PABC Standings 6-2-09

The Current Standings as of 6-1-09 for the Paul Ann Bass Club are:


1. Roy Cavness 122.71
2. Mike Dorman 120.57
3. Brian Dorman 108.83
4. Jeff Morris 97.78
5. Chip Palko 67.50
6. Garrett Day 58.25
7. Jay Leeper 57.70
8. Jesse Lucas 56.82
9. Jim Day 54.41
10. Scott Miner 44.45
11. Bob Whitt 33.25
12. Scott Gagliano 14.56
13. Stephen Cavaness 14.24
14. Brandon Halfmann 6.75
15. Travis Lucas 6.57
16. Justin Houk 6.00
17. Drew Searsy 5.50
18. Justin Brumley 4.69
19. Westley Wyatt 4.06
20. Joshua Brumley 3.88
21. Noah Brumley 3.63
22. Kevin Johnson 1.94
23. Justin Eady 1.88
24. Wes Hayes 1.88

Compared to last years totals at this point, the members have really improved.

Way to go, gents!

Webisode 6: PABC Monthly Tourney Oak Creek 5-30-09

Hope you enjoy the webisode!

The results for the tourney were:

1. Dorman, Mike 3 3/16, 4 6/16, and 4 6/16 for a total of 11 15/16 (Big Bass)

2. Witt, Bob 2 10/16, 3 1/16, and 2 13/16 for a total of 8 8/16

3. Dorman, Bryan 2 5/16 and 3 12/16 for a total of 6 1/16

4. Lucas, Jesse 2 9/16, 1 13/16, and 1 10/16 for a total of 6

5. Cavaness, Roy 2 1/16, 1 14/16. and 1 13/16 for a total of 5 12/16

6. Minor, Scott 1 9/16 and 3 for a total of 4 9/16

7. Cavaness, Stephen 1 8/16 and 1 10/16 for a total of 3 1/16

8. Palko, Chip 2 1/16

9. Morris, Jeff 1 9/16

10. Lucas, Travis 1 2/16

11. Leeper, Jay 0

12. Gagliano, Scott 0

The guys really put in a great effort.

Special shout out to the guys of the PABC and Scott Miner for putting up with me!

Webisode 5: Oak Creek 5-25-09

I made my introduction to Oak Creek today. It is a great lake!

to me, it is a cross between the Angelo lakes; houses and docks like Nasworthy, salt cedars like Buttes, and a little bigger than Fisher. Really a cool lake!

The webisode turned out pretty good except I wish we could have got more fish. We'll get them next time.

Hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!

Thanks for tuning in and please offer feedback. It is always encouraging!

Remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in the small plastic boats!"

Webisode 4: Thursday Night Tournament on Twin Buttes 5-21-09

I felt like a shad in a school of bass with these fishermen.

I got an invite from Jesse Lucas to fish the Twin Buttes Thursday Night Tournament. There are some very good fishermen fishing these tournaments and I was way out of my league!

I knew what was up when I called and talked to Robert Steele. I mentioned that I would donate my $25 to the winner of the tournament.

His reply was, "Thank ya!"

I learned some limitations of my camera and need to eventually upgrade. Apologies in advance.

Hope you enjoy the show!

Webisode 3: Twin Buttes 5-18-09

Wow!

It's not Oak Creek, but it was nice!

I might actually be making a habit of this. It's a blast!

Before anyone asks, yes, I do have more than half a face. I blame it on my inexperience but it'll be better.

Brad and Mandy Scott were nice enough to take me out and we had a hoot!

Brad and Mandy do not fish Buttes often, but they can show how good knowledge of bass and a working base of features can help them find fish.

Hope you enjoy!

I'll be participating in my first Thursday Night Tournament tomorrow. Jesse Lucas was nice enough to invite me out to play. I'm taking out the camera as there are many good fishermen in this to see in action. This is a good chance to learn something.

Remember to cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in the plastic boats!

5-16-09 Twin Buttes

Interesting day!

Thanks to one of my fishing club buddies, Scott Minor, I had access to a boat and got out on the water! What a blast!

I dragged Paw-N-Law out onto the lake and logged the points. The water was about 74.5 degrees and pretty stained. Wind was high; probably 30 mph at 7:30. We were on a 14'er and did pretty well on the waves. After about 45 minutes of practicing our Kung-Fu balance exercises with multiple strikes, we decided to call it quites. He had caught a decent little striper and I lost a decent one on the flats.

We were going to limp on in and call it a day, but we thought we had found a place where the wind had layed down across from the boat ramp. We had already considered it a good day, but what would have made it great is to hook John up on a good fish.

He found it!

This 2.5 pounder gave him a good run for his money and was a blast for me to watch.

We wrapped it up a little bit later and it was pretty hairy! For my first time piloting a bigger boat with a real motor, we managed.

Many thanks to John for putting up with my shenanigans.

For the record, I didn't get skunked! :-D

BTW, below is a pic of a future fishing jerk! My nephew, Baxter!

Is he adorable or what!

He caught this on a minnow. The story goes that John was looking on the blog with Baxter and Baxter was getting a kick on John clicking on the FJ gallery where guys are proclaiming being fishing jerks. Bax loved it.

When Bax's parents took him fishing, Baxter cast, set the hook and reeled in the 1/4 -pound monster all by himself. His mother heard Baxter calling himself a jerk. She was like, "You're not a jerk." She immediatly called John and asked him what he had taught him. John liked to have fell out laughting so hard. As you can imagine, Baxter was saying, "I'm a fishing jerk! I'm a fishing jerk!"

On another side note, Garath Fulks sent me this picture of his personal best. 8.8! What a beaute!

Great picture taken by his grandfather!

If all works out, we will have the next webisode from Oak Creek tomorrow.

Take care, all, and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in the plastic boats!"

Webisode 2: Twin Buttes 5-6-09

It felt like it had been forever since I had been on the water. I shore fished 5-2-09 with no luck. The weather had been cool and drizzle then the high temps and clear skys of Wednesday happened.

Wendell happened to have an empty seat and was kind enough to invite me along. Fishing with him is an honor I do not take lightly.

Webisode 2 is an opportunity for me to get better at my skills. Although a work in progress, I am getting more confident with it. I'll work on making the dialog smoother, but I have to admit that this is a blast.

Hope you enjoy!




This is getting to be more of what I have in mind and I look forward to making more of these webisodes.

Many thanks to Wendell for taking me fishing and being a sport in making this project!

Take care all and remember, "Cast straight, cast often, and keep your wake small for the guys in the plastic boat."