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Good day all people, and welcome to dig in fishing. I am your host, Michael Grady. I am excited immediately as a result of immediately we now have drew bitten right here, the Bassmaster elite collection. Drew had one, two main wins and the primary in a FLW tour, Lake Okeechobee, and the second bathtub grasp Toyota, Texas quick. Drew may even be fishing in a second Bassmaster traditional in Knoxville, Tennessee, and a few weeks. Welcome drew. Hey, thanks for having me. So drew, what are you as much as immediately?
Effectively, as you realize, I am up right here within the panhandle the place Hurricane Michael, simply this wrath a number of months again and immediately I am working round the home attempting to get all the pieces again so as. I am in between occasions, so I am sort of sporting two hats. The one pop proper now I, I am in Daytona Seashore, Florida and I can completely inform anyone listening if you have not seen photos of what a that hurricane did to the panhandle, like bomb went off up there. It actually appeared like a struggle zone and nonetheless does and numerous, numerous elements of my county is only a, I’ve lived by way of a bunch of hurricanes in Florida. We have by no means left and it is simply, it nonetheless amazes me the quantity of power that got here together with Hurricane Michael.
Effectively, I am going to inform you after being in taught it for 25 years, I can completely inform you one factor is true. I might reasonably the wind each on occasion blow sideways and throws a hurricane at us versus 100 inches of snow.
25 under zero. Yeah, that is proper. I do not try this a lot chilly. I lived down right here within the south for a cause and I do not thoughts going up up north and fishing these small mouth fisheries within the summertime once we’re escaping {that a} hundred underneath levels and 100% humidity down right here. However you realize, this time of yr and, and on an early spring, the south of the place for me.
Yeah Buddy. I, let’s discuss fishing, man. How did you inform our listeners, how did you get began
fishing? Effectively, I imply my love for facial began fishing for Brandon and calf on math budge. My granddad as most youngsters, you realize, and I actually did not begin again till I bought to highschool age and begin fishing round a bit of ponds and lakes round the home to my pals. And that is actually how I bought my begin. Simply Wade fishing, floating, floating down equal effective and a bit of repairs round the home and float tubes and, and simply fishing for Bass. That boy,
so you probably did that as a child. So what made you get into aggressive fishing?
So know I performed baseball all by way of highschool and school and I used to be to pay the individual and you realize, we had little tournaments right here round the home, Tuesday evening tournaments, Saturday occasions and, and you realize, each time I used to be 16 I bought me a bit of bass tracker and you realize, we began getting in these little native event doing very well. After which I simply began climbing the ladder. I branched out to regional occasions. I am like seminar previous, you observe and joined a bass membership and you realize, it actually simply took off from there. That aggressive side of a, that fishing, what’s the most effective of each worlds? For me, it gave me that competitiveness that I lead and you realize, the love for the outside. We affiliate the mixture of each and it was simply, it was simply the right arrange for me.
Effectively let me ask you, now that you simply’re fishing on the highest stage, what is the largest problem or downside you present in competing with a number of the greatest there are?
You already know, clearly the largest problem that I can consider could be that it doesn’t matter what, you are able to do all the pieces or I on this job, you may make the appropriate calf, make the appropriate choices, however you are still going after some time after which, and that x issue together with climate and all the pieces else that may, could be thrown at you. It is, it is bought, that is what makes it probably the most difficult. You are able to do all the pieces proper in your half and you continue to not receives a commission on the finish of the day. And that is simply, that is simply a part of the sport that we play.
Luck is a part of it. Huh?
I am going to say look as a lot as simply these uncontrollable components. Gotcha. You already know, such as you’d apply for an occasion, you have bought some fish discovered and it rains three inches the evening earlier than and it simply blows out your space or you realize, simply, simply x components that mom nature and the side of, you realize, you are chasing after awhile. Biblical tales pull him off. I imply, that is simply a part of it.
Gotcha. Effectively, do you have got an adverts? What have you ever realized? You already know, as a result of clearly, you realize, you probably did effectively in FLW and now you are within the elite or what have you ever realized that is actually helped you succeed?
Principally simply hold an open thoughts, you realize, he developed a recreation plan after all in apply and sort of get an concept what you need to do. However you realize, you have at all times bought to maintain an open thoughts whilst you’re on the market fishing within the event. I am numerous issues develop throughout the occasion. My respect, a very good level could be a Texas stuff. I did not determine the window till the afternoon or the primary day of the occasion and I had no concept that I used to be going to win that event. Had no concept I used to be on the one which sample. It was simply maintaining an open thoughts and you realize, fishing what was in entrance of me and you realize, taking issues desires to for the time.
You talked about that you simply put collectively a plan for the event of the lake. Are you able to discuss to us a bit of bit about what your processes and going by way of and placing collectively a plan for a specific physique of water?
Yeah. Usually I bear in mind, you realize, what stage the Fisher in, whether or not it is fairly spot on submit far. Attempt to discover that out earlier than, you realize, earlier than I even put the boat within the water, that that offers me an concept of the highest areas I want to have a look at it. It kills me. Or the fish goes to be shallow. Are they going to be in these stage and prime areas of steeper banks? Are they going to be on these locations that they arrive and danger after they spawn or are they going to be out deep of their summertime pump? They, I imply it simply provides you a greater concept of places for Luke and that that is sort of the, probably the most planning I do. After which I hop into simply attempting to find, simply try to get a chew or two. Let the fish inform you what you realize, what is going on on
in terms of placing collectively your plan or implementing it. Do you employ any instruments or any data sources?
Oh yeah. My models are, you realize, they only take all of the guesswork out of all that I can. I can examine the mapping on Mahler and he or she and this and see the place the channel switching banks are, the place you realize, ditches and, and journey factors are, I can, you realize, use the construction stands the effective, you realize, rock Colin’s construction out, you realize, off factors and street beds and issues like that. And really I am within the summertime you could really keep the colleges of fish. That could be a massive software in addition to you realize, satellite tv for pc imagery, Google maps, bing maps, utilizing these to see, you realize, a satellite tv for pc image of the like and may see the place grass grows or worse sandbars are. We’re a bit of depressions are on flat, issues like that. That is all very, very useful and great tool that you need to use earlier than you even get to the leg the place you meet to the amount of water and you are able to do numerous homework, you realize, utilizing these instruments and, and, and take numerous the guesswork out earlier than you really get on the water.
Yeah. And I requested this numerous numerous the elite guys, do you really write down your plan in a, in a book or do you simply sort of maintaining your head?
No, I do not. I do not write it down. I hold it in my head. You already know, I am very forgetful individual. When you, if you realize me, a matter of truth with the interview, should you, should you would not let me, it was some time in the past and he jogged my memory out or forgot about it. However in terms of fishing, it involves getting bikes and issues like that. For no matter cause I can do not forget that stuff and he simply stays in my head. I do not actually have any drive something down
trigger this, it is what you like to do. That is proper. So let me ask you, wait, you realize, you set collectively your plan and also you sort of go on the market and also you get some expertise in your apply. What is the, what sort of outcomes have you ever gotten from, you realize, a few of your totally different, you realize, issues that you simply do over and again and again?
I really feel like so long as I’m going in and simply try to get an concept and do not actually get too hung up on one factor, one sample, I simply sort of get an concept of place to begin for the occasion. Not essentially, you realize, I am going to do that, this does not work, I am going to do that. And if that does Oregon, me see I really feel like if I simply determine, you realize, an concept someplace to begin after which sort of listing the event developed to me, you realize, develop itself to me and I simply sort of hold an open thoughts and to sort of roll with the punches. I discover myself way more profitable man. If I get hung up on one factor and, and simply, you realize, attempt to make the fish, you realize, I feel you are far more profitable should you let the fish telling you what to do. You simply kinda put your self on these excessive %
once you’re sort of working, working alongside, you realize. Do you sort of hold the time in your head about how lengthy it has been in between fish or that sort of factor? Or do you have got a set time? I am so, in different phrases, you stated in case your course of is sort of fluid however you get them be like, wow, nothing’s occurred in 20 minutes, I bought to do one thing else. Or are you simply, we’ll simply go together with what’s occurring.
Effectively yeah, in a approach. I imply each physique of water eat totally different, you realize, some, some like, you realize, he could be station for for seven bucks a day. Whereas I really feel like Chino which have a giant fish inhabitants, you are hitting bit, you realize, regular and also you, you have to sort of take that into consideration and issue that in. So yeah, there’s gotta be a prime, you realize, sort of a psychological time clock in your head. I am going off of right here. When you’re spending an excessive amount of time doing one factor and never get bit, you clearly get to maneuver on, however you bought to take into the account of physique of water you are on. I imply up north, should you’re not getting bit, you realize, you higher be doing one thing else trigger the environment friendly, very robust up there. They bought massive populations of fish and I do not get fish for Austin.
However once you’re down right here within the fashion, say as an illustration on you realize, physique of water life, however the traditional venue, you realize, it’s going to be march, it would be three spawn. You already know, you won’t essentially get the variety of bikes you’d at a spot like Saint Lawrence River or a saint participant nowhere. However you, you realize, you, you bought to stay to, you realize, the areas that you’ve confidence in and within the strategies do you have got confidence in and permit these bikes to city. However there undoubtedly needs to be no time clock factored into that should you’re not getting bid in any respect.
So what you are saying is the Saint Lawrence is totally different than tohow are Okeechobee, Huh?
Yeah, completely it’s. Can you realize, fishing Saint Lawrence, it is simply so stuffed with fish. I imply you are going to get it just about all over the place you go on that place. And the large cheese for a spot like that. So is the standard and you realize, a 3 and three quarter pounder and a 4 pounder are very, very totally different. You’ve got bought upon these have been discovered by, that is the entire key there. And, and once you say time sensible, should you’re getting numerous three and really quarter, three and a half down by trigger you are getting bit, you have to go do one thing totally different. I imply you are not, you are, you are discounting your self massively by not going after that, that larger high quality by elsewhere. So that you gotta you gotta transfer round and determine get these 4 pound by simply trigger you are getting bit doesn’t imply you are heading in the right direction. These locations, once more, it is all in accordance on to the amount water you are fishing.
Gotcha. So what would you say is the largest factor you have realized or probably the most profitable factor you have realized this made you higher because you began fishing? You already know, F FLW and naturally your leasers. Okay.
The, the largest factor is it is having the ability to be versatile. You could have guys that you’d name your, your deep water. You bought to you guys or simply shallow water guys know we may very well be, you realize, dropping on them up north and they will go attempt to discover some subject shallow. And from what I’ve discovered, he is bought to be versatile. You possibly can’t, you may’t be that man that you simply’re simply identified for being shallow water are identified for being an amazing deep water angler. You have to get out of your consolation zone and you have to determine methods to catch them in these instances that they will be referred to as off, you realize, out I am going to present or you realize, vice versa. It is simply the character of the sport. Essentially the most profitable guys within the sport are versatile and that is the largest factor I’ve realized.
Gotcha. So once you’re going and making up your plan, you are additionally looking at depth of water in several areas, Huh?
Yeah, yeah. I imply, as an illustration, this, if I am considering that, that, you realize, all the pieces’s spawned a priest on, I will be wanting in these areas which are, you realize, 5 foot or much less. Hmm. Probably little despair, stitches, you realize, main into spa and pockets and issues like that. After which if you realize, I am know the all the pieces’s submit bond, extra luck in June, the summer season sample, I in all probability will not be taking a look at shallow, you realize, until it is a grass leg, we’re formally a shallow yr spherical, you realize, most of these facial transfer out to a 3 river channel age or a deep draw off or one thing like that. So you realize that that sort of provides me an concept of a place to begin a minimum of.
Gotcha. Effectively lastly, if we come to the top of our interview, I need to ask you and I ask all people these two questions. Primary, what’s your most profitable phishing secret?
Oh, effectively I am going to, I am going to reply that as a result of I’ve had numerous questions and Saint John’s river, I’ve, I’ve had a, you would not imagine the variety of emails messages on social media now. I had a, a pump up sprayer on the again of my boat with a bit of blue answer combine stuff in it. And all people desires to know what’s in that pump up sprayer. Effectively, I am sight fishing within the spring. You clearly have numerous pollen on the water that point of yr in addition to any sort of wind that blows. It is onerous to see. You would possibly be capable of see the mattress, however she will’t get a very good have a look at the fish and see what he is aware of. Quick fishes the effectively I can do, however a bit of little bit of a blue daybreak dish washing liquid, which is, you realize, environmental. We are saying I am not, you realize, combine it up a bit of like water, however it would not pump up sprayer and I can spray it like there’s little ripple within the water. I can spray it, you realize, a ten by 10 space and it will click on that decrease off the place I can see, see actually good and see what that fishes see how he is performing or if there’s pollen within the water and spray it after which I can disperse that pollen and stuff. That is in all probability one of many largest figures I’ve bought. And it is Kinda, it is, it is identified. It isn’t a giant secret or something, however lots of people have requested me, you realize what that’s? And that is, that is what it’s.
I needed to inform you that is the primary time I’ve heard of it and that’s, that’s superior trigger you are sort of utilizing it as a surfactant so you may really lower down on the declared. Proper? Yup. That is wonderful. All proper. So query quantity two. What’s your most profitable or your favourite lure or bait?
Oh, that is a tricky one. I’ve to say although, you realize, going everywhere in the nation, a bay that catches them all over the place. It is in all probability a bit of crying. They and Bagley makes a implausible one. It is referred to as a sunny day. It is a bit of six to eight foot diver. After all you may put heavier garden on a fishery shall or, however she put 15 pound take a look at. It is sort of down about 60 it is a tight wobble, small crankbait. It will get a ton of bites and it catches massive ones. It is a, it is a Balsa Lewer that comes by way of any cowl you may think about. And it is bought a decent Subaru listed motion with nice pillars, the match to any sort of Ford’s you need. And it will catch them from Florida to New York. In order that’s a, that is a bait that I throw a ton. I will have numerous competence.
Good. You’ve got given our listeners a ton of nice data. I actually respect that. That is skilled fishing. So do you have got something that you simply need to promote?
Effectively, you realize, we could not do that with none of our sponsors and that, you realize, when, once you requested me one of many onerous issues, the toughest issues that I’ve realized about, you realize, this sport, it is onerous to, to reply that with out mentioning the, you realize, the sponsor side although, you realize, it is two jobs and fishing and selling and you realize, yearly we bought extra fishermen and it is more durable and more durable to get sponsored {dollars} trigger I get break up up. You already know, I knew about Bagley being boat, millennium, Marine Lorraine’s Energy Pole, doomsday nickels, Lewers, Phoenix, Rod, CJR proprietor hoods. All these corporations are, you realize, sort of a staff that has put collectively they usually work very well collectively. And you realize, I am simply, I am glad to be part of their household and you realize, I could not try this. I am so, they’re merchandise that can, that can put extra environment friendly all people’s boat, and I would just make sure you examine them out.
Superior, man. Thanks for the good data and thanks for being on our present.
All proper. Thanks for having me. I respect it.
All proper. Good luck within the elite collection this yr. Thanks.
Thanks once more for listening.
