Last year I was posting short story updates of the year here. I am now going to TRY to keep an updated blog at http://bb.fishinghype.com/. There I will try to keep you in the know of what's going on in the world of Fishing Hype. 


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                                2011 

10/18 - Well I haven't done a very good job this year keeping this site up to date and active, period. I am going to be revamping the look of the site over the next couple of months and make this thing what is should have been all along. If you have any suggestions as to what you would like to see on the site or any changes let me know. Brian@fishinghype.com

5/1 - When the good Lord puts some road blocks in your way, listen to what he is saying. Just like when we woke up and headed to our tournament on Sat. to find a couple very large trees laying across the driveway.

4/5 - OUCH! Again I become a guide on the second day of the KY/Barkley Everstart tournament. With dropping water levels and temps fishing got tough and overall not a fun tournament. In the end I was really questioning if I belonged and why it's been such a disappointing year.

3/15 - All I can say is I'm not sure what happened. I had one of the best practices ever for a tournament. Had the pattern dialed in catching the right size fish and then the bottom dropped out on me. Not sure what I did wrong but I did it. Ended the first Everstart Central division tournament with 3 fish and a 105 place finish.                                 


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                                2010

9/17 - Well not quite a month this time...LOL. Fished Old Hickory last weekend with Mary for a USA Bassin regional. Finished 29th out of 79 with one keeper for 2.46lbs, what a pressured lake but still like fishing it. Makes you do everything right. Unfortunetly didn't qualify for the Championship next spring. Looking towards Lay Lake for the BWS regional Oct. 15-16.

8/23 - Look it's been another month gone by, heck at least I'm consistent. Finished the regular season of the KY BWS with a 10th place finish and climbed into the top 40 at 36th with only 4 tournaments to make the regional on Lay Lake.

7/26 - Nice, another month gone by without keeping everyone up to date as to what's been going on. Guess that's what happens when you stay busy. Just finished 33rd at the KY division BWS but moved up to 46th in points, only 29 points out of the top 40, even with missing the 1st tournament of the year.

6/22 - WOW! It's been almost a month since I've added something not good! Overall though not much has gone on. Did win a tuesday night tourny last week and had our 3rd BWS this past weekend, with a 12th place finish.

5/24 - They are getting to were they need to be. Mary and I fish the USA Bassin team tournament Sat. and brought 5 for 18.58lb good for 3rd out of 60. Mary put on a cranking clinic in the morning boating our first 4 keepers including a 4lb smallie.

5/16 - It's still wet not as much wild, though a roller coaster of emotion. Weighed my biggest fish ever 7-12 and started out in the top ten of the AFS, to fall to 41st and out of the cut but did get a check, to winning my first KY tournament all in the same weekend, with rain every day.

5/6 - Wet and wild has been the headline for my past two tournaments. Thunderstorms, tornados, floods and motors falling off the back of the boat.

4/18 - Most of the bad for the year most be gone. All though Lake Ouachita did eat my cell phone and I took a swim everything worked mechanically and even some good fortune worked in my favor and got my first check of the year.

4/6 - Hopefully all the bad for the year is done. A broken trolling motor cable and a shorted out GPS for the Jet-A-Marina tournament wasn't what I had planned. Did pass my Captains Class so I am now USCG certified captain.
         
3/21 - Well the first tournament of the year was pretty much a bust. I never really got a true feel for what was going on, layed and egg on day 2, motor problems in practice, and a broken trailer brake rotor on the way home, ya all nice.

2/24 - Fired from the Classic! Enjoyed every minute of it and very glad I decided to go. This is something every bass angler should have in their bucket list of thing to do. If you walk away from there and you're not ready to get the season rolling and get after it, it's time to take up golf. Check the blog for the winning bait.


2/15 - New tools came Saturday! My new Powell rods and Quantum reels have arrived and am excited to put them to good use. I'm also very excited to head down and check out the final day of the Classic. It will be interesting to see some of the new products before they hit the store shelves.


1/26 - My run with GAMMA Line has come to an end with the parent company deciding they no longer want to stay in the fishing industry. I will also not be doing a drawing this month as I do not have product yet from Tru-Tungsten, and for those of you looking for GAMMA Line that is unfortunately not going to happen this for reasons stated above.

1/10 - Happy belated New Year to all Hype fans. Hope all went well over the holiday season for you as it is all good here. I am happy to announce the new partnership with the Fish Harder companies makers of (Tru-Tungsten, MiHatchii Hooks, and Picasso) as well as Powell rods this year. Cabela's will be caring the Outkast Swim Jig this year.



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                                    2009    

3/30 - Well we are back from the Fishers of Men National Championship on the Red River, finishing 38th out of 140 teams. We missed the top 28 cut by a mere 1.25lbs. This was a great learning experience for the future. I will go indepth on the tournament in my blog.

4/17 - Well it's been a busy week since the 9th, I've looked at 19 houses and got my turkey, you can read more in blog. I will  not be at the Full Throttle this weekend on the river but looked forward to seeing everyone at the St. Jude.

5/5 - The St. Jude is now over and I learned a valuable lesson - Pay attention! We lost track of time and came in late and got the big DQ and not the treat kind either. Check my blog for more on this sour subject.

6/2 - Well May ended in a flury with a week trip down to Kentucky Lake for the Triton Gold Elite tournament and a run back to Red Wing for the first ABA/BASS Weekend Series on the Mississippi River. I placed 16th and 17th respectively with 82 boats in each tournament. You can read more in my blog.

6/8 - My first trip to Green Lake in Spicer, MN didn't go as planned. This was the first stop on the Silverado Pro-Am Bass Tour and I finished with a 33rd out of 49 showing, ouch!!! More in my blog.


6/29 - The second trip to Green went a little better catching wise and a better finish but still no check. The mighty Miss. River handed it to me the second go around though and that hurts. More in my blog.

7/28 - WOW it's been a month since I've been on here SORRY about that HYPE fans. I guess after my two lack luster results at the river for the Weekend Series on pools 3-5 and a 38th place finish on Le Homme Dieu for the Silverado Tour I really didn't have much to report. That all changed this past weekend the a very much needed win at PDC ( prairie du chien) WI for the Weekend Series. Check out the blog.

8/24 - No rest for the weary, after coming back from PDC the next weekend we headed for KY to buy a house. Then the following weekend we left for Escanaba, MI for a week for the B.A.S.S. Federation Nothern regional and then back to MN over night for a Silverado the next day. Now we've got 3 weeks to pack with 3 touraments sandwiched in between.

10/12 - Well again it's been a spell since I've been here. It's been a little crazy with all the packing, tournaments, moving and unpacking going on, and a week in TN on Old Hickory. Check the blog for the rest of the story.

11/9 - WOW! I am glad that that is over. Just got back from the BWS National Championship and that was the most painful fishing bite I've ever seen in my 20 years of tournaments. More in my blog at - http://bb.fishinghype.com/

12/2 - I would like to Welcome a new partner to Fishng Hype, Tru-Tungsten and the FishHarder Companies. If you have yet to fish with Tru-Tungsten you need to and feel what you've been missing, check them out at www.tru-tungsten.com .

12/20 - Mary and I would like to wish everyone a wonderful and Merry Christmas and a bright New Year, be safe and enjoy the holidays.