"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…
Punching requires more than one setup. Here Casey Martin made an adjustment to the Gamber BB Cricket and 1 ounce Picasso Tungsten, because the smaller profile Cricket and 1 ounce weight punches just as good or better than a Sweet Beaver and a 1.5 ounce Picasso Punch Weight. But…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5VTJtkiiY0] Huge congrats to Randy Tharp for his 2012 FLW Tour Open Victory on Lake Okeechobee. Nobody has worked harder in preparation for this event and no one is more in tune with mat punching on Okeechobee than Randy. Almost 102 pounds of fish in 4 days. Randy broke the…
The House of the Rising Son: Okeechobee. Line thru, ball knobber boot tails, braided line and a trap hook rigging that brought me back to my days on San Vicente in the early 2000s. The 3:16 Rising Son, excellence is buoyancy and a thing I call, Rate of Stall—which…
Boot&Vortex Tails, weedless and not, braided line and 5 good bites a day, is that too much to ask for? This is my 4th year on Okeechobee. The lake is fishing WAY differently than in years past. The lake is choked out. The vegetation so thick in most areas,…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfBLj-5r8kE] Mickey sent me a couple prototypes of his new Mission Fish, the v2.0 Mission Fish. This is just a prototype, and I haven’t had near the time or experience with the bait to come up with any final conclusions. Mickey let me know…