Today is a great day! As you all may know pro angler Omori Takahiro is currently here with us for some time & today, Brent Ehrler stopped by our office! The 2 greatest pro anglers are here with me!
Also at our office parking lot, Brent’s new ranger boat which will be used next season is here so i had to take some pictures of it! A ranger boat is every Bass fisherman’s dream! By next month this boat will be all wrapped up with sponsorships and ready for competitions!
I am definitely looking forward to seeing his boat wrap design next year!
Not only that!! I’ve received an autographed tournament shirt from this past season from Brent! I have another great fishing related memorial item to my collection!!
Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
It is the final day of Mr. Sasaki’s US Bass fishing tour.
We went to the perfect place for his last day here – Lake Vail which is known to be a Bass fishing paradise. We also came here with last year’s H-1 winner, Mr. Ito as well.
On this day we had Mr. Art Hill to be our guide. He is a very popular & professional fishing guide in this area. The weather was perfectly sunny and surprisingly there were already 9 boats out by the time we got there. Usually on a regular weekday there would only be about 2 boats out around this time…
First thing Mr. Sasaki did was he threw in a Crankbait but lost his fish! Since it wasn’t quite a good start, he was concerned & mentioned, “That loss might affect me later…” However, soon after he caught his very first Bass of the day with the LV-RTO 150! He’s finally starting to performed like he did in the H-1 tournaments!
We then changed locations and started fishing with vibrating Crankbaits. After fully enjoying that, we decided to move to another location to aim at a deeper range where they have 2 bumps. A lot of 5 pound class Bass may be located in this area. Many would bite on Drop Shots & Jigs, but unfortunately they were all small size Bass… So we changed locations again.
On our way to the next destination we found a spot with a lot of baitfish so we did drop shot fishing there and got some catches. For about an hour, Mr. Sasaki himself handled the ship and continued to fish with hard baits. But couldn’t get any catches… We only had an hour left to fish and we decided to go back to the area with 2 bumps where we caught the most fish with better possibility of catching a big one. As we hoped, Mr. Sasaki caught the biggest Bass of the day with a Crankbait! He was extremely happy & was able to end his US fishing trip with great satisfaction!
I wonder who will be the next Angler Of the Year? We definitely can’t keep our eyes off the 2013 H-1 GPX tournament next year!
I hope I get to see the actual competition on site next year! It’ll be nice if I could hand over the ticket to the AOY winner at his last round.
Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
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During Mr. Sasaki’s (2012 H-1 winner) visit here in the US, Bassmaster Classic 2004 champion, Takahiro Omori kindly visited our Lucky Craft office on his time off as well.
And as an editor of Basser magazine, Mr. Sasaki was given an autographed lure, tournament shirt & hat to give out to Basser readers in Japan! To those of you who are interested, please purchase the next January Basser magazine and see how you can win these one-of-a-kind prizes! (Sorry! only in Japan)
Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
It’s finally time for Mr. Sasaki’s first time Bass fishing in the United States! And of course his guide is the famous pro angler, Brent Ehrler at Lake Perris. Last year Brent guided the previous H-1 champion in Diamond Valley Lake, but due to prior fishing information, we decided to go to Lake Perris which is also Brent’s home lake.
Recently in Los Angeles, it’s been raining for 3 days which is very unusual here. And our fishing day started in a rainy weather condition so Brent predicted it would be some deep range fishing.
The very first bite in the early morning was made by Brent with a jig. Afterwards, Mr. Sasaki caught his very first Bass (in the US) with a down shot and of course we took a snap at that! At around noon, the rain had stopped and as we moved to different locations we threw in some Crankbaits but got absolutely no bites. Using the winning lure “Big Bud” had to be carried over to the next day. From the beginning to the end, Mr. Sasaki expanded his slow fishing method with a down shot and ended the day catching 4 Bass!
Also as a Basser magazine editor, he didn’t forget to take some photos of his own for an article.
In addition to Bass, we also caught a Blue Gill! How rare is that!
Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
He caught a Calico Bass with the BULL!! It is secretly becoming very popular in California.
Today, the 2012 H-1 GPX Tournament champion – Mr. Sasaki who is also an editor at Basser Magazine has finally arrived for some US fishing tour! He is staying here for only 3 days so we squeezed a lot of exciting projects full of surprises! We’ll even be sacrificing some sleep time, but all the fishing will be well worth it!
Immediately after Mr. Sasaki arrived at LAX airport, we went straight to the Bass Pro Shop which was about an hour drive.
As we expected, he was very surprised by how big the place was and ended up buying a lot of fishing tools (the total amount spent is a secret!). After that we went to the Lucky Craft USA office and showed him around our warehouse. Then came our exciting surprise for him! Pro angler Takahiro Omori showed up to meet with Mr. Sasaki!!
After getting acquainted, we went to the famous OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE for dinner! Mr. Sasaki had the 20oz porterhouse steak and ate the entire thing quick! (he even said since there was no rice with it he could probably eat another one!) We were amazed by his appetite.
Tomorrow we’re going Bass fishing early in the morning. There are some signs of rain, but a pretty well condition can be expected so please stay tuned for that!
Sandy
The Daily Flash Minnow
Today is another day of Bass fishing. Mr. Sasaki who won the H-1 GPX competition this year is here in America now. Today is a little slow so I am Drop Shot fishing. I can’t wait to go shallow fishing…
Here is what’s going on with TO lately. He arrived to California today and for a whole week, he is planning on getting ready for his next competition. There will be a lot of lure development meetings as well.
