Outdoor Channel Hooks Bassmasters

Outdoor Channel and B.A.S.S. have announced that they will be bringing one of the highest-rated outdoor shows on TV to Outdoor Channel viewers. “The Bassmasters” showcases the Bassmaster Classic and Bassmaster Elite Series tournaments and will debut March 28, 2011. Additional shows are scheduled approximately 30 days after their original air dates on ESPN2

Full press release after the break.

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Where in The World is Dave Mercer?

Well right now, he’s in Louisiana getting ready to kick of the Bassmaster Classic. There pro fishermen finished their final day of practice, with an optional day of rest. The weather has been very cold during the practice days and made for tough fishing, but with a warm front on the way early in the season crazy things can happen and we could see some monster bass this weekend. Today they filed in for registration and interviews with local media. The tournament begins this thursday and will be complete on sunday.

The Best Places To Watch Fishing Shows Online

There are a lot of good fishing shows out there, but theres no way you can watch them all if they don’t air in your country. Luckily, many of these shows are making their way onto the net. Whether you want to see some salt water fishing, or freshwater fishing, this list has dozens of species and locations covered. Sit back, grab a beverage and enjoy!

Real Fishing With Bob Izumi, Canada
This is one of my favorite shows. Bob has been on the air or over 20 years here in Canada and I’ve spend many Saturday mornings watching his show. There are four complete seasons of the Real Fishing Show featuring 26 episodes each available on their website.

Getting Hooked With Aaron and Barry, Canada
Aaron and Barry are a prime example that hard work and determination will payoff in the end. The started the show as an online based program and after several years of hard work they were picked up on the Outdoor Life Network.

The Ultimate Fishing Show, New Zealand
We’ve featured a few clips from these guys here and they are always entertaining. You’ll see some tactics and footage here you wont see anywhere else!

Chew On This: Saltwater Fishing Show, United States
This show features Captain Ben Chancey catching some truly massive saltwater fish. If you like seeing huge fish, this features some serious monsters of the deep!

Channel C, United States
This site has a ton of great video content. You can follow all sorts of great shows here, including Jason Quinn’s quest to make it back to the Bassmaster Classic and Jose Wejebe’s serious adventures on The Road Less Traveled.

National Geographic’s Hooked, Worldwide
Tune in and watch some of the biggest and rarest fish from around the world!

2 Dan’s Fishing, Australia
A solid and entertaining show straight out of Oz. You can tell these guys love every second they spend on the water. Of course it doesn’t hurt that they have some lovely sheilas fishing with them too! You can also check out some teasers from upcoming projects on their homepage, 2dansfishing.com.au.

Let us know if we have missed any of your favorites!

Fishing Fury Interview with Kim Bain-Moore

While getting ready to publish this story I realized that we haven’t had any original Fishing Fury editorial for 2009 which makes this the first! What an amazing start to the year!

Kim Bain-Moore has been called the First Lady of Fishing after securing her name in history as the first woman to fish the Bassmaster Classic. We recently had the opportunity to have a short interview with Kim and ask her a few questions about her love of fishing, her experience fishing competitively and what it was like to be the first woman to fish the Classic.

Kim Bain-Moore shows off her catch during weigh-in at last years Women's Bassmaster Tour event in Lewisville, Texas.

Fishing Fury: Hey Kim, let us start by saying it’s a great pleasure to speak with you. You’ve broken a lot of barriers in the world of fishing and it’s great to see the sport grow and evolve with women competing in big tournaments.

Who would you credit with building your love for fishing from a young age?

Kim Bain-Moore: Without a doubt, my Mum (Lynn) and Dad (Steve). They were always proactive in creating opportunities for me to get outdoors and enjoy nature. My fondest memories are spending time with my family fishing and hunting on my weekends and vacations. I was also a member of many sportfishing clubs in Australia, so I have been very privileged to have grown up around many diverse and talented anglers.

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Bassmaster Tips

Guy Eaker on tough spinnerbaiting

Guy Eaker lays out a perfect foundation for spinnerbaits in tough conditions, breaking down water clarity, temperature, slow fish response, and which blades will work best under which conditions. Spinnerbaits have been a go-to bait of mine for a long time, and Guy has turned me on to a few new combinations I’ll have to try. For the most part Clive and I use inline Mepps spinnerbaits for covering water, but when the weather gets tough I often switch to a white double willow spinnerbait fished extremely slow over rocky points. The Mepps spinners don’t attract much attention when falling, but a standard spinnerbait with a big rubber skirt and two willow blades clapping together can attract quite a bit. Study this one hard, you’re going to need it for those late fall bass when the weather gets tough.

Eaker also likes to slow down his spinnerbait presentation when conditions get tough. “When high pressures come in, I like to fish it slow. I mean real slow. Just barely wind that bait, keeping the blades turning while I’m watching it sink all the time.”

Case in point: At a 2003 CITGO Bassmaster Southern Open on Lake Eufaula, a fall front had come through and shut down the activity the pros had enjoyed during practice. Flinging a blade, Eaker was able to bring five bass weighing 16 pounds, 15 ounces to the scales in the opening round, while most of the field struggled.

“Most everybody else was pitching tubes, cranking and fishing a jig,” he recalls. “The baitfish had moved under the willow trees hanging way out over the lake. I was making little short underhanded casts under where the shad were, and winding. Nobody else was doing that. Everybody else was fishing on the outside. The shad were there, and the bass were lying underneath those willows, eating that spinnerbait.”

Scroggins on the French fry

The “French Fry” has to be my favorite bait for bass. There is little more exciting than fishing heavy slop waiting for that vacumm-like hit from a huge bucketmouth. My personal favorite combination is the Berkley Gulp! Sinking Minnow, weightless, with a Gamakatsu G-Lock Worm hook. Simply put it is the deadliest combination I have used that can handle big fish and heavy cover. All of the Berkley Gulp! baits are extremely tough and can last for a dozen fish easily, unlike other “french fry” baits like the Senko baits which last only a fish or two.

Scroggins adaptation of the “french fry” is simple, yet innovative. Honestly, Im kind of jealous I didn’t think of it before, because its so simple. Scroggins inserts a nail weight in to the tail of the bait so that when he allows the bait to free fall it actually swims away from him.

Scroggins, 36, has risen from local phenom (winning more than 300 small tournaments in northern Florida) to top Tour pro by being resourceful. Evidence of that can be seen in his modifications of the simple “French fry” lure.

“One of my best tricks is taking a nail and putting it in back of a Centipede or a Fish Doctor,” said the two-time BASS winner. “That’s the latest, greatest thing I’ve got. It works all around the country. Everywhere I’ve been they’ve bit it.”

Both Zoom products, the Centipede is a 4 1/4-inch worm, while the 3 3/4-inch Fish Doctor is similar but doesn’t have rings on its body.

While both are best known for Carolina rigging, Scroggins has transformed them into a Texas rigged tool that works in a variety of situations.

“What that does is when you pull your worm up and release it, the worm goes away from you. It works really well. It really looks natural. To me it imitates a shrimp or crawfish the way they glide through the water. It’s an excellent dock bait because it skips so well. It probably skips better than any bait I’ve ever used. And with the weight in the tail end of it, it sinks about right. Plus, it slides away from you, so it gets way back up under the dock.”

Simple but effective.

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* The pictures of Clive and I were taken in Ontario, Canada- Fall 2004