Returned from Wal-Mart Headquarters in Bentonville, AR. last night. Arrived Monday afternoon and got in some bass fishing with Vince Minnick and Jeff Cope from Pure Fishing/Wal-Mart division. Caught some nice bass on Vince’s 500 acre private lake and had a great dinner at Fred’s in Bentonville. First thing Tuesday morning I met with eleven of the Pure Fishing(Berkley, Penn, Trilene, etc.) execs who handle the Wal-Mart fishing department in the US. Made great progress on ideas and tackle selection in the Wal-Mart stores here on the Gulf Coast. This is a very impressive Pure Fishing/Wal-Mart operation and I hope that my advice and angling knowledge was very helpful. Looking forward to continued involvement in the future! Trips Thursday through next Friday. Very nice to have a day off today!! See everyone soon. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read MoreWal-Mart Headquarters for Redfish University-April, 4 2010
Heading to Wal-Mart Headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas in the morning to focus on Wal-Mart’s fishing departments on the Gulf Coast. Arriving in Bentonville at 300pm and immediately hitting the water with Jeff Cope and other Wal-Mart and Pure Fishing execs for a little bass fishing. Hotel check-in and dinner Monday night and then meetings all day on Tuesday. Departure at 300pm and back home for a busy week of guiding Wednesday-Sunday. I’m really looking forward to helping as much as I can. I will provide a detailed report upon my return. See everyone soon! E...
Read MoreRedfish in the shallows at Redfish University-April 3, 2010
Guided Mr. Billy Thigpen again this morning. Dropped off my Hewes 21 Redfisher at The Ship’s Chandler to have the new Yamaha 250 SHO mounted and pick up the Maverick 17 HPX. Hit Santa Rosa Sound around 1000am and found redfish immediately. Sight fished and blindcasted small, medium and over-sized redfish in 1-5′ feet of water. Found fish on the banks and dropoffs. The Maverick 17 HPX poles beautifully and was able to get into some very thin water where the fish were. All fish caught on Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads and 1/4oz. Johnson Gold Spoons. All redfish released. Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read More7# Speckled Trout, 6.5# Redfish, bulls and pompano at Redfish University-April 2, 2010
Guided Mr. Billy Thigpen this morning. Billy is a regular client from Atlanta and is down for Easter. We started out early for some big speckled trout and did we find them!! Billy stuck a 7# trout at first light. We also hit some very nice redfish in the same areas including a nice 6.5 fish. After an hour of slaying the redfish and trout, we took off for the beach in search of pompano. Found some pompano concentrating around deeper holes. We also sightfished several large redfish in the surf while we searched for the pompano. All fish caught on Berkley Gulp! Jerkshads and pink/orange pompano jigs. Guiding Billy again tomorrow in the Maverick 17HPX in some very shallow water and we’ll be throwing at tailing and cruising redfish all morning long. Can’t wait! Please click an image to enlarge and view...
Read MoreBerkley/Penn Tour update March 25-27, 2010
As a Berkley Pro Staff angler, I have some great opportunities to travel and introduce anglers to new products from the world’s largest fishing company, Pure Fishing. From March 25-27, I joined Berkley Marketing/Team Coordinator, Scott Dubiel, and FL/GA/AL Senior Regional Sales Rep., Kevin Benton, for the 2010 Eastern FL Panhandle Berkley/Penn Tour in Panama City, Destin and Port St. Joe. Highlights of this year’s event included the new Penn Conquers, the Penn Torque Spinning reels, the Penn Sargus Series and the new Berkley Gulp! Ghost Shrimp. As always, we stayed at the beautiful Bay Point Marriott and will return in the summer with the Penn Tour for the 2010 Bay Point Invitational Billfish Tournament. The Berkley/Penn Tour will visit Pensacola, Gulf Breeze and Navarre on May 20-22. See everyone there! Had a few days off from guiding but back at it hard next week with trips Mon-Saturday then heading to WalMart in Bentonville, AR. next Monday and Tuesday. See everyone soon! Please click an image to enlarge and view...
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