Fishing

Here are four of our five fish limit.  You aren’t missing anything.  The fifth fish looked about like the other four. Click for full size image.  I don’t know if we were actually 30th, but Dave Willhide and I made it out for the YVRGC derby yesterday (February 24th 2024).  There were 35 boats in…

More On Senko and Stick Worm Rigging Amazingly I didn’t start wacky rigging because I thought it got more bites. In some circumstances I believe it does, but that wasn’t the reason. I started wacky rigging because of the number either missed or gut hooked fish on texas rigged wide gap hooks. I watched senko…

The Stick Worm Phenomenon by Bob La Londe Gary Yamamoto probably wasn’t aware of the revolution he was going to start with the Senko. It’s a deceptively simple bait. Senko has become an almost generic term for describing this type of bait. With all respect for Mr Yamamoto since his version remains one of the…

Fishing Buddies      Nothing in life is worth as much as a good partner. Whether its the significant other you spend the rest of your life with, the best friend who gets up in the middle of the night to help you when you did something stupid, or that fishing partner that is always…

THE PERFECT TOPWATER MOMENT By Robert J La Londe III October13th 2003 The fish were magnificent. I had one hit were a beautiful smallie launched himself completely out of the water to kill my plug. And they say jumping fish aren’t biting fish. I had one really fat 1.5 lber give me a dance too….

Bob’s Tips For Anglers #1 Go When You Can If you only go fishing when everything is perfect, the tide is right, people confirm its going to be good for you, and the stars align you won’t go very often.  As a result you won’t have very many great days fishing. “Oh wah! Its hot!” …

A few days ago I shared my canal bank milk run with YumaBasser.  He’d made noise a few times that he’d like to learn to fish the canals, so we went.  Neither of us was up for a full day, so we headed out for a few hours in the afternoon/evening. The canal was moving…

I haven’t been fishing in a while.  Yesterday I decided to take the whole day off and go fishing.  I was up early took care of a few things, took care of a chore or two, and get some gear ready separate from the gear I plan to keep in the boat(s).  I was planning…

When I first wrote this comparison I mistakenly had it in my mind that the name of the braid was Beyond8.  It’s Beyond Braid, and the exact line name is 8x. First off the Beyond8 is significantly less expensive than the MaxCuatro.  I bought some a while back and hung it on the wall, but…

I have a job running on two CNC mills right now cutting a top secret swimbait mold for a customer, so I didn’t want to leave the shop and go hunt down some fluorocarbon line.  The mold cavities are secret, but I am working on a new-ish layout that I may apply to multiple swimbait…

I was planning on fishing a January YVRGC Derby, but they won’t start until late February according to the tournament director.  I actually have a couple FIRE January spots, but February tends to be tough for me unless I get on some pre-spawn and spawn fish that don’t have boats line up on them ahead…

Two on one bait… Yeah sure.  I’ve done it.  A few times over the years.  How about…  

I added a few things you all might (and might not) be interested in.  Look below for UPDATEs. Original Post Below: By Bob La Londe November 3, 2023 I was visiting with a friend yesterday (If you know me you know I currently only have four people I call friend, so you might be able…

Look for anything that breaks the flow. Some is obvious, some you can only see when the water is clear or low.  Shade can be a fish concentrator as well.  Don’t spend a lot of time in any one spot. However, there are plenty of spots where there are a dozen “spots” within a minute…

I watched a video this morning by a big-ish pro, and that was the subject of his video.  Now I have never fished at a pro level myself.  Technically I’ve won enough in a single year a few times that the law required me to report the revenue, but I never did it for a…

I’m busy cleaning up and trying to make room in the shop. Thrown away a few things I will never use again. January 2006 thru January 2014 I put on 97 tournaments and never missed one.  

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