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BBZ Pro Tip #1 "Keep a lid on it"

Derrek Stewart from the BBZ.com had a great question about keeping fish in the live well and I took the time to show him one of my tricks for tournament fishing. Drink plenty of water during a day of fishing and place your bottle in the live wells for multiple reasons.

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2013 Warrior Event Diamond Valley Lake "theBBZtv"

Spent a day at the lake with the Lake Elsinore Bass Club and the OIF-OEF Warrior Event and National Bass West. Almost 100 boats and over 160 Warriors enjoyed a great day on the water. It is my honor to be apart of this special day and to give back just a little of what they have given me.

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Semper Fish

As a child of the ‘50s and a member of the Baby Boomer era, I was raised around war veterans. Nearly every dad in my neighborhood served in World War II. They didn’t talk about it much unless you stumbled across their footlocker in the garage. Even then, you didn’t get the stories that a kid raised on John Wayne movies wanted to hear.

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Fixed Bobber System Part 2 w/ Bill Siemantel

In this second part I will show you two of the best ways I have found to work a Float and Fly system through the water. I was using the Lamiglas 703 rod, Shimano 2500 reel, Maxima 6# test line, 1/8oz Spro Phat Fly with a 1" bobber.

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Fixed Bobber System / Float and Fly w/ Bill Siemantel

This is the first part of the basic break down on how to set up a fixed bobber system. The key to this video is to slow down when you hook into a monster fish with light line. Lamiglas 703 rod, Shimano 2500, Maxima 6# line, 1/8oz Spro Phat Fly.

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Mark Zona is a dick

Trust me, I desperately wanted to stay off the umbrella rig controversy, really I did. That is, until I saw Mark Zona’s “Awesome Fishing Show” last week. Not only does Zona deliver an eminently watchable program, he puts a little reverse topspin on it. Instead of doing an umbrella rig show and inviting some company honk to sing its praises, he wrangles a guy who unabashedly hates the thing, Jeff Kriet.

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Monster Striper Inhales 8" BBZ-1 Swimbait

Had an hour to kill and drove up to Castaic Lake in the fog and trolled the 8" BBZ-1 a little until I got hammered by a monster striper. Was using the Lamiglas In-Shore 8'6" rod, Shimano 400b, Maxima 25 Ultra Green, Spro 8" BBZ-1 floater in Silver Fish Color.

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Spro Phat Fly, The Ultimate Fishing Lure

Join me as I break down some in depth techniques on Bed Fishing @ Castaic Lake. Watch as I take a Spro Phat Fly I designed and put a smack down on bass at Castaic Lake in the spring.

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Do your remember your First Swimbait Fish?

Join me as I walk a local fisherman on Lake Lanier through the steps on basic swimbait fishing. This is a simple approach that can be done on any body of water and hopefully open your mind on swimbaiting. Equipment used is a 6" BBZ-1 swimbait in Sexy Lavender Shad, Lamiglas 735 Excel, Shimano 300, Maxima 18#, WileyX Sunglasses.

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