Category: Lakes
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 [...]
Line Hum a Factor in Cranking?
Been going over some BassGold data for Lake Fork (a popular request), saw in an article on the PAA tourney there in 2008 iwhere Kelly Jordon – who headed the winning team – said this about using 12-pound fluorocarbon to crank Fork’s heavy timber: Any heavier and they wouldn’t bite it. You can still get [...]
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: [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Should Trolling Rigs Be Banned?
[Update: Heard this rig was already banned for some Seminole derby. Can anyone confirm? Another update: Word is fish caught with these things can have a couple to several hooks stuck in 'em. Confirm?] Almost choked on my fruit pie when I saw the rig Paul Elias used to win the Guntersville FLW. It’s a [...]
Clunn Story: Anyone Know Denver Waltham?
Check out the below, an old Bagley’s ad (now laminated) given to me by a buddy some moons ago at a tackle show somewhere. I’ve always been a big Clunn fan, and loved this retro piece. Anyhow, on the ad it says: “Rick credits a bite size chunk of balsa wood, given to him by [...]
Breaking Down the Wellman Thing
9/8 update: All you need to know is right here on Bassin’Fan, nice job fellas. Only other person I would’ve asked to talk to is Wellman’s father since he’s mentioned in connection with the whole deal…. As you might have heard, Nate Wellman, winner of the Bassmaster Northern Open on Lake Erie last week, got [...]
FishingGold: 57 More Patterns, MO and OK
FishingGold.com now has 57 more patterns in the database, bringing the totals to more than 2,050 winning and placing patterns on 200 waters. We’ve had quite a few requests for Missouri waters, so that’s what we’re focusing on for a bit (not exclusively). This time the uploaded patterns are all from Heartland Trails Elite and [...]
Froggin’ Tips from Westy Stick Dan Wells
Dean Rojas and Ish Monroe are just a couple of folks who have proven that frogs work just about any time you feel like tying one on. They’re from the Westy/Lefty Coast, and so is fellow frog lover Dan Wells, who’s been red hot of late and recently shared a few tips about his froggin [...]
Attn Table Rockers: Win Some Swag?
The folks at Field & Stream are doing some kind of bassin’ info contest involving Table Rock. Sounds like they’re doing some fishing…for info. I know zip about this contest, just figured someone here could win it – if so motivated. Check it: Setup > Long, rolling points in 18 to 30 feet of water [...]
Deets: How To Fish Fork in Summer
Ain’t it great when a local stick shares some specific knowledge about a local lake – especially if that lake is one of the best in the country? Here’s “big bass guru and Lake Fork guide Dean Stroman” giving some tips to the Sherman, TX Herald Democrat. Great stuff, man. Just like Bassin’master Mag, I’m [...]
Locals Want Great Lakes Cut Off
Asian carp, the aqua-locusts. At this point, no one has a clue how to stop these things. Meaning really stop ‘em. They’ve been charging up the Mississippi River, and the massive bureaucracy that is the Army Corps of Engineers is studying whether to close the Chicago Sanitary and Ship canal, which connects the Mississippi to [...]
Bassers vs. Wallies at NY’s Oneida
Looks like there might be fisticuffs on the shores of New York’s Oneida Lake, scene of many a bassin’ darby. Here’s what’s going on. On the one hand we have the NY DNR, trying to do the right thing by opening the lake to catch-and-release bassin’ from Dec. 1 through the traditional bass opening day, [...]
What FishingGold! Says About Wheeler
Here’s a quick look at a Wheeler summer Pattern Report using the tourneys currently in the FishingGold.com database. Done in honor of this week’s Elite Series event. Gonna have to turn up the vol a bit, something weird happened saving it to YouTube.
Is Guntersville Fixin’ to…Suck?
Guntersville is so good that you can throw a Vienna sausage on a J-hook, make one cast and catch an 8-pounder. Okay, maybe not that great, but that’s kind of it’s national rep. And it looks like some locals are now bent on trying to make that rep a thing of the past. Below is [...]
A Cool Fast Froggin’ Story
Gotta share this one, sent to me by a well-known fishin’-industry dude after seeing yesterday’s fast-froggin’ post. Names of the innocent are withheld, this being bassin’ and thus worse than a knitting convention. Here goes: _____ Little story for you… Spring of [year] I was at Clear Lake for a [photo] shoot, and one of [...]
Western Cheatin’ Techniques?
Interesting westernbass.com thread a BassParader pointed us to (thanks!) after he saw the pet carrier post. Seems folks out west were wondering if a couple things a fisherman saw and photographed on the Cal Delta could be examples of derby cheating: [I] have stumbled twice on some shady crap. First when the water was pumping [...]
Niggemeyer Saves Father, Son at Murray
Am I the last to hear about this? Last Thursday at the Murray Elite, James Niggemeyer and his marshal, Russ Sorrells, saved a man and his son who had fallen out of their boat. Following is the story, from here: > On Thursday, the first day of the Bassmaster [event] on Lake Murray, [James and [...]
Falcon Gun Battle Kills 13
Luckily no fishermen or Americans involved, though the Mexican Navy did lose one. From CNN.com:
McClelland Left, What Would You Do?
In a recent foray across the bass fishing’ e-universe, I tripped over a 2007 bassmaster.com article where Mike McClelland chose to abandon a fishing spot in a tourney. Went like this: “I pulled up on the spot where I’d caught my two biggest ones,” McClelland said. “Jason Quinn had just left. I was going to [...]
Great Lakes Fishing May Eventually Die
Seriously. A study came out recently about non-native zebra and quagga mussels literally killing the food chain in lakes Michigan and Huron. And I quote: Two closely related species of mussels — the zebra and quagga — [are] stripping the lakes of their life-supporting algae, resulting in a remarkable ecological transformation and threatening the multibillion-dollar [...]
Erie Smallie Fishing: Fair = Good!
Word from the Ohio DNR is that smallmouth bass fishing this year in Lake Erie is “expected to be fair,” with “bass abundance below desired levels.” But – a big but – is that the average size of our favorite brown fish in the lake will be 15-22 inches, meaning 2 to 6 pounds. Dang!
Falcon Fishermen Packing Heat
Texas’ Falcon Lake has entered the realm of infamy thanks to crazy drug-related shootings and killings, but you can’t keep bassers away from basses. Bassers may be crazy but they’re not stupid, so seems like some are packing heat in their boats. You have to read these highlights from a Houston Chronicle article – literally [...]
Have You Fished a Chickenfoot?
In April 1986, a US Bass tournament on Rayburn was won by flipping a Chickenfoot. And if you’re not a crappie fisherman, you might be asking, What’s a Chickenfoot? To quote the official website,
