by JD on February 29, 2012
Buzz's Workshop!
Hre’s a little glimpse into a world not many of us ever get a chance to see…This is Buzz Ramsey’s work bench where he tunes, tweaks, trashes and tinkers on lures for Yakima Bait.
While developing the new Hawg Nose Flatfish, he spent countless hours here, trying to perfect the lure. “This photo includes many of the handmade versions of the Hawg Nose FlatFish 5.5 I made up during the development of this product,” says Ramsey. “As you can tell, it took more than a little R&D to make it meet our criteria of swimming in water speeds up to 5MPH; to develop a random skip-beat (hunting) action at 2-to-2-1/2 MPH and maintain that strike producing action all the way to 5MPH.”
by JD on February 28, 2012
Imagine a springer going airborne through the trees! :)
While California’s Department of Fish & Game seems to largely have given up on providing opportunities for the state’s hunter’s and anglers, our much more progressive neighbors to the North continue to do things to make people want to buy fishing and hunting licenses…
This time, the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife is trying to develop a new springer fishery on the Coast Fork Willamette River, which is a dandy-looking little stream that I always drool over when I drive up I-5.
The department plans on March 12 to release about 210,000 chinook salmon smolts into several reaches of the Coast Fork Willamette downstream of Dorena and Cottage Grove reservoirs to the river’s confluence with the Middle Fork Willamette in Springfield, in hopes of establishing a recreational fishery between Cottage Grove and Springfield. If this initiative is successful, anglers could be pulling adult hatchery spring salmon out of the Coast Fork Willamette when the fish return as adults in 2014.
[click to continue…]by JD on February 27, 2012
Can you hear me now...no I can't!
No bars on the cell phone out here! And the only human sound is the clicking of a drag as yet another big rainbow or dolly goes screaming downstream towards the lake. Nice!
This pic was shot on an awesome trip K-Dawg and I did a few years back. If you really want to screw up your productivity at work today, check out the video of the trip
HEREby JD on February 26, 2012
The Champ (James Overstreet photo)
Chris Lane of Guntersville, Ala., won the Bassmaster Classic Sunday by more than 3 pounds, fending off hard-charging Greg Vinson. Lane’s victory was his second Bassmaster tournament title of 2012. Each came with a qualification for the 2013 Classic.
Lane brought 51 pounds, 6 ounces to the scales over three days to claim the 2012 crown of professional bass fishing and the $500,000 first-place prize. It was his first Classic win.
Vinson, of Wetumpka, Ala., had a 47-15 total. Finishing third was first-day leader Keith Poche of Pike Road, Ala., with 45-15. Fourth was 2008 Classic champ Alton Jones of Woodway, Texas, whose tournament total was 45-14. Ott DeFoe of Knoxville, Tenn., shot from 15th to finish fifth with 44-14. Read the whole story @ Bassmaster.com
by JD on February 25, 2012
by JD on February 24, 2012
Photo: James Overstreet
There’s a loooong way to go yet, but Keith Poche, in his first-ever Bassmaster Classic, is sitting atop the leader board….just barely…after day 1 of the event, which is being held in his home state of Louisiana.
Poche weighed in five bass for a total of 17 pounds, 13 ounces, just edging out Greg Vinson, of Wetumpka, AL, who had 17 pounds, 12 ounces. There’s obviously a lot more fishing yet to come in the Classic, so we’ll have to wait and see if Poche’s local knowledge can see him to victory.
Other notables on the leader board include: Edwin Evers in 8th place (16-3); Aaron Martens in 14th (13-14); Alton Jones in 16th (13-13); Kevin VanDam in 27th (11-0) and Michael Iaconelli in 31st (10-7).
Read all the details at
Bassmaster.comby JD on February 23, 2012
Okay, surf perch fans, time to get your freak on! The always epic Sand Crab Classic Perch Tournament is rolling into Santa Cruz for its eighth consecutive year on March 10!
This is one of the best-run and fun events we’ve been to and it’s all for good cause, too: Proceeds go to the Monterey Bay Trout & Salmon Project. The Sand Crab Classic always sells out, so if you want in, you’d better hurry — entries will be limited to the first 300 anglers. (Sign up HERE) For complete details on the derby, read on… [click to continue…]
by JD on February 22, 2012
Eric Haataja and Browntosaurus
Talk about super-sized! Check out his potential new All-Tackle Length Record for brown trout! This massive kpyed-up buck measured 38.2 inches (the current length record is 25.2 inches)and was caught in Milwaukee Harbour on Lake Michigan by Eric Haataja, who was casting a skirted jig.
The fight lasted 10 minutes…after which, Haataja snapped a couple quick pix and then released big daddy to go about his business. If approved, this will be the new length world record for browns. The length record is a fairly new catch and release category so that anglers can get recognized for trophy catches without killing the fish. Read more at
IGFA.org