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Top 10 – Bass Fishing Forums

Hey all,

Thought it was time for another list and since I spend a fair amount of time on the forums to get me through the winter, it seemed appropriate to list out my favorite places to read and post.  Again, just my personal preference and there are probably lots of good Bass Fishing boards I do not even know about.

1. Future Bass – Plenty of members, great knowledge base and moderators are pretty easy going.  Most members do not have much for hidden agendas and very little, if any bashing.  They have a very solid home site as well.

2. Tackle Tour – This is the place for the tackle and gear enthusiast.  You will find info on all the hot reels, rods and lures, plus many members post hot deals they found on other sites and eBay!  There also is a ton of info on Japanese tackle, rods and reels, if the words Steez, Scorpion, Pixy & Smak Red Tune mean anything to you, this is your forum.  If not check it out and learn….  Great home site as well.

3. Ish Monroe’s – Could use a little more traffic and users, but no where else on any other Bass Fishing Pro’s forum is there this kind of interaction.  Ish answers almost every question in every post, he does slow down during the touring season, but he still does a great job.  Plus there are a few other knowledgeable members that fill in for him.

4. Catch-N.com – This site ranks high on shear size and volume, plus they have some great radio shows to listen to while you surf.  If it was a little more bass focused it would probably be higher on my list, just my preference.  The other great thing, is that they focus on youth and teaching kids about fishing, that always gets points in my book.

5. Rich Lindgren’s – Hey, I had to make my own Top 5   Seriously, I model my board after Ish’s.  I know I am not a touring pro, but I feel I have a lot of knowledge to share as an avid tournament angler, so if anyone posts a question, I will do my best to answer.  The other exciting thing, is membership is growing quickly, so I am poised to move up my own list.  No Axe Grinding Allowed!!

6. Fishin Fanatics – Good bunch of members, plenty of good information.  Sounds like they will be tightening down on there links policy at the end of the month

7. The BassHoles – Fun name, good topics and information with a growing membership.

8. ESPN Bassmasters & BASSInsider – I lumped these two boards together, lot of the same people on both boards.  Little less axe grinding on the Insider board.  Overall, good stuff, lots of traffic, but sometime too much bickering and soap boxing.

9. Marcia Rubin’s – WBT pro that has a nice little forum to go with her main site.  She does a great job of answering all the questions, good dialog.  Little different perspective on things from a lady’s point of view

10. Great Lakes Bass – It was hard to pick a #10, this is a solid site, could have switched this with a few others, its worth checking out, kind of a Michigan bias.

Here are a few other boards that I have been know to visits:
Billy Harris, Russ Lane, Mark Rogers, & MN BASS Federation Nation….  It would be great to hear from some of you on your favorite boards or your thoughts on this list. 

Rich
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Lake Amistad Elite Series Co-Angler?

I took the plunge, I put my deposit down to fish the Amistad Elite Series last night online.  It was quite difficult, must have been a lot of people signing up for the events, constant server timeouts.  But eventually, both my father and I got our deposits in and are on the waiting list.  Sounds like it is a kind of wait and see game to see if we actually get in, but from the sounds of it, if we signed up that early we should get in. 

If we do get in, then it kind of comes down to the draw, kind of exciting to think you could be bass fishing out of the back of the boat with KVD, IKE, Skeet, Hack, Ish or Swindle  or you could get Byron Velvick

I am going down there during the event regardless if I get in or not.  I had such a good time last year, check out my Blog Entries from last year when I was bass fishing Amistad during the Elite Series.  Anyone else going to be in Del Rio during the Elite Series?

Rich
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Like listening to Bass Fishing shows on the Web?

When I am eating lunch at work or playing on the internet at home, I like to tune into a couple different places where you can stream or download radio shows on fishing and the outdoors.

Here are a few of my favorites:
Bass Zone Live – Currently archived shows with Ike, Mike McClelland & Jon Bondy
BassFan.com – Shows with many BASS & FLW pros, Carver, MN FLW Pro Jim Moynagh recently did a good show
Catch’n.com Radio – More local and regional stuff for MN area, but some good national stuff as well.
Black Water Bassin’ – There is no single page, will have to cruise through tournament news to find the two episodes so far.
Podcast.net – They have a whole section of PodCasts for fishing here, I have listened to a few, the Daimon lures shows are pretty solid.

You can also found the radio shows I have done to download here & here….

Does anyone else have any other good site for this?

Rich
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Year in Review – Glance at 2007

Hey all,

Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary from my very first post.  365 days fly by in a hurry.  I thought I would just recap the journey that was year 1 for me in blogging.  When I started last January, there was not much out there for Bass Fishing Blogs, there are a few more now, but still somewhat of a void.

To date I have 17 subscribers via email, thank you to you whover you are.  I made 182 posts containing 95,583 words, which almost exactly a post every other day, not bad for year one.  There were also 156 comments from readers and myself.  I actually cannot believe I had that much to say or share

The most popular and viewed post was: More Chatterbait Options….
Most Subscribed to Post: BSX BioSonix – Gimmick or Real Deal?
Most Discussed (most comments): More Chatterbait Options….
Most Frequent Commentator: Billy Harris, follow closely by Bass Pundit

Over the last 3 months I have avereged about 33 visitors per day and over 60 pageviews daily, when I first started, I was not sure anyone would read it…..

Towards the end of the year, I have added much more in the way of sounds and pictures to enhance the multimedia experience.  Look for more of that in 2007.

I want to thank all of you that left comments, that helps me to know you are reading and care, it helps drive me to keep posting and digging for relevan conent.

What do all of you want to see, leave a comment if there are topics or ideas you have or want to see.

Rich
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More Bass Fishing Radio with Me

Hey all,

Added a podcast feature, just click on the play button.

Another online fishing radio show that I did has recently been released.  It is a feature on Catch’n.com Radio
Check it out on Catch’n.com.

If you liked the other show at all, this one is a little longer and spends more time on specific lures and techniques, I think it is a better show with more info.  Here is the link again: http://catch-n.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7496

or if you prefer to download the show directly – http://www.catch-n.com/audio/richlindgren.mp3 – careful it is a long show

Hope you enjoy & feedback is welcome….

Rich
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Secret Weapon Launches New Product for 2007

Secret Weapon Sidearm Spinnerbait

We’ve raised the bar on spinnerbait versatility and performance with our Secret Weapon Sidearm Spinnerbait. Customizing your spinnerbait has never been easier — or more effective!

A must have for your Bass Fishing Arsenal!!
 Like our original QuickStrike Spinnerbait, the Secret Weapon Sidearm employs free-floating, interchangeable, in-line spinner blades. It creates a unique flash and vibration with its two side-by-side spinner blades. This arrangement creates even more fish-attracting commotion in the water than tandem blades mounted in series.  It also creates additional lift, enabling you to retrieve this lure at slower speeds than is possible with conventional spinnerbaits. Great for fishing above submerged vegetation or slow-rolling along the bottom, the blades twirl at the slightest turn of your reel handle.

Unlike other dual-blade spinnerbaits, the Sidearm’s V-frame blade bar pivots freely, allowing the lure to pass easily through vegetation and cover. Once free of obstructions, equal drag quickly aligns the blade bar and spinner blades.

The Sidearm excels as a single-blade, short-arm spinnerbait, too. Simply slide the double-barrel metal sleeve down the frame to open the R-shaped terminal loop. Remove the blade bar, pinch the loop closed and slide the sleeve back in place, and then clip on a Colorado, Indiana, or Turtleback blade attachment, and you have an incredible short-arm spinnerbait, ideal for bottom crawling or as a drop bait for docks, piling, ledges and bluffs.

Sidearm in a tandem willowleaf configurationNeed a tandem spinnerbait instead? Just clip two inline blades in series. In seconds, without tools, you can adapt your spinnerbait to take advantage of changing conditions on the water. Don’t be caught short without the perfect spinnerbait. With a few Secret Weapon lure bodies and a handful of blades, you can tweak and test blade configurations until your lure is ideal for every situation.

This lure is available in two weights (5/16- and 9/16-ounce) and ten popular patterns for stained or clear water. Look for it soon in Sidearm ProPack and MasterPacks.

Even More Exciting….  SWL is offering a 50% discount through January 7th, just follow this link.

The most versatile and innovative spinnerbait system just got more versatile, flexible and better to help you land more fish

Rich
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Merry Christmas too ME!!

I did not get much for fishing stuff for Christmas, so I took the PayPal funds from my recent selling of a trolling motor that I won during the 2006 Weekend Series and bought a few reels off of eBay!.  I snapped a few pics with my Motorola Q

 

Got 2 Shimano Scorpion Metanium XT’s, which as from what I can tell are the equivalents of Shimano Chronarch SF’s.  They are used, from Japan, got them for about $100 a piece shipped.  I bought one of these last year and they every bit as good or better then the Chronarch and a deal at the prices I got them at   They are light weight and super smooth.

Did any of you buy any Christmas presents for yourselves?

Tight Lines,
Rich
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Patoka Revisited & Looking forward to 2007

Hey all,

This post serves a couple purposes:
1: To revisit Patoka and talk about some key things that worked for me.
2: Preview improvements of entries and improved speed of info

The following pictures are the two baits that were most productive for me in practice and during the tournament at the Weekend Series Divisional on Patoka Reservoir.  As you may know, I did not have a terrific tournament, but these baits were productive and I think I just did not find enough quality areas to put them to work during the tournament.  Review tournament entries here.

  The first pic is a Lucky Craft Flat Mini DR Crankbait in a splatter back pattern.  This was my best lure in practice and in tournament for catching keeper fish as well as several other fish that were close to measuring.  As you see I almost always change out the from treble and put on a red treble hook. 

 This was my second best lure, I caught my first keeper in practice on it as well as many fish that were very close.  This is a 9/16oz. Secret Weapon Lure Spinnerbait with a custom skirt that I made and I used a trailer hook the entire tournament.  I like adding just a few strands of red to my skirts

These pictures were taken with my new Motorola Q (exclusively at VerizonWireless.com) which is my new cell phone.  The great thing about this, is that I will be able to take pictures and videos of practice and tournaments which will add to the detail of my Blog entries.  I believe taking pictures of the actual baits that I use will add to the value as I tend to make tweaks and modifications to my tournament baits (i.e. Red Trebles, trimmed skirts, trailer, etc.)  It is one thing to say I was throwing a jig, bot show you a pic so you can see the exact color, trailer and how its rigged adds much more value.  I also will be able to enter textual blogs from my phone which will allow me to get more info to all of you quicker

Let me know if you think this will add value and intrigues you to keep reading in 2007….

Rich
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Website Dedicated to the Co-Angler

I found a bass fishing site that is new to me while I was surfing around….    Co-Angler.com!
This seems like a great idea, there is a huge population of bass fishing people that are non-boaters or co-anglers.  There are some neat features on tournament co-anglers.  It appears they are looking for people to submit material, so if you are a tournament non-boater and want to get recognized, check out www.Co-Angler.com

Rich
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Rich Lindgren on Outdoors This Week – PlayBack

I am trying to add a podcast directly into this post, so bear with me.

In case you are interested and could not find the playback info at the bottom of the original post, I decided to create a new post for you to download the file.  Follow this link & it should work – https://richlindgren.com/OutdoorsThisWeekInterview122306.wav

For those that prefer MP3 file format, the following link has been added –
https://richlindgren.com/OutdoorsThisWeekInterview122306.mp3
Should work well for iPods and other MP3 players

I would love to hear some feedback on the show or how well or not the file loaded for you if you tried to load it.

As bonus coverage, I have two more bass fishing segments from Marcia Rubin’s (a.k.a. Reel Lady) portion of the show that followed mine.  Marcia will be fishing her second season on the Women’s Bass Tour this year.
Segment 1
Segment 2

You should be able to click on any of these links or right click and ‘Save Target As’ to download the .wav file to your computer.

Rich
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Bass Fishing Tackle Blog