I ended up 10th Place(31.20lb, 13fish). They said after the first day I was leading A.O.Y. points race but I finished 4th. Anyway, this gave me to qualify to no entry fee All Star tournament 2011.This was my four straight top 10 finishes(PAA event/ include TTBC)…
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It was a busy week around the Reese house, but, gratefully, most of it revolved around Kim and the girls.

We had a little tree trimming done around the yard, and we also had the driveways seal coated, and the crew finished just in time as we got our first rain here in I don’t know how long. The rain was needed, but we were a little nervous it was going to spoil some fun…
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This is the second part of my Catalina Island fishing trip! After a long 3 hours of getting there, Mr. Takeuchi and I started fishing. At first I cast the FM120DD and went from low, medium, then to fast retrieving. By checking how the lure swims at each speed, you can see how the tide currents and waves have an effect on it. Mr. Takeuchi started off aiming the surface with the FM110/130) and I aimed in a deeper range with the FM120DD. After only couple casts, Mr. Takeuchi caught a very large Bonito!! And I got a hit too~! (In result… I was so close to getting the Big Fish of the day.)

The time went by and when the sun was starting to go down, I aimed deeper from the surface. And by doing that, with the FM120DD, I kept catching so many Bonitos. And not only that, I discovered something new!! Without realizing, I was retrieving from low to mid-speed with the FM120DD. That is when I realized the lure would swim very irregularly. In a way I’ve never seen such swimming action with the Flash Minnow 110 & 130 before. When retrieving in mid-speed, not only did it do the usual flashing and rolling, it widely swam left in right. When it rapidly swims in such irregular motion, it is thought that it creates a very high appeal towards the fishes, which led me to fishing a lot! And by taking advantage of the capability of it going deep water, I cast towards the kelp beds and was able to catch some Calico Bass which were under bottom areas. The Flash Minnow 120DD has such high potential of being the almighty lure!!

See you all very soon!!

Sandy
Catch: Bonitox10 Calico Bassx3 Barracudax1

Place: Catalina
Select Lures: Flash Minnow 120DD / 110

It’s been a week since my last fishing trip and as I mentioned last time, my next destination became Catalina Island! YES!
As for the result, I will mention it at a later time… First, I would like to talk a little bit about Catalina Island!!
Catalina Island = Santa Catalina Island, which is the official name. The island is shaped kind of like a gourd or a pear and you need to either go on a boat or a plane to get there.
It is an island located near the southern California, America. From the Los Angeles port, it is located at south-southwest 38km away. Due to this close distance; they provide fast cruise ships which is very convenient for vacationing. It takes about 45minutes to an hour one way.
However, by going there for fishing purposes, it was a bit more difficult. This time we had to port from Newport (Davey’s Locker), and to get to our fishing point it took us 3 hours! I’ve never experienced such a long way to a fishing area before.
But we wanted to use this time wisely, so we made a film explaining a little bit about the lure we were going to use that day. It was the Flash Minnow 120DD and we talked about its function and color variations. The Flash Minnow 120DD will be sold in Spring of next year. Towards the end of the filming, a fisherman who is interested in lure fishing came up to us and said, “Oh~ you guys are from Lucky Craft!” And then I had told him, “Yes, and I always use this Flash Minnow 110”. There was actually a lot of Lucky Craft fans on the boat!
And fortunately until we arrived at the fishing spot, we were able to gain information on other good fishing locations as well as explaining our new products to some people and did a little bit of business. We got to use our traveling time very productively by getting to know the local anglers.
In the year 1547, Joao Rodrigues Cabrilho discovered this island and at the same time it used to be a pirate’s home base. And this island that used to be a pirate’s base is now a high-class resort where many people come for their honeymoon.

For my fishing report, it will be in part 2!!!
So please stay tuned for the next report! See you soon!

Sandy
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Lucky Craft and Bass Pro Shops have created some hot new colors this fall! In the next few weeks, you will have five new RC crankbait colors to choose from the next time you visit your local Bass Pro Shops…
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I just jumped off the bulldozer here at my father in law’s tree farm here in Texas. Man there is something about the power in those machines that is makes them fun to drive. I’ve been clearing some paths and getting the land ready for some hunting. It’s my local hunting grounds. For trophy hunts I’ll head to south Texas.

On the fishing front, I just got back from the PAA’s Texas Bass Classic where I am disappointed in my finish. After day one I had a seven pound lead but, the fishing changed and I didn’t adapt with it and I ended up in 9th. On that first day I was able to boat over 26 pounds of fish on the Lucky Craft D-20 in Crack color. I had a 6.5 lber, a 6 lber and a 5.75 lber and I lost one bigger than that. Catching fish like that on day 1 sure makes it tough to change up for days 2 and 3.

One neat thing about this event was that it is a zero impact tournament. What that means is, we had an official in the boat with us and when we caught a fish we weighed it right there on the water and then released it. I really think more tournaments ought to be like that.

The day before the event, the PAA hosts a Pro-Am event with the sponsors of the event riding along and fishing from our boats. I was lucky enough to draw a couple of friends Chris Mahfouz and Jay Gulley for the day. Chris landed an 8 pound 12 ounce giant that was good enough to win Chris big fish and help us take the win.

My next event is in early November and it’s the Fish –n- Chips fishing and poker tournament in Oklahoma on Grand Lake hosted by Mark Jefferies of BassZone.com. It’s a great event where all of us who compete against each other week after week can go and fish with a little less at stake. The pressure is off so we can all loosen up, have some fun and talk some trash.

At the “Kayak” Tournament held in France, our pro angler and also our France sales agent, Didier has won!! How wonderful!! I must say, his fishing skill is a legend.  kayakfishingtour.over-blog.fr

Currently, a very interesting lure is being created. It is a softbait used as a slow sinking jerkbait. Not only that, a softbait with a shad tail used for super fast reeling is also thought to be made. Vertical Moving Action is more effective than Horizontal Moving Action in the fall season, and to have a lure like that in the Lucky Craft collection will be great. This thought led us to create this type of lure.
I wonder when it will be ready to be sold…

I just got back from a week of business trips with two of my sponsors.

I spent three days in Spirit Lake, Iowa, with Berkley and two days in Denver, Colo. with Wright & McGill Co. The purpose of the trip was to work on future projects and refine some of the existing projects we have going.

I always enjoy these meetings because I get to exercise all of my “fishing industry skills.” When I am working on products, I get to put all of my years of fishing experience into play, but I also get to stretch my marketing skills as well…
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One of Skeet Reese’s favorite colors, the Light Hitch has arrived!! Ever since Skeet won the Bassmaster Tour with this Light Hitch color swimbait, it became very popular in the west coast. It is now available in variety of our collection such as; the Pointer series, LV & Flat CB Series, Staysee & SKT. Please give it a try!!