The 2010 Bass Pro Shops Spring Classic in Destin will take place February 27-March 13, 2010. Both weekends, I will be at the Bass Pro Shops reel counter assisting anglers and Bass Pro employees with Pure Fishing reels, rods, Gulp! baits, superlines, fluorocarbon, etc. We also have some Redfish University seminars planned. Here’s a list of the Pure Fishing promotions we will be offering during the Spring Classic. Thanks, Eric Holstman First weekend: Reel Trade-in (Abu Garcia, Pflueger, Penn and Mitchell reels) February 26 thru March 3 Bring in a reel that you no longer use, and for donating the old reel, you will receive a coupon towards the purchase of a new reel. The discount is scaled depending on the value of the new reel you purchase. See a fishing associate for more details. HOT DEALS – ABU GARCIA · Any REVO reel over $169 get a FREE pair of Wiley-X glasses ($126.00 value) · Any reel from $89.99 to $139.99 get a $10 mail-in rebate – (C4, Revo S, Kalex 6000, Soron reels) PFLUEGER · Any reel over $79.95 gets an Oster Deep Fryer ($59.95 value) – this is a BASS PRO exclusive!!! ….FILET’UM & FRY’UM … make the wife happy with a gift!!! 🙂 · Any reel between $39 & $79.95 get a FREE T-Shirt UGLY STIK · Get a FREE T-Shirt with a rod or combo MITCHELL · Buy any reel over $34.99 get a Coleman Lantern (this is a really cool lantern – no batteries needed you can hand crank it to charge it!!!!! Great for camping, bad weather, fishing the bank or in a boat…it will always work BERKLEY – · Buy 2 of anything and get a rebate – so if you see a customer with Gulp Alive at $19.99 get them to buy a spool of line or a bag of bait so they get $7 back!! · NOTE this is a great promotion and with Bass Pro doing 20% off you can give our customers a BIG rebate deal …makes our baits CHEAP!!! ALSO –Bass Pro Exclusives: Swim Baits 2”, 3”, 4”, 5” and 6” pre rigged (these...
Read MoreA Quick Redfish U. trip-February 19, 2010
Guided Mr. David Wilson this morning. David wanted to grab some quick inshore angling techniques and checkout the 2009 Yamaha F225 Sport that I have for sale. Started out at first light and stuck some very nice speckled trout in the 2-4.5# range along with some 23-24″ redfish mixed in. Hit one more productive area and found a bunch of medium-sized(22-25″) redfish in shallow water. The water is still pretty stained and muddy but it makes no difference if you know where the fish are. Worm rattled work very well! Spent the rest of the morning cruising to let David get a feel for the F225. All fish caught on Gulp! Jerkshads in black with worm rattles. A great day considering the conditions and time...
Read MoreTough conditions but caught some fish at Redfish University-February 6, 2010
Guided Dr. Roger Orth and Dr. Wayne Adkisson this morning. Both anglers wanted to learn some shallow water redfish and trout techniques for winter and spring-time fishing. Met with very cold, strong WNW winds and very difficult water conditions due to the endless, recent rains. Concentrated on protected, shallow banks that held better water clarity. Found plenty of redfish resting in 1-3′ of water and focused on muddy blowouts to target these difficult fish. As always, a slow tap-tap retrieve and a worm rattle produced the strikes on the Gulp! 5″ Jerkshads in camo. We also stuck some quality trout in the same areas. Find the calm, less stained water and you’ll find the fish! Overall, a pretty difficult day but I believe we found the greatest concentrations of fish and most importantly, caught some very finicky wintertime redfish. All fish released except for two redfish for...
Read More$299.99 Special ends February 28 at Redfish University-January 31, 2010
The $299.99 Redfish University Fall/Winter Special will end on February 28, 2010. There are still some dates available in February to take advantage of this fantastic deal. Starting March 1, 2010, rates will again climb to $350.00 for the same 5-7 hours Redfish University trips. Winter fishing has been excellent with quality catches of redfish and very nice speckled trout. As always, Redfish U. offers the absolute BEST inshore instruction on the Gulf Coast and the famed “catch fish, or don’t pay” guarantee so you can’t go wrong! Join the hundreds of anglers that have experienced Redfish University and expand your angling knowledge. Looking forward to fishing with everyone. Eric...
Read MoreYou Better Belize It!! We caught lots of fish-January 30, 2010
Returned from Belize(Ambergris Caye, San Pedro) last Saturday evening. Tracy and I were married on the dock at our house in a very beautiful, tropical and private ceremony last Wednesday at sunset, January 20, 2010. Had a great Belizean dinner at Matachica along with some drinks. While in Belize, we had the incredible opportunity to fish with Captain George Bradley for two days for bonefish, permit, tarpon, snook and more! If anyone ever travels to Belize, hiring George Bradley as your guide is a must! Great guy and an awesome angler. On day one, we had a mild coldfront come through which meant west winds at 15mph. George took us to the mainland to target bones and snook along the protected banks. Once the sun was high and the wind went slack, we moved to a place called Savannah Flats and absolutely hammered the bonefish in 10″of water. Tracy actually caught the first two bonefish on the day and sightfished a few more on Sav. Flats. On day two, George took us 15 miles north into the backcountry lagoon of northern Ambergris. The most beautiful water I had ever seen. Bonefish, permit, 20# tarpon, big snook and big mangrove snapper everywhere! Again, we caught all the above until our arms cramped. We will be returning to Belize to fish with George a few more times this year and also to look for a place to live!! Enjoy the photos! Please click on a photo to...
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