Recent Bassalicious Posts
Moray Eels Have Alien Jaws!
I’m watching one of the semi-gruesome nature shows all the rage these days, and a guy tells the story about how a moray eel – those angry-looking saltwater eels that live in coral – he was feeding thumb-sized bits of food to bit off his…thumb. Go figure. Anyhow, it’s how the thing bit off his [...]
Cool News from Federation Nation
The BASS Federation Nation recently released some some cool news that you may have overlooked. They now have an interactive map that helps you find a club by location. Gone are the days of searching through individual state chapters’ websites, only to find district officers with no hint as to which district you are actually [...]
Don’t Try This at Home
Have you ever owned a piece of equipment that you just flat-out put through the wringer and wondered to yourself, “Dang! How much abuse will this thing take?” I’ve got a piece of equipment like that—my Power-Pole.
Mike Hart Update
I couldn’t help but notice that some of our visitors here at BassParade have been searching for updates on the Mike Hart investigation. The typical BassParade style is to keep things light and fun (see our previous post) but every now and then we have to put on our big-boy underpants and do some actual [...]
Falcon Lake Shooting Questioned
Apparently Mexican officials are questioning the pirate attack that presumably killed David Hartley of Colorado. Rolando Armando Flores Villegas, the local Tamaulipas State Police commander charged with the search for Hartley, questions whether the shooting occurred because his investigation has found no evidence such as the jet ski Mr. Hartley was riding. (Huh? Because pirates [...]
Lead Ban Update
Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR) has introduced legislation that would place limits on the EPA’s jurisdiction over certain sporting goods under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The part of this BassParaders will be interested in is the part that would limit the EPA’s ability to ban lead in fishing lures. The bill is in response [...]
Yea! Even More Culling Rules Discussion
We received an email that I couldn’t help but share, mostly because it gives me an excuse to discuss yet another potential rules violation and share my honest opinions on the subject. The email reads: Guys, I’m reading about the incident that happened with Karen Savik and the culling rule from you website. If she [...]
Falcon Pirates Cross the Line
Earlier this year reports of Mexican pirates on famed Falcon Lake spurned a barrage of corny pirate jokes. Mexican pirates on a bass fishing lake? How could you not joke about it? No one is laughing now. The pirates raised the ante considerably this weekend when a vacationing Colorado couple were chased on their jet [...]
BASS, Please Bring Back the Western Opens
BASS recently announced the 2011 Bassmaster Opens schedule. To the surprise of no one, the Western Opens are once again conspicuously absent. As a proud Alabamian it pains me to admit this, but much of the top talent in the sport comes from out West. Yet the next generation of Western anglers are lacking a [...]
BASS, FLW and the Outlier Called KVD
It’s been asked lots of times before. Who has the more competitive field? BASS or FLW? Invariably, the response I hear to that question from the average ESPN-watching, club-tourney fishing, bass-fishing-website-perusing angler dude is: “C’mon, that ain’t no contest. BASS has KVD, man.”
Big Fish Secret: Man-Fish Love!
You Gotta See These Pics Remember this pic? It’s the French guy who caught a giant koi (fancy carp) that many people doubted was real. Well, as you can see from this slideshow, it’s real. The guy is a big carp maniac. Or…weirdo. Check out the following photos. Giant – kinda obese – fish for [...]
What’s Been Your Longest Fight?
Does anyone try to “fight” a fish anymore – at least anyone who isn’t trying to set a line-class world record? I don’t think so, and I like to think derby bass fishermen had a lot to do with that. “That” being shorter fights and better fish survival. Thought of it while reading this article [...]
Speak Softly and Carry a Big Flippin’ Stick
You’re out for a relaxing evening stickin’ some dinks at your local bass hole when a trio of thugs roll up behind you and one of them flashes a pistol. Do you… A) Jump in the lake B) Give them what they want C) Smack ‘em with a flippin’ stick
New UT Bass Regs Won’t Work
Who else has seen this movie? Utah recently announced that it enacted a new bass limit scenario to encourage anglers to remove smaller bass. That’s all fine and good, I guess, but it won’t get them where they want to go – because thanks to Ray Scott pushing for it so many years ago, bass [...]
If Bassers Were Beasts
I was up at 3am last night, feeding my one-month-old daughter, when I decided I would turn on the television. My sleep-deprived brain clumsily guided my fingers over the channel-up button on the remote and I was surfing along when I came across a documentary on sloths. You know, those really slow moving animals that [...]
Funny! A Look at Fly Tourney Rules
Cushion Regs! Seriously! If you didn’t know it, the America Cup international fly fishing tourney in Colorado recently ended, and two Team USA guys took the first two spots. Looking at the standings (pdf), it seems like another Team USA member, who finished 6th, actually had more points than the 2nd-place guy – but maybe [...]
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.
In-Fisherman + Dictionary = 4?
Since everyone’s so sensitive in fishing, let me say first that I am and have always been a big fan of what’s in In-Fisherman mag, as well as most of the folks I know who work there (ha!). So I was on the site the other day, clicked on an article about fishing for smallmouths [...]
Karen Savik’s BWS Win In Jeopardy?
This year’s list of rule-violators might be growing again. The potential new addition is Karen Savik of North American Fishermen TV fame. Karen proved yet again that she can play with the big boys as she seemingly won the Bassmaster Weekend Series (BWS) Division 17 Tournament, held Sept. 18-19 on the Mississippi River out of [...]
Would You Eat Eel-Salmon?
An article in Tuesday’s Wall Street Journal reported, “The U.S. has moved closer to approving a laboratory tweaked salmon that grows twice as fast as conventional farmed fish and would become the first genetically modified animal to appear on American dinner plates.” The article went on to explain that the genetically engineered fish can grow [...]
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.
Bass Parade Avatars
When we launched BassParade last week we made sure to invite our readers to participate by posting comments. On a personal level, I’m satisfied with it because we’ve yet to receive any comments that begin, “Exactly how much crack have you been smoking?” or “You are wrong on so many levels it is hard to [...]
Funny Alert: Kumar on TFR!
A GREAT show by the always-good Tournament Fishing Radio (TFR) guys, with BassParade’s own Jay Kumar as the special guest — that’s “special” in the “special ed” sense…. Find it on iTunes here, or directly from the TFR website here.
Any Real Men Left in Gainesville?
Okay, not fishing, but worth it. This headline in The Gainesville Sun I thought said it all: “Trying to kill injured deer, deputy shoots it 17 times.” I really don’t know what to say about that. It sounded insane. So I read the story and it gets even nuttier: > An Alachua County sheriff’s deputy, [...]
Do You Dream About the FLW Cup?
In a darn good winning pattern story on BassFan (flame on, Jonny Storm), Bassmaster Northern Open winner Nate Wellman had this to say: “It’s been a dream of mine since I was 8 or 9 years old to fish the Bassmasters. I wouldn’t pass up the Elite Series for the world. I’ll go broke if [...]
