Braggin Board | August 7, 2011

Randall Griffin was packing his bag for a recent tournament held on Barkley Lake in Kentucky. This was one of his “contributors” to a nice “heavy bag” in that event.

Blake Poe’s ear-to-ear grin says it all. This nice fish caught morning surf fishing north of Cabo in Mexico around East Cape succumbed to one of those amazing Shimano Waxwing jigs. We’ve been telling everybody that these lures are “fish getting” baits. We’re positive Blake will agree! 

Here’s another picture from Nazario that is, simply put, magnificent. No details, but this sure wets our appetite from some peacock bass action. Wow!

Bob Daly forwarded this magnificent picture of friend Gary Clark’s catch. Gary was guided by Captain Ed Bussard of Bass Challenger Guide Service (www.Basschallenger.com) around, get this, Orlando, Florida! Gary says, “Who needs to go to Mexico for big bass?” This picture is proof he’s on to something!

Our very own resident pro Jake Wininger has some fun with a nice largemouth bass caught on a recent trip to Texas. Fishing can be fun, and Jake certainly demonstrates that here!

Our pal Nazario D Silva sent us this picture of a fabulous peacock bass caught by a friend. No details on where or fish size, but we’re sure this is was a fun fight!

Our friend Gunther Van Ginneken holds another impressive perch caught in his favorite waters in Belgium. Note Gunther’s OutCast Float Tube and G. Loomis NRX rod. Great tools!

Our very own resident pro Brian Dolne shows off a very nice largemouth recently caught on a Canadian shield lake fishing trip. Watch Brian’s amazing video (see Live Target Frog article above) and see how he did it. Bravo!

Friend and customer Randall Griffin took 3rd place in a recent Bass Masters Tournament on Old Hickory Lake in Tennessee. That smile on Randall’s face says it all!

Look closely here. This good lookin’ dorado has taken a Shimano Waxwing jig and is about the be released. Thanks to Justin Poe for this great shot and confirmation of the Waxwing’s effectiveness!

My oh my! How about this fantastic 45 lb redfish caught by friend Gary Clark off Venice, Louisiana fishing with Capt. Keith Kennedy of Born to Fish Charters? Gary says they caught over 100 fish and this fishery is “better than ever.” Who could possibly disagree?

Rick McLeod and buddy Rick boated this nice 36 lb spoonbill snagged on a crappie jig using a 6’6″ ultra-light with a old favorite Mitchell reel spooled with 4# mono. Rick says, “Goes to show patience and good equipment makes an accident an awesome experience.” Agreed!

Our friend Kamal Al Sultan caught this marvelous 55 lb Bluefin Tuna off the coast of Cannes, France. We’re betting this provided some awesome meals!

Captain Lucien Gizel (www.GreatLakesKayakFishing.com) shows off a monster smallmouth caught on the Great lakes that went an amazing 7 lbs and measured 22 ½” long with a 16½” girth. Wow!! 
 

How about this Great Lakes freshwater drum that was  291/4″ long caught using a G. Loomis CR721 rod, Daiwa Zillion TDZN100PLA reel, 10 lb Power Pro braid, 8 lb Seaguar InvizX leader, and Hot-N-Tot lure? Captain Lucien Gizel says it’s easy from his kayak!

Michael Woodring shows of a “double” caught on a recent trip to Fayetteville Lake in Texas. Even though it was brutally hot the fishing was “hot” as well. This picture is proof for sure!

Heath Vanbiber demonstrates “how it’s done” at Fayetteville Lake, in Texas. Nice!

It looks to us like Max Cornford is doing some serious study over a bream he caught with his Daiwa 1500 Tierra spinning reel. We’re thinking Max is planning his strategy for the next big one!

Alex Cornford from Australia lights up over this nice little flathead caught on a Team Daiwa Advantage 1500 spinning reel. Who said girls can’t fish!

Although no fish here, this is a picture of famous Table Rock Lake dam and Jaedan and Kaelyn Godfrey from Wichita, KS. The lake was 20 feet above power pool and the Corp of Engineers were letting record amounts of water through the spill way.  The photo was taken in May.

No, this isn’t a fishing picture. It IS a picture of our daughter’s new puppy Gus after our twin 4 year old girls coaxed him into playing “finger paint fun”. Only later did Gus learn just what that involved! 

Please, folks, send us some of your pictures. We’re not after trophies, just pictures of fish you’re proud of. It’s easy. Just attached them to an email and send them to us at [email protected] and we’ll do our best to get them in the newsletter. Send them in to us!

Tight Lines!