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.