Archive for the ‘Dave Mercer’ Category
Dave Mercer Announces Winner of Hook, Line and Subway® Contest
October 19th, 2011Hamilton, Ontario – Dave Mercer announced the grand-prize winner of the 2011 Hook, Line & SUBWAY® contest earlier today. The recipient, David Baker, was presented with his prize this morning at the Subway located at 101 Queenston Road in Hamilton. Dave Mercer drove up to the SUBWAY® restaurant with the bass boat, a Skeeter FX20 [...]
Knot Another Loop
October 17th, 2011The other day, while talking to Aaron Martens (or actually while listening to Aaron Martens – dude has some thoughts about just about everything), he mentioned went into his extensive theories on knots. In particular, he uses a lot of braided line with fluorocarbon leaders and likes to join them together with a double uni [...]
No shrimp on the Barbie for you!
October 14th, 2011Reports out of Queensland, Australia have indicated that both commercial and recreational fishermen in the area had been afflicted with mysterious skin boils and lesions. According to one industry rep, somewhere between 20 and 30 percent of local commercial fishermen broke out in what can best be described (by me) as the worst type of [...]
Big Man in the Boat
October 13th, 2011Who knew? Three time All-Pro defensive tackle Vince Wilfork of the New England Patriots, owner of a Super Bowl ring, is an avid angler. At a recent charity event for a teammate’s foundation (www.mattlightfoundation.com – cool outdoor stuff, check ‘em out), the game of the day was sporting clays, but Wilfork spent most of his [...]
Toothy Critters
October 12th, 2011Should I be worried? I’m headed to Brazil in just about a month to chase and hopefully capture big peacock bass. If I want to get really greedy, I’ll let you in on the fact that I’m particularly excited about catching a few on topwater baits. All was going well – I’d gotten my yellow [...]
Just finished a 8.50KM run along the Arkansas River in down town Little Rock #CommitToFit http://t.co/PSunyIv5
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