Final two nights of the Younder Classic and the Kindlewood Cares tournament and this 5 pounder shows up at the end of my rod. Was checking out a place nicknamed Jurassic Park in Central/ South Florida. 9 miles down a bumpy dirt road type of deal.
September 15
Brian.... Thanks for giving me some confidence to try throwing a jig again.. Before today, I've only caught 1 bass on a jig... I watched your video on jigs, put it into play on the Ocmulgee river today and slayed a few Shoal bass, and spotted bass...... !!
September 16
• Edited (Sep 16, 2025)
The Potomac didn’t go as good as I wish but atleast I’m back in tennessse catching small mouth
September 15
00:59
Caught 24 bass and played with a gator on the Oconee river, Milledgeville, Ga. yesterday... Caught 3 on a popping frog I found hanging in a tree 2 weeks ago, 5 or 6 on a 6th sense big swimbait I also found in the same tree...lol, and the rest on a green pumpkin w/gold flakes senko wacky rigged.. all were good size too...
Also, looks like I'm still in 1st place in the spotted bass category in our Younder Classic, with only a day left in the tournament....!!
September 14
• Edited (Sep 14, 2025)
Had a fun day today fishing in our club tournament on Saratoga Lake. I have not fished there in about a year. Ended up getting third. I was junk fishing with a 3/8 Jewel Bait jig with Berkley Chigger Craw using my 7' MH Fast rod on docks, weeds, and lily pads. Used ZMan 1/2 oz Blue gill spinner bait with slim Keitech green pumpkin paddle tail for a couple of undersized ones and a couple of pickerel. I was also fishing with a senko on the docks and caught one. I caught most of them very shallow. I had two good ones on, and I horsed them too much; they may have gotten me into 2nd or 1st. It is actually nice to turn off FFS and just focus on the visual stuff.
September 08
Today marks 3 years to the day I caught my PB (9lbs 2oz). My casual approach toward bass fishing went away in the blink of an eye. I've been on a pursuit for a double digit bass since. It's been pretty much an obsession since. Fishing nearly 365 except storms with lightning.
Who else can remember their pb like it was yesterday?
September 07
00:30
My partner and I fished our first college open club tournament yesterday and walked away with some money. We finished 5th out of 50+ teams and finished 3rd out of the college club anglers which quilified us for the "travel team". Not to bad for a pair of freshmen.
August 28
• Edited (Aug 28, 2025)
I've made it to the big time...
Nathan Skinner of Festive Water Paddlesports in Atlanta, Ga reached out to me and officially inviting me to join their Fishing team.. I couldn't be more proud. Just 3 years ago, my life was going nowhere, was addicted to drugs since 12 years old..(63 now), nothing excited me and I was miserable.. People avoided me, friends only wanted something from me..only to stab me in the back.. Every morning when I woke up, I was just mad at the world ... rehab didn't work, jail didn't work, nothing .. I discovered kayak bass fishing and my whole life turned around. I'm on my 3rd kayak now and am saving up for a nicer, newer one more suited for me.. Now, I've been clean 3 years.. and will never, EVER go back to being that person.. I've got too much to lose.. Sounds cheesy, but it's true.. Now, I have the best of friends, all of which are religious which is awesome for me.. I get excited and love waking up everyday.. Turns out I'm pretty good at Kayak bass angling.. my whole family is proud of me.(I've got 6 brothers & sisters plus I can't even count how many offspring of theirs..plus my 2 children and 4 grandchildren).. And just the fact that a huge name in kayak bass fishing like Nathan Skinner has noticed me and actually wants me on board with Festive Water Paddlesports makes me so proud and happy I tear up just telling someone about it.. it's my therapy, my rehab, my piece of mind, my joy, my retreat.. my PASSION...my everything.. My only regret us that I didn't discover this at an earlier age... Thanks for taking the time to read this.. and please check out this link...