I’m in the middle of the Bassmaster All-Star Series heading into the second and deciding leg of the event. The first event at Jordan just wrapped up and I ended up atop the leaderboard. It was neat to finish in first place, but it really didn’t mean anything other than I’d be going up against Skeet Reese in the first round of the finals. What a great reward for winning an event, haha.

I had never been to Jordan so I had to stick to my guns and stay shallow. Thankfully there was no current so the shallow bite was much better. With two days of practice I found one single creek and fished it as hard as I could in order to produce enough weight to win the event. It was just a creek with docks on a flat that provided shade for the fish. It was a pretty neat way to catch them.

Looking ahead to the Alabama River I’m pretty much in the same position I was last week. I’ve never seen the playing field. I hear the river is much clearer than in years past so hopefully history won’t mean much in this event and it will come down to who finds the bass during this tournament and doesn’t rely on previous knowledge.

Before the All-Star series I attended ICAST in Las Vegas. The trip marked the first time I had ever been to Las Vegas. It’s pretty crazy out there. Some of the coolest things I got to see at the show were actually from my sponsors. Costa Del Mar created some new glasses geared toward women. In fact the product is so neat that the media awarded it best new sunglasses. Lucky Craft released the Smasher series of baits and those are going to be huge. I mean Lucky Craft really thought the bait out well and designed it to catch a lot of fish all across the country. I expect this bait to shine during the bluegill spawn or anywhere bass feed mostly on brim.
Abu Garcia’s new MGX reel is absolutely phenomenal. The reel is extremely light it only weighs 5.4 ounces and its got a super fast gear ratio of 7.9:1.

Personally, I’ve been really happy with the way my music has been received by the fans. I’ll be able to work on my music much more during the offseason because right now my focus is solely on winning the All-Star event.

I’m going to get back to work, but I’ll keep everyone updated.

Thanks for reading!