Bass fishing is as much a state of being as it is an activity for most fans and participants. You hear all this stuff about the Red and the Blue states and think there's some passion there? Come spend some time in the Greenfish nation.The "Greenfish nation" I like that.
"I don't know how I did it, but I caught them,"
Woo Daves currently in 6th
We are a couple average shmucks from Southern New Hampshire who love tocatch bass. The main place that we fish is Big Island Pond in Hampstead, NH. You can see our voyages by using the voyages panel to the left, which shows our blunders and even sometimes our fish. Make no mistake, we are bass hunters and this site generally pertains to only bass. Visit our forums and post if u think u got what it takes. All challenges accepted.
My name is Susan, a.k.a. FisherMOM. I have an addiction shared by millions of people all over the globe. That addiction is the need to fish. Some people fish once or twice in their life and that is enough. You know the kind, "social fishers". Well, I am as hardcore as my life will allow me to be. I am a wife and a stay at home Mom of two. My passion for fishing was revealed on a camping trip in 2002 when I watched a man flyfishing in the Ischua Creek in the Southern tier of New York State. More than a few trout were hooked that day...
Her site is not exactly a blog but I'm gonna throw it on the blogroll in hopes that she will see the light and attach a blog eventually. Check out her article The Beginning of My Bass Fishing Addiction as well as the rest of her site.
I have to admit your website has to be the WORST layout I have ever seen on any website. Clean that damn thing up will ya.. You got crap everywhere.Now at once I found this comment ironic because the Bass Fishing Home Page TM-Other Bass Fishing Topics and pretty much everywhere other than the Websites main page has a layout that is far worse than anything on my blog. The BFHPTM also has an antiquated Message Board layout that I labled the Uglo Klunkasaurus. Any message board that forces you to cut and paste to link needs to be seriously updated. I find it hard to comprehend how that site is so popular even though it is such a carp of a message board.
I'm with you. I looked at that thing for 30 secods and had to snort 3 Goody's to get over the headache!He's from Alabama and didn't even know what a blog was, nuff said.
However, I agree with you that it can use some serious clean up, but the blog is a work in progress. I'm not an IT guy so I don't know how to make several of the changes I would like to make that would clean things up. However, the layout will always be such that it is an artistic statement that says "SLOP FISHING." Your criticism actually confirms the effectiveness of why I chose that particular layout. (BTW-I'm not kidding, check out this blog entry from 12/12/04: http://basspundit.blogspot.com/2004/12/fyi-bp-blog-color-scheme.html )It's bad enough having to link in long form, but when you put it there it isn't even hyperlinked, but left as plain text that you have to cut and paste, puhlease!
"the WORST layout I have ever seen on any website"...is to hit that "Next Blog" button up on the top right hand corner of this page. You will be sent to another blog that also has the button and so forth. You will not have to click many buttons to find blogs with layouts worse than this. In terms of layout, Bass Pundit blog follows the lead of Instapundit which probably gets 3X the number of unique hits all bass fishing sites on the web get put together. You can bet that if I knew how to put a link bar between the blog title and content like Instapundit that this blog would be less messy than it is now.
“I had a 30-minute streak today where I caught almost all of my fish. It was the most amazing 30 minutes of my life. It was just one of those deals where everything lined up.”
KJ Guess it did!
FBF Developing... Results tommorrow.
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I was the Bass Pastor, maybe I still am."
Besides fishing bass, I really enjoy fishing for northern pike. I'll have to say that I've been noticing this for quite some time now. I'm also sure that everyone else that has any sort of interest in fishing pike has as well. Last year we went up to Pelican Lake northern fishing and about 8 pounds was the best we could do. The year before that I went up to Leech Lake and the pike were nothing more then hammer handles, although a few were ok, in the 3-4 pound range.
"You know how they’re catching them back home? With a drill.”
– FLW pro Jim Moynagh of Carver, Minn., finding the silver lining in his 137th-place finish at Florida's Lake Okeechobee this week. Obviously, ice-fishing is about the only fishing that’s currently going on in Minnesocold..
Just to clue everyone in, I'm looking forward to turning this column into a unique opportunity for all anglers to learn the "down low" on professional tournaments and tactics. I'll go ahead and apologize up front if I offend anyone in the process, but I fully intend on taking you with me through every aspect involved in my tournament career. The Good, Bad AND the Ugly!
Do I need a check real bad? You better believe it! Do I understand why all those good sacks came from around me and mine stunk? Nope! Am I worried? Nah. "…seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." Mat 6:33
Minnesota Town Hits 54 Below Zero
By The Associated Press
Temperatures plummeted across the eastern half of the nation Monday, approaching an all-time record in northern Minnesota and freezing the Gulf Coast as a river of Arctic air pushed southward.
Thermometers registered a low of 54 degrees below zero at Embarrass, Minn.
"You keep living, but it gets old after a while," said Christine Mackai, the town clerk for the community of 691 people in northeast Minnesota.
Apparently here on the shores of Platte Lake it got down to around -35Farenheit but we don't know for sure cause we bottomed out the thermometer. BRRRRRRRRRR!
MinneSOCOLD! indeed!
Why You Don't Want to go Fishing with Me...
I was in my boat with with two good friends, Brian and Ed, fishing along the barrier to a power plant's cooling channel. The buoys were tied together to keep folks like us from getting too close. Of course, all the fish knew this was the safest spot for them and seemed to congregate there. Seeing how it was my boat, I had the bow all to myself. Brian and Ed had to share the back. Of course I positioned to where I could just barely reach the school of largemouth feeding on threadfin shad. Brian and Ed couldn't quite reach and I thought that was funny. After my 3rd fish, Brian moves up to the front. I ask, "Brian, what are you doing?" He replies "fishing" and casts into the frenzy. I tell him, "I wouldn't fish up here, there isn't enough room." He says, "It'll be okay." Did I mention we are throwing big rattle-traps? Anyway, now I'm trying not to hook Brian who's crowding me, and fishing just behind me on my right (did I mention I'm right-handed). The bass are just about out of reach, and I have to cast hard....
Leading up to the second tour stop of the 2005 season at Lake Toho, visitors to FLWOutdoors.com will be able to participate in the latest and greatest version of the FLW Outdoors Fantasy Fishing Challenge. Beginning with the Jan. 19 kickoff date, participants will able to sign up for the challenge and learn about all of the exciting new details.
Apparently the FLW Game will not be ready for the Big O. I will however, set up a game for the Big O at the Bp Fantasy Bass Fishing HQ that will be eligible to be counted towards a persons year end totals for the Bass Pundit Blog League Championship and Bass Pundit FLW League Championship as well as counting for State Team and BBWebLeague Team Championships.
FLW is claiming their prizes will be better this year with "cash payouts" hmmm, that sounds good to the BP. Start thinking of who you want on your FLW Okeechobee Team! Any FLW angler fishing the event can go on your team.
For further full FLW info at this point check here.
RegistrationAlso it looks like FLW Fishing Challenge is about to open up. I better start figuring out how in the heck how the Bass Pundit Leagues will work. That info will be up at the Fantasy Bass Fishing HQ when I have it ready. I will most likely have it up today or tommorrow.
The Fantasy Fishing game will open the week of Jan. 17. At that time, you will be able to register for the 2005 season and select anglers to your team.
Answers to Your Fantasy Questions
Jan. 12 — The 2005 BASS Fantasy Fishing season is set to start Jan. 27! Our new and improved fantasy fishing website, complete with original articles dedicated to helping you select a winning roster, will launch the week of Jan. 17.
"These video games are certainly helpful but they're not going to solve the obesity epidemic because it's simply too overwhelming," said Frank Hu, a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at Harvard.
Hu authored a study published last month of 116,500 women, finding that people who were physically active but obese were almost twice as likely to die as those who were both active and lean.
Also on your right you will notice that the BP now has a "blogroll" of Bassin Blogs. Be sure to check em all out. I find it amazing that two of the blogs are from a couple of guys in South Korea. Pretty Cool.
