Today, I had a chance to view a piece of video we shot last month on Lake Chickamauga for with Andy Morgan for the upcoming season of Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors. It just proves that you never know whats going to happen when you get out of bed in the morning! I hope you enjoy this video clip….
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It is complete!! It is FINALLY complete!! The longing of this standard jerkbait for Smallmouth Bass is finally in completion!!

Here is the continuation of my last post… So were we able to catch any fish? Yes, a lot!

We were casting towards the structure near the pier with the new Opti Shad with a 1/4oz weight head and dropped the lure to the bottom. After it dropped all the way, I slowly retrieved. While retrieving, it would get caught in grass so I would make a slight twitch action and the Bass would notice it and bite! And this fishing pattern was great! The best color lure that day was the Green Pumpkin Chart Tail!! After the tide settled, we changed locations to a place called Linda Isle. Here I used the 4in Victory Tail and attached the Redemption Spinnerbait (Crack Blue 1/2oz) and slowly retrieved above the grass area. And this fishing pattern was also catching a lot of fish!! I caught a 2lbs class Spotted Bass and was able to easily pull it up with the new rod! I definitely have high expectations for this newly produced rod from now on.

Our total fish caught within a 5 hour period was… Eric: 8, Mat: 4, Neil: 1, & Sandy (myself): 2.

This fishing day inNewport Beach,CAis scheduled to be on the next EnjoyDVDso please stay tuned!!

The SWBA Newport Competition was held in February and can be checked out here:
SWBA Link:
http://dell.jp.msn.com/

Tournament Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8jFYLuCAa8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGCWuWOWy2o&feature=relmfu

Sandy
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This week I went to Newport Beach, CA with Matt from Optimum Baits and Eric who is a SWBA staff, to test out our new Lucky Craft x Optimum Baits collaboration lure. The 2 new lures are called the “Opti Shad” and “Victory Tail”.

Here in Newport Beach, certain colors are used to catch fish which is the Chart colors. From mainly using the Chart colors, we’ve created 2 types of combination lures: one is the Redemption Spinnerbait with the Opti Shad and the other is 1/4oz head with the 4in Opti Shad.

Our main targets are the Calico Bass, Spotted Bass, and Sand Bass and fishing method was to carefully choose a spot to cast around where the boats were at anchor by the pier, under the bridge and grass. As for the tackle I used, were the 8lbs & 10lbs lines and the new Lucky Craft Trout (6’6f) & Perch (6’3f) rods. For the fishing result, I’ll be posting it up next time! So please stay tuned!

Sandy
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That didn’t go how I had hoped. I got on a pretty steady bite at Bull Shoals, and I’m pretty sure I was on the same bite that the guys that finished in the top 12 were on. But, I was in the wrong area of the lake.
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It was my first time compete Bull shoals lake, AR. last week and caught a lot of fish on RTO crankbaits. I ended up 54th place. Just couldn’t get 4 pounder during tournament. I caught walleye, drum, catfish, white bass, largemouths, smallmouths, spotted bass and all kinds fish.
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The very first tournament of the 2012 H-1 GPX has finally started. When I see their smiling faces, I can see their excitement towards the competition. The champion from last year, Mr. Ito has entered the competition again this year. The new flag banner we’ve created has made quite a big impression this year.

So here is the very first video shoot on the Opti Shad in use (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Tb0zVDSzRg&feature=youtu.be). This is located inNewport Beach,CA and their aim is Sand Bass & Spotted Bass. They seem to be catching some Halibut, Croaker, and Barracuda in mainly man-made areas.Newport Beach became widely known through the hit show “OC” and even some major league & NBA Basketball players live in this city. This is a very useful & fun lure where it is possible to use it with a jighead and make bottom knocking actions and/or simply use it with the Spinnerbait Trailers in an orthodox style. This isn’t a very easy location to fish, but they seem to be catching quite a few. I would want to test it out at a more difficult location next time. Unlike injection worms, the hand poured worm’s tail action is very powerful!

This is a video clip from the California Offshore tournament. http://www.youtube.com/
They caught some good size Calico Bass. The boat operation seems hard to do. Today I went fishing inNewport Beachand used our new Opti Shad lure. We were able to catch a lot of Spotted Bay Bass & Halibut! We will upload the video clip shortly so please stay tuned!!

This weekend is finally the 2012 H-1 Grand Prix tournament located at Ushikunuma, Japan. Starting this year, they have increased it to 5 competitions and there are more participants as well. The application for the first tournament has ended, but it is still possible to enter from the 2nd competition so please join the fun!

The person who will be coming to America for the winning prize might be YOU!

H-1 Grand Prix Tournament Website:
http://h1gpx.com/

Sandy
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