Down Time

We wrapped up shooting the 2013 season just a few weeks ago when me and my wife, Cari headed over to Tampa to shoot my final episode of the season.  This week's episode is the Season Finale.  We take a look back at some of our favorite segments and Mr. Producerman always delivers your favorite, the bloopers.  Don't miss this week's episode Friday at 10:30 a.m. ET on Fox Sun Sports (replays Sunday 9:30 p.m. ET / Tuesday 6:00 a.m. ET).  

AF moves to the Sportsman Channel for the Fall and Winter months! While most of you will be shoveling snow, putting on more layers, and turning on the heat, you can watch me fishing some of the hottest spots and catching all the Mogans.  We'll be airing AF epic episodes from the 2013 season on Sportsman Channel - air dates and times will be on addictivefishing.com.   

I'm still in Louisiana hanging out with a few folks from Humminbird and Skeeter Boats.  We're taking writers out, learning some cool new things about electronics, and I've actually been fishing on a Skeeter bass boat in the bayou. I just fished with professional bass angler and Humminbird Sonar Guru, Doug Vahrenberg.  I learned a lot about imaging and using my electronics from him, and I taught Doug a thing or two about fishing in Louisiana (oh, and the bugs).  Doug was getting eaten alive by the flies all day and here's what I told him.  "Let them bite you and leave them until they're really biting you good.  Then you bang your ankles together, and they fall off dead!"  Works for me.  

We don't have much down time here in the "off season." We're scheduled to be back on the water shooting new episodes for the 2014 season in just a few weeks.  I need to get in the woods and do some huntin' soon! We've got a few Halloween treats coming up for you from Star Tron, and watch out Texas, we're heading your way in early November.  

Like I said, not much down time around here this year.  Not complaining, just trying to keep my schedule straight. Whew! 

Until next week . . . tight lines,

Blair

Editing Room

Mr. Producerman cleaned out the hard drive and found some extra footage that didn't make it on TV the first time because we had too much.  He likes to call this episode "Bits and Bites." For example, y'all didn't get to see what all happened on Day 3 of our trip to the Dry Tortugas, when it was finally grouper season! Some more footage you get to see this time is from a day I was doing R and D on the new Gen 2 rods over in Canaveral. I was on a "solo mission," but I decided to bring along my cameraman, 'cause he likes to fish too. I hooked into a nice 15 lb tripletail on the 7'2" . . . can't wait to show y'all this fight. There's still a few more fish fights you didn't get to see so check out this week’s episode “Bits and Bites” – Friday at 10:30 a.m. ET on Fox Sun Sports (replays Sunday 9:30 p.m. ET / Tuesday 6:00 a.m. ET).

If you're near the Tampa Bay area this weekend, stop in to the Tampa Boat Show at the Convention Center and say hello to the folks over at the Central Marine Service & Boat Sales booth. They're the Skeeter Boats dealer in town and will be showing off the new 2014 line of XS bay boats and giving demo rides in the new SX240.  

I'm heading to Louisiana to prefish a tournament, then I think I'm going to get lost in the woods for awhile and do some hunting.  Mr. Producerman and Trice are heading to the Blue Ridge mountains to do some hiking and recharge because we've got a busy and exciting 2014 season coming up and we'll be back on the water shooting shows before we know it!  

Tune in to AF this weekend.  If you miss it on TV, you can always stay connected on Google+ in the Mogan Lounge, on Facebook, YouTube and Instagram.  If you don't have cable, you need to get Roku . . . AF is now in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland and the rest of the Roku universe too!  

Until next week . . . tight lines,

Blair