Thrift doing what he does

Bryan Thrift did not win Angler Of The Year because of luck or chance...no sr. Yes I agree he might be a lucky guy, but Bryan can down right catch'em every where he goes. He is as good of angler at breaking down a body of water as any person I have ever shared a boat with. I got to spend much of this year fishing with him and also pre-fished with him a bit for the upcoming Forrest Wood Cup here on Lake Lanier. I have learned a lot from Bryan and appreciate all he has done to help me grow as an angler. Here is a short clip of him catching a spot that goes almost 3lb's on my favorite bait that I got to teach him how to fish.....maybe. Not sure if I can teach Bryan much of anything he doesn't already know...that is what scares me. This is the caliber of competition out here on tour-when you get to the top!

Update on Thursday, August 12, 2010 at 11:43AM by Matt Peters

Bryan had a great showing and finish at the Forrest Wood Cup.  Congrats on the 10th place finish bud!  He utilized a few of the techniques we practiced together to get himself a top 10.  The drop shot was a key element in this event. 

Good day for fishing

Official Forrest Wood Cup practice started on Saturday and Eric Schultz and I spent the day together on the water sorting out where and how we could catch a few bass for the upcoming event.  Eric has also qualified to fish this years cup via the Tour.  The fishing has been very tough.  It is a time of year they call the dog days of summer.  It is hot outside, surface temps have crawled as high as 93 degrees and the fish go deep and become very tough to catch.  5 of these 2.5 lb spots would really look nice during the derby.  

Yesterday I caught a bass that spit all these up on the front deck of my boat.  This is the "bait" or shad that they are feeding on....pretty tough to imitate something that small.  They are tough to make out, but I believe they are threadfin shad.  They almost look like baby bluegills.  When they fish came up to jump he threw about 5 more out of his mouth then....needless to say they are choking these little things.  When the fish are that well fed it can be tough to get them to bite artificial lures. 

This is a photo of me on Lanier during pre-fishing a.k.a. practice the other day.  As you can see, I get to spend many hours alone on the front deck of my boat.  It is solitude like none other. 

Ninja Angler!  Just trying to sort out where the bass live in this darn lake.  

Today is the final day of practice before one day off limits tomorrow then we all get underway on Thursday.  I will be carrying my video camera with me to the banquet dinner and the convention center every day to get some short clips to share with you all.  Here goes nothing.  Fish On!   

FWC Preview

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.     

bornonthewater.com

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.