Texas Bass report

[Jasonh]

Fished a local golf course pond here in Austin tonight for a couple of hours and did pretty well on largemouth to three pounds. Most fish were caught on a small foam popper. Swithced over to a larger pencil popper and started to land some nice 2-3 lb fish. All in all about 20 fish to hand and many others lost.

Here is a picture of a largemouth Brett Humphries caught on a popper a few months ago at Decker Lake on the outskirts of Austin.



Jason Hartwick

[Adam Grace]

Nice bass Brett!

I'm glad to hear that you guys are fishing together a little bit more.

Have fun there in the land of ten gallon hats

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

I thought that was "Gadabout Gaddis"?

THE SHOWMEN - GADABOUT GADDIS

R.V. “Gadabout” Gaddis was the original TV fisherman, but he started in 1938 with a weekly fishing radio show on a General Electric affiliate in Schenectady, New York. In 1939, GE asked him to do an experimental show for something new called television. Gaddis had already made fishing films, which he transposed to the new medium. During World War II he toured with his films, and then in 1952 he bought his first small airplane, which he used to “gad about” between fishing destinations. His growing program finally cracked the New York City market in 1963, by which time he was known as the “Flying Fisherman.” Beyond his pioneering work on the small screen, Gaddis was noteworthy for making every effort to catch common fish with inexpensive tackle, and that plain-folks fishing mentality endeared him to a broad audience. It is worth noting that the difference between his and many of today’s televised fishing shows is that Gadabout’s were usually intelligent.

[Nip Hadlock]

I remember that show! There was one with Curt Gowdy, (Red Sox broadcaster), fishing from a pontoon plane with "Gad".

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Hi Nip,

I think we are giving away our age here.

When I was a kid I read every magazine I could find on fishing and watched all the fishing TV shows too.

[Nip Hadlock]

Ummm..maybe I was watching reruns? The Ameican Sportsman had some good fishing show with celebs back then too...

Sorry Bill
I think I am too young to remember Gad.
Sturm Yeah!

[MSP]

Gaddabout Gaddis the Flying Fisherman, catching fish from the float plane pontoons before it even got stopped! Who could forget He kinda reminded me of the Cajun Cook! I'm wearing my AGE!

Oh BTW Jason. Nice report, now get your butt back home here and let's do some real fishing!

[Jasonh]

I am ready for some real fishin! Bass fishing is fun and all but they just don't seem to take any line like steelhead, trout, and strippers. Looks like i might be back in the middle of august.

Jason Hartwick

[Bill Kiene semi-retired]

Yes Nip,

I lived for the American Sportsman Shop on TV.

Must have been the '60s?

That was a pet deal of Curt Gowdy's.

Some of it is on video now too.

Phil Harris, Red Fox, Jack Nicolus and many other cool old dudes.

This is where Jack Dennis got his first big break guiding those guys out of Jackson Hole. He was a teenager I think. So was I.

Found this on the web:

With the original show's steady stream of celebrity guests and athletes who included Bing Crosby, Phil Harris, Peter O'Toole, Terry Bradshaw, Larry Czonka, and Ted Williams, Gowdy and his friends helped to inspire a generation of American outdoorsmen and women before the end of the show's run two decades later.



Relying on a simple recipe of exciting hunting and fishing footage, celebrity guests, exotic locations and a strong message of wildlife and fisheries conservation, "The American Sportsman" stirs the memories of hunters and anglers around the nation to this very day.

True.....................