The new family member: Lilah!

How's this for compunction? I'm all set to take the new dogs picture but when I do, she does this:

As if to say; "No picutres Please! It's been a long trip from Florida and I need my beauty sleep.

Just what we needed, another Diva Dog.

I have not made up my mind about this little one yet. Is she more of a rat than a weasel or Paris Hilton Twinkerbell Dog.

Actually, Lilah seems to be a pretty cool little mut and I kind of feel sorry for her. I wonder, which is worse for her, having to live under the intimidation of my darling niece Haley or having to deal with Pattie Lou.

From Mom and Dad's reports on the road, I thought Lilah was gonna come right in and establish herself as Alpha female, but Pattie isn't having that. Pattie seems to know who is smaller and how all she needs to do is throw her size and weight around and Lilah won't be able to compete. Lilah doesn't seem to know the meaning of quit or give up at least until Pattie gets a little to physical and then Lilah runs away.

Update: Lilah went to the Rainbow Bridge 5/9/2018

Namiki Saun!

"Toshi" Namiki Wins at Oauchita River out of Felsenthal on the Arkansas/Louisanna border.

Sneaky Namiki and Day 4 Quick Bites from FLW online.

FLW Ouachita Top 10

Here they are:
1. Matt Herren -- Trussville, Al -- 5, 24-14 -- 4, 11-08 -- 9, 36-06
2. Mike Hawkes -- Sabinal, Tx -- 5, 17-00 -- 5, 17-07 -- 10, 34-07
3. Jeremiah Kindy -- Benton, Ar -- 5, 16-08 -- 5, 16-05 -- 10, 32-13
4. Mickey Bruce -- Buford, Ga -- 5, 13-10 -- 5, 16-09 -- 10, 30-03
5. William Davis -- Russellville, Al -- 5, 15-13 -- 5, 13-11 -- 10, 29-08
6. Darrel Robertson -- Jay, Ok -- 5, 13-01 -- 5, 16-02 -- 10, 29-03
7. Bobby Lane -- Lakeland, Fl -- 5, 14-11 -- 5, 14-04 -- 10, 28-15
8. Jason Kilpatrick -- Satsuma, Al -- 5, 9-14 -- 5, 19-00 -- 10, 28-14
9. Alvin Shaw -- State Road, Nc -- 5, 15-13 -- 5, 12-00 -- 10, 27-13
10. Toshinari Namiki -- Hachioji- City, To -- 5, 13-04 -- 4, 13-02 -- 9, 26-06

Here is the BassFan day 2 story with Full Results.

The Hackster comes through

Comeback attack … There are many anglers who would be perfectly content to find themselves 32nd in Angler of the Year points, but not Greg Hackney. The Hack Attack was smoking at the close of 2004 but really had not done anything remarkable this season until day two on the Ouachita River. Many felt Hackney would turn his year around on his home waters of the Ouachita, but he surprised the pundits on day one when he brought in a scant 4 pounds, 2 ounces to find himself in 141st (The rest at FLW Quick Bites)

Thank Goodness, for most of the Posse FC teams, the Hackster jumped an increadible 121 places. That is 121 points that were not there on day 1.

Normy goes Ice Fishing!

Looks like ole Senator Normy was having a grand old time and making new friends, even the perch is smiling.

Sounding off on...

Bankruptcy legislation now pending in congress over at Bass Pundit Preach.

FLW at Ouachita

Should have put Walker on a Posse Team, meanwhile Wendlandt and Shin continue to struggle.

Full Results

FLW Story

FLW Quick Bites Day 1

BassFan Take Day 1

Here's the Top 20 via BassFan
1. Matt Herren -- Trussville, Al -- 5, 24--14
2. David Walker -- Sevierville, Tn -- 5, 20--01
3. Takahiro Omori -- Emory, Tx -- 5, 19--13
4. Todd Ary -- Birmingham, Al -- 5, 18--07
5. Keith Pace -- Monticello, Ar -- 5, 17--12
6. Todd Faircloth -- Jasper, Tx -- 5, 17--06
7. Mike Hawkes -- Sabinal, Tx -- 5, 17--00
8. Jeremiah Kindy -- Benton, Ar -- 5, 16--08
8. Dan Morehead -- Paducah, Ky -- 5, 16--08
10. William Davis -- Russellville, Al -- 5, 15--13
10. Alvin Shaw -- State Road, Nc -- 5, 15--13
12. Dave Lefebre -- Erie, Pa -- 5, 15--01
13. Steve Kennedy -- Auburn, Al -- 5, 15--00
14. Bobby Lane -- Lakeland, Fl -- 5, 14--11
15. Anthony Gagliardi -- Prosperity, Sc -- 5, 14--10
16. Jerry Williams -- Conway, Ar -- 5, 13--15
17. Mickey Bruce -- Buford, Ga -- 5, 13--10
17. Russ Moran -- Murfreesboro, Tn -- 5, 13--10
19. Jacob Powroznik -- Prince George, Va -- 5, 13--08
20. Craig Powers -- Rockwood, Tn -- 5, 13--07

Rats

On tonight's Nightline they covered bloggers. This in and of itself is no biggie and wouldn't merit mention, but as a part of the story, they briefly mentioned a short list and screenshot of examples of blogs that included"...blogs about fishing..." It was up and gone so fast I didn't recognize if it is one on the blogroll, but it wasn't the BP that's for sure.

The fact is I am a "attension whore" and so am quite angry that they didn't say "...blogs about bass fishing" and then give screen shots to all B.P.B.F.E. blogs and all the other Blogroll-O-BassNblog blogs!

Sure, we Bassin/Fishin bloggers are a tiny fraction of the blogosphere population right now, but I bet anglers will eventually recognize the power of blogs, just as fishermen have found the medium of online message boards golden. There is a natural synergy between the pursuit of fish, the power of information flow/networking, and the need to tell one's fishing stories whether true or not.

Blogs will eventually catch on because they hold such great potential as a resource for fishermen.

I think what would really help that out is something somebody like BassFan or the BassFanArmy encouraging people to start a blog and then have a blogroll link under the interact tab. Maybe I should start writing an article on the topic and submit it to them and Co-Angler.com

Anyway, I need to head to BassFan and read up on the Ouachita in case I need to make a last second Fishing Challenge change, that is if it's not too late.

Update 3/3/25: I was wrong, blogging did not catch on in the fishing world. Vlogging on YouTube and TikTok did become a thing, as did groups on Facebook

3000!

I passed three thousand visits today! Woohoo!
I think this took slightly longer than from 1K to 2K.

FLW @ Ouachita River

Get those Fishing Challenge Line ups done, deadline at 11PM tonight CST.

My thoughts on...

...Bass Fishing statistics that should be kept and recognized by tournament organizations and tournament anglers far and wide from Weekend Warriors, to Co to Pro! Over at the BP Tournament HQ.

Bass Pundit Championship

I have the spreadsheets fully up and up to date. Check back this week for the updated BPC standings and Team Results.

BPC Top 10 BASS Strom Thurmond & Team Results

Top 10
BP's Dad-MN-Catcherman.com 274
Llyod Crunch--??---??? 256
Bass Shakes-MN-Catch-N.com 175
MinnesocoldBPboys-MN-LSF 172
haley fishinMN.com-MN-FM.com 171
Cyberfish's Toadbusters-MN-Catch-N.com 167
Jones Entry-??--- FishingJones 161
Senko Brothers-MN-LSF.com 154
Z-Pundit-MI 151
Bass Pundit 1- MN-Co-Angler.com 145

BBWebleague:
www.Catch-N.com 13
www.Catcherman.com 10
www.lakestatefishing.com 10
www.fishingminnesota.com 6
http://fishingjones.blogspot.com 4
www.Co-angler.com 1

BPC State Championship
Team Minnesocold 40
Team Lake Michigan 2

Cool Cats Saturday!

March 5th, 2005 FishingMinnesota.com had their annual "Cool Cats" ice catfishing get-together on the Horseshoe Chain. I wanted to do this, and I finally did. The Plan: Get up early and tape Bass Saturday at Jenny's and then head to Sullivan to try for Tullibee, then leave for the Cool Cats by 8AM. The Execution of Plan: Too tired, I slept in till 9AM; oh well, that's what I get for overextending myself. I was on the road by 10 and at the event just before noon. They had a huge turnout, but the bite was almost non-existent. Cyberfish and The Pistol hadn't caught anything. So we fished, schmoozed, ate food, I won a door prize of a "card" of Scenic Tackle Glow Devil Spoons, not to be confused with Custom Jigs Glow Demons, and took Pattie Lou for walks and played fetch. I would say there were close to 100 people at the event. For a full story on how I did, plus more pics, check the BP Fishing Log Blog

March Ice Madness!

Updates on my latest fishing adventures at  BP's Log Blog.
Sorry, no pics as the batteries were dead.

Via a couple of different blogs, The Lost Nomad and Silflay Hraka

Iraqi snook (at least that's what it looks like to me, although it is missing the racing stripe that a snook has.)

And God Bless our soldiers in Iraq, Afgahnistan, and were ever else around the world.

BPC BASS Guntersville Top 10 & Teams Final

The Z-Pundit kicks serious booty and is making a serious bid at the Bass Pundit Championship! Good Job Zona!

Top 10
Z-Pundit-MI 397
MinnesocoldBPboys-MN-LSF 201
Tritonup-IN-Co-Angler.com 194
BP'sObro-MN-In-depthangling.com 173
Spike's Netboys-MN-FM.com 171
Bemidji Krazy Kat-MN-FM.com 165
haley fishinMN.com-MN-FM.com 162
Llyod Crunch--??---??? 162
Bass Pundit 1- MN-Co-Angler.com 160
Nuttin' Like Worms-??---???? 155
For Full Standinding go to the FBF HQ

BPC BBWebleague
www.Fishingminnesota.com =15
www.Co-angler.com =10
www.lakestatefishing.com =9
www.In-depthangling.com =7

BPC State Championship
Team Minnesocold= 33
Team Lake Michigan=10
Team Hoosier=8

BPC Top 10 BASS Guntersville Day 2 Standings

The First score is Day 1 the second score is Day 2, which may or may not be a teams final score. Also Z-Pundit's score is not included and he is probably in the lead with 3 Pro's in the cut.

Tritonup-IN-Co-Angler.com 211 259
Bemidji Krazy Kat-MN-FM.com 104 205
haley fishinMN.com-MN-FM.com 125 202
MinnesocoldBPboys-MN-LSF 121 201
BP'sObro-MN-In-depthangling.com 54 173
Spike's Netboys-MN-FM.com 166 171
Llyod Crunch--??---??? 155 162
Bass Pundit 1- MN-Co-Angler.com 118 160
Nuttin' Like Worms-??---???? 154 155
NH Bazzholes-NH-bassholes.com 221 153

Bass Gunterville BPC Top 10 results...

...don't mean Jack Squat!

Jones Entry-??--- FishingJones 240
NH Bazzholes-NH-bassholes.com 221
Tritonup-IN-Co-Angler.com 211
Spike's Netboys-MN-FM.com 166
Wallace Worm Burners-MN-LSF.com 155
Llyod Crunch--??---??? 155
Nuttin' Like Worms-??---???? 154
haley fishinMN.com-MN-FM.com 125
MinnesocoldBPboys-MN-LSF 121
Bass Pundit 1- MN-Co-Angler.com 118

Guntersville is proving to be brutal on most BASS Fantasy Fishing players. Right now the Avg. score is a meager 107 and the 1st Place score is ONLY 422! That is about the lowest I've ever seen by 100.

Check the story and Pro places at BassFan

FLW Toho Unofficial BPC Results!

Congratualtions to the Loudmouth Mark Zona and his team Z-Pundit for coming out on top. However these results are tentative as that I am not sure I've found everyone's team. Check the FBF HQ

1.Z-Pundit-MI 837
2.Spike's Netboys-MN-FM.com 786
3.BP'sObro-MN-In-depthangling.com 782
4.Minnesota jiggin--MN--- ???? 766
5.Schmenzig Bassmen-FL-tackletour.com 740
6.BP's Dad-MN-Catcherman.com 719
7.Bemidji Krazy Kat-MN-FM.com 709
8.Bass Pundit 1- MN-Co-Angler.com 680
9.Senko Brothers-MN-LSF.com 678
10.MinnesocoldBPboys-MN-LSF 657

BPC BBWebleague Points:
www.Fishingminnesota.com 13
www.in-depthangling.com 8
www.tackletour.com 6
www.catcherman.com 5
www.co-angler.com 3
www.lakestatefishing.com 3

Bass Pundit State Championship
Team Minnesocold 39
Team Lake Michigan 10
Team Seminole 6

I've been...

Under the weather.

Hope to get on track with Bass Pundit Championship standings soon.

BASS is at Guntersville starting Thursday, so get those rosters in.

Thanks Mngmnt.

BP's been insulted...

As you must know the BP loves internet message boards, especially fishing one's. Each board has a different character and they run the gamet from G to R rated level of discourse and allowable discord. I really prefer boards that let you get after it and one another, flame wars are fun.

Over at the Uglo Klunkasaurus aka BFHP these swipes were taken at the BP.

2/16/05 7:10:00 AM Submitted by Lynn Dollar (24.253.211.201) from OKLAHOMA says Actually pundit..........
The far majority could give a rats patoot what you think.
Maybe there should be something new started on the board, like getting over yourself.

I don't think I've ever read a positive remark from you about anyone. Its real easy to go overboard on hammering people, you can't just tear down all the time.

Al Gore has provided us a great thing when he invented the internet, you should use it wisely.

I guess she failed to notice my post immediately previous to one she ranted about where I complimented a guy I had been ripping into.

Actually, I'll now say something positive about JM in that some of his shows are very well done.

Please nobody tell Lynn Dollar the truth, I like the rep as an OGRE!

Next person jumps on the Bash BP Bandwagon with this Zinger:

2/16/05 7:52:00 PM Submitted by binkwood from MICHIGAN says Agree with Lynn....
BP you're a dope......and maybe even a nut to boot!

I actually I think I am more of a nut.....and MAYBE a dope to boot! But hey that's just me.

I'm so insulted! I think I will go and weep.

FYI the BP loves a good insult directed his way, to bad Cyberfish can only come up with LAME ones!
(I actually like them clever or lame or whatever because to take something that someone says to your over the internet personally would be... NOT me.)

BassPastor makes an appearance...

Over at Bass Pundit Preach
I did a little critique of a article by a Anti-War Jesuit Priest. It's ironic that someone from the order of Ignatius Loyola would be anti-war but times change or maybe not. By your fruits you shall know them and the Jesuits have an interesting track record to be sure. (But maybe that link is to conspiracy theorists)

Latest BP Fishing Reports...

From 2/13-14 are over at the Bass Pundit Fishing Log Blog

Still no luck finding those Platte Lake Bass, but I saw a couple of toothy critters and I have enough Crappie cleaned right now for a good meal today. Yum Yum. I think the Crappie are my favorite warm water species, walleye's got nothing on ice caught Crappie. Hopefully one of these nights all run across a school with the bigger Crappie in it. Anyway go to the Log Blog for the details of how things have been going down on The Platte.

Happy Birthday Valentines Boy!

Today my little brother Steve has turned 33, Woohoo!

I thought I would use this occasion to share with his wife Kim and their daughter Haley Jewel what Stephen looked like when he still had hair in the back of his head(or any part of his head for that matter). From 1988...


And for Steve's (and family&friends viewing pleasure) a retro Flashback to the Summer of 91

The STUNTMEN

It's Stunt Kid, The White Rabbit, Schmenzig, and Cleaveng!

About to perform another dangerous death dealing or defying STUNT!

But before they do that, they must stretch first, wouldn't want to pull a muscle while cheating death...

like when the stuntmen put plastic bags over their heads.
(Take no notice of The White Rabbit turning purple and blue.)

Miraculously they all survived that stunt.

Later they want on to perform this truely daring stunt...

Schmenzig, Cleaveng, and The White Rabbit making crank phone calls
(The Skit Czar's personal favorite)
How did that go again...something about Batman and Robin but I've forgotten.

And who can forget Schmenzig bouncing off the windows and walls.


And last but not least in this B-Day tribute. This is the Bass Pundit Blog and so...

A pic of the BP with the B-Day Boy middle and Todd from 1984 when Steve was 12. I think Steve and Todd actually caught a few of those Pike out of the "back bay" if I recall correctly.

Happy Birthday Again Schmenzig!

FBF Updates

I realize I am a bit behind on the Fantasy Bass Fishing standings at this point. I need to put together the Bass Pundit Championship scores for the BASS Harris Chain and do all the results for FLW Toho, which will take a while. Have patience. Hopefully I will have the Harris Chain BPC stuff in tonight. I'm gonna go fishing in the rain and sleet right now though.

Bulldog Contest Report

What a beautiful day. Temps were in the mid 40's and I had a to wear shades it was so sunny.

I started the day by heading over to Bulldog lake for the annual Holy Family Church Fishing Contest and Raffle. As it turns out Don Weinmeister and I drove separately for this one, but as I was pulling down the drive way Don passed right in front of me. The contest would run from 12:30-2:00.

We headed out to the lake together, and discovered that NO ELECTRONICS OR SONAR was a rule. Needless to say I was not a happy camper. To me Ice Fishing without electronics is like having dinner without having something to drink. Sure you CAN do it, but why! I find it hard to accept that the electronics give me an unfair advantage when I've used it in two previous Ice Fishing contests this year and won nothing; last week I got skunked. Electronics won't catch you the winning fish, but they will help you catch fish or more fish than you would have otherwise. Basically, the rule excluded one of the main reason's why I enjoy ice fishing. LAME.

Anyway I headed out to what I thought would be the deepest water and when they honked the horn I started fishing. I figured I was in about 23 feet of water which was less than I wanted to be in. In Bulldog the main hole goes down 36 feet or so. I started with Maggots on a Fat Boy but got nothing. Some fish were getting caught just to the South of me. I also watched a girl fishing right by the weigh in car catching sunfish after sunfish. It appeared that lots of small sunnies and perch were being brought up. Also some people to just to the South of me brought up a couple of almost half pound Crappies. I switched to a spoon and jigging a minnow figuring a Pike would be the winning ticket. In the last half hour I switched to a minnow hoping to get a Crappie as that no pike had been brought in and there was a 3 way tie with Crappies.

With about 15 minutes left I took this pic figuring I wouldn't catch anything.

With about 10 minutes left, I missed what appeared to be a Perch bite. With about 4 minutes left I got another bite and it looked very Crappie like so I took my time before setting the hook. It turned out to be a small Bluegill, but hey I wasn't skunked. I took a picture but apparently it didn't transfer into the memory card. I didn't win a door prize at the raffle ohh well.

For the Rest of yesterday's fishing report go to the BP Fishing Log Blog

Well off to another Ice Fishing Contest...

Wish me luck!

(of coarse full report when it's over)

Last Nights Haul!

(Smallest one in the pic is exactly 9inches)

Yes Yes another night on the pond that I live on. Finally it was nice enough out that I drilled myself 4 more sets of holes; one to the North, one to the East, one to the West, and one to the South of where I've been the last few night.

I started in the same holes I've been fishing out of and probably made the mistake of staying there to long. I caught a fair number of small ones, but should have utilized the Prime time dusk bite to move, move, move. It was around 30degrees and I really should have tried to scare up a hot hole, but instead I spent the 1st 45 Minutes from probably 5:45 to 6:30 on that spot. Finally I went to the North hole and got into some little dudes right away. Managed to get 1 that was almost 10. After that hole slowed down or was only giving up smaller fish I went East. I got a few small one's but it was really slow. I then went to the South hole and marked a few but they wouldn't bite, so I went fairly quickly to the West hole.

On the West hole it took a little while but fish started coming in on the bottom and suspended about 12-16ft over 22ft of water. The higher up fish were bigger, but I kept dropping the better one's. I probably lost 5 good one's just before they came into the hole and the one's I did catch that were suspeded were mostly just short of 9", my minimum keeper size. I stayed at it and eventually landed 4 Keepers along with a few shorts. I stayed out past 11PM and had a pretty good bite in that Western most hole set from about 9:30 to 10:00 with even a couple of doubles.

I was using large minnows under the bobber and mid sized minnows on the jig line, of coarse with Custom Jigs Glow Demons.

For more reports on what I've been catching this week hit the BP Fishing Log Blog.

This Weeks: BP Bump Board

"The Bump Board" is a feature on the new ESPN Show Loudmouth Bass where the hosts Jay Kumar and Mark Zona* do a Top 5 list of some sort. This past show was: Top 5 things you need to be a Professional Bass Fisherman.

BP Bump Board of Top 5 things needed to be a Pro Bass Fisherman:
(My list is way better than the Loudmouth boys this week)


5. You NEED to know F+L+P=Success


4. You NEED the Current Bass Pro Shops Catalog and $100,000 in BPS Gift Certificates.


3.You Need to know how to Speak Bubba!
(Most big time pro tournies are deep in the heart of Bubba Country.)


2. You NEED a Sweet Chariot with a Sweet...

Minn Kota Maxxum Pro with 101lbs of Thrust, Lift Assist, Universal Sonar, Weedless Wedge™ 2 Prop, Maximizer™, Bowguard 360°™ Breakaway Mount, with a bow recessed pedal. (Arrh! Arrh! Arrh!)

Drummroll Please

1. And Last but certainly not least to be a Bass Pro you NEED to BLOG.


Sure it hasn't caught on yet, but it should!


(*Mark Zona has complemented the Bass Pundit Blog and is playing for the Bass Pundit Championship with the Team Z-Pundit. Currently Z-Pundit is in 8th.)

Terrorist or Pro Bass Fisherman...

You decide!

Anglers were forced to bundle up as unseasonably cold temperatures decended on Kissimmee, Fla. early this morning. (Photo by Gary Mortenson)
For more.

Be sure to check

My Bass and I daily especially if your from MN and a fisherman. He's always got something interesting over there.

Also my nemisis and fishing buddy the Cyberfish has started a blog called GEM Fishing but I'm not gonna link to it as that he doesn't know what he is doing yet and it's kind of a disaster area right now. I may not really know what I'm doing but I know more than him about blogging (and fishing), fer sure.