I hope you saw it, Bassfan.com’s recap of the major pro tours and what methods worked in what months. Editor Jon Storm, a former westerner, does a heck of a job over there keeping track of the pros and this latest two-part feature is sports bar perfect. That is to say, the stuff is interesting, but also open to lots of debate over what the heck it means.

If you look at the big numbers, and I do, then you have to realize (more…)

While the global calculation of sea temperatures near Indonesia and the implications of temperature anomalies is far less interesting than choosing plastic worm colors, the fact is, the whole ENSO issue really does affect us.

ENSO? That’s the “El Nino Southern Oscillation,” which, for people who understand such things, helps in making long range climate predictions. Of course, for most of us who just take what comes, we’re really more interested in the bottom line. So let me excerpt (more…)