Is there ever enough time?
THE TIME CRUNCH! [caption id="attachment_1305" align="alignleft" width="430" caption="Mark Lassagne at an Early Morning Spot"][/caption] By Mark Lassagne Is there ever enough time, what if I had another 30 minutes I would have had a limit. “We’ve all been there.” Or “They were just starting to bite and I had to leave” What if you could have another 30 minutes or more, each and every time you’re on the water? It’s easier than you might think and “THINK YOU MUST”. Bass fishing is a thinking man’s (or Women’s) game, it’s a puzzle and the first one who puts the pieces together first wins. Here’s the ...
Taskforce urges boaters’ vigilance against invasive quagga and zebra mussels
May 27, 2010 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS 2000 Evergreen Street, Suite 100, Sacramento, California 95815 http://www.dbw.ca.gov [caption id="attachment_1285" align="alignleft" width="588" caption="Quagga and Zebra Mussel"][/caption] Contact: Gloria Sandoval, Department of Boating and Waterways, 916-715-1657 (cell) Troy Swauger, Department of Fish and Game, 916-322-8932 Roy Stearns, Department of Parks and Recreation, 916-654-2270 Pete Weisser, Department of Water Resources, 916-653-3350 Steve Lyle, Department of Food and Agriculture, 916-654-0462 Taskforce urges boaters’ vigilance against invasive quagga and zebra mussels SACRAMENTO--A California interagency taskforce battling the spread of invasive Quagga and Zebra mussels urges boaters to remain especially vigilant this Memorial Day weekend. Anyone who launches their vessel ...
Revolutionary Technology Sweeps Fishing Rod Industry
After first introducing carrot science to the fishing world with their popular Carrot Stix Rods, Element 21 is now on the fore front of another rod revolution with their Micro Guide technology! In addition to reducing the overall weight, improving casting distance and durability as well as increasing rod sensitivity, the Micro Guide technology complete with 11 premium-quality Fuji® guides also works to eliminate rod tangles and line wrapping while allowing thick diameter lines like 65-pound braid to shoot through with like a breeze. www.carrotstix.com [caption id="attachment_1194" align="alignnone" width="448" caption="Carrot Stix"][/caption] <!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:Batang; panose-1:2 ...
West Coast Bass Delta Pro Am
// West Coast Bass Delta Pro Am results & big bass brag board: Soakin' Senkos is secret to success Brought to you on May 22, 6:10 AMStockton Fishing Examiner by Jody Only Pictured from Left to Right Tami Curits, Jim Novotny, Sal Herrara, Jodie White, tournament bass anglers cashing checks in the final stop of the West Coast Bass Pro Am on the California Delta, May 2010. Photo Team Brewer The sunny days and warmer ways of this past weekend's Delta forecast wasn't enough to sway the big bass in the way of the anglers fishing the final stop ...
How to assemble SuperCaster Pro 1000 & 800 SX Handle Assembly
1) Grease the rubber ring on the inside of the handle ratchet. 2) Turn the drag knob fully clockwise as far as possible. 3) Turn the knurled handle keeper and ratchet fully clockwise but not too tight to the drag knob. 4) Turn the forged handle assembly fully clockwise. 5) Turn the knurled handle keeper & ratchet fully counter-clockwise tightly against the forged handle assembly. You may have to move the forged handle back slightly so that the ratchet teeth mesh with the forged handle.
Harmful Aquatic Hitchhikers: Mollusks: Zebra Mussel
[caption id="attachment_1060" align="alignleft" width="470" caption="No Fishing"][/caption] What do zebra mussels look like? NOAA, Great Lakes Environmental Research Lab Zebra mussels on a stick Photo by Simon van Mechelen, University of Amsterdam, 1990. Click image to enlarge Zebra mussels get their name from the striped pattern of their shells. However, the pattern varies greatly to where there are no stripes, only dark or light colored shells. Zebra mussels can grow to a maximum length of about 50 mm (5-10 mm in the first year) and live four to five years. Why are zebra mussels considered to be a nuisance? NOAA, Great Lakes ...
Tournament Results
DELTA BASS-N-FLY May 21st 2010
Delta Bass n Fly Event Contact: Ken Hanley ...
West Coast Bass Delta Pro Am
// West Coast Bass Delta Pro Am results & big bass brag board: Soakin’...
West Coast Bass Shasta Pro Am results “Video”
Story by Jody Only of the Stockton Examiner Skeeter FX and Yamaha SHO Pro...
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Press Release
Taskforce urges boaters’ vigilance against invasive quagga and zebra mussels
May 27, 2010 STATE OF CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS 2000 Evergreen...
‘Big Bad Wolf hasn’t started biting on us yet’
Wednesday, May 26, 2010 Updated: May 27, 2:30 PM ET Florida remains wide open for...
HIBDON SuperCasters to Storm the Market
U.S. Reel HIBDON SuperCasters to Storm the Market ST. LOUIS, MO 10/22/2009 –—...
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Bass Fishing Articles
Is there ever enough time?
THE TIME CRUNCH! Mark Lassagne at an Early Morning Spot By Mark Lassagne Is there ever enough time, what if I had another 30 minutes I would have had a limit. “We’ve all been there.” Or “They were just starting to bite and I had to leave” What if you could have another 30 minutes or more, each and every time you’re on the water? It’s... [Read more of this review]
The Right Club
Which Club? By Mark Lassagne Published with Re-Print Rights from Bass Angler Magazine Mark Lassagne The right fishing rod will you catch more fish. Gary Dobyns the all money winner on the west coast has used a special rod made only for ripping a jerk bait, he says it is the key to catching more and better quality fish. Gary says if you not using... [Read more of this review]
What Stage The Fish Are In
By: Charlie Weyer Published with Re-Print Rights from Bass Angler Magazine Charlie Weyer Spring time brings about confusion for a lot of anglers and rightfully so – it’s a time of year where a lot of variables are working against an angler. Weather, moon phase and even cold runoff generated hundreds of miles away can create havoc on a... [Read more of this review]
Delta Square Bill
By Charlie Weyer Published with Re-Print Rights from Bass Angler Magazine Bass Angler Magazine Bass Angler’s Guide Cover 2009 issue #3 Shallow waters, emergent and submerged weeds and wood and big Florida-strain largemouths all go hand in hand with the word flipping. And, while the California Delta is known as the birthplace of... [Read more of this review]
Drag Queen
Are we all a bunch of “Drag Queens”. By Richard Ziert, 4/2010 US Reel The term “Drag Queen” is pretty funny in this regard because its common definition does not apply to anglers except in use of our reels drag device. I’ve purposely used the word “device” here because we are in fact the means behind the end use of drag. Back-reeling... [Read more of this review]
Spring Time Bass
Springtime Bass Mark Lassagne with a 13lb Bass By Mark Lassagne Published with Re-Print Rights from Bass Angler Magazine This is the time of year when most of the mature bass will go shallow. Neil Manji, Chief Fisheries biologist with the California Department of Fish and Game says that for many bass, this (spring) is the only time they will go shallow... [Read more of this review]
Arizona Triangle
Arizona Triangle By Mark Lassagne Lake Powell Sheer walls chiseled from the hand of God. Glimmering dark red cliffs three hundred feet straight up; careening down into pellucid waters where a profusion of bass reside. Small coves that wind for miles into nowhere, wind caves you drive a boat into. Thousands of flats, rock slides and points that at times... [Read more of this review]
Jig’s Snakebite Baits
JIGS “SNAKEBITE BAITS” How did the name come to be ? It was a warm late afternoon Sept 5th 2005. Jigs, (Phil Hill) went out to his garden to pick some tomatoes. The previous day, Phil had noticed quite a few tomatoes worms on the vines, and removed them and sprayed the vines accordingly to rid the tomatoes of the pests. On the way down to the garden... [Read more of this review]
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Weather
July 29, 2010, 1:43 PM
Sunny73°Freal feel: 79°Fcurrent pressure: 30 inhumidity: 50%wind speed: 7 mph WNWwind gusts: 9 mphsunrise: 6:08sunset: 20:20
Moon Phase
Waning Gibbous Moon The moon is 17 days old