Yesterday on FLW Outdoors website Brett Carlson did a short blog entry about the upcoming Forrest Wood Cup and my pre-practice on Lake Lanier.  Will be more to come soon.  Take a second and read the blog and share it with your friends.     

As some of you have read or heard Justin Lucas and I have been working on a new project. This is in the very beginning stages. The video is a small trailer for the Forrest Wood Cup 2010 coming up on Lake Lanier GA. We are on a mission to take the sport of bass fishing and fishing in general to new heights. I understand we have our work cut out for us, but we are going to go all over the USA and Crush It. Stay tuned for more soon.

With the Forrest Wood Cup fast approaching it is time to get all my "ducks in a row".  Baits to be ordered, rods and reels to be spooled and sorted, tackle to be organized, shirts and jerseys to be ordered, and the list goes on and on.  Not to mention lots of pre-fishing to be done.  Only 30 guys qualify for the Cup through the tour.  I am really looking forward to this tournament after a year of hard work and preperation.  Must prepare for a few more weeks!  ;)  This will be my first Cup appearance in only my first year on tour.  I hope it is one of many to come. 

Thanks to Rayjus Outdoors my 2010 Forrest Wood Cup jersey is being made as we speak.  This is a great way to showcase sponsors and products that I believe in and fish with.  I will be wearing this every day of the derby as well as in the family fun zone while talking to fans.  Looking forward to representing each and every sponsor that believed in me.  I will hold my head high and represent to the best of my ability.    

These are a few of the Lanier spots that decided they wanted to tango with Ray and I.  The fishing this past week was not very good by fishwithmatt standards but we did manage to catch a few decent fish.  The days have been hot and calm, which makes it hard to convince a spotted bass to bite anything.  Fooling these fish into biting a bait is like pulling teeth, as tough as any species of fish I have ever pursued. 

Am going to be back on the water for the next 6 days with National Guard Pro Justin Lucas.  We will be making videos and lots of memories that I will share here with all of you fishwithmatt readers.  Hopefully the fishing picks up and the lake starts to show some of it's power.  Then again it is the 100 degree days of summer right now, and I know by now that these are the toughest days of fishing of the entire year.  I am off in search of another crush!  Time to stretch the string.