About a month ago friend and superb South Fork River fishing guide, Mike Bean, asked me to block off May 27 so we could go fishing together. We’ve been trying to fish together for a couple years and this advance notice was the only way to make it happen. Mike is simply booked up all … Read more
I haven’t spent much time on my home waters this year but the Ririe Bass n Fly tournament is a day I hope never to miss. I’ve been doing the fun contest since its start about ten years ago. Rather than speedy bass boats like the monster competitions on the pro circuit ours is a … Read more
With all the action we experienced yesterday on the roosterfish beach we headed right back early this morning. Indeed, we got our butts handed to us and didn’t catch any but that’s the way roosterfishing goes sometimes. Seeing them is half the battle and we saw more than normal. When we arrived the bait … Read more
You’d suspect a fast trip back to the roosterfish beach after Sammy’s catch yesterday afternoon, but to keep fishing interesting we went on a morning side trip first. I’ve always wanted to catch a giant hawkfish. He’s not a big fish by any means but he’s gorgeous and he lives in Baja. Grant took us … Read more
I had a good hunch about the place I fished yesterday. Twice I came close to connecting to proper roosterfish but it didn’t quite happen. Today I had Grant and Sammy drop me off on the same beach. In my experience great catches come after a few close calls. The pursuit builds up then happens. … Read more
I took the last antibiotic for my tooth yesterday. The pills fixed the infection but the side effects were adding up. I was feeling much like this poor deceased turtle. But today I awoke feeling so good that Sammy, Grant and I crushed some breakfast burritos in Todos Santos then bought some beer and got … Read more
It was a strange start today in South Baja. We awoke to distant flashes of lightening and far away rumbles of thunder. The cloudy skies around us let loose and fed the desert with scattered rain showers. Rain in South Baja in May is about as common as seeing a whale shark off the beach … Read more
I’m covering some ground lately. I flew home from Atlanta yesterday just in time for a nice evening in the yard with Granny. Things are greening up beautifully around Victor, ID. Today I caught the crack o dawn flight from Idaho Falls to Salt Lake City then on to Los Cabos San Lucas. I … Read more
It’s not often that a guy from Idaho gets a chance at monster largemouth bass at a private bass lake. But when you have the right connections and friends such as Andy Bowen, owner of Cohutta Fishing Co., you can manage to get lucky. Today is my last day in Georgia so Michael, Andy and … Read more
I slept through the night for the first time in a week. That’s because my toothache wasn’t throbbing inside my head. That made for a great start to my day in Cartersville, Georgia. Before I knew it I was hopping in the truck with the boys of Cohutta Fishing Co., Garner Reid and Conner Jones. … Read more
I woke up on the banks of the Etowah River in Cartersville, Georgia this morning at Cohutta Fishing Co. owners house, Andy Bowen. Andy has an incredible spread and we launched his Hog Island boat before sunrise off his private boat ramp. Along was friend Michael Williams who put this whole speaking/fishing tour together for … Read more
It’s the last leg of my speaking tour winter 2016 and find myself in Georgia with a severe tooth ache. I came down with radiating face pain while carping last week and attempted to resolve the ailment Friday with my dentist. After all his tests nothing showed up. Naturally, the next day I bit down … Read more