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If you haven’t heard by now, then you’re not following me on Facebook or Twitter. I’m heading out the door tomorrow to attend the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known as ICAST, in Las Vegas, NV. ICast is the largest sportsfishing trade show, and I’m excited to attend as a member of the media.

Please stay tuned to this website, and most definitely follow me on Facebook and Twitter as I share live video, photographs, and articles on some of the hottest gear coming in the rest of 2010 and 2011.

I’m already excited to meet with Colt Rods and see the latest innovation in fishing rods. And, naturally, I’ll have to meet up with Redmond, WA, based FethaStyx and check out their new NASCAR licensed fishing rods. If my sister found out about them, and I didn’t check them out, I might be in trouble.

I don’t know that I could be any more excited, though, than to meet up with Diablo Paddlesports and check out their unique fishing kayaks. I will most definitely see if Hobie has something new to their line up too. Last year the Hobie Pro Angler was unveiled and won Best of Show! Maybe Freedom Hawk Kayaks will have something better. I dunno, but they’ll all be there, and I’d suspect Ocean Kayak will be represented by Johnson Outdoors…

I can’t wait!

I’ve been running to PC whenever the surf is down enough for me to launch. I just love the fishing out there – anyone could really do it…

This time I brought a crab pot with me. I’ve never tried crabbing out there before, but I usually see one other crab buoy, so I figured I’d give it a go. I just took the one pot (oregon limits 3 pots/person) just so I didn’t have to worry about all the extra gear for nothing.
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I learned of a new iPhone app the other week after my last post about iPhone apps and podcasts (I promise, I’ll try to focus more on fishing after this post!)

The app Good-Fish has turned out to be one of the best fishing journal/log applications I’ve found. If you remember correctly, I complained about every fishing journal app I tried. They were slow, clumsy, or just didn’t work. Good-Fish turns out to be opposite of everything I’ve ever used. It is fast, easy to learn, and even has a website backup – actually, it does BETTER than a website back up (more on that later). [Read more →]

I thought I had this set for an auto-update, but I guess I messed that up. Anyways, here’s the post that was supposed to launch last week!

With the Oregon Rockfish Classic just a couple days away, I thought it might be fun to take a moment and show you what I’ve been doing for the last two months.

Half the fun, to me anyways, of a tournament is getting prepared. What’s it like for me? Well, you know those movies/real-life when the girl is getting read for some big date or whatever? Yeah, it’s probably like that.
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I’m almost ashamed to admit I have an iPhone. Yeah, its a cool device and all, but I really just wanted a phone I didn’t think would fall apart. Sadly it was the only thing that seemed decently built when I was at the store.

But, as I’ve played with the iPhone (which replaced another phone lost in the Willamette River), I discovered a wealth of apps and podcasts that anglers can greatly appreciate. Here’s a few of my favorites, and more!

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