I caught all 10 fish I weighed in on the 8″ Triple Trout in Sexy Shad. I was not on winning fish, but 15 pounds per day isn’t horrible fishing. Lake Guntersville put out some high 20s and 30+ pound sacks last week, but if you notice, a…
The guy has a Stiffy!!! Great day on Okeechobee, sight fishing, poling around some good areas, taking it slow and stealth, and it paid off. I have a 14 foot fiberglass Stiffy Push Pole. It works great. You need a push pole for many reasons, especially for…
"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…
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=JAufr4YVk8I] If I wanted to tell you that a Rate of Fall 5 (ROF 5) Huddleston Deluxe Trout is sometimes better than a ROF 12 or ROF 16 Huddleston Deluxe Trout, I would explain it two ways. One has to do with the Rate of Fall and how…
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWWB3pFYCQg] The above video clip walks you thru the “Supernova” that hit the Tennessee River Valley while I was on Kentucky Lake, for the 2011 FLW Outdoors Everstart Championship. My practice partner, Troy Anderson, won the tournament on the Co-Angler side. I blew up a lower unit on Day 2…