Off The Hook
Reaching a new level in internet interaction and information, welcome to the new Addictive Fishing home page! The site will be updated regularly so be sure to check in often and keep up to date on the happenings of Addictive Fishing Television, Capt. Blair Wiggins, McCabe Productions, Inc. (MPI), Team Lazer Sharp and the FLW Saltwater Series, sponsors, and the rest of the AF Mogan Maniac family!
MPI has just announced that Addictive Fishing will be airing back to back with the highest rated fishing show on television; FLW Outdoors! July 2006, all new episodes of AF are coming to FSN. As you may already know, MPI produces the Saltwater Series of the FLW and is very excited that the two shows will be airing side by side.
As they sink their claws in to get the new season ready, let’s check in with the Lazer Sharp team of Blair Wiggins and Tadd Vandemark after their first top 5 finish in Englewood.
“We have tasted a piece of the pie and the pie is good!”
The Tadd-manian Devil is still pumped up about the 5th place finish in the FLW Redfish tournament held in Englewood last weekend.
The first day of qualifying wasn’t so hot for Team Lazer Sharp. They managed to bring two fish to the scales and weighed in at 10 lbs. 11 oz. leaving them in 43rd place. Day 2 became very interesting when the leaders from day 1 fell into 14th place. Team Lazer Sharp took the stage and skyrocketed into 3rd! With only 15 teams left to weigh in, they were bumped down to 4th but remained in the top 5 to move on to the finale on day 3.
Blair and Tadd stuck with the same game plan that boosted them into 4th place. They took the 2200 Bay Ranger on an 84-mile run to the Tampa Bay area only to find that the weekend traffic was much heavier than anticipated.
“We went to spot A, spot B and C”, Blair explained. “Every place we went, there was someone slinging bait.”
The rules of the FLW state that they cannot fish within 100 yards of another fisherman chumming the waters so the team was hard pressed to find a stretch of water to fish. Making such a long run did not allow much time for searching and they came back to the scales with an empty live well.
The tank may have been empty but the spirits and bank account are not! Fifth place pays a nice chunk of change and adds 146 points to their scorecard. I spoke with Blair and Tadd this week and they can’t wait to head to Port Aransas, Tx for the next event!
It was also great seeing some AF hats and visors partaking in the celebrations. Be sure to watch FLW Outdoors on April 30th. You just might recognize your noggin on TV! You may even catch a glimpse of my fins sticking out in the crowd.
Always getting a fin up on the competition,
J.C.
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