2011 PRO TEEN FULL RESULTS Bob Santora and Kouchekey place 4th on the BIRD

2011 C.O Pro-Teen Full Results

by Cooch » Mon Jul 18, 2011 7:06 am

.......Teen............Boater...........#Fish/Total ....Teen/BF..Pro/BF
1 Joel Barrnett...Brandon Burruss..5\17.28......5.07......3.79
2 Nathan Haley.....Tim Venkus.....5\16.69......5.20
3 Omar Gutierrez..Bobby Barrack...5\15.28......5.31
4 Andre Kouchekey.Bob Santora....5\13.73.....4.42...... 3.07
5 Tal Chamdi.....Cliff Wentworth..5\12.83.....4.40
6 Erik Dornback....Marc Young..... 5\12.63.....3.81
7 Erich Coulter......Preston Henson...5\12.57
8 Frankie Robles...Dave Lee....... 5\12.47.................5.27
9 Adam Roberts....Dan Wells ......5\12.25.................3.64
10 Joseph Teahan...Rich Reeser.....5\12.11.................3.16
11 Jesse Barnett....Jason Conser...4\12.08.... 4.88
12 Jordan Dionisio..Alex Sanchez...5\12.01.................3.92
13 Keaton Swan.....Paul Buccola.... 5\11.42....5.04
14 Donald Hill.......Ron Howe....... 5\10.98.................3.85
15 Ryan White......Neil Sterud...... 5\10.78
16 Tanner Sterud...Bobby Barrack....5\9.97
17 Spencer Butler...Guyle Sternat... 5\9.82...................2.83
18 Zachary Hubbell.Lloyd Close......5\9.72...................3.18
19 Jason Hastings..Cathy Case......5\9.45...................4.11
20 Garret Dayton...Mark Gomez.... 3\9.43..... 4.4
21 Aryn Beltran.....Tom Mulliken....5\8.93...................4.08
22 Josh Peacock....Dave Mayo...... 5\8.93..... 2.92
23 Kevin Alston.....Dean Zimmer....5\8.92
24 Justin MacRae...Brian Day........5\8.9
25 Sinn Amini ....Morgan Proescher. 4\8.63
26 Joshua Donnelly..Dan Issac....... 4\8.61...................3.41
27 Corey Skinner....David Sanchez..5\8.54...................2.2
28 Anthony Lopez...Tom Lutz........5\8.47
29 Tyler Simmons...Jason Ballew.... 5\8.46
30 Jon Heath....... Grant Olguin.... 5\7.95
31 Wes Owens.......Ron Tobey...... 5\7.61
32 Chris Chung......Tony Peterson.. 4\7.51
33 Sean Hrebich.....James Loo..... 4\7.23
34 Manuel Munoz....Brian Pultz..... 4\7.2
35 Aaron Wood......Rodney Green..3\7.18..... 3.73
36 Brian Heath......Kirk McIntyre... 5\7.03
37 Clayton Travels..Tim Clark.......5\6.92
38 Aranz Khalilollahi.Jonathan Ashcraf..5\6.87
39 Kyle Morrison....Kevin Cornwell..4\6.87
40 Jeffrey Russell...Billy Hines...... 4\6.78
41 George Corp.....Larry Cates..... 5\6.68
42 Jenson Essary....Tim Mello....... 2\6.58..................3.62
43 Dustin Peters....Kevin Ryan......5\6.52
44 Nicholas Trinh...Randy Walker... 4\6.42
45 Justin Codoni....Bob Kornhauser .5\6.2
46 Robert Kidd......Brant Castorina.3\5.99.....3.01
47 Martin Carreon..Tony Bazzocco.. 5\5.98
48 Samuel Gatejen..Mike Coelho... 2\5.44
49 Xaivier Green....Sean Wayman..2\5.1
50 Anthony Monraz..Ron Pine....... 4\5.03
51 Garrett Paz......Jim Moulton.... 3\4.9
52 Stephan Mohajer..Jim Moulton...3\4.9
53 Peter Archacki...Mark Keyes..... 3\4.68...................3.05
54 Chris Frumusa...Jesse Groves.. 2\4.18
55 Joey Skym........Fidel Campos.. 2\4.........3.06
56 Nick Daleo........John Robles.... 3\3.92
57 Tyler Burke........Marty Martinez.1\3.12
58 Corina Huey......Troyce Taylor....2\2.79
59 Eric Gunderson...Billy Hines..... 2\2.46
60 Alexander Robbins..Jeff Czapla..1\1.9
61 Joseph Rogue....Jack Goodby.... 0
62 Wesley Jenkins...John Clark..... 0

A WET BIRD FLIES BY NIGHT

by John McKean

" Mornin'! How 'bout a cup of pipin' hot coffee?" called the kindly old fella from the next campsite.

I could hardly believe anyone was up and ready before me, but gladly accepted his offer.

Turned out ole Bill had arisen WAY before me - like 11 PM the previous night! He went on to explain, in his low key, humble manner, that by only fishing in darkness, big largemouth bass went berserk for his slow motion, carefully worked topwater plugs. Then, noticing my arched brows and open mouth, sleepy-eyed Bill directed me to his large cooler.

"Tough night," he calmly stated, "we actually had to WORK for these for once!" My jaw dropped even lower as I gaped at the lid-level stack of fresh green lunkers ! It seems Bill had several partners to assist him, now sound asleep, yet after getting to know this always tired looking old master over several summers, my bet is the ole timer could have easily packed a nightly coolerful by himself anytime he wanted.

Comparing notes. it became clear that Bill and I fished almost exactly alike. Well, sort of. Vacationing on New York's St. Lawrence River each August, I placed home made bucktail jigs deep down at the base of 18' weed edges in search of northern pike, while night-owl Bill "jigged" wooden floaters through open water bay areas for bass. Our actual retrieves were remarkably similar - keeping rods pointed toward each respective lure we'd wind baitcaster handles a turn or two, then simply pause. Of course, my jigs darted forward then fluttered and dove, while his plug crawled ahead then fluttered and settled on top. Neither of us attempted to instill extra action, preferring to have baits swim as naturally as possible. And, almost always, strikes mostly came for both of us during the pauses.

As a dedicated jig fisherman for the past 50 years, then, my well honed crank and pause technique serves just fine for working my brand new BIRD after dark. Of course, ole friend Bill always comes to mind, especially with this summer's accessive heat driving me to enjoy the coolness and solitude of the 9 to 4 AM shift! As Bill confided, relatively open water areas by night see lunker bass roaming and plundering away from their usual day time hidey holes. Then, too, treble hooks of old time surface plugs essentially required wide open basins to keep hooks somewhat clean, and evening air free from constant obscenities!

Still, a bay bound surface caster is frequently over, or very near, weeds, pads, and floating debris. Our modern BIRD ,snagless as can be be over anything, makes things so much more pleasant!! After all, neither in deep water jigging nor night time surface work can we actually see the cover that we fish.

A "baker's dozen" observations of starlight BIRD workings :

1) While boating, keep well out from shoreline. The 5/8 oz aerodynamic BIRD casts a mile, and you sure don't want to chuck it into trees. Now, if you fish from shore, let 'er fly!

2)Concentrate on the BIRD's wingspan, and allow it to "swim". That is, the stop-n-go jigging motion creates a nice flapping pulse to supply a most natural touch.

3) Mostly maintain the jigging style retrieve, but don't be afraid to change up the pace. Short "pops" supply noise which sometimes is terrific.

4)When "bumps in the night" -weed clumps,pads, or sticks-are perceived, try a slow steady retrieve to climb right over them. Bass go bonkers when a lost, injured critter knocks or crashes into any structure.

5)Getting tired? Allow longer pauses after each short swim or twitch. A deadstick approach can be deadly at night. Enjoy a cup of coffee.

6)Concluding a retrieve, pause the BIRD for just an instant before lifting into the boat. You'll sometimes be very surprised to learn what was tracking it unseen below! Just last night this tactic yielded my biggest largemouth!

7)A longer "flipping stick" is often in order to acquire maximum distance. Covering water is the name of the night game.

8)BIRD hooksetting is best done as a POWER maneuver. That is, on the strike crank down hard, actually GRIND the handle, with the rod pointing toward Mr. Bass. Imagine trying to stretch his lips about a foot or more. Then invoke a total body turn, rod firmly locked on hips, and drag him a bit more. Chances are the bass will actually not be moved, but the hook sure will be secured inside his jaw!

9)Enjoy the battle, but don't play him overly long. Obstructions where a bass may head just can't be seen (by us) during pitch blackness.

10) Return on subsequent nights to swim the BIRD over areas where bulges or ripples were spotted, but no strikes occurred. This could well be the private hunting ground of a monster that holds up in impossible cover during daylight.

11)During a midnight cruise, fire the BIRD out over deep water every so often. It's a fact that many untouched lunkers lounge while suspended over extreme depths while in sunshine, but travel to shallow "supermarkets" after dark. Intercept them enroute and greet an eager feeder!

12)While daytime BIRD fishing can be heartstopping, everything is magnified by the stillness of night. Carry an extra pair of undershorts. Trust me on this!

13) Wear a life jacket and be careful out there. In the giddiness of hauling in that tenth BIRD hooked bass, it's easy to misstep!

How long do you stay at it? Well, I have a pike fishing pal who is an expert jig fisherman and often asked that very question. In his thick, native German accent he always laughingly assures, "Ya yust haf' to keep on yiggin'!" Same goes for night time surface work - keep your flyin' BIRD wet!

BIRD BANGING BULRUSHES FROM THE BASS LURES OF FLIPINTHEBIRD

Thursday, July 21, 2011

BIRD BANGING BULRUSHES

by John McKean

Ever adventurous, 26 year old Sandy, a gal-pal of son Sean, ignored my advise to NOT penetrate the bulrushes for better casting position. Had I been even slightly more specific about the 6' black snake that loved to lounge in the cool soft mud therein I wouldn't have felt quite so guilty over the horrific scream, sky high leap, and amazingly gross string of expletives from the pretty little lady! Yet,surprisingly, it wasn't a snake or snapping turtle that put Sandy into total panic but, rather, the struggling critter hanging from her lure. First cast over slop yielded a hefty, bulgy eyed bullfrog!

In fact, my initial tosses with the brand new BIRD had the frogs a-rushin' ! Unless hungry for a big platter of fried frog legs, it's best to take measures to thwart the slop hopping rascals' advances, especially considering the realism offered by this natural looking surface bait! So, over the past several years I've been developing a unique system that focuses maximum fishing time exclusively to big bass.

First of all, most good ponds reside in very fertile farm land and are surrounded with bulrushes, cattails, sedge, and similar tall,thick weeds. My approach is to remain hidden and cast right over these close knit stalks, directly into heavily vegetated water. Never a need to cast too far, yet there is a definate advantage in working a bird TOWARD the shoreline; an injured or stunned, downed real bird will struggle for its life to reach closest land or a veggie " island" rather than seek safety (?) out over depths. And from a fishing standpoint,even the gentle BIRD "splat" on landing is out away from fish holding cover and not likely to spook a wary old lunker.

After touchdown, I still wait a moment for my BIRD to quit rocking (bass seem to love this settling motion!), then give it the tiniest twitch I can muster. Unless gobbled up, I allow a brief pause, then promote a series of two or three consecutive pops. I try to keep it very subtle - any troubled critter in nature will strive with all their might to keep themselves UNnoticed on the surface! However, you can bet that every largemouth in the area WILL be paying attention!

Every twitch on the angler's part, no matter how limited, sends the BIRD's sensitive wings into a cute little breast stroke. After, any subsequent pause creates a rebound reaction of the thin living rubber flappers that seems to draw most of MY strikes! Now, when the lure approaches lily pads, thick weed masses, or just slimy "gunk", retrieve is just a bit faster to allow the BIRD's head to lift, so it'll crawl right on up for a "rest" (ALWAYS picture a hidden monster bass below, looking up with murderous intent and a huge feast in mind!). Thereafter, beware when sliding your BIRD back into a hole or any open water - this is exactly like playing with dynamite!!

Now we come to the crux of my pond/bulrush system. Usually standing at a land base slightly elevated from the lake's surface and peering a few degrees downward over the tops of the bulrushes, I see my BIRD nearing within inches of shore. To get the highly valued lure back (after allowing a final slight pause to determine if hidden holes harbor lurking bass) I give a very hard yank up and backwards (be careful of onlookers, geese, or bird biting bears from the woods!). This is sorta like a fly fisherman's backcast -if he were on steroids! My heavyhanded reverse motion gives a whole new meaning to "Flipinthebird"!! Strangely, the aerodynamic BIRD construction allows it to literally fly up over the bushes to land somewhere behind you!

Yes, I look extremely demented( friends say this is natural to me!) with my arm cranking back flip, but it's far easier to pull a BIRD back to me over grass or gravel than to continually fight the pond side base of tough bulrushes for recovery. By the way, just before the wild rip, if you spy big eyes suddenly appear, lift the lure even quicker to get it froggin' outa there!

Sometimes your " rip n fly" technique may find your BIRD temporarily hung up among thinner tiptops of stalks, but a BIRD proves as snagless out of water as well as it is in slop and can be instantly jiggled free. Also the extremely thick BIRD body makes it about the only lure rugged enough for continuous shore crashing onto tough terrain; just yesterday I heaved mine over jagged stones all morning long -it still looks good as new! You see, the bird BOUNCES, never breaks!

About now the question usually is "But how do I land bass from the wrong side of the bulrushes?!" Well, pal, you're on your own here ! But I'm sure you'll immediately become "one with the plant life"(and bullfrogs, black snakes, and snappers!!) when you realize a six or eight pound largemouth is tuggin' on your BIRD!

"The Best Top Water Hollow Bodied Bait Ever Designed"

About 10 years ago my buddy Sam calls me and tell me about a bird that came out of fish Booby Cobo caught. He said it was still alive. A couple weeks go buy and I head to Watsonville for some lake fishing and he hands me of the rats with a piece of living rubber glued to the top. I’m thinking, WTF… So he hammers them that day and I just laughed. A few years go by, he keeps on tweaking.  The baits get better and we start using them at Clear Lake and the Delta. We quickly learned browns and whites get more bites and the black/red ones would get your picture taken. 

Sam starts working with liquid plastics and various materials to make the wings; he would hold it up above his head and look at it while explaining the next variation. He kept on tweaking until the spring of 2010, when 9 years of bird talk finally came to fruition.  He and the Watsonville rat boys were catching them like never before.  My Aunt lives on Pinto Lake and so I was aware of the fish there, but not the amount of big splashes (3.5 lbs or better) they were getting.   I had to go check it out and they weren’t kidding. The (show me two rule) lasted about 10 minutes and I was tying one on was blasting them shortly. They were throwing the birds into the deepest thickest trees and tulles with a pop, pop, pause and they just waited. Fish were blasting these baits and we couldn’t believe it.

Last summer Sam flies his plane in from Watsonville and we fish the Delta and we get big splashes and catch fish in just about everywhere we went. The rat boys were catching them everywhere also. That was it. Sam started Flip in the Bird Lure Company, did his trademarks and patents. During the winter, the bird went through a few body mold designs, wings variations, hook and recess considerations, tail options, etc. He always looked at it from the bottom side. There was a time about 2 months ago, on Rev 2 when we thought we messed it up. So Sam got input from all the testers, made the necessary changes and told me in 3 weeks he have it fixed. He delivered on what he said.

A few weeks ago, Sam Brought the Rev3 Birds to the Delta to test and we tested it for 4 days on two different weekends.  We fished mornings and one evening. We had 100 deg. weather one weekend and the other was 75 deg with 10-20 MPH winds with a front moving through. A full moon figured to make things tougher. Sam was using the Purple Finch and the Red Winged Blackbird. I was using the White Chested Tree Swallow. Sam’s baits were barbless. We were very pleased with our testing totals. Sam went 10-14 on the Big Splash. We didn’t count two lbers. I managed 10 for 17 for Big Splashes. Three of the fish came back for a second pass after missing. The number we thought was interesting was, 70% of our bites came on a dead stick of 15 seconds. We had a few that sat for one minute before being blasted.  

My bait after 4 days of fishing looks like the day it was purchased.  Sam, having an Industrial Engineering Degree from SJ State, blended the right plastics to make a durable long lasting texture.  He also engineered the body angle to keep the bird from being a sinker. No sinking problems experienced.

We fish the bird many different ways. The fish will tell you which way they like it and also where they are. Meaning, some days they eat it when it hits the water or when the bird is in its zone. Some days, the fish are neutral in mood a take a little longer to commit. Dead sticking up to one minute or longer has produced some of the most vicious big slashes.  The design of the bird, keeps the bait in the zone longer (drag of wings and tail in water) and angle of bait. The underwater profile is what makes the bird different any other bait. If the fish is there, it will want it outa there.  

The bird is "The Best Top Water Hollow Bodied Bait Ever Designed"

Bob Santora

Pro-Staffer

™ Flip in the Bird Lure Company

“The Bird is the Word”

Frogs and Birds both have there place on those hot summer days

To fish either the frog lure or a high quality holllow bodied bird bass lure, I start the same way as I do using buzz frogs, starting slow after that working to swift retrieves, first working the outside edges of vegetation then working them into the thickest of the thick. When casting these baits, I rarely be concerned about producing a big splash, particularly when targeting super heavy mats. The splash of the lure draws in the fish and its big silhouette can be noticed however the mats against the bright sun. To do the job these baits, it is fairly significantly self explanatory. Try to make my lure look like real frogs messing approximately on top of vegetation mats or swimming around weed edges, slight twitches to aggressive walk-the-dog actions may be effective. The most important thing to do once angling these baits is to watch and remember what presentations the fish are reacting to. Other than viewing the fish, be systematic in your approach, otherwise you could have no thought how to get a 2nd fish or get that 2nd strike immediately after a misst. This previous calendar year I have started twitching frogs in the same spot, jiggling the rod so which there is movement, but the lure is maintaining the same position. This method is quite lethal once a fish misses the lure the first time. I could cast again to the same find and make the frog vibrate in spot, causing the fish to believe they wounded the frog, which these bass cannot resist biting. The bass should clue you in on what they want that day.  As explained just before concerning buzz frogs, I may go on for hours about demonstrations, but experimentation and observation using these baits are much better than any advice I may offer. As with a lot of various kinds of bass lures, one of the most essential things to just know is to make many casts to a similar location using various presentations. Additionally, if a bass missed the fishing lure, do not give up. Right after I miss a bass or the bass misses my fishing bait, I should make up to 5 casts to the same dead on spot. If I do not get a hit in those casts I should let the spot rest for 15 to 45 minutes, simply because I understand which bass is outstanding there and can hit, particularly if it sensed no hooks.

Rain and Bass

Rainwater: Rain can make bass very active. At the beginning of season bad weather can lead to warming in the water which makes bass more active. During the hot days of summer, rain can result in the water to cool down, that invokes largemouth bass to be more active. Also, the rain causes insects and such to flow in the water which can cause a feeding frenzy. The second thunder and lightning or very heavy rain start to happen the fish will be spooked and during this time it is extremely hard to entice a bass to bite an a bass lure. Soon after this, the catfish should be unwilling to eat considerably for the next few days. If you still need to fish a day or two soon after the rainstorm you must use the lightest family possible and the smallest lure doable so you do not spook the bass again. In muddy settings, angling can prove really hard after a hefty thunderstorm.
The fish can hold closely to cover and will not glimpse upwards towards the surface if these do not have to, except it is low light conditions also having a quality Top water lure like The Birdlure made by http://www.flipinthebird.com. With no a blowing wind, overcast or low light durations top water angling can bemay be deadly.
Really cloudy settings can make a bass turn out to be active. The cloud cover can halt burn from coming into into the water. Bass are light sensitive, meaning which means they do not enjoy a lot of light. With cloud cover, largemouth could be ready to cruise around and attack any prey which happen to go swimming bye

Are bass Logical?

Bass~and other fish possess the reasoning capability of a 4- or 5-year-old youngster when it arrives to figuring out who among their peers is “top dog,” new study shows. Stanford University scientists made the discovery—stated to be the initial demonstration which bass can use logical reasoning to figure out their social pecking order—by understanding fights amongst small, highly territorial, a spinney fined  fish known as cichlids, typical in fresh water in tropical Africa, which includes in Lake Tanganyika in key Africa. Logan Grosenick, a graduate student student in statistics, and his co-workers seen which a sixth fish could infer or discover indirectly which have been the 1st through 5th strongest merely by observing fights among them in adjacent, transparent tanks, instead of by immediately battling each and every fish alone or visiting every fish battle all 4 others. This type of reasoning, called transitive inference (TI), is a developmental milestone for human children, showing up non-verbally as early as ages 4 and 5; it also has been reported in monkeys, rats and birds.  It allows thinkers to reason that if A is bigger than B, and B is bigger than C, then A is also bigger than C. Anthropomorphizing animals, or casting human intentions on them, is a mistake, Grosenick said, but it’s a philosophical matter as to whether the cichlids’ ability to infer rankings is the same as similar reasoning in humans. “They are making correct logical inferences on an abstract representation of their world, which would usually be called ‘reasoning’ in humans,” he said. Biologist Russell D. Fernald, one of Grosenick’s colleagues on the study, said that fish thinking is very different from that of humans. “The capacity shown here is a necessary precondition for reasoning, but having this capacity does not mean these fish actually reason or do any other specific logical tasks,” he told LiveScience. Logic tells you having a bass  topwater lure that comes as close to mimicking the real thing like a quality bird lure by flipinthebird will help out think the lunker your trying to knab.

Kill A Snake head , Win a Prize ....

Maryland: Kill Snakeheads, Win Prizes

posted by GoFISHn at 23 hours ago Tags: Snakehead

Inland fisheries director for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources isn't shy about his position on snakeheads in the Potomac.

"We do not want snakeheads in our waters," he said this week. That's why the Maryland DNR has instituted a program that will award anglers who catch and kill snakeheads.
Anglers who catch a snakehead can take a photo and submit it on the state's Anglers Log to be entered in a drawing to win prizes at the end of the year. One lucky snakehead killer will get a rod and reel package valued at $200.

The invasive species has been multiplying in Maryland waters for a decade, when they were introduced from Asia. They eat just about anything, and can breathe out of water. Quite frankly, they're creepy.

That's not to say they don't put up a good fight, though, especially on a fly rod.

The state wants you to include a ruler or measuring tape in your photo, so they can discern the biggest snakehead, and report as specifically as possible the location of your catch. We doubt they'll be too many anglers crying about burning out their snakehead honey hole.

So, get out there and slaughter some snakeheads.

-Rick Bach

PAD NOTES, Part 1 - ESOX

by John McKean

A pair of huge menacing eyes popped up in the shallows, looking eerily similar to something from a science fiction movie. I'd been swimming my slop skipping lure over shoreline lily pads in a huge back bay of New York's massive St. Lawrence River. Yet there were no alligators or alien critters this close to the Canadian border( which ran halfway across the river)! Before my mind could even register "northern pike", the sub surface missile walloped my bait, traveling the 20 feet within a milli-second! To this day my arms still retain muscle memory of that ferocious surface strike!

Lily pads always offer extra incentive to concentrate one's efforts, with visions of every manner of marine life and monsters lurking beneath. Especially, northern lakes and rivers often teem with slop hidden ESOX, pike and muskies, to increase anticipation to a fever level. No other freshwater fish can match their bursts of speed or sheer killing intent. And ever since Native Americans began fishing for these "water wolves", their hand carved bird replicas have been prime lures, legends, and lore.But,now, can you imagine the advancement offered by the soft, well designed, wing flapping BIRD over even the tribesmen's best hard wooden duck decoy?

Another particulary interesting spatterdock strike occurred on famed Lake Chautauqua (southwestern NY). I was working across newly formed "dollar pads" with my old buddy, Earl Cartwright, slop fishing master supreme. Hopefully, we reasoned, some of the lake's huge population of lunker largemouth or gigantic smallmouth bass would be on the prowl, just into their post spawn season. Until the water EXPLODED, little green pancakes flying everywhere, I'd almost forgotten that Chautauqua is perhaps the most prolific muskie water on earth! Believe me, if you think a 5 pound bass is heart stopping when rocketing through pads, just wait until a 4 foot muskie takes aim !!

Since this is THE official BIRD site, I'd be remiss in not mentioning a locally famous bird lure of sorts that was once made and used here, in a tiny corner of northwest Pennsylvania, expressly for muskies. Lake LeBoeuf is a very small natural lake,originally formed by glacier, and has cool, clean water with shorelines surrounded by lily pad beds. Muskies became somewhat sophisticated, especially the community's legend, 5 foot long, 50+ pound "Old Mossback". No standard bait or lure appealed to many of the toothy monsters, and Old Mossback never took anything.So an innovative Reginald Exley found an old telephone pole and carved what he hoped would resemble a wildly swimming frog. However, when he added overly long metal "wings" extending sidewards it certainly looked more like a downed,panicked bird, despite a dull green paint job. The "LeBoeuf Creeper" even had a body shaped very similar to our modern BIRD and sure created a ruckus in the water (I know-I owned an original!).Many formerly elusive 'lunge grabbed these makeshift birds as they crawled just beyond the pads, and even Ole Mossback took a few spirited whacks,but was never landed (heck, he may STILL be up there, wait 'till I show the big brute one of Sam's newly formulated BIRDs!!). Still, the history and drawing power of an artificial bird for muskellunge is undisputed.

I can foresee that when serious pike and muskie men start producing giant catches in this year's newly emerging pads, that our brand new BIRD won't be the only thing flying East. Sam and Dan will be on the next jet !!

When the world is flipin crazy We flip the bird!!! Our lure did great this weekend

Hope you all are having a great Memorial Day Weekend. Bless our troops and may all the Men making decisions on there behalf see that they are always Fortified with the best of everything they deserve to stay safe and successful.  Every Bass caught has been dedicated to The men and women of the armed forces. I forget about everything when I fish, every thing from the cool lake breeze, the sound of a strike, and the buzz of my line is what life is about in those hours on our local small lakes.  Two of the three videos were taken at Kelly Lake in the early morning, the other Pinto Lake last year.

Pinto Lake has a thick un welcomed cover of vegitation that does not allow us to get into our honey holes, so we are forced to go to other small lakes in the area, luckily we have many to choose from. Pinto is our favorite and we hope this vegitation will be handled soon and we can get back to pinto for some top water action.

Here we are flip in the bird deep in cover and landing some lunkers! Take a look at our video and please leave a comment.  
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVsN7nWSBh8

Lake Erie Monster

Hey Dan, Got this monster this morning(above) on ultralite (5 # test braid) and a special 1/24 oz jig-spin that I tie. Taken from Lake Erie (and released) during stormy conditions -have seen lots of dead birds floating, maybe these big cats are feeding on them??!! Fish this big sure would have an appetite for bird meat protein! Now if I can take fish like this on small tackle, can you imagine what I'm prepared to do with a BIRD and 40# braid on casting gear??!!!! Take care, JOHN

Dead Sticking

'Dead-Sticking Technique' The name of the method tells it all. The method truly requires more persistence compared to action. Some of the finest ways to current a fishing lure employing a Dead-Sticking strategy are Drop-Shotting, employing a suspending jerkbait, and fluttering soft plastics to the bottom. These are fantastic methods to tempt earlier season and late season bass. You won't get a ton of bass in actually frigid  water, but it is possible to possess a memorable day, and get some of the bigger bass of the year. When the water temperature is in the low to mid forties, shad and herring either die off in the winter, or they are so lethargic, that they are a good target for feeding bass. A lure that suspends at the degree of the bass, or simply falls gradually to the bottom, or in the part of the drop-shot, just sits even now in the middle of the water column, package a tempting imitation of a dying shad. Now something on Knots! accept="Verdana, sans-serif, Arial, Helvetica"><durable>Tip&Trick Description 1: durable> Bimini Twist Employed largely for offshore trolling and double-line leaders. A Bimini twist produces a long loop of line that is stronger than the the family itself. A Bimini twist is a basic proceedure of doubling your angling series to decrease the chance of chafing or to produce the vital synonyms in purchase to connect a wind-on leader. A short Bimini twist (till five feet) can easily be achieved by one person. To tie a Bimini twist longer compared to 5 feet normally requires two people, though it might be completed by yourself using a lot of practice. Doing so knot is a 100% knot, denoting, it retains 100% or the first strength of the series becoming used. We at Flip in the bird Lure Co. want to deliver our prayers to all the victims in Joplin Tragedy. Your hearts are strong and postivily effects us all. s We Give thanks to you!

Catch and Release

	The act of catch and release, once properly performed, is more than noble. It's a reward in a lot of respects. Though we are now understanding that too much of a excellent thing may be too much, if we plan to release fish alive afterwards proper techniques for doing so ought to be implemented. Basically which doing so means is putting the cash where your mouth is. If you need to be capable to say you released your fish and these survived, afterwards you better be capable to back which up using correct dealing with procedures to insure that it does.    It isn't genuinely all that hard to do and if you adhere to simply a few straightforward steps, after that you seriously are releasing dwell fish.    Don't handle fish using dry hands. Doing so is a must. If you clear away the protecting slime coating, the fish is open to diseases and fungus. Wet your hands before touching the fish. Restrict your movements to the fish's head and jaw. This means hands off the gills. But by all means give a little support with your other hands to the tail of the fish. We have noticed quite a few big bass using damaged jaws. Though most can make it pretty well, most cannot feed again and thus they perish.    Don't hold the fish out of water more than 20 seconds at a time. It's high-quality to wish a bunch of photographs, but offer the fish a little breathing time in between photos and don't consider 20 images - you don't need them.    And while the Department of Wildlife can't, as a state agency, suggest the use of catch and release treatments, we do. If you have only water in your livewell, you're not doing enough. Non-iodized salt is synonyms if it is possible to't pay for the packaged items or if you would want to use both to insure much better well being for the fish. Use one-quarter pound of the sodium per gallon of water in the livewell. Hatchery professionals have used non-iodized sodium for many years because it acts against bacteria and restores electrolytes.    If you need to mount the catfish, wrap it in a wet towel and store it on ice until you reach the taxidermy shop. If you would like to eat the fish, clear them speedily and eat them crisp a similar day rather than freezing them for weeks on end. But if you need to say you launched the catfish alive, pay extra attention to the above instructions and checking the hyperlinks below. International students have details that might be easily done to help the fish you plan to release. It is easy to assist decrease delayed mortality and hold the honor of tournament competitors from starting to be tarnished with the sight of floating bass following an event.

Water temps of many Species

What Temperature does the big one live?

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	Each and every fish varieties must unique habitats to do its existence functions.  The habitat a species needs deviates with its life stage. Normal existence features include feeding, resting, hiding from predators, and spawning. Based on the water temps they need, fish varieties may be grouped into 3 wide fish communities: cold water, cool water and warm water. But please observe which there is a sure volume of overlap amongst these broad community types. For example, in the course of the summer time when waters are at their warmest, it is not uncommon to locate most cold water species residing in the same areas as cool water species, or cool water species dwelling in the same areas with warm water varieties.This Scale is helpful. I have noticed a great drop in water temps in my local smaller lakes, our snow fall, and rain fall totals were through the roof this year. This has effected my top water bite big time. Things should improve now that we actually beginning to finally warm up. I am looking foward to using the new top water lure the bird by flipinthebird, The scale below is really helpful! I hope you enjoy it have a great top water season! Get the Temp Scale here.  Warm Water Species Bluegill,  Bowfin, Brown Bullhead, Carp, Channel Catfish, Goldeye, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass, White Bass, White Perch Cool Water Species Black Crappie, Freshwater Drum, Mooneye, Muskellunge, Northern Pike, Rock Bass, Sauger, Walleye, White Crappie, White Sucker, Yellow Perch Cold Water Species Atlantic Salmon, Aurora Trout, Brook Trout, Brown Trout (Inland), Brown Trout (Great Lakes), Burbot, Chinook Salmon, Cisco (or Lake Herring), Coho Salmon, Lake Sturgeon, Lake Trout, Lake Whitefish, Pink Salmon, Rainbow Smelt, Rainbow Trout (Inland), Rainbow Trout (Great Lakes), Round Whitefish,  Splake

Patience is a virtue in landing the Large mouth Bass

In my belief versatility and patience are the two main variables in becoming a productive bass fisherman, or fisherman period. Due to the fact I am a tournament angler and fish many competitions a year, I comprehend what it implies to be versatile and relaxed. In this guide I could be touching on ways to help you be more versatile and patient in the bass angling. First off, becoming calm is very key. If you are heading to be angling for any varieties of bass in your lake and you perceive these folks are consuming a sure thing and you have confidence that the catfish are in the area, or you can see them in the place you have to simply wait it out and proceed angling like you do. Doing so is one of the kys in event angling, you have to be patient. The catfish should eventually bite and it might be a stellar flurry of articles and catfish. The ideal instance I can offer of this is two guys out at Lk Casitas a few months ago, They found big bass in one spot, they sat there and threw the Osprey Swim baits for 3 heaps without transferring from the spot, and in much less then 30 mins they had about a 40 pound threshhold of bass including 4 bass over 8.5 pounds. Due to the fact they had been calm and understood the catfish had been there, they caught them got them once these folks desired to eat. The 2nd major compound to catching a lot of catfish once other individuals aren't and in tournaments is to be versatile. I have found doing so out initially palm in many unique ways. If the bass are up consuming one appeal and everyone is utilizing the same point, the bet is they aren't heading to hit it that well. Or if a chilly entrance or front of any sort will come through the lk, be eager to adjust at any time. You need to be able to accommodate to these factors which are so key to landing bass once other folks aren't. The ideal instance that I can assume of is myself. I went fishing with my dad, Larry Elshere, and he was landing many bass in the 1 to 3 pound type on the shed picture worms. It was a hot and sunny day. I altered over as quickly as the clouds came in,. He stopped catching bass, but I had transformed to the Jig and in two solid had 6.5 and 4.5 lb bass. You need to be capable to change your presentations when it is necessary. Many the methods to discover when to adjust and to be versatile is from many experience. I have many bass angling experience, I've performed it my whole life and Lk Casitas I understand really well. These two components are very key to be a prosperous angler. Endurance and versatility can go side in palm. You have to be calm and understand if you do adjust the baits or demonstrations. If you aren't calm you will go off and adjust lures or presentation without realizing if you essential to. SO to be versatile you need to be calm. Angling is a sport which requires a lot of extra attention and has a lot more to it compared to other packs as it is possible to tell. It's not just toss the attraction in the h2o and get catfish, but you want have these factors to attract the fish. I am hoping doing so puny article could assist out any anglers that had been engaged in this. I am truly writing doing so article because with the Post spawn closing in on us, the angling will get harder and you do be both of these, versatile and calm. If you have any inquiries decline me a series at http://www.flipinthebird.com

Red River 2011 Conditions

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	Another major bassangling tournament will be arriving to the area. From May 19th through the 22nd, the FLW will be ripping lips on the Red. If you’ll recall, in the past, the Bassmaster Classic was held on the Red River and the WBT Championship almost hit the Red before dangerous high water moved the tournament to another area body of water. Judging by the looks of the Red River right now, we may be faced with a similar predicament. She’s up. The FLW may end up rescheduling this one just like Table Rock. I don’t fish the river. Riverfishing is beyond my scope of understanding at this point. What I can offer up in this post is what has been said in the past. Maybe it will help you get some idea for what to expect at the weigh ins. I suspect the same strategies will be used, despite thedifferences in weather. In the Classic, BASS anglers werefishing in cold temperatures with cold water at the end of February. The women in the WBTfished Cypress Black Bayou instead, but even that was in October. Well, it’s May. Bass are a little different right now. While numerous of you are knee deep in spawers, down here, the spawn is essentially done. I’m sure folks catch spawning fish here through Mother’s Day, but for the most part, FLW anglers will be looking at a post-spawn situation. In addition to the mood change, fishermen might still face high water. With the recent storms that smacked most of the South around these past few weeks, lots of rain fell north of here. Because this is a river system, any rain that fell north of here will work its way downstream over a couple of weeks. The local forecast for the next week or so is relatively clear, but in two weeks, who knows? In the Classic, the much of the focus was on stump fields, but the Red is divided up, so some anglers might take risks and run either north or south. Fuel will be an issue for them. Different pools have local reputations, so I’m sure anglers are getting all the info they need to get back into some very productive areas off the beaten path. It’s been said in the past that one can catch a hefty sack of fish off of one stump alone. I really doubt much focus will be placed on fishing the main river. In terms of lures, again, it’s a post spawn kind of bite, but jigs and crankbaits might do some serious injury. That morning bite might be just the ticket for some fishermen. I’ve never read much about topwaters doing extremely well for anglers on the Red, but you know I’d be throwing something over the top. I’m not entirely sure how the vegetation is doing out there right now. The cold snap earlier this year has slowed the hydrilla on the two bodies of water I frequently fish, so I’d wager the backwaters on the Red aren’t much better. The sizzling water  down here makes a post spawn bite a little more difficult to find, so prefishing might make orbreak an angler’s chances at making it into the Top 10. There are some good fish in that water. You just have to go out andlocate them

Record bass 22 lbs 5 oz

The fact that Kurita's bass reportedly weighs an ounce more than George Perry's current world record, Perry's name still may not disappear from the No. 1 spot as the IGFA rules state that a bass must weigh 2 ounces more than Perry's to break the record. So Kurita's catch would tie it, coming in at an ounce over Perry's current record.
The fact that Japan may have produced a world record size bass shouldn't be that surprising to anglers who follow largemouth bass fishing.

Japan has been stocking the largemouth bass for a number of years and in particular "Lake Biwa" is a massive 259-square miles, and is one of the 20 oldest lakes in the world. A beautiful clear lake and over 300 feet deep in spots, it is home to Biwa trout (salmon), huge catfish, ayu, and more than 50 species unique to the fishery. Largemouth bass were introduced there years ago.

There have been many close calls of largemouth bass that were not certified, were foul hooked or were just plain rumor, it appears this may not be.

Assuming the Big LargeMouth Bass is in fact certified by the IGFA the new bass would top the record bass list and the top ten record largemouth bass (black bass) catches would be:


1. 22 pounds, 5 ounces, by Manabu Kurita; July 2, 2009, at Lake Biwa, Japan

2. 22 pounds, 4 ounces, by George W. Perry; June 2, 1932, at Montgomery Lake, Ga.

3. 22 pounds, ½ ounce, by Bob Crupi; March 12, 1991, at Castaic Lake

4. 21 pounds, 12 ounces, by Mike Arujo; March 5, 1991, at Castaic Lake

5. 21 pounds, 11.2 ounces, by Jed Dickerson; May 31, 2003, at Dixon Lake

6. 21 pounds, 3½ ounces, by Raymond Easley; March 4, 1980, at Lake Casitas

7. 21 pounds, ½ ounce, by Bob Crupi; March 9, 1990, at Castaic Lake

8. 20 pounds, 15 ounces, by David Zimmerlee; June 23, 1973, at Lake Miramar

9. 20 pounds, 14 ounces, by Leo Torres; Feb. 4, 1990, at Castaic Lake

10. 20 pounds, 12 ounces, by Mike Long; April 27, 2001, at Dixon Lake

Not on the list is a 25-pound, 1-ounce bass caught by Mac Weakley on March 20, 2006, at Dixon Lake, but because the fish was foul hooked,
Wekley chose not to pursue the record.

Because all the facts are not known yet and this is not the first time a buzz has started around the fact the largemouth bass world record may have been broken,
BigFishTackle.Com has started a post in it's forum to hear your thoughts. Click here to weigh in on your thoughts about this catch and what
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bass!!

One of the Lunkers caught on the bird this weekend!

The smaller lakes seem to be doing better with top water . Here is a lunker caught on the Bird!

BIRD BRANCHES

by John McKean
former writer for the original Fishing Facts magazine

While anxiously awaiting the migration of BIRDs from manufacturer to our tackle boxes, I thought it would be interesting to share a tale of an "early bird" from the 1950s. My late fishing partner,Earl Cartwright, often told me about amazing exploits of the best bass angler he ever knew, known locally as "Quick Vic". Working the many small lakes around Akron, Ohio it seems Vic was famous for ALWAYS producing limit strings (they kept em all back then!) of 5 to 7 pound bass (huge for the northeast). And he usually was coming back into the dock early in the morning, as others were just starting out.

Quick Vic used only ONE lure. Quite fitting for this blog site, his special bait not only was bird-like in appearance, but fished to act just like our feathery friends! His tackle box looked like an aviary,because it was crammed with every size, color, and style of what eventually became a most popular bait among early bassers. These lures were among the first to feature a colorful rubber skirt (usually rigged backwards for extra fluff & flapping action), had a wide triangular head with a hint of a "beak", huge realistic avian eyes, and a splashy wing-like propeller up front. However,this bird was"on steroids"-constructed like a Mack truck with a massive, thick wire single hook, long, sturdy V wire snag guard, and a massive, flat lead head weighing about an ounce. Still, for such bulk& weight, its unique shape pushed it right to the top of the water column with minimal retrieve speed.

Vic made the most of the unusual planing design . He sought "jungle" areas in each lake worked, making sure they were laden with fallen trees, semi-submerged logs, exposed root systems from felled timber, and other types of hardwood lay-downs. Mr. Quick was diligent to landing every cast over wood or a series of low hanging, in-water branches, then chirping his bird across the surface so it could approach and crawl right over the obstruction. Few others, not that loner Vic saw many, had the nerve or precision, nor those amazingly stiff weed guards to work the dense tree limbs that he focused on exclusively. Having seen the lure, though, danged if I can figure how he HOOKED anything! (but I did see the eye popping old photos, and Earl saw the stringers-and tackle box-firsthand!).

Ole Vic woulda been even quicker in heading back to the dock each day if he'd possessed a 2011 BIRD ! Considering his old time cumbersome lure, super stiff weedguards, and huge "shark hook", he musta lost 3 bass for every one stung; while a BIRD's carefully angled, extra sharp double hooking could have yielded perhaps FIVE times the fish ! (talk about a legend maker!) Not to mention a soft, more natural BIRD "splat" on touchdown, and the delicate flutter across water or while dropping off sticks and branches. Then, too, the BIRD can literally "fall off a log" and, while floating, made to kick up an injured appearing fuss in that one ULTIMATE strike zone!

As the post winter poem goes:
"Spring is sprung,
the lake's unfriz,
I wonder where the BIRDies iz?!"
Well, Sam Kennedy promises his very finely tuned BIRD will hatch very shortly! Then it'll be up to us fishermen to put em in the branches!

SWEET TWEET by John McKean

"Exactly 15 trophy bass swim in my private lake," lamented the wealthy landowner, "but I can't trick a single one into striking; NOBODY can!" Whining to my fly tying buddy, Bob, he mentioned that many smaller bass also resided in the well maintained lake -he could always catch THEM. So he pleaded with Bob to visit him that warm summer evening and hopefully analyze this problem, to maybe give him a clue for unclamping a few lunker jaws!

Now Bob is somewhat of a fly fishing genius. He thought the matter over for a bit, and immediately went to work at his well stocked tying bench. He proceeded to form an 8 inch concoction of thick lamb's wool, fluffy clumps of marabou feathers, and a wide strip of bushy rabbit fur. Bob called it a "hybrid" fly; I refer to the natural looking lure as his" hy-BIRD", because it resembled a small, skinny crow!! This was certainly no traditional fly tier's tiny " insect"!

Arriving during late afternoon, Bob set his bird in motion with his big fish model ,custom 9- weight rod. The false casts alone must've alerted the "uncatchable 15" that a whole flock of birds were hovering just over the pond's surface! These giant largemouth bass had never seen a lure presentation like this, but certainly could recognize the feathery critter it mimiced.

As Bob related the incident over the telephone in his usual careful, calm, but detailed manner, suspense got the best of me and I blurted out " C'mon, did ya get any of these wary ole swamp monsters to take, sniff, or even follow?"

"Caught every damn one of them!" chuckled Bob. "In fact, my exaggerated casting antics must have whet their appetites, 'cause I nailed 5 of the granddaddies on my first 5 touch downs!" He went on to tell me that he left some spare "bird flies" for his friend, and the guy continued to catch some of the formerly elusive bass daily for the better part of two months. When the big boys finally wised up and stopped hitting, Bob advised his buddy to simply change colors, and he was back in business again!

These days we need not attempt to master special action fly rods, nor become expert tiers to give bass the BIRD! Sam has provided a more realistic imitation than practically anyone can tie, and his brainchild is easy to cast! Bass show a definite hunger (in largemouth lingo - "tastes like chicken!") and will be taken completely off guard by Kennedy's artificials! So when the BIRD becomes available shortly -well, this is gonna be one heckuva great season!!

You Can Buy A Soft Hollow Bodied Bird Top Water Lure Here

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Contributer to Bassin Magazine John Mckean

Slop Hop
John McKean

A thick green carpet of vegetation extended out before us, seemingly so dense that I could walk across it. My slop fishing mentor, the late Earl Cartwright, told me not to worry, though, because the lake’s biggest bass comfortably resided in the depths underneath. How that first lunker largemouth managed to rocket through the gunk to nail my lure (failing, by some miracle, to give me a stroke!) still amazes me! From a long lifetime of specializing on these undisturbed – unfishable to most – backwaters, Earl easily guided me to one of my heaviest stringers ever.
Now, foremost among Cartwright’s pioneering slop fishing tactics was his employment of a relatively short, sturdy casting rod carrying a well-tuned Abu 5000 reel. He would have been absolutely appalled at today’s “froggin’ rods” which are often 8’ long! Heck, if any of us younger fishing partners dared show up with even a moderately long pole (by his strict judgment) we’d suffer a day-long tirade of Earl’s well-honed sarcasm on such matters as lack of accuracy, weakness in yanking huge bass out of thick greenery, improper fulcrum for hook setting, and dire predictions of how such rods would explode under the fury of a genuine trophy! Oh, we loved this master’s humorous chastisement, and learned a bunch – but he was definitely 100 % correct. In fact, just last week I read of one unfortunate frogger who complained of shattering two very expensive graphite poles (with length comes premium pricing!) within a few days while attempting to horse slop dwellers!
Today’s quest for longer and longer rods is just plain nuts, especially for working these fields of matted veggies, which we affectionately call slop. While it’s true that a rod is a lever, unfortunately we fishermen are on the WRONG side of that lever! And the longer the pole, the worse becomes our mechanical DISadvantage, either for hook setting or in wrestling a hard-fighting bass from thick habitat!!
“Get the longest, strongest rod you can find for slop walking plastic frogs,” I was told by one widely known authority. Well, I went strong, but didn’t go long; I got an Emmrod!
Many bass fishermen mention getting plenty of blowups in slop but missing most of them; the fake frog is notorious for coming up empty. Yet since hitting the hayfields with my “abbreviated” pole, I rarely experience the frustration of lost fish. The combination of ultimate power (read, no length!) for a solid, minimal stroke hookset and the pulling mechanics of this compact, firm steel lever quickly prove the lie behind “short” strikes.
Since I enjoy throwing unweighted, swimming frogbaits, ones that feature paddle feet or twister legs, my preference is to use a “Light Touch” Emmrod pole. This gives a nice balance between springy castability for relatively light lures weighing ¼-3/8 oz. and all-important ruggedness to tame slop critters. However, I’d strongly consider a four coil rod if working Southern waters, and just may take the 2 Tip model if I ever try world record class bass in Florida, Texas or Southern California! In fact, this coming season I have plans to hit the veg carpets with a Strike Master handle for the added benefit of the leverage-plus foregrip along with its long handle to tuck under my arm for extra support and power.
Whether in a boat or casting from shore, I employ an underhanded, almost vertical swing, low to the water’s surface, to coerce my wide-bellied plastic bait to SKIP. That is, I attempt to mimic the stone-skipping motion we all did as kids with flat rocks over a calm lake. I want Mr. Bass’ immediate attention drawn to a carefree amphibian that is hopping across his roof! Ideally, a big bass will lap up my offering as it skips; geez, I’d feel so darned clever if this worked out very often!! Usually, though, this just sets the stage for the return swim where an alerted largemouth can focus and muster his forces. A waiting bass will often pounce on the active, leggy hopper when it crosses any open hole in the slop, but just as easily will use well-conditioned timing to ambush an unseen, but noisy prey.
Slow and steady does it. From the dark labyrinth beneath heavy cover, a largemouth must first hear a natural motion above, then use his sophisticated internal computer to accurately track his meal. Challenge him to come out for a fight, but feed him a consistently-paced offering to insure that he hits with 100% accuracy.
When the watery explosion comes – and it will – try not to over react (easier said than done!). Ignore traditional advice to “wait for a few seconds, cross his eyes with a megaton set, then drag the fish with rod tip high.” Instead, try to keep cool and do almost nothing other than, perhaps, a bit faster reeling; deploy your Emmrod for the precision instrument that it is and let the pole do the work for you. You see, by pointing the tip directly at the lure during retrieval, the Emmrod’s extremely short range setting stroke will easily implant a 4/0 frog hook in a flash. And, believe me, that’s all the time you’ll have. When I fine-tuned this “do-nothing” approach last August, my slop fishing success skyrocketed!
With the bass stung, just keep him coming. If he gets his head and dives, your chances drop with him. Skitter a largemouth right across the grass if you can – hope you remembered to button down the drag all the way! Now the sheer strength of your steel Emmrod becomes your best friend! With a good line - say, 20# test braid - keep the rod tip low and grind the reel handle for all you’re worth!
Earl Cartwright, who we nicknamed “Dean of the Deep” for his slop fishing savvy, often expressed sorrow for those unfortunate anglers who cast for hours on end, only to blow coverage on a hard charging, surfacing bass. Many blame the weedless riggings of swimming frogs for these recurrent miscues. But let the solid physics behind a well-designed Emmrod allow constant, easy harvest of the fat green slop “hawgs” and discover a gold mine! After all, Earl always told us, “Ya can’t fry a strike!”

The Original top hollow soft bodied bird lure has landed!

Hi Everyone,
We have received the final prototype of the bird fishing lure. If you fish the frog, or have fished the rat, you need to add the Bird from http://www.flipinthebird.com . The Bird hits the market in June, but you can request one here at sam@flpinthebird.com   We feel strongly in creating a Bass top water lure that is truly the next greatest lure since the frog.

A new Soft body top water fishing lure. Bass anglers come check it out...

Hey guys and gals i am interested in finding out what most top water bass anglers are using, the frog? the Rat? Let me know , also let me know if you may be interested in exploring using a soft body bird lure. Thanks everyone.

I use to fish the frog and the rat, now i use the bird because we have so many finch, black birds, and swallows flying  around Pinto Lake here in California. When the BIG ONE sees the distressed bird twitching on the surface of the water he can NOT resist it. If you like the rat, or frog, you must add the BIRD to your collection.

Here is my first prototype (patent pending) The graphics and details are being designed and it will be on the Market in Late April , Early May.  thanks again Sam Kennedy

Thank you for coming to my blog spot. The flipinthebird spot to share info, photos, and adventures of top water bird fishing!!

I am a guy who loves fishing top water, and i have invented a bird top water lure that you have to check out. I have fished top water for over 30 years and understand what the top water angler looks for in a lure. Flipinthebird fishing lure is Fun !!!! to fish, and of course it catches the big ones!!!! Visit my site at www.flipinthebird.com