BassinBlues

There are a hand full of of anglers that have ran into fishing this section but very few and far between.. The elites are fishing way up the river in Tri city.. Culaby and sunset do hold some toads.. Thats a fact!

Well it has been a few years since I posted this question.. Lol.. Well have few things have changed since this post.. I moved back to Astoria.. I have been able to locate some good smallmouth as close to tounge point off Svenson Island.. And may more above that, I have been able to locate quit a few brackish water largemouth bass as well in the year and half I have been back.. Gotta love the tidal brackish water smallmouth!

Yes many people get confused with the term pro staff... it is promotional staff is what it not professional staff... and discounts very from company to company and depending on what you can offer them, because let's face it, it's not what they can do for you, it's what you can do for them... let's look at it like this, if you get on a pro (promotional) staff and you get company xyz some new accounts in local tackle stores ect ect, discounts change to free product, and promotional staff changes to pro team, all depending on the work you put it... just like anything else it takes work!

Yes that is true... part of a pro staff agreement is to have input on product design and product ideas...

If you spend thousands a year in fishing tackle or fishing related products say like myself, any discount offered helps... yes if you big enough or desirable enough they will pay you, you are correct. But not everyone can be a desired bass pro right away... being on a pro staff that offers at least a discout helps in gear cost, more money for travel more money for entry fees ect ect... this is my opinion!

What you get from companies depends on what you can do for them... they will offer you discounts to free gear in exchange for the value of promotion/exposure/getting there equipment in to new stores.. it all depends, then there are certain things you will be expected to do.. a certain about of posts, likes, trade shows, ect.. ect.. to being exclusive to them...

I just joined nps to see if it works or not... Cost to join - Free Cost to become Am/Pro - $49.00 Cost to submit resume to company looking for anglers - $20.00 and a free member and $16.00 as an Am/Pro Benifits... it is what they say bridging the gap between anglers looking for pro staff/sponsorship opportunities, instead of anglers resumes getting lost in the black sea of mail/email or cold calling not talking to the right person... These companies spend money to post what they call casting calls looking for anglers. I know this because i posted about my current sponsor that i have had for 4 years that i found before joining nps and an employee of nps messaged me to see if they would be interested in joining nps... i had a few questions before i talked to my sponsor and that is how i know is cost company money to look for anglers... These companies are looking for more anglers to promote their brand, so potential anglers resumes get into the right hands of the marketing department of a company.. As for the wanting to represent the brands you already use and have cofidence in, there are 500 companies that use NPS, just keep watching for the companies the produce the products you use and submit your resume when they are actively looking for anglers to join there team... Thanks and good luck.. And yes it worked for me, I submitted a resume on the second day and was accepted to join there team.. I have been in contact with the head of marketing on the west many times and talked with him about some ideas of mine already... I have now been a member of nps only for 2 weeks...

thank you very much for the info

Thank you very much for the info

Thank you... I grew up in Astoria and lived there for 25 yrs.... That entire time I did no bass fishing on the river, really wish I would have. I only bass fishing Sloughs that were shut off from the river... I do know how dangerous that river is...... Thank you very much for the input, and it is a beatuiful body of water!!

I'm going to be stopping at the Brownlee Reservoir off the Snake River on my way to Astoria Oregon. I plan bass fishing for 2 full days the 24th of May 2014 and the 25th of May 2014. I was wonding if anyone would like to share some info on this Reservoir. All my fishing is catch and release. I was also wondering if there are any tournaments on this Reservoir?? Thank you for your time.....

I'm going to be stopping in Hood River Oregon on my way to Astoria for 2 days of bass fishing the Columbia River. I will be pulling into Hood River on May 26th, 2014 to May 28th 2014. I was wondering if anyone would like to share some info on the bassin of this strech of river. All my fishing is catch and release. Also if there are any clubs or groups having any tournaments between the 26th of May to 8th of June I would like to fish in one of them. Thank you for your time....

I'm going to be in Astoria Oregon from May 28th, 2014 to June 4th 2014 and I plan on looking for some smallmouth bass on the Columbia River. I have been looking at a map of the Columbia River from Tongue Point (Cathlamet Bay up river to the Wallace Slough) also including a strech of river on the Washington side near Cathlamet. If anyone has any experance catching some bronze backs on this section of River would be great. All my fishing is catch and release. If you know of any close by areas outside of were I have stated I'm going to be fishing I would love to hear about them. Thank You for your Time......

Thank You everyone!!

I got home the other day from work and there was a package at the door..... Thought it was some parts for my boat that I ordered. As I'm walking in the door I knew what I was going to be doing for the next few hours............ Installing my new parts.... I opened the package and the was an letter on the top of the package, I unfolded it and started reading. We appreciate your interest in becoming part of the Lake Fork Trophy (LFT) family. We will review your resume and qualifications. As you can imagine, we receive many request and we do our best to review all of these in a timely manner. We will contact you if there is a current need in your area. If there is not a current need, we will keep all requests on file for future considerations. Again, thank you for your interest in LFT Lures. As I was reading this I thought to myself man my first letter and they took the time to read and reply with a generic letter, but still they still took the time to read it, that's all that matters now.... I continue reading the letter as there was more to it..... The above is what I usually send to applicants, but your letter caught my attention. Although I take all pro-staff orders I'm usually not the one who makes the final decision on who gets added. But I'm going to add you anyway. Our pro-staff get % off all LFT products and % off anything else. If there is something that you would like to try out let me know and I will get your free samples. Send me updates and info on how you are doing and promoting LFT. I don't expect you to use LFT exclusively since we are not paying you, but the more you help us the more we can help you. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns... Thank you and welcome to Lake Fork Tackle.... at the bottom of the box 15 bags of all types of there baits to add to the current ones that I have.... Now I was thinking that my first letter not only got looked at by someone but it also got a very good reply.... I was very excited for myself at this moment, Its a start to a long dream that I have had... I have taken 5 straight years into planning and reading to put my approach and finial letter together.... Thank you for anyone that has taken the time to read and had out some constructive knowledge on my other post, this feeling that I have is also a large part of the ones who took the time to help out..... Thank you!!!