New BlackBerry case.

I almost forgot to post a picture of my new BlackBerry case from Fishing Forward on www.zazzle.com

My BlackBerry Curve is now disguised as a largemouth bass.

Winter is long here, hope I don't get cabin fever and start flippin' a Strike King Rodent at it mid winter!....HA!

I waited and waited until the black Friday sale and got it at 50% off and $4.00 flat rate shipping.

Ordered a few in for iPhones and Blackberry's for some friends.

They have almost every fresh water sport fish in north America for iPhone, BlackBerry and now Android phones.

Just another reason I've been diagnosed with "Fishin' Fever".

Cheers,

ScottyB

2nd Generation Spectra Baits from Northern Lights Lures.

Talking with Dan Nossey my long time friend and senior partner at Chromadic Creations, the parent company of Northern Lights Lures and their Spectra Bait brand of colour changing lures about the 2nd generation of their revolutionary baits.
The new baits not only change colour when retrieved through the different thermal zones of the water column but also react to UV light.
I hope to get my hands on some soon. The first generation baits (both hard and soft) worked well and served as an excellent test bed for this 2nd generation.
Orders have started to ship world wide through distributors established at iCast 2011.

Here's a peak at one of the baits I'm excited to fish in 2012.

With the belly activating from yellow to blood red when retrieved thru a colder thermal layer, this bait is going to provoke strikes!

2012 is going to be awesome!

Cheers,

ScottyB

What a deal!

Just grabbed 2 Ardent F500 Fishouflage flip'n pitch reels at $69.00 usd each right from Ardents website.
Looks like they're clearing shelf space for 2012 models maybe.

It's going to be an even longer winter waiting to use these new reels!

Why do I do this to myself?

Cheers,

ScottyB



last day of open water fishing, packing it in.

Went out today and froze my tail off.
Trying to find some big Pike roaming around in the Harbour with no luck.

Time to pack it in for another season. Ice over won't be too far off anyway.

Going to pull all my reels off rods, loosen off all the drags and clean and service.

Ordered a big spray jug of Ardent Reel Clean today, will use it to hose off all of the crud and grime build up before oiling and greasing everything up before they're put to bed for the winter.

Time to bring everything back down to the man cave area and sort thru my 15 or so tackle trays to see what needs replacing, sharpening and repair.

It's going to be a long winter.

I may take another crack at ice fishing but it isn't even close to the same and open water casting plus you freeze you A$$ off.

Cheers
SB

Last day bass season fishing.

Well, managed 2 hours out yesterday to try and land one more bass before the season closed for this year.

Let's just say the weather was "fresh". NW winds and wet snow made for a cold morning.

First cast snagged my new-out-of the-package SKL Series 3 Sexy Shad crankbait in the rocks..gone.

Retied a series 5 and on the second cast hooked in to a 30" (guesstimated size) Northern Pike. It put up a good fight and when I got it close to shore I noticed a big chomp mark on it's back from either a Muskie or a bigger Pike. It looked like a fresh wound too. This fish was angry and no matter how I tried to grab it and flipped out so I took a quick pic in the water and with a quick twist of my pliers it was off to be caught another day.

 

I am seriously thinking of going back saturday a-m with my muskie set up and chuck big baits to see if the pikes attacker is still roaming the area.

After that fish I managed to loose another SKL crankbait and one Rapala and with the winds picking up, the snow coming down sideways and frozen fingers I decided to bail.

At least I got out and didn't get skunked but it would have been nice to land one last bass; the last saturday in June 2012 is a long way off.

Cheers
Scottyb