Joe Thomas Blog
Date: 11-19-2010

I just got off the water filming for the Ultimate Match Fishing show that airs on the Outdoor Channel.  Currently we are 9 days into the filming and its turning out to be a great season for us, you won’t want to miss it.  This is the seventh season of Ultimate Match fishing and it turning out to be one of the best. This years lineup we have named the “All-Star Edition” because its a mixture of past champions, fan favorites and people we have had a lot of requests for on our Facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/UltimateMatchFishing).  Off the top of my head, the “All-Star Edition” lineup includes Lucky Craft’s Kelly Jordan, Boyd Duckett, Gary Klein, Greg Hackney, Mike McClelland, Jeff Kreit, Edwin evers and 5 more super anglers.

We are happy to have just resigned our contract with American Modern Insurance Group. They provide watercraft insurance and they are also a sponsor of Stihl’s Reel in the Outdoors which is my other TV Show. I am really excited about that they are very aggressive in the market.  We are also working on several other new companies.  Business is good we are happy to continue our relationships with Stihl Power Tools and obviously Lucky Craft and Evinrude and Ranger for this year.

On the family front I am happy to say the wife and I just celebrated our 20th anniversary and I am looking forward to spending some family time with the kids coming up. I am actually going to be home for the longest continuous period of time in almost 10 years starting Thanksgiving.

Next I am off to do a Kansas archery hunt and then its time to start getting ready for the boat shows and promotions.  The first one show is in early December and then lots of them in January.

To wrap up the blog I want to throw you out a fall fishing tip: In the fall the shad are really starting to die off and move up the tributaries.  I really love to throw the Lucky Craft Slender Pointer 112 this time of year. The Slender Pointer can be tremendous this time of year. Most years I spend a lot of time in the fall down in Central Tennessee through Alabama fishing for spotted bass and it’s a great lure for spotted bass as well. For a great color, the MS American shad is hard to beat.