This year has been a very weird one for me as far as tournament fishing goes.  I guess that overall, it has kind of been a bust.  This year has been plagued with boat problems, schedule conflicts, and sickness.  The plan was to fish the Media Bass and TTZ tournament trails.  However, I only ended up being able to fish a few events in each trail, and because of that, I do not qualify to fish the championships for either trail.  There were also a couple of tournaments that I went to, but ended up having boat problems early on in the day that cost me those tournaments.   [Read more…]

Fishing at night can be a great way to avoid the heavy summer crowds on some of our lakes, and not only that, but it can really increase your odds of catching a Lake Austin giant.  However, night fishing does come with its challenges.  Low-visibility at night can make it difficult for beginners to feel confident in what they are doing as you have to rely almost completely on your sense of feel.  Trying to cast at targets along a shoreline can also be difficult as the darkness takes a toll on your depth perception at times.  However, if you can make it past these obstacles, fishing at night can be extremely rewarding! [Read more…]

It’s been a long time coming, but I finally put together a video from the footage I collected at the Media Bass tournament I fished back in March. A couple of TOADS caught in this video. Check it out!

 

Come celebrate National Fishing & Boating Week next week at Gander Mtn in Round Rock, TX!  On Wednesday, June 4th, they will be having a special Rod & Reel Night, and I will be there at a booth to help answer any rod & reel related questions, other fishing questions, or just plain BS about fishing!  Hope to see ya’ll there!

I got to have a lot of fun last week. It started off with a good day of catching Lake Austin bass on a buzzbait ALL DAY LONG. I recently received my new tournament jersey in the mail (finally!). The turnaround time on orders from Rayjus may take a long time since they are so busy, but their work is pretty darn good. I think my jersey looks great. So the first order of business was to go out for the day on Monday to hopefully get some new photos and GoPro footage while wearing the new jersey. It couldn’t have worked any better. I had an awesome day catching around 30 keepers and the vast majority of them were on a buzzbait. [Read more…]