Date: 2010/12/16
Lures: LLPT 105S
Colors: Ghost Minnow, Sexy Chartreuse Shad

The Daily Flash Minnow! After coming back from Japan, I again had the opportunity to go fishing with Brent. California has been in a rainy season and for a place where it doesn’t rain that often, there has been major traffic congestions and makes me feel very blue! But it is a perfect condition for Bass fishing!! They might be less cautious! And…I should be able to catch some…… so I thought.
Last time when I went fishing with Brent, it was in September and we had a lot of fun fishing with soft top water lures. This time we used the new LLPT 105S!!
I decided to use the new “Smasher” lure designed by the yellow emperor! – Skeet Reese. After arriving at the lake, we head to our fishing spot! Then we found a bunch of boils. I cast towards it and kept trying but wasn’t able to get any bites. The boils went away after that. While the boat was moving to another destination, Brent had caught and pretty big Bass! This Bass was caught the same way as last time with the straight top worm about 4in long in color white.
I kept casting thinking I got to do well like Brent, but wasn’t able to even get a bite… Then all of a sudden a boil appeared!! It was my 3rd chance that day!
We all made a cast at the same time and the first bite was on mine!!!! Unfortunately… the line broke…
Afterwards Brent and another fisherman on the same boat got a bite at the same exact time!!! It was Stripers. He had caught it with the new “Smasher”!
Here is a useful fishing knowledge from Brent: “Where there are a lot of birds, there are fishes!”
Everyone was excited from the catch and I was the only one left who had no catches! I was in a crisis! There was only 1 hour left to fish and then I found another boil!
I immediately cast with tenacity and finally got a bite… I caught a Striper with the new lure!
In this fishing trip there were many Stripers caught and everyone seem to have a lot of fun. The new lure performed very well and was able to have a great report on it for next year’s release.

See you soon!
Sandy

Skeet’s Beat – SRI #16 12-20-2010
I went on a forced diet this week. The first couple of days of the week were spent battling Montezuma’s Revenge, and I lost about four pounds in two days. Not a diet that I’d recommend.
After recovering, I spent a full day trying to get an hour and a half of footage for one of my sponsors on the water.
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Brent Ehrler Blog
Date: 12-20-2010

Since my last blog I feel like I’ve had a couple cool trips. First I headed back to Flippin’ Arkansas home of the best bass boat builder in the world – Ranger. I was there for their annual sales tour of the plant. It’s a neat tour where you literally can walk right up and watch the guys build these amazing boats. The whole process is unbelievable and it definitely makes me feel great knowing I am riding in such a well built boat. I can’t wait for my new Z-521 to arrive at Angler’s Marine in Anaheim right after X-Mas, I think santa’s bringing it to me in his sleigh!

Next I head off to Chicago to speak at the Bassmaster University. There’s a couple things I can tell you about Chicago after this trip: One, its really cold there and two the anglers there know their stuff. I couldn’t get over how educated the questions they were asking me. When I think of the sport of bass fishing Chicago is the last place that I would think would have such an intelligent group of anglers. Really, some of their questions really got me to thinking. I really enjoy doing these Bassmaster University sessions and speaking with the grass roots anglers, it keeps the fundamentals in the forefront of my mind and its always a great time talking fishing with fellow anglers.

Well, Christmas is right around the corner and I am enjoying some time with the family. Its nice to just lay low and get prepared for the long season. As I mentioned the boat arrives next week and starting then I will be prepping it and getting ready to go. I have high hopes for this season and I am looking forward to it. I wish all you anglers out there, and your families, an awesome Christmas and I hope you all get to spend some quality time with the people most important to you.

Joe Thomas Blog
Date: 12-21-2010

We wrapped the final episode for the next season of Ultimate Match Fishing a couple weeks ago and I am finally home for a bit. This year I spent 260 days on the road between the filming of Ultimate Match Fishing and Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors and fishing the FLW Tour so some family time was much needed.

My wife, three kids and I headed up into the Smokey Mountains for a family get away. It was great to have some time quality time together. We stayed at a great little cabin pretty far away from everything and just made trips into town to catch some shows. We did find time to hit the slopes for some tubing and skiing with the kids.

I am happy to announce we just signed a 2 year extension for Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors with the Outdoor Channel. I am excited about that and I am already making plans for the first big filming for next season in January. I am headed to Okeechobee to do some fishing with Tom Mann Jr. on his home water. January fishing in Okeechobee can be fantastic, a few years ago I had a top 10 finish using a Lucky Craft Pointer 112 in the canals. I know they also eat the Lucky Craft Gunfish in January there too, there is nothing like topwater fishing in January. I know Tom likes to throw the buzz-frog this time of year as well so it should make for a great show with some explosive topwater bites. From there I will be making plans for 12 additional new shows on some of the best bass fishing lakes in the U.S. and Mexico, the new shows will begin to air in July of 2011.

I am also very excited that I will continue my relationship with Ranger Boats and Evinrude for the next year and I am looking forward to riding in the best boat & motor package available on the market today. I’ll be in that boat more than I’ll be home, so its nice to know I have a great ride and a reliable motor for the filming of the shows and fishing the FLW Tour for 2011.

Another thing we just wrapped up is a video that my production company just put together for Lucky Craft. We headed out and met up with Rick Clunn and Rick educated us (and you via the video) on the RC series of Crankbaits that he has designed with Lucky Craft for Bass Pro Shops. Rick takes us from the concept, through the design and into the fishing of the baits. He doesn’t leave out any details, the insight and thought that went into the design of these baits is remarkable. If you watch this video you better make sure you either have some RC baits in the box or a BPS store nearby because you are going to be pumped about tying one on. Rick is a true legend in our sport and his attention to detail and knowledge of fishing is in each bait and the video will definitely teach everyone something about all baits, fishing and everything in between. As of now, we are not sure where it will be released but, in my next blog I’ll let you know where you can find it.

To wrap up the blog I’d just like to wish everyone out there a great holiday season and I look forward to meeting many of you on the water and at the tradeshows.

Takahiro Omori Blog
Date: 12-18-2010

A few years ago I had a problem with my little finger on my left hand. Back then I went to New York to see a doctor and they gave me a cortisone shot that has helped for a few years. Lately, the pain has increased and moved up my hand and into my wrist and has made it nearly impossible for me to fish. I don’t have any other fishing related injuries and have never had anything like this before. With a little more than six weeks until my first scheduled tournament I am headed to the Orthopedic doctor today to see what the problem is and what can be done.

It is tough for me to even think about fishing right now but, I’m still preparing for the season as though I am going to fish. Last week I went to Toledo Bend and just drove around the lake looking at the hydrilla, ditches, points and other stuff because the water is down. Other than checking out a few lakes by just driving around and looking at them I haven’t been able to do too much. I haven’t been able to actually fish but, I am hoping I will be ready for the season but, at this point I just don’t know.

Usually this time of year I head back to Japan to visit my family, but this year I decided not to. I am focused on getting my left hand healed enough so that I can fish this season.

I wish I had better news right now but, it is really up to the doctors and my wrist healing quite a bit before I will be able to continue to fish. I am not sure if changing the way I fish is an option but, it may come to that. Making thousands of casts a day is simply too much for my hand and wrist to handle right now and unless the doctors figure out the injury and a solution for it my season is in jeopardy. Six weeks isn’t very long I just hope by the time the season gets here I will be ready to go.

Injury is a part of all sports and I am excited to put this injury behind me and get back to doing what I love to do, catch fish! I will report back with my blog with any progress in the near future.

It is December, right in the middle of winter of the Christmas season. Even in this very cold weather, we had gone to a fun Bass fishing trip. It is cold, but if we catch any our mind and body will get hot!!! I mean HOT!! Today I used Skeet Reese’s new design lure, the “Smasher”. I caught a huge 7lb Striper, but due to my large body you can’t really tell how big it really is… This fish fought very strongly, and as shown in my right hand is my 3 piece rod which was designed specifically for traveling, but it got broken into even smaller pieces… And not only that, as shown in the picture, the hook on the “Smasher” had gotten stretched out a lot. From my explanation I hope it is easier to understand how big the fish really was. As usual, Brent was doing very well and kept fishing Bass in good condition. Next week I am going to Sand Diego to do some Salt water fishing!!

Skeet’s Beat – SRI #14 12-6-2010
It’s been a lot of years since I sat in a classroom, but I went back to school last week.
No, I wasn’t taking any classes; I was given an opportunity to speak to the kindergarten through third grade classes at my daughter Lea’s school.
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This is the Daily Flash Minnow report from Tone River (Tonegawa), Japan!

I had visited the Tone River with Mr. Mitsuo to accomplish some lure testing and filming of the tournament scenes. This is the place where tournaments are held several times a year. And when you become a member of the “TBC Tonegawa Bass Club”, anyone can easily participate in tournaments. Coincidently when I was there, it was right on time for the “2010 TBC Classic” – a great opportunity to do some filming. The top 30 anglers were only allowed to participate in this particular TBC tournament so a very exciting competition was expected. Mr. Mitsuo was also qualified to participate in this tournament, but due to his primary profession, unfortunately he was not able to.

However, he had finished early and was able to participate in this event as a tournament supporter – as an MC. It showed how all the local anglers came together to support this tournament. For more details of the tournament, please take a look at the next “December Enjoy Network” DVD.

As for the result, out of a tough condition Mr. Oishi caught 3! It did not quite make the limit make, but he did receive a “Big Fish” award and had won the tournament!!  Mr. Oishi had said that since the day before, water temperature had decreased and became a tough condition for hard baits, so soft baits led him to victory. He also shared with us that he kept fishing only at this one spot called “Taigan (Opposite Shore)” all day long.

After the award ceremony, for the “AOY” presentation of this year’s overall champion, our Tonegawa master, Mr. Mitsuo had gotten 4^thplace! He ended this year with a wonderful result at the TBC Classic. “Mr. Mitsuo, I will be wishing you the best!!”

TBC Website – “Tonegawa Bass Club”:
http://tbc1999.com/

See you again soon!

Next report will be “SHINGO’s Development Record”

Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow

Skeet’s Beat – SRI #13 11-29-2010
Thanksgiving was great. We went camping at Dillon Beach on California ‘s northern coast for the holiday with my brother Jim and his family. We had a great time; I just didn’t know that Dillon Beach was such a popular area for camping on the holiday.
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Anthony Gagliardi Blog

It’s been nice to have some time around the house for the past few weeks hanging out with the family and spending some time with the kids. I haven’t been on the water since the PAA event out on Lake Conrow Texas, but its almost that time to start getting the tackle ready for the new year.

This year I will be taking my Lucky Craft arsenal around most of the country fishing the FLW Majors and the FLW Opens. That’s ten events which is a lot of events in a short period of time with makes preparation that much more important. I just won’t have a lot of time between events to get everything dialed in the way I like it. If I do find some spare time during the season I may pick up an event here or there, I really haven’t gotten into the planning stages yet. No matter what, I do know all the FLW events will be on the calendar.

Speaking of Lake Conrow and the PAA event, it’s really a great event and the format is unique which makes it a lot of fun. I am not happy with the results but, overall the trip was great. I brought the family along as a mini-vacation and we all had a good time, I just wish I could have got some big fish to bite.