The New AusBass

25/04/2013:   Missouri based custom bait maker Siebert Outdoors will be the exclusive Jig supplier for well known Bass Angler JT Bagwell and his Bagwell’s Bass Tactics brand.

Siebert Outdoors makes high quality, custom lures and is a perfect match for Jig fishing expert JT Bagwell. Siebert Outdoor’s Jigs offer phenomenal paint jobs, high grade hooks and a fantastic color selection.

Siebert Outdoors will also produce a series of Jig colors designed by JT Bagwell.

JT Bagwell has had a lot of success in Bass Tournament fishing by winning multiple tournaments, several Big Bass Awards...Read here

22/04/2013:   Your heart is beating so forcefully you can feel it in your throat. The adrenaline is pumping so hard that it gives you a tingling sensation through your entire body. Sweat is starting to trickle down your face. You can see the giant Bass guarding it’s bed, but can you get it to bite?

Sight fishing during the spawn can make your emotions work overtime. Just being able to see that big spawning beauty is enough to drive any sane person crazy. When nothing else seems to work, drop into bed with them.

Drop shot fishing is not a typical site fishing technique but, being typical doesn’t make you a champion. In order to rise...Read here

25/03/2013:   While spending a relaxing day on the couch watching all of the fishing shows I had in my DVR, I came across the Bassmaster Elite event on the Sabine River in Orange, TX.

The show and the tournament itself were pretty uneventful until they showed a little clip of Dean Rojas throwing a temper tantrum on the water because Alton Jones was fishing in his area. He claimed that Jones had not been in there the day before and proceeded to call Alton “Garbage” and said he “Wasn’t a Professional.” Of course he didn’t say it loud enough that Jones, who was twenty feet away, could actually hear it.

Both camera crews on the water that day and the marshals in the boats, all said Alton Jones did nothing wrong. Jones’ Marshal that was in his boat with him Thursday seemed to dispute Rojas’ claim based on a text he sent, that Jones later posted on his Twitter account. It was basically telling Alton to hold his head high because he, Jones, and the Man Above knew where he had fished. Jones also made another Twitter message of his own saying “I don’t even know why Rojas was mad. We’d been fishing that same bayou together...Read here

11/03/2013   If you are reading this column, you obviously have some form of access to the internet. Whether it is on your PC, Tablet, Smartphone or Laptop, you have a ridiculous amount of Bass fishing information available at the tips of your fingers.

The first step in your online education should be to do a search for quality Bass fishing related websites. From there, see if the sites have a newsletter you can subscribe to. Read as much as you can about different tactics and techniques.

Do not be concerned that you see five, ten or even twenty different variations of doing the same technique. There is not one single correct way to do anything. Just as there are a dozen ways to fish a Senko, there is another dozen ways to fish a crankbait, a worm...Read here

28/08/2012:   I have often wondered how some individuals become so good at their chosen sport or profession, to the point where they seem superhuman! The obvious answer is that they practice or study from an early age, applying every moment possible to perfect and practice their wares to the point where it becomes automatic in their subconsciousness. Most probably, it happens if you have” heaps” of time on your hands or had someone mentoring you from an early age.

However, if like me you don’t have that much time on your hands, I suggest you subscribe to another method in mastering the steep learning curve in a short time frame. What is it, I hear you asking me? ...Read here

16/07/2012:   When I refer to the psyche of an angler, I am talking about the spirit, the soul or mind, and the subsequent action or reaction that occurs in any physical or social environment. So when we take an early morning start, with dawn just breaking, the water is only ever so lightly touched by wind. The colours of the surrounding water, sky, and landforms are silhouetted against the vivid, intensely coloured and changing hues of orange, green, brown, and grey.

With a tournament looming, it was time to give the boat, electronics, and batteries a check to make sure everything was in working order. The last time the boat hit the water must have been a whisper ...Read here

29/06/2012:   Basic boat maintenance is usually something that I put off not because I find it mundane, it's just one of the jobs that gets put further down the list of priorities -- even lower than a lazy Sunday on the lounge watching motorsports and drinking beer.

With a tournament looming, it was time to give the boat, electronics, and batteries a check to make sure everything was in working order. The last time the boat hit the water must have been a whisper ...Read here

16/04/2012:   When you hear the term “Adventure Fishing”, several random thoughts come to mind almost immediately. Some imagine exotic destinations in faraway places or untouched waters teaming with a variety of huge, rare fish, while others want to take a single engine plane to a remote beach. Everyone has a different vision, and I found mine at the Hawkesbury/Nepean River.

I consider myself extremely fortunate to have been on a few of these more lavish trips (after scraping and saving every penny possible and gaining approval from the Minister of Finance) to the Northern Territory, here in Australia. Whilst most anglers consider these to be trips of life time, and indeed they are, my real “adventure” was a little less exotic.

My very first trip to catch Australian Bass, on a small tributary of the Hawkesbury/ Nepean River, was incredibly memorable...Read here

11/04/2012:   Welcome to my third installment on E-NATION…all the way from wet and windy Australia! Whilst summer here on the east coast of Australia usually means lots of great outdoor activities involving sun, sand, fishing and boating, somehow the weather gods must have forgotten. The weather has been less than cooperative with continuous, persistent precipitation well above historical averages. Now I get the fact that in tropical and subtropical areas there are usually two seasons, “the wet” and “the dry”, given the long range weather forecast...Read here

15/12/2011:   Now that I’m officially a part of the E-NATION family, I’d like to tell you a little bit more about myself. My name is Domenic (most people call me Dom) and I have been actively involved in the Australian fishing community for over a decade. I have held multiple positions in an Australian Bass Fishing club, in roles as Secretary, President, and Web site creator and more recently the owner of multiple fishing and boating websites. I am also actively involved with some of the leaders in Fishing and Marine outboard brands in the world.

My family and friends would most likely describe me as totally obsessed, bordering on being obsessive compulsive with all things fishing and boating and a diehard Lure and Fly angler. My obsession for fishing and boating was inevitable, in that I stem from a long line of multi generation fishermen...Read here

07/12/2011:  Hi and welcome to the E-Nation Online Community.

If you were to ask yourself what would be the most satisfying, relatively inexpensive, highly rewarding, steep leaning opportunity, extremely enjoyable and a challenging experience all at the same time that one could take part in? The resounding answer would have to be a team based tournament, and just a short 12 months ago I did just that I signed up for the Berkley Evinrude Team Series (BETS). This team based style tournament has been an absolute revelation, immensely successful and the numbers of new participants to this style of tournament have been astronomical....Read here

09/11/2011:   Trees being cleared to make way for the Hunter Expressway will get a new lease of life as snags in the Hunter River, thanks to an innovative collaboration between Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) and NSW Department of Primary Industries (NSW DPI).

“In a generous gift back to the environment, RMS is supplying and transporting almost 1000 logs from trees cleared during construction of the Hunter Expressway,” said NSW DPI Conservation Action Unit manager, Kylie Russell.

“Logs from expressway works near Kurri Kurri will be used to restore and protect the riverine environment near Muswellbrook and Dalwood.

“This is equivalent to more than $64,000 worth of savings for the planned environmental projects.

“The logs will be used to construct Engineered Log Jams (ELJs) that will help stabilise eroding river banks and enhance fish habitat for native species such as Australian bass and mullet. ...Read here