Year of the River: Episode 1 from Andy Maser on Vimeo.
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Holy cow…get a load of this nearly 70-pound California halibut! Frank Rivera of Camarillo, CA landed this 67.3-pound beast on Friday, July 1 off Santa Rosa Island while fishing aboard the 60-foot Mirage out of Oxnard.
The massive flattie is nearly nine pounds bigger than the current IGFA All-Tackle World Record, which also was caught off Santa Rosa Island in 1999, and, pending the application process, Rivera’s fish will take the top slot soon.
By the way, the Mirage struck again on July 3, with another massive butt — a 59.1 pounder — which you can see HERE
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Peter Peter Vican, with his 77-pound, 4 ouncer. Back in 2008, he caught a 76 pounder!! We're not worthy...we're not worthy!
Peter Vican strikes again! The angler who, in 2008 landed a 76-pound, 14-ounce Rhode Island state record striped bass, put another feather in his cap on Sunday, June 19, 2011 when he bested this massive 77-pound, 4 ouncer! The beast is under a pound and a half under the All-Tackle world record and measured an impressive 52 inches and was a solid 35 inches around nearly nose to tail.
The mammoth bass sucked down a live eel near Block Island at 3:30 AM.
All I can say is damn!!! To read the entire account of he story, click here: BoatingLocal.com
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Heavy Hitters!
Salmon anglers have long been fans of the classic T-55 FlatFish — the plug’s big-time thump has accounted for countless river Chinook (and big lakers, too!) over the years. But the knock on the original version has always been that it’s not a great lure for flat-line situations. In other words, you have to add weight to get the thing down for backtrolling…or standard trolling.
Well, with the introduction of Worden’s/Yakima Bait’s newly designed Hawg Nose T-55 FlatFish, you can have your cake…and eat it too! [click to continue…]
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So, to make the next BASS Master’s Classic a little more interesting, maybe they should make all the guys fish with hookless lures — then we’d see who really knows how to catch ‘em! This is a striper we caught a couple days ago that was hooked…er…make that “wedged” on a jigging spoon! And it actually happened twice that day. Go figure…
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Want to be a better surf perch angler and have more fun doing it? If so, forget everything you know about the sport. Leave the 40-pound test and the 4-ounce pyramid sinkers at home and put that 14-foot telephone pole and giant coffee grinder you’ve been using on Craigslist once and for all.
We’re not chasing sailfish here, people…the biggest perch you’re going to find off West Coast beaches are going to be redtails, which rarely top 3 pounds…so why all the heavy gear? If you scale back your tackle you’re going to put more fish in the bucket — and have a way better time doing it! [click to continue…]
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Okay, many of you have heard the stories of my near-miss in the music industry in the early 1990s. The short version is this: A buddy and I decided we wanted to become rock stars, but didn’t have the talent. So, instead we went for a gimmick and blended two kinds of music together…country & rap (otherwise known as “crap”) and, quite surprisingly, we damn near made it. An expensive video, three record contract offers from Nashville and a meeting with Fleetwood Mac’s producer followed and we were on our way. Somewhere along the line, however, the train got derailed and the Boom Cowboys fizzled out..and the Beatles were able to breathe a sigh of relief.
So, for all of you who’ve been asking all these years, here’s your shot to finally see the Boom Cowboys Cut It Up video. And yep, sad to say that’s me with the hot pink shirt and cow guitar…(hey, it was a loooong time ago, what can I say!).
And here’s another shot of the Boom Cowboyz working their magic in the studio. Apparently, pink was a common thread in my life back in the day…
Well, there you have it…if you really, really want to hear the whole story, maybe I’ll tell ya sometime out on the boat. Now, go ahead…the comments section is yours. Do your worst!
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This mammoth, record-class king salmon was found dead on Oct. 30 in Battle Creek, a major tributary to Northern California’s Sacramento River by a crew of biologists surveying the creek for spawners.
“The length of this giant was 1290 mm (50.7 inches!) and I can’t remember the massive girth, but a weight calculator gave an estimate of 85 pounds!” says Matt Johnson, of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, who sent to photo in to be entered in our Smoker of the Year Contest. “Some lucky dog might have broken the state record had there been a season this year!”
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