My brother’s baby boy, Donovan, who just turned 1 the other day. 24 hours into Southern California…4th of July in San Clemente with my brother, sister and their families. My liver hates me. I have been a little thirsty since I’ve been back! I have been quietly transitioning back…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wtVA87YzU] The 3:16 Rising Son Jr. is a sleeper swimbait and is great for certain applications. I realized I’d been overlooking this bait as part of my tournament and trophy arsenal this past winter in Okeechobee. You are going to have to be patient, I have an Okeechobee sessions thing…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_HR4hj76g] I don’t pretend to know it all, and certainly haven’t fished it all. I’ve only messed with the Triple Trout Cut Tails a little bit and never even have fished a hard tailed Triple Trout, but I like where Scott is going with a clacker and a…
The Big Hammer Sight Fishing Rig is part of a system. It’s a system that involves using finesse baits and bigbaits to aggravate a fish into biting. The swimbait is fished as an ‘intruder’ and provides a power fishing approach to big fish, the female kind usually, but also…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnjCK-lidBk] Tournament time again. I’m unusually optimistic about stringing together a good tournament. I have been catching fish, not in great numbers or size, but I think the fishing is generally pretty tough out there. Guys who I know can catch them are struggling, which I’m not suprised. This leg…
"Simplification is the Ultimate Sophistication" (Da Vinci) After reading the Steve Jobs Biography, I realized something basic about simplification in bigbait fishing. Softbaits get the most bites (and tend to catch the biggest fish, ala 8" Huddleston). So when in Rome, throw a softbait! Okeechobee validated what I already…