Date: 2010/10/8
Place: Newport Beach
Select Lures: Flash Minnow 110 ,130MR

This time I went rock fishing for the first time in Newport Beach. I walked about 15 minutes along the rocky tract and finally arrived at the point of the peninsula. There were only about 3 fishermen and I thought, “cool~!”. I then started to cast.
I kept casting since early morning and I didn’t even get a hit. I was in an awful condition. The fishermen around me were only catching about 2 to 3 Mackerels and were disappointingly saying, “can’t really fish today~”. This time I couldn’t even figure out the reason… what do I need to do? After passing 1pm and feeling pretty awful, I decided to go back the road I came from. I didn’t want this fishing day to go to waste, so I started to practice other fishing techniques as long as I could. I head towards the rocky area and on the left hand side there was an inland sea, where I decided to challenge on Top lure actions for the very first time. Surprisingly it was extremely fun!! Instead of the fish reacting to it, the birds in the sky were more curious! If I continue to practice on Top lure actions, it will definitely come in use in Bass fishing. So I kept practicing with a spinning reel for about an hour, then I ended my fishing day.
Next time, as long as the weather is good I will be heading towards Catalina Island for fishing, so please stay tuned for my next trip!

See everybody next time!
Sandy
Catch: 0

Lucky Craft pro Brent Ehrler is on the cover of the September/October issue Bass West Magazine. Ehrler, without a doubt, has been one of the hottest anglers on the planet the last few years…

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The other day there was an exhibition held in Germany, which is basically like the ICAST in America. This show also gives out awards to the most outstanding product each year. And believe it or not, this year the Pointer/B’Freeze has achieved this brilliant award in the lure department!! What a wonderful accomplishment!! Not only is it known for Bass and Seabass fishing, but it was also proven to fish Pike, Perch and other wide range of fishes. This moment was like a dream come true.

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I’ve just finished fishing the PAA Toyota Bass Classic on Lake Conroe in Texas. It was a great experience and I think I learned quite a bit at this event. The PAA did a really good job with the tournament which started off with a pro am and then concluded with a two day event and a final third day with the top 10 anglers.

The pro am event was a pretty neat deal. The PAA invited their sponsors to be co-anglers with the pros for a day on the water. I was lucky enough to get to fish with a couple of guys from Oakley (sunglasses) during the pro am. I’ve been working with Oakley for a couple years and to get a few of their people out on the water with me made for a fun day on the water. We had a blast fishing and telling stories all day. It was basically a pre-fish day for me and I was able to find a few spots that would help out during the tournament.

As for the tournament itself, I am not satisfied with my performance. Things got started out pretty rough because in the weeks leading up to it I was very busy with the FLW Cup on Lake Lanier, the BASS Northern open event and the final FLW Western Series event on Lake Roosevelt. With those events on my mind I really didn’t think to much about the Toyota Texas Bass Classic and by the time I started to think about it I missed the pre-practice period and could not pre-fish or obtain any information on the lake from others. This was a big mistake and really hurt my chances.

Arriving at Lake Conroe I had a plan to pre-fish deep for an hour and then go shallow for an hour until I started to find a pattern. After three of four switches (from deep to shallow and back) I started to see that I would get bit shallow and there wasn’t much happening deep. So after the first day, I moved my entire focus to the docks on the bank. Fishing a Lucky Craft RC 2 I focused on sea-walls and docks. I really liked the RC 2 over the RC 1.5, probably the best shallow crankbait for any lake, because the extra weight helped me to to make precision casts in small pockets around docks. I wrapped the tournament up in 30th place which is not what I had hoped for but, I did learn a lot.

This week I am heading to the National Guard FLW Collegiate regionals at Folsom Lake in Northern California. What a great deal for these young men and women to have an opportunity like this to start a fishing career or simply to enjoy this great sport while they get their education. I am really looking forward to meeting and talking with a lot of these young anglers and offering my support to them, the National Guard and FLW.

I had 19ld 4oz day 3 with 8ld 4oz giant bass help to move up 10th to 3rd place finish. It was great tournament and a lot people show up at weigh in and country music concert. Thanks for all Sponsor and PAA did great job to put together bring best 50 tour pro from BASS and FLW tour 2010. Everyone involved no entry fee tournament like this is success.
*Posted on 10/3/10

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The Reese family went on a campout in our camp trailer this past weekend. It was the last time we’ll be able to go before life gets too hectic with school and business; so we took the chance to have a long weekend…
*Posted on 10/4/10

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It’s been 2 weeks since my last fishing trip! With this extreme weather change that attacked California with this very high temperature and to understand this type of sea condition, I went fishing.

Initially I thought, “Since this hot weather is continuing, it should heighten the activity of the fishes!” With that hope in mind, I caught a Halibut last time and so I continued heading towards Alamitos Bay.

When I arrived at my destination, an unbelievably strong wind came right at me from the ocean! Unlike last time, the sea surface was rough, the waves were strong, and were at a 2 o’clock high tide.
It was in a very bad condition (a thought of no catches!?). This time the tide is rising, so I decided to cast very far and perform a long retrieve. And since I wanted to catch them while they are swimming upwards, I decided to cast the FM130. I kept rotating colors, but the turbidity of the water was really bad. I kept trying for over 3 hours and ended my fishing day!! In result… caught nothing! Well, thinking about the condition of the weather, I guess it was no surprise. Since I had a bit more time, I want to share the audience who reads my Daily Flash Minnow something special! A new Lucky Craft product!!! It is planned to be released in 2011! It is the Flash Minnow 120DD (Deep Diver)! So I tried this new lure out. Hmmmm… a very good pulling resistance!! And there’s a vibrating effect!! I think it’s a great product!! This longing Flash Minnow Deep model!! This will be on display for sale by next year (may vary by location). Please be waiting!!

I am sorry this fishing trip ended with no catches and couldn’t leave any exciting comments! But I would still want to talk about the lures used on this trip. The Pointer 78 (Color: Nishiki), Flash Minnow 130 (Color: Candy Sardine & Metallic Sardine), and finally the new Flash Minnow 120DD (Color: Kibinago).
Flash Minnow is a type of lure that will keep growing. There are so many other colors, so please use these as an example for your very own color rotations.

See you soon!
Sandy