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Toyota Texas Bass Classic and More |
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 We have just completed another tour stop on Lake Norman and i am finally home for a few days before I head to the great Beaver Lake, land of the 12 incher. I had competed in the Toyota Texas Bass Classic prior to Lake Norman FLW Tour event and our team finished near the middle of the pack. My team consisted of Ken Chapman, Randy Blauket, Dean Rojas, and myself. With the tournament being on Lake Fork we new we would have to catch them pretty good and in practice it was not that difficult, but the shallow prespawn fish continued to disappear as the event went on and the number and size of fish continued to diminish. In practice it was somewhat easy to go down the bank pitching a green pumpkin power hog at grass line and light spots, that were deeper beds, and catch a fair number of 4 to 6lb fish. I am still at a loss as to why there continued to be less fish shallow with a full moon and increasingly warming water but once again the winners proved that consistency comes deep on Lake Fork in April.
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 The year is in full swing already, amazing. I am getting ready for my second FLW series event that will begin on Lake Wheeler the 26th. Our last event on Lake Toho was somewhat of a disappointing one for me. My practice was not spectacular but had a couple areas that I thought had some potential if I was to spend the majority of the day there and I was right. The two areas that I had found supported two top ten finishers; in hindsight I should have fished them a little differently. The first area I found I had fished in past years and it consistently seems to offer a little higher quality. In practice I actually caught the largest bass I have ever caught while fishing in that area, an 11.5 pounder. I caught her on the edge of the Kissimmee grass on one of the new Berkley Heavy Weight.
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Clausen On Megabass, Sperry, Okeechobee Part 2 |
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BassFan Q&A
Friday, January 25, 2008
 (Editor's note: This is part 2 of a 2-part Q&A with FLW Tour and Series pro Luke Clausen, who now lives in Nashville, Tenn.)
BassFan: You've sort of floated around the past 2 years, but finally settled down in Nashville, Tenn. Why there?
Clausen: I wanted to choose a central location, and Nashville's location is so central, it's within 12 hours of any event I fish. That was the only basis for picking there. Also, I guess it's maybe a little bit of a younger person's town.
Have you fished there yet?
No, but I went out on Percy Priest to run the boat for a half-hour. I heard it's been great. It's taking 20 pounds a day to win there. I also like that Barkley's only an hour and a half away. Read More..
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 The beginning of the season is soon approaching and it will be a year of many changes for me. First of all I have bought a house in the Nashville area, Mt. Juliet more specifically. The move has been the most challenging part and I am still organizing tackle, have worked for about five days and hung over 800 peg hooks and have just scratched the surface of the pile of baits I have to organize. The problem has compiled from storing my tackle in boxes for the last five years while I have been traveling on the east coast. Tackle organization has not been my strong suit but hopefully will be in the near future and that should reduce my tackle costs due to duplicate buying.
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Cool Hand Luke's New Elbow And Sponsors Part 1 |
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BassFan Q&A
Thursday, January 24, 2008
 (Editor's note: This is part 1 of a 2-part Q&A with FLW Tour and Series pro Luke Clausen, who now lives in Nashville, Tenn. The interview was conducted prior to yesterday's start of the Okeechobee FLW Series. Part 2 will include an update on his performance there.)
One tour pro who needs no introduction is Luke Clausen – one of the few to have won both of the sport's major championships. It was 2 years ago, after he won the Toho Bassmaster Classic, when he stunned fans and insiders alike in his announcement that he'd no longer fish BASS – he was going to the FLW Tour and Series exclusively. Read More.. |
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