The Lunker Punker by Black Dog Bait Company

The Lunker Punker crafted by Black Dog Bait Co. was at first, an intimidating buy for me because of the price. The 8” size goes for $54.99 while the 6.5” inch goes for $49.99. I finally coughed up the cash for one of these baits when the striper season rolled around. I must tell you, I do not know what I was waiting for…

This bait looks amazing on the top of the water. The Lunker Punker looks more like a real fish skimming across the surface of the water than to it’s comparisons by ten fold. I once witnessed seeing an Osprey eagle attempt to capture this bait off of the surface thinking it was a tasty trout. It’s action is unlike no other walk-the-dog top water bait that I have seen. It seems to add some spice to it’s walk by rolling on it’s sides when you yank down on your rod, then up righting itself once it stops it’s zig or zag. This action is what greatly contributes to the amount Read more

Caifornia Delta Fishing

This article was contributed by Cooch.

Low tide is probably the toughest tide to fish for most guys. The one reason is, we all like to chunk our baits up to the bank and work it to the weedlines, heck that’s where we ALL have the best results, up in that shallow trough. But when that window of opportunity disappears, what do ya do? It’s simple really, ya gotta know when, where and how to adjust to the fish movements and their activities.

Now there are two real key factors that I relay on to make these adjustments, seasonal patterns and barometric changes. Keeping in mind that the bass is a predator and feeds a lot, except in early spring during the spawn when most strike come out of reaction, ya need to understand their level of activity at that specific time of year. Read more

The 50 Year Storm

Have you ever seen the movie “Point Break”? It’s a classic movie about a bunch of surfers who are bank robbers. The Reeves (Keanu) goes undercover to stop these dudes and needs to learn how to live the surfer life to try to catch these guys. In a nut shell, he finally catches the bad guy, a bad ass dude named Bodie (Patrick Swayze) but has to let him go. He caught him where he knew he’d find him, where the 50 year storm would hit. This 50 year storm would produce waves as big as sky scrapers. Every big wave surfer’s dream. Only once every 50 years would this event show it’s face on the planet. While Bodie is looking at the waves, handcuffed and going to prison, in true ripper fashion Read more