So I have been remiss in posting this as I promised to do it much sooner than now.  While doing further research on the best fishing lures around the web, I came across these excellent blogs.  I suggest you check them out, very good reads and quite informative.

Find The River - A blog based out of Michigan, Find the River runs the gamut of fishing and the joys/pains that associate with it.  There are some great reads here, I especially like the recent posts about a bad fishing trip back in 1991.  We have all been there!

Fish Head Blog - These guys do a flat out good job on their blog.  From humorous posts to fishing reports in the New Jersey area including contests!  A great source for all things fishing!

A couple of great blogs with great information and all centered around fishing.  What more could you ask for?  Let me know if you know any other high quality fishing blogs that would be worth noting.

There is no doubt that reading what the pro fishing tour guys use to win tournament will help you as you fish your local lake.  To that end here is a recap of the best fishing lures on Lake Amistad, which was the location of the inaugeral tournament on the Bassmaster Elite Series in 2009.  The top two finishers produced staggering weights of fish and also prove that there are more than one way to skin the proverbial cat.

Jason Williamson won the tournament with 96+ lbs of fish.  That included a very impressive 68 pounds on the last two days of the tournament.  His lure of choice was the Osprey Swimbait, which to me look a lot like a Mister Twister Sassy shad, but much larger.

His tactic was to work the bait down to some trees that were about 20 feet below the surface and keep it down there.  This helps to prove the point that sometimes you need to just wait and believe that the fish will be there.  He didn't catch a single fish in the spot the first two days of the tournament, but went hog wild the last two days.

This was in stark contrast to the 2nd place finisher, Alton Jones. He was the slow and steady Freddie that nearly went home with the prize. And if Williamson hadn't scored huge the last two days he would have easily won. All of his fish were caught on a texas rigged Yum! Dinger.  He used the bait in shallow water situations and was especially fond of longer casts, which were then allowed to be worked extremely slowly when it was a solid cast to a great spot.  This tedious process was deadly effective at putting these fish into the boat.  The YUM Dinger is a similar type fishing bait as the Yamamoto Senko.

The Bassmaster Elite series is off to a roaring start with some big weights and some monster bass.  There were two fish over 10 lbs that were weighed in during the tournament.

Over the past few weeks I have been making a point of finding other fishing / outdoors blogs and reading them as I get a chance.  It is truly amazing how many good blogs there are out there.  In this post I would like to highlight a couple that I have found that are well worth a stop by....

Outdoors Bloggers Summit - This blog is a breath of fresh air.  It is aimed at supporting conservation and outdoors blogging online.  The goal is to unite bloggers across the internet thus allowing a unified voice on important outdoors and conservation issues.  If you are a blogger yourself, I urge you to join, it is a great group of people.  If you are just a reader, there is a lot of good information contained therein.

Idaho Fishing Network - Nestled in this blog are a lot of great fishing tales and whatnot, mostly relating to, you guess it, Idaho fishing.  Couple that with some sensational posts about crocodiles in boats and some down to earth fishing tactics and you have the makings of a great blog.

The Rasch Outdoor Chronicles - On top of being a great guy to chat with, Albert has assembled a great blog.  Just read some of his posts.  If you need help Disassembling, Cleaning, and Reassembling your Ruger 10/22 Rotary Magazine I call on you to find a more in depth description along with pictures than what he has written.

I will post up more as I come upon them.  Hope you enjoy their blogs and thanks to the folks above for great reading / information!