Today was the annual bass seminar at Angler's Marine. This is our hallmark event where basing fishing pro,s around the country come together and get together in an informal setting, plus seminars sponsored by top tackle manufactures to show what is new.

The hot item was Butch Brown's DEP side swimmer, they sold out in minutes, stampede is all you could say. What got my attention this year was the number of rat swimbaits being offered, rats in all sizes were everywhere.

Did get a chance to cast Daiwa's Tatula R, very impressed!

Impressive line up of pros this years, great event that continues tomorrow on Sunday.

Tom

I went there and spend forever at the megabass booth lol. I did get a few lures and a rod though. You're right there were a lot of rats there. I would have liked to see black dog baits show up.

Some of the highlites of this years event was the guest speakers like Aaron Nartens. I have known Aaron for several years and never had the oportunity to sit through one of his seminars before and he did a good presentation. Aaron followed Jason Christy and I had problems hearing Christy and following his presentation and thought Aaron would have a difficult time and he worked his way through very well.

One point Aaron was making to this western audience was how difficult it was for him fishing B.A.S.S. tournaments in the east until he realized that deep water was about 20 feet, out west 20 feet was average depth. With the deception of the Great Lakes, he rarely fishes deeper than 20 on the Elite trails. The other big change was dropping 20 presentations to 6 and focusing on fewer lures, instead of trying everything new.

Angler of the year title proves his strategy worked!

Gerald Swindle was cheating with everyone, very friendly and easy to talk to.

Brent Elers is a little serious and detailed in his presentations. Overall it was good toget tougher with friends that you only see during these events.

Tom

Haha you mean Butchathon? Heard the deps booth was a joke. 60 baits, and guys 8th in line didn't get one because all the bassbrigade guys passed them back to their buddies. Pathetic.

Let me guess. You were the guest speaker, and you talked about how you can't feel jig bites, and how you're supposed to drift with the wind when flipping, right?

Haha you mean Butchathon? Heard the deps booth was a joke. 60 baits, and guys 8th in line didn't get one because all the bassbrigade guys passed them back to their buddies. Pathetic.

 

I got one. Just gotta know the right folks.

I got one. Just gotta know the right folks.

The signature holographic trout is already on eBay @ $300

Nah, I paid what the guys at the show paid (plus shipping obviously).

 

The prices people are willing to pay still amaze me sometimes.