Have you noticed?

[buzzking]

maybe they could just tattoo the logos on their bodies that way a sponsorship deal would be forever.

[Chubminnow]

As I stated earlier on this thread, I don't watch much television...Is Hank Parker or Bill Dance either one still around, if so are they still doing fishing shows?

This has been years ago, but I was with a buddy of mine one time that decided to use Bill Dances advice while using a buzz bait...he said he watched Bill do it and it seemed easy enough...what he did was reel his buzz bait in on a steady retrieve, pulling it in just slow enough to keep the blades turning and also making sure to bump it into a piece of standing timber on the way back. As soon as the bait bumped the timber he'd stopped retrieving and let the bait flutter down for a second or two before reeling it back in...by golly if he didn't hook into a 5lb largemouth using this method...the fish hit right at the timber as the bait was falling...

[Danny]

Not to sure if Bill D still has a new show on, if so maybe it is on OLN, as I no longer get that network. However, Hank Parker is still on. His show is on the Outdoor Channel. This past week was about him and his family on a barbeque picnic, and fishing while using the hobycat kyaks (spelling?). Two weeks ago he was on Lake Barkley again, and this time he had one of the guys from the Knight and Hale bird calls. A lot of the background looked familiar, but then most of the bays with rip rap points look a like if the homes themselves are not shown. It could be they did all their fishing in Little River, or some shots even looked like McNabb bay, about half way back.

He has expanded his fishing thought to include redfish, bonefish, etc... and I would really prefer just bassfishing. But I guess maybe he gets tired of just bass fishing, and I imagine there are a lot of folks out there that like to see the red fishing too.

BTW, I think his show is on Monday nights at 9 pm central time. This is a replay of the show, as it is on several times a week. You can go to theoutdoorchannel.com and find the schedule.

I hope this helps.

Danny