Every once in a while you need to get outta the office and take a “mental health” day…or three days, as was the case last week when Big Fred Contaoi and I headed north to Eel River country, Monday-Weds for some “chrome therapy.”
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I only have eyes for...you!
It’s been a while since our last round of the Name that Fish Game…luckily Big Fred Contaoi got out there with the trusty iPhone again and snapped this shot. So, what is it??
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Our man Big Fred Contaoi calls this his “luckiest shot ever”…and it is, indeed a sweet one. The action took place in mid December on Texas’ Lake Falcon where this good sized largemouth decided to return a 12-inch plastic worm and 3/4-ounce bullet weight to its rightful owner. Luckily, Big Fred was there at the ready with his trusty new iPhone 4S at the instant the bucketmouth earned its freedom.
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What a 5-gallon bucket with fins looks like...
Contaoi hooked the thing in the trees on an 11-inch plastic worm and said it fought really well…it ripped line and even tried to get its obese body airborne. To see his record setting bass from Percy Priest Lake in Nashville, TN, click HERE{ 3 comments }
Here’s a trailer for Big Fred’s and my new movie, which should be out in theaters just in time for Thanksgiving…NOT!
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Fish and fisherman...in their respective elements
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Another healthy Clear Lake largemouth for the Big Man
So the calendar says spring, but here in California at least, it’s like the dead of winter…cold, rainy and windy. It’s wacky weather like this — sunny and 70 degrees one day, then pouring the next — that can make bass fishing tough. Still, our pal Big Fred Contaoi has been sending us some pix of big bass from Clear Lake lately, so he’s obviously figured something out. In fact, he finished 4th in a big tourney there last week…and the weather was super funky then, too.
But, this is all a long preamble to say that the spawn’s not far off…so it’s time to target pre-spawn bass. Learn how HERE
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I took this photo a couple weeks back and just thought it was kinda interesting. As Big Fred was attempting to land this colored-up buck, I swooped in for a ground-level shot and, other than the water that got splashed on the lens, I like the different perspective it presents…more fun than the classic grip-n-grin anyway!
Okay, so in the interest of full disclosure here, the headline is a bit melodramatic: Since the fish was released seconds later, it probably wasn’t his final jump, but it just kinda sounded cool…
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