I’m typin’ this here post on candles is [...]
Corkran Feeling Good Vibrations….
In prep for the Classic we’ve been putting together some Red River pattern deets into FishingGold.com. In the course of said work we ran across vids of old The Bassmasters TV shows uploaded onto the Tube of Youb. Probably because we’re all 9 years old, we cracked up at this footage of B.A.S.S. Federation director [...]
Know a Basser Who Needs a Break?
Get to that question in a sec. Here’s the deal: As you may recollect, last year the UPS man brought me a G. Loomis NRX853C Jig & Worm rod (7′ 1″, med-heavy, extra-fast tip) with a Shimano Core 100 casting reel (6.2:1, magnesium/aluminum), courtesy of the fine folks at those companies. It is, without a [...]
Why Doesn’t Jarrett Have a Dang Boat Deal?
Was talking to a father of a kid on my son’s soccer team the other day, the only other diehard basser within miles, seems like. We’re talking about this year’s Classic, he asks me a question I get fairly often: Are the pros good guys or…? Won’t give you my short + long answer here, [...]
Science: World’s Most Expensive Bump Board?
I’m guessing every bass angler who fishes competitively has at least one in their boat. If you’re like me, you probably have several hanging around the man cave that you’ve accumulated over the years. Even if you don’t fish competitively, you probably still have one. I’m talking about bump boards. All tournies have size limits [...]
What Was the Carolina Chicken?
Anyone remember the Gene Larew Carolina Chicken? We’ve never heard of it here at the Parade HQ, apparently Gene Larew doesn’t make it anymore and no shots of it online. Asking because we’re going over some FishingGold data, and a 5th-place finisher in a tourney used a Carolina Chicken. We need to classify it as [...]
You Can Troll A-Rig in FOM Derbies?
Seems like everyone’s buzzin’ about B.A.S.S. banning the A-Rig from the Elite Series and Classic – no other trails. The line that stood out for me was this one: An unidentified angler member went so far as to say that using an Alabama Rig takes all the skill out bass fishing. “It doesn’t matter how [...]
Do You Use Titanium Spinnerbaits?
Are you old enough to remember Jimmy Houston and Terry Bradshaw hawking Terminator titanium spinnerbaits in a TV infomercial? Believe it was in the late ’90s, unfortunately not YouTube. Dang, some money was poured into that puppy. If’n you recall, the “lure” (he he) of titanium was its flexibility: as in, no more time wasted [...]
