Brad Wiegmann - Outdoor Writer, Photographer and Professional Fishing Guide
Brad Wiegmann is a published writer whose ariticles and stories have appeared in a wide variety of publications.
Brad has covered everything from bass tournaments, to fishing techniques, destination pieces, the bass fishing industry, and other outdoor related topics.
His passion is writing about unique, hand crafted lures and swimbaits. The majority of these lures are one-of-a-kind or in limited production.
Brad is also an accomplished angler. He could easily participate as a professional angler on the front deck of the boat, but the writer side of him prefers taking the back seat as he always looking to interview the professional angler in the front on his next article.
Besides writing, Brad has a perceptive eye for taking photographs that help readers visualize with better clarity the information that he writes about in his articles.
Angler Watches LIVETARGET Lures Crawl across Rock!
Springdale, Arkansas-An angler fishing Beaver Lake in northwest Arkansas reported to fellow anglers, newspapers, and TV reporters that he saw four life-like lures crawl across the top of a rock while out fishing early Friday morning. "I was just out fishing and I saw these life-like lures just come out of the water," he continued, "they crawled right on top the rock and was sunning themselves; till that bass tried to eat them." The angler was able to get a photo of them with his cell phone before the bass attacked them. "I just cannot believe how life-like those lures looked; that bass chased each one of them...just like a LIVETARGET," said the angler. It is unknown at this time if any of the Crawfish made it out alive after being attacked by the bass. No doubt, we will be hearing more about these sighting as other anglers have reported seeing Shad, Smelt, Golden Shiner and other life-like lures being attacked to newspapers and TV reporters. The LIVETARGET Crawfish Crank (www.livetargetlures.com) is a ‘fat style’ crankbait with an accurate profile and anatomical details of a fleeing crawfish (Orconectes Propinquus). The ‘fat style’ is reminiscent of the extremely popular original Wiggle Wart. When Storm lures was purchased by Rapala a number of modifications were made to the original Wiggle Wart that changed the action. Some say for the better, other say that the original Wiggle Wart crankbait action cannot be duplicated. For proof, just look at how much anglers are willing to pay for the originals on eBay. That is where LIVETARGET Crawfish Crank ‘fat style’ crankbaits come in; they have that distinctive wide wobble swimming action and soft deflection with accurate recovery that fish cannot resist. More on LIVETARGET Crawfish Crankbaits... Pick a Rod, Any Rod; Gman Swindle Picks Quantum PT SuperLite Rods
For Bassmaster Elite Series professional angler Gerald “Gman” Swindle, his pick of color for his Toyota truck is black and yellow (Tundra Fishing Team Pro wrap colors); brand of boat, Triton of course. More on Swindle and Quantum PT SuperLite Rods... |
It’s All Good at Gaston’s Resort
Read more on Gaston's Resort... Classic Patterns Series 3, Volume 4: Post Front Conditions featuring Terry Scroggins
Read more about Classic Patterns featuring Terry Scroggins... |
For the majority of anglers, the hardest choices in life are what color pickup truck to buy and what brand of boat to get. Sorry ladies, it’s the truth. You’re hubby can tell you what color crankbait he caught his last fish on, but probably does not the color of your eyes. For the record, my wife’s eyes are blue…I think, but I do know that the last fish I caught was on a foxy shad pattern Bomber Fat Free Shad crankbait; no wait, her eyes are brown…I think. After buying that pickup truck or getting his boat, the next hardest choice is what rod to pick.
Where do I start? It’s all good at Gaston’s Resort. Maybe I should start with the first class lodging, award winning restaurant, private landing strip for fly-in guests, gift shop, conference lodge, and private club. The resort also has three nature trails, a swimming pool, game room, tennis courts, and a playground for the kids. For some resorts that would be enough, but Gaston’s location on the world famous White River is what brings countless anglers to its resort. The White River is well-known for its reputation as one of the best trout streams anywhere. The resort has over 300 acres and 79 cottages for guests to stay in right alongside the White River. The view is breathtaking. It’s all good at Gaston’s.
Every angler will face fishing in harsh post front conditions sooner or later. Days were fish refuse to bite. Professional angler Terry Scroggins takes on classic post front conditions and explains how he catches finicky bass when the temperature drops. In section one of Classic Patterns: Post Front Conditions; Scroggins goes out on Rodman Reservoir in Florida tempting fussy Florida strain bass to bite. Scroggins explains how anglers can find fish by studying maps before going, paying attention on the water, and how critical boat positioning is for catching bass out of aquatic vegetation using a big flipping stick.