fishwithmatt.comhttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/fishwithmatt.com | Bass Master & Fishing Guide | Waconia, Minnesotaen-US2010-03-11T14:24:29ZSquarespace Site Server v5.9.2 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Time Has Comehttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/3/2/time-has-come.htmlMatt Peters2010-03-03T03:15:22ZThe first FLW tour stop at Red River was canceled a few weeks back so now we are onto our next stop at Table Rock Lake in Branson MO and tomorrow will kick off our season. As stated before I am going to keep updated weights and info from each stop of the tour. The lake has fished very tough for practice and could be a low weight event. I am honestly one fishing for 5 bites a day and hoping to get a couple good keepers. Now if things change and the fish move up there is a chance I will sack them up. But it has not been that way so far. With 50's in the forecast the bite just might turn on. Stay tuned here for more info and updates.

You can watch the weigh-in live on flw outdoors website starting tomorrow at 3 p.m. central time. My flight is not due in until 4:10 so I will be weighing in pretty late. Now I just have to make sure and have a few to bring to the scales.

New dew for the 2010 season. Took all the hair off for good friend Brett Stulc! Let the Crush begin!

]]>The fight of his lifehttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/25/the-fight-of-his-life.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-26T01:15:47ZWith the start of my 2010 tournament season only 2 days away I would like to share something with all of you. This isn't the usual fishing story, or report. But rather a story about a young man that has fished for only a short time here on earth and now is in for the fight of his life. He is in a battle and struggle to over come cancer for the second time in less than 18 months. All while being less than 10 years old.

This is a recent picture of a very close friend of mine son in Childrens Hospital, Brett. Brettly was diagnosed with cancer about 14 months ago. After 6+ months of Brett fighting the cancer, it was in remissi......on. And we all hoped and prayed it would stay there. A short 6+ months later it is back and Brett is in for... the fight of his life. He has started another round of aggresive chemo and will soon be going into the U of M for a stem cell transplant. His chances are not promising. But there is a chance! I want to help make a difference for this young man and for this family. I want to see him fight again, but it to be a fish tugging at the other end of his line....not life!

I have taken it upon myself to reach out and to help this great family to fight through a tough time. I am going to dedicate my 2010 fishing season to Brett Stulc!! I am going to donate $2 dollars to the Stulc family for every pound of bass I catch and weigh-in during my 2010 tournament campaign. My wrap boat will also display a decal in his name and 2010 fight for life. It might be small but this is a way for me to give back to the Stulc Family. I know this won't fix everything but it will hopefully give them a small piece of mind, I am pulling for you guys. It will also give them some much needed groceries and support. Brett, I want you to know I am fighting for you, casting for you, and setting the hook for you. When I put a tournament keeper in the livewell it will remind me of you. It will give me something to shoot for beyond winning, or catching the biggest bag. It will make every keeper count. I would like to extend to any one else that would like to get behind this project and to help support this cause to please contact me directly, anything would be greatly appreciated. If I can get a bit of help and support I would love to host a tournament to benefit Brettly! Please keep the Stulc family in your prayers and thoughts. Also remember to always enjoy your children and life, each and every day. Thank you for your time and consideration.

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I will be playing and singing this all the way to Table Rock in less then 48 hours. Casey Ashley is one of the nicest guys on the elite tour. This kid can fish and sing like no other. I get to be a fisherman! God bless.]]>Table Rock FLWhttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/23/table-rock-flw.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-23T12:00:02ZI am packing for the FLW tour event at Table Rock lake in Branson, MO and can not wait to get started. I will be arriving at the end of this week to start the official practice period. They have endured a cold winter and has made for water temps hovering around 40 degrees. If we can get some sun and nice weather in the next 10 days it should really help water temps and the bite. Regardless I am confident there will be plenty of bites and fish to be caught. Should make for a fun start to the season.

There is one particular bait I am super excited to throw this coming season. It is the new "Glitter Shad" and "Sexy Shad" color swim jigs from Outkast Tackle.

The features(design, barb keeper, weed guard, hook) on the Outkast swim jig are second to none. These new colors are going to play a critical role in my upcoming spring events.

]]>History Is In the bookshttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/22/history-is-in-the-books.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-22T14:47:16Z

The 40th Bassmaster Classic is in the books and KVD has done it again. Kevin came back from a small deficit to Jeff Kriet (Big Bite Baits teammate) to walk away from the competition on the final day of 3. His margin of victory was 5 pounds. Words do not describe how good Kevin Van Dam is. He now has 3 Classic titles and 5 AOY titels, and surpassed the 4.5 million dollar mark in career winnings!

And he was quick to discard the common analogy that he's the Tiger Woods of bass fishing.

"There's a bunch of dang good people in our sport. We don't have all these issues and controversies. That's why I definitely don't like the Tiger Woods analogy. (Problems like that) are surely never going to happen to me. But you don't hear about that (in our sport). Outdoorsmen and fishermen are good people and we're passionate about what we do."

VanDam threw a Strike King RedEye Shad rattlebait in gold and gold sexy shad all 3 days of competition. As he previously described when he won the Toho Elite Series, the RedEye Shad shimmies when it falls – something he feels no other rattlebait does. He got most of his strikes by bumping or ticking cover, jerking the bait away from it, then letting it flutter to bottom. Congrats to Kevin and all the anglers that competed in the 40th annual Bassmaster Classic.

]]>Not Todayhttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/16/not-today.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-16T21:44:51Z

I had to post this video. This is funny. The marketing folks at Shakespeare fishing should be applauded. I have to ask though; why is this such a common theme and break down between men and woman? I know many of you will say your wife/gf doesn't care how much you fish...but come on, lets be honest. They wouldnt have made a commercial about it if it wasn't a reality at times. If you have a significant other in your life it can be difficult at times to keep it balanced; maybe your thing is golf, or bird watching, or boating, or racing, it doesn't seem to matter the activity. I know this for sure, I don't understand what makes woman tick and will never claim to, and I have come to realize they don't understand what makes us outdoorsmen tick!]]>Gary Crushes it for a good causehttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/15/gary-crushes-it-for-a-good-cause.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-15T20:45:34Z

Gary V has been crushing it for some time, but this time around he does it for a good cause. He runs Wine Library and has used the social media tools available today to build an empire. He even wrote a book about how you can do it yourself. If you want to know anything about wine, or a man that made millions off internet advertising, Gary is a good man to follow. And no I didn't get my crush theme from him, I was using that term for years now. Until the next time I can get on the water and make my own crush session video. Fish On!]]>Random Video from this summerhttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/13/random-video-from-this-summer.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-14T02:43:51Z

This is from this past summer. Had my brother and two of his good friends from GA up for a couple days of fishing. We were fishing on Lake Waconia in MN for muskies (it was tough) but decided I needed to fish for bass for a bit. Can't help myself. Excuse the random chit chatting about nothing.....]]>Snow Expectedhttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/12/snow-expected.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-12T14:30:39ZI am headed out today on Lake Lanier in search of some Spotted Bass for a tourney on Sunday. It is 28 degrees and not nice out....this winter just will not let up. 2-4 inches of snow are expected today. Will make things interesting. I will be posting pictures of how things go...or lets hope I get into a few.

]]>Canceledhttp://www.fishwithmatt.com/lake_report/2010/2/11/canceled.htmlMatt Peters2010-02-11T16:08:28ZFLWThe FLW tour season opener at the Red River this week has been canceled. I was excited to get started; total bummer. After all the travel and expense to be there and prepare just for them to cancel. They did the right thing in the long run but we as anglers have to realize that we are always putting ourselves at risk. Seriously our boats go over 70 mph. What was different about this time around was the cold water in play. If you did fall in or got thrown from your boat you would have been dead in minutes. The water was 40 degrees, the air was in the 30's and the current was ripping along. It would have been bad if they held the event and someone got hurt or died. But like I said earlier, we are always at some risk...but I understand they wanted to limit that risk this time around.

Most guys left with mixed feelings. Many anglers felt the canceling had little to do with safety and much more to do with the fact that the fishing was tough. So for the guys that were on fish they felt jipped and the guys that had terrible practice, well they got off the hook(no pun intended). I am here to tell you that fishing was terrible and very tough but this is what we do for a living and is our job. The conditions were the same for everyone.

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