FishingFury Now on YouTube

I’ve started rending out all of the Fishing Fury videos and posting them on YouTube, fee rating and commenting on YouTube as well. I have more videos going up soon so keep an eye on our youtube page for lots of cool updates, of course I will be posting them here too, but you may spot some surprises before they get posted. You can also subscribe to all of our videos.

This video is from Christmas 2004, we went out to Bass Pro Shops in Vaughn Mills and shot some great footage and stills of their massive freshwater tank. The song is Luna – Renee is Crying, in case you were wondering.

This is the compilation “lookback” video of all our favorite moments in 2004. The song for this one is Man or Astro-Man – Taser Guns Mean Big Fun.

More Great Salmon Photos from Scott Caldwell

Scott Caldwell, of SC Guide Services, sent in another set of photos from his one of his recent trips. Unfortunatly, these didn’t come with a story like the last. But then again, the pictures do speak for themselves, and as a guide he does have to keep a few things secret.

Northern California Salmon Fishing

I’ve started getting fishing reports via the Fishing Fury MySpace page from some charters and guide services. This report is from SC Guide Services out of Northern California.

Klamath River – October 2nd, 2006

RECORDED: 75 ° FISHING: Excellent

On Monday, I fished my buddies Jim, Keith, and Matt and they landed 6 out of 12 Salmon. Five of the six Salmon weighed over 18 pounds, and 3 of those were over 20 pounds. Jim landed the hog of the day a nice big 25 pound buck. See the photo gallery for the pics. K-15 kwikfish and Roe were the baits of choice. I am fishing the section of river from the Hatchery to Fishhook it has been the most productive.

Scott Caldwell
SC Guide Service
www.caldwellfishing.com
scott@caldwellfishing.com
530 905 0758

I really appreciate these guys, so if it’s easier for you to send via myspace, please do!

Cabela’s Versus Bass Pro Shops

When Ontario got its first Bass Pro Shop I was very excited. I had never visited a Bass Pro in the America and was excited to see the selection of fishing tackle. As far as tackle shops go in Ontario, there is nothing that compares to the selection that Bass Pro has, but in America there is more competition from other huge tackle stores.

While on a recent road trip I had the chance to stop at a Cabela’s and I was extremely impressed with the store. The amount of fishing equipment at Cabela’s was far greater then that of the Ontario Bass Pro. There was so much gear that the store was quite overwhelming. Besides the fishing equipment, there was several impressive aquariums filled with several fish that I have not seen in the Bass Pro aquarium.

The biggest difference is that Cabela’s had a big selection of saltwater equipment, and Bass Pro Shop in Ontario has none. In defense of Bass Pro, the Ontario location is nowhere near the ocean.

Here are a few photos from my visit to Cabela’s in Hamburg Pennsylvania.

OFN October Newsletter

OFN, Ontario Fishing Network, is one of the biggest and best fishing sites around for Ontario. The message board alone has hundreds of regular users, all of which are friendly, witty, and willing to share their fishing expertise on a variety of subjects. Every month OFN puts out a newsletter with great articles, reports, photos, and videos. This month is no different than the previous. Lets take a look at the highlights in this months issue, October 2005.

“Setting Your Sights on a Trophy” by Justin Hoffman
Justin Hoffman breaks down what it takes to be a trophy hunter. Get ready to do your homework if you’re serious about catching huge fish. You can’t just go about trophy hunting in some slapdash random manner. You have to know your target, its behaviour, hang outs and more importantly when and what it likes to eat most. This means you’ll have to sit down and do some real research. Justin recommends checking out various forums online, local ministry studies, and tournament results for clues on where the trophys may be. You’re not going to want to spend all your time fishing a lake that only yeilds 40″ musky when you’re looking for 50″+ trophys. When you find a body of water that you know, through your research, has a few trophys waiting to be caught don’t mess around with those micro lures, go big, or go home. Big fish have big appetites and you want to be throwing a bait that reflects that.

Catching trophy fish, regardless of the species, is more to do with skill and advanced preparation than anything else. It takes a well-executed game plan and long days on the water, but the overall results are certainly well worth the effort. Putting the net under a rare trophy fish is the ultimate angling high, and one that won’t soon be forgotten.

The search for a trophy fish starts well in advance of getting the boat or your lures wet. In order to catch a big fish, you need to start thinking like one, and this is when preparation becomes key.

Deciding on a body of water is the number one priority. You need to specifically hit a lake that has big fish potential. An easy step to accomplish this is through the beauty of the internet. Start by checking out recent tournament results from various lakes in your region. If the Big Fish award from each tourney is tipping the scales past trophy proportions, you may have found a good place to start. Message boards or lodge advertisements are other great areas to delve into. People love to scoff about big fish being caught, and you can use this information to your definite advantage. Contact the local ministry and enquire about recent netting or electro shocking studies. (One lake I frequent for bass did a study some years ago; netting largies up to 7.5lbs and a smallie that tipped the scales at 8lbs! You can bet that I spend some time trophy hunting on that body of water!)

Continue reading “Setting Your Sights on a Trophy” by Justin Hoffman.

Scoring Big Bass with Football Jigs By Tim Allard
Tim Allard describes in detail how the football jig can be advantageous over more commonly used jigs for huge bass. Tipped with a plastic crayfish, salamander, or perhaps even a sandworm fished at a slow and steady retrieve can produce awesome results in the right conditions.

Football jigs can be effective with a rubber or silicone skirt as a flipping jig, especially on baits with a weed guard. However, one of my favorite ways to fish a football jig, and the technique I’ll be discussing here, is rigging the jig with a soft-plastic bait and dragging it along the bottom. Crayfish, creatures, lizards and tubes are some excellent choices for bodies to rig on a football jig. All these baits have appendages that dance as the jig bumps and bounces along the bottom, an enticing action to bass.

Slowly dragging a football jig and soft-plastic body along bottom will produce big bass when used in the right structure areas. The jig should be fished in relatively snag-free conditions. Try them in craggy, sharp-edged rock bottoms, and you’ll loose a lot of jigs. It’s better to drag these jigs in smooth, rock-bottom areas, mixed with sand or mud to maintain constant contact with bottom at all times.

Continue reading Scoring Big Bass with Football Jigs By Tim Allard.

OFN member submitted photo highlights for October.

Check out all the great images on the Ontario Fishing Network photo gallery!

Underwater Smallmouth Bass Video
A great underwater fishing video of a Smallmouth Bass attacking a home made spinnerbait made from components bought at Luremaking.com.

For more awesome underwater fishing videos check out Ontario Fishing Reels. I highly recommend the Musky videos section.

California Surfer Recalls Shark Attack

Megan Halavais, 20, was attacked by a shark while paddling into the water off Salmon Creek Beach in Sonoma Counry in Northern California. Megan, an experienced surfer, was attacked from behind and escaped the jaws of a 16-foot shark after she hit the shark on its tail

“It was weird. I was sitting out there thinking, ‘Wow, this feels shark-y to me,’” Megan Halavais, 20, said Thursday. “It was straight out of ‘Jaws.’”

“A 16-foot shark is a big shark. It’s not just 16 feet in length. It’s big. I couldn’t fit my arms around its tail. Its fin, its main dorsal fin, was like taller than me,” Halavais recounted for reporters at Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital as she sat in a wheelchair, her bandaged leg extended in front of her.

The attacked happened on Wednesday and by Thursday Megan was already in good spirits, with a shark bite that streched from her thigh to her calf. She is listed in good condition. Police believe the shark was probably a great white, possibly the same shark in one or more attacks in recent years, the beach is now closed and surfers in nearby locations have been warned.

Wow, I thought that shark caught in New Zealand was big & now I hear about a girl who escapes being eaten by an even bigger one.