Date: June 15 thru the 22nd Location: Pickwick Lake, Florida Event: FLW-TBF National High School Championship and World Finals Water Temp: 80’s + Clarity: 2-5 feet Weather: Blue Skys and 90 degrees, not counting humidity Anybody here of an 18 year old, full of life, High School Tournament Angler named Sam West? I’m sure you […]
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Cast for Kids – Folsom Lake by Mike Rogers
Date: April 28, 2019 Time and Location: 0500 at Folsom Lake Air Temp: 49-70 Degrees Water Temp: 70-77 Spawn and Post Spawn Wind: SW 0-3 Water Clarity: down to 20 feet Sunday morning early, at zero dark thirty, to prep the boat and find coffee. I’m on the move to get to Folsom Lake for […]
Engine Fix tips by Mike Rogers
Engine Fix to keep you on the water and tips to get off the water. Fix it and Tip #1 Last year while fishing the Clear Lake BBT Tournament, with partner Chris Perez, we made our initial run to the spot we marked the previous day, and loaded the boat with our limit of 5 […]
Chamber of Commerce Bass Tournament Clear Lake, Ca.
March 16, 17 & 18 Cold 38 degree mornings with frost Highs in the 70’s, with slight wind on Day 1 and slightly variable Day 2 Water is muddy to Stained, 6” to 2’ visibility depending where you were\ On that Friday the 16th, my partner Chris Perez and I got to spend about […]
Clear Lake fishing Report – March 23, 2019 by Bob Tyler
Myself and Fellow RBBass angler Mike Rogers launched from the Clearlake Oaks ramp . The water mid lake has about three to four feet viability and a temperature ranging from 49 – 55 degrees later in the day. We started the day throwing the A-rig, glide bait’s and a ripbait in the narrows. Mike got […]
Hunting Wyoming by Mike Rogers
October 8th-14th, Snowing, cold from 27 low to 38 high. For those of you that hunt California, stop it! No seriously! I used to, until the government decided to split the state up into zones and give hunters the shaft, in not getting to hunt their own land in a certain zone without having that […]
Lake Berryessa fishing report by Bob Tyler
Myself and friend Mike Rogers fished the BBT Northern region opener on 2-23-19 . The water temp ranged from low to mid fifties in the areas we fished. With the recent storms the water up North was of course chocolate milk and didn’t clear up until about Big island and water clarity around Pleasure Cove […]
Wyoming deer hunt 2018 By Mike Rogers
October 8th – 14th North of Buffalo, Wyoming Weather… snowing 19 low 35 high Winds light. If you are planning to hunt mule deer, whitetail deer or antelope, my suggestion is to quit wasting all your valuable time and resources hunting California and go to Wyoming where they manage the game really well. They even […]
August 20, 2018, Interview with Sam West by Mike Rogers
So here it is Monday, the 20th of August, and I’m excited to call and talk with Sam West of Fort Bragg, California. He and his tournament partner, Jack Greco, who is from the Bay Area, just placed 3rd last weekend, in the Yuba-Sutter Fishing Club and Lake County Fishing Club’s Tournament at Clearlake, California, […]
Product Review: Pflueger Presidential Limited Edition Press 30 Spinning Reel
To begin with, I have two of these reels that I use for Tournament Bass Fishing, one for Drop Shoting and Neko Rigging, and the other for Shakey Heads and Ned Rigs. Both of these reels have Finns braid on them, though any could do, just personal preference, with an 8 or 6 pounds Fluorocarbon […]