Here’s what we’re covering in the new fisherman’s workshop today!
I’m designing a course for people completely new to fishing. After you’ve purchased the right gear what do you think is the most important thing to know next?
1. How to become legal
2. Seasonal adjustments
3. Where bass live
4. How to tie lures on
5. How to cast
I genuinely see how any of these could be next.
Tomorrow and Thursday at 12pm est I’m hosting a beginners fishermen workshop!
- join if you can please. I’m hosting this on all platforms. Fb, YT, TT and the app.
The last Cast for a Cause tournament of 2026 is the Season Championship.
📅 Friday, Oct 16 (12:01 AM ET) to Sunday, Nov 8 (11:59 PM ET)
💵 $30, adults only
🎣 Fish your own water from a boat, kayak or the bank. Catch-photo-release, submitted from your phone.
🏆 120 points for the win. This tournament decides Angler of the Year in both divisions.
60% of net entry fees goes back to anglers as prize money. 40% goes to kids fighting cancer through The Jimmy Fund at Dana-Farber.
Tournament Sign-up: https://share.fishingchaos.com/tournament/Skr8bTtV0L8CNoSHCnGY
Club Sign up: app.fishingchaos.com/club/KWC2026
So this what fishing in retirement is going to be like 😀. Not a sole at the ramp and Lanier is flat without another boat around. I think I’m going to love this new chapter 😂. No more weekends on Lanier!!
In a previous class we talked about schooling fish/bass. Never really gave it much thought as an application for up North….fast forward to my tournament yesterday I learned something new. Smallmouth and Largemouth will swim with the white bass and chase bait in open water. Im talking in over 90ft of water. We all saw it the day of the tournment, fish busting the surface and birds going nuts. But only one guy had the thought to go throw a 3” minnow in the middle of it. Justin in our club had 19.5lbs by 7:30am because of doing that. Including a 6lber in his bag which is rare up here. Has my brain wheels turning…
Last club tournament of the year today. Sad to see the season end but looking forward to breaking down everything I learned this year. Took 3rd overall and almost won big bass today with a 5.17. Smallmoufth were being difficult so when in doubt hit the docks and catch a 5lber.
Well, if you look closely, you’ll notice I’m not in the picture I’ve shared! I fished the championship for the club I run on Lake Bowen. I held the lead throughout the entire weigh-in with a 3.6 I punched out of the pads. Lo and behold, the last two fish weighed in were a 3.10 and a 6.14, knocking me right out of the money and out of the championship. That’s fishing for you! 😂
Fast forward to the picture I’ve shared. Two of my boys fishing a derby with a different club on a different lake absolutely put on a show, dropping 40.13 lbs in their best five fish! Now that’s just too unreal not to share! Couldn’t be happier for these guys. Sometimes you don’t get the outcome you’re looking for, but getting to watch your people succeed makes it all worth it!
Tight lines, SUF Fam! 🎣
In October our second workshop is going to be on old school techniques. There’s so much news on new lures and really not a in-depth teaching on how to fish rigs of the early days.
These techniques and rigs still catch bass and pros often use them. They aren’t fancy, expensive or new so there’s very little information on them.
I’m inviting some of my pro friends to join me in the workshop as well. We’ll cover things like
- Tubes
- Carolina rig
- split shot rig
- lipless crankbaits
- floating worm
- spinnerbaits
None of these are expensive or attractive to make YouTube videos about. However all of these are very affective and can be a good lure for you to catch bass on NOW
