21 Years A Blogger, Bass Pundit

 My career as a blogger has now reached twenty-one years. If I blogged for profit and engagement, chances are slim that Bass Pundit would still be around. I am not quite sure how the Google AI defines being successful as a blogger, but sticking with something for more than two decades, which most people don't last for two years doing, is something to be proud of, I think. 

I am grateful to Google for providing this platform for me to use. It is a win-win because I subscribe to YouTube Premium in no small part because of Blogger. Bass Pundit Blogs serves as a digital scrapbook for me and my interests. I find value in keeping a blog, and that is the secret to my longevity.

Long live, Blogger! Long live, Bass Pundit!

Bass Pundit's 20th Blogoversary Canceled

 I got a full hip replacement on November 19th and got out of the hospital the next day on my 20th Blogoversary. I had thought about the impending date and pre-publishing something but never got around to it.

It is now December 2nd. So I missed it. 

19 Years Of Bass Pundit And Still Rolling

 
A look at Bass Pundit through the years. The pickings were pretty slim for pictures of me holding fish until 2009.

Pic taken Oct. 2004

Oct. 2005

May 2006

May 2007

June 2008 (1st Ever Snatcher Tournament)

June 2009

June 2010

July 2011

Sept. 2012

Sept. 2013

Oct. 2014

July 2015

Oct 2016

July 2017

Oct. 2018

Sept. 2019

Aug. 2020

Sept. 2021

Oct. 2022

July 2023

Is it just me who thinks I'm getting better-looking with age? 

Happy 19th Blogiversery To Me!

Next Year, I plan on getting a cake made.

18th Blogoversary Day For Bass Pundit

The picture was taken on August 30th, 2011, at Erskine Lake by Pete. The story of that day is here. 

 

17 Years And Still Blogging

 

17-Years ago today, I started this blog with the above post. For my 17th Blogoversary, I did a remaster of that first post with Grammarly. There were something like 17 grammar errors that I corrected. The remastered version is also in the archives. Onto another year. Tight Lines and SKOL Vikes!

Bass Pundit Blog Turns Sweet 16

 

I may or may not get to 100 posts in 2020, but I did definitely make it to 16 years of blogging.

Boom! And Just Like That Bass Pundit Became 15 Years Old

Well, my blogging here at the mothership was down a few more tics yet again this year. A new record low, in fact. I guess I was preoccupied with other things.  But I am still at it and will persist.

Bass Pundit Turns 14 Years Old Today

That's right today begins my 15th year as a blogger.  My blogging frequency here at Bass Pundit has been down a slight tic this past year.  I could easily rectify that situation by just publishing a few more of my fishing report blogs here instead of only posting them at the Fishing Log Blog.  Maybe, I'll get in the habit of doing that come ice season.  If you are interested, you can easily check out every blog I have ever posted here at Bass Pundit by checking the Blog Archive on the right-hand sidebar.

Cheers to 14 years!!!

I've Entered My Blogging Teen Years

13 years ago today I started my blogging career.  So glad I did. 

Thank You to everyone who reads my stuff!

Bass Pundit Turns 12 Today!

My original vision for this blog was to be an Instapundit of the bass fishing world.  For various reasons I was never able to pull that off.  Since my stroke in December of 2011, this blog has become a shell of it's former self.  This year most of my blogging was done at Bass Pundit's Fishing Log Blog.  With all the snow we just got it looks like it's going to be quite a while before I go out fishing again.  I don't know if I am going to be able to get out ice fishing this year or not because dad backed the Expedition into a tree and messed up the back lift gate pretty good.  Oh well, such is life.

Thank You to everyone who drops by to read my stuff!

11 Years of Bass Pundit

Happy Blogiversary To Me!!!

1st Picture to Appear On The Blog

Picture was taken on Mille Lacs Lake on the 2004 Bass Opener if my memory is right. I think we only got a couple that day.  Both of those shirts have long since given way to the sun, and those pants no longer fit me.  And I'm not sure what boat we're in, but I'm pretty sure I was fishing with Mike's Thompson and Davis.  Do you still have that net Mike? (I think that was Thompson's net)

10 Years Of Bass Pundit

Happy 10th Blogoversary to Me!!!

 These pictures are 3 out of the 4 looks the blog has had over the years.  I don't have the first one because I didn't know how to do screen shots back then;  It was pretty much the first picture minus the quote from Basil's Blog which I added in 2006.

Bass Pundit's 9th Blogoversary!!!

Well I made it another year.  Thankfully no major health issues this past year.  My ability to blog was definitely impacted a bit by my stroke in December of 2011.  Thank You to everyone who still reads what I write about.  

Today is my 8th Blogoversary!!!!

I apologize for the lack of blogging frequency since I hurt my back this summer.  My back is getting better but I've mostly switched to my laptop now and typing on it and doing other certain things for blogging are not  as easy to do. I only had two blogs last year in November so I'm one up on that.

Thank You to all of my readers and yes I haven't forgotten about the Derby.

Bass Pundit 6 Year Blogirthday!!!/Blogiversery

Back on Saturday November 20th 2004 I wrote the 1st Bass Pundit blog Post: Welcome from the BP to the Bass Pundit Blog. Since then this blog has spit out 1744 posts.

For the Blogirthday the infamous Ebayt Monkey has gotten me a

Shimano Crucial Rod model CRC-C70MH (That's a 7' Medium Heavy Fast Action Rod)
And put in bids
On a St.Croix Avid
A St. Croix Pro Glass
And another Shimano Crucial along with a lot of Zoom Super Flukes.

Update: Won the Zoom Super Fluke auction as the only bidder, that's always nice. Came to $1.70 per 10 pack, 5 packs of Glow/Chart Back.
The Pro Glass auction is up Monday
The Avid auction is up Tuesday
The 2nd Crucial auction is up Wednesday (doubt I will get this one, but you never know. Sometimes other people don't bid and it is a busy holiday week.)

Update: Yep was out bid on the 2nd Crucial.

5 Year Blogirthday (Last Friday)

Or is it Blogiversery? Anyway I missed noting it on November 20th again this year.

I Googled and apparently Blogiversery is the more commonly used of the two.

View the first post: Welcome from the BP to the Bass Pundit Blog

My 4th Blogirthday...

...has passed and I failed to take note of it. So this is a belated blog about it. My blog is only slighty younger than my neice Isabelle who I will be spending Thanksgiving Day tomorrow with. Hopefully I will get a few pics of the girls.

Click to view the BP's first post evah...

ICE NEWS:
I believe Platte is totally ice covered and is probably safe for foot travel provided you don't go out to far from shore. I bet I could safely catch fish.

Will I ice fish this winter? At this point I think I will, but I don't have my stuff together like it needs to be. I am kind of hungry for some fresh Crappie. I will buy some maggots at Vados when I go in for Fishers of Men Meeting in December provided that there is not a snow storm that day.


In the Mail:
So yesterday I get a package in the mail that is in a big zip lock bag and looks like it got beat up at the post office. Upon closer inspection the package reeked of beer and said "Get Blastered" on the front of the box. In the address Bass Pundit was given under my name. Hmmm yet another product somebody must want the BP to check out and sure enough it was.

What is the Beer Blaster you ask? Basically it is a squirt gun for shooting beer or any other carbonated beverage. The package had a Pabst Blue Ribbon that got a pin prick leak and so that was where the beer smell came from. I am a little puzzled on why someone would think the BP is worthy of this gift. Because of my medications I don't drink any beer and it's not like Bass Pundit blog is dedicated to anything having to do with a brewski. Maybe they thought it would be cool if I added the moniker The Blaster Pastor.

Find out all about the Beer Blaster at Beer-Blaster.com

I haven't actually used the thing yet. I think we will try it out when the family is here for Thanksgiving tommorrow. Luckly I have a bunch of beers that Pete left. Maybe my neice Isabelle will think it's cool, although for her it would be the Root-Beer Blaster.

Happy Thanksgiving All!
Especially to family and the U.S. Armed Forces.

For the record: Thanksgiving 2007 was quiet with the Dinner being me, mom, Dad, and older brother Jeff. We all took an after meal nap. Todd and the girls were in Hoboken and Steve and the girls were in Florida. The food was excellent, Mom cooked a small turkey. There was a light dusting of snow on the ground, the Packers kicked Lion tail, the Cowboys kicked Jet tail, the Colts kicked somebodies tail that I didn't see cause it was on NFL network. The big news of the day was the Gander Mtn was open today, Tori Hunter signed a 90million $ deal with the Angels, and Jay Leno had to show last years Thanksgiving program due to the writers strike.

Also of note is that on November 20 was my 3rd Blogirthday or Blogiversary. You can check out the past 3 years in the archives which are down aways on the right colomn.

For my Belated Blogirthday

A Lambert Sweep!
Vikes 20 - Pack 17