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Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing – Feb 21, 2010

Catch Bob fishing at Virginia Beach –  the longest pleasure beach in the world (Guinness Book of World Records).  He’s not on vacation however, he’s after what some people call the greatest striped bass fisheries in the world.  Fishing alongside Bob is Captain Rich Schott with Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing Charters, be sure to tune in and see why Virginia Beach truly is the worlds greatest striped bass fishing destination.

A little about Chesapeake Bay Sport Fishing Charters:

We pride ourselves on being a first-class Chesapeake Bay fishing charter. We have a long list of businesses that have found our services very productive for entertaining clients, as well as many private and family fishing charters. Joining in on the experience is as easy as making a phone call. We can provide everything for a great day on the Chesapeake Bay from your food and beverages to arranging fish cleaning services at the end of the day.

We fish seven days a week from the Annapolis area, which is conveniently located within minutes to both Baltimore and D.C. (April – December). In addition, we do Virginia Beach fishing (defunct) out of Rudee Inlet (December – March). However, custom pickup and drop off points can be arranged anywhere on the Chesapeake Bay or its tributaries.

For more info or to book a trip: http://www.chesapeakebaysportfishing.com/

Cypress Lake – Florida Bass Fishing – Jan 24th, 2010

Bob at Cypress Lake, FL

This week Bob is headed south to beat the cold weather and do a little Florida bass fishing. Bob and Tim Fey and they will take a little trip to Cypress Lake just outside of Lake Toho for some early winter bass fishing.

Cypress Lake is over 4,000 acres of great fishing, fun and an extremely popular lake for out-of-state anglers. It’s close to Kissimmee, Orlando, and all that Disney has to offer, but far enough away from everything to let you escape and enjoy the outdoors.

Cypress is full of black crappie, bluegill and largemouth bass, we highly recommend you take a day to fish this lake the next time you’re in Florida.

Charleston Trout – Dec 6th, 2009

Who says you can’t fish in the fall? Bob is back in Charleston, South Carolina for a little fall trout fishing.    Bob is joined by Robert Olsen from Knot at Work fishing charters.

Everything isn’t fishing this week, our Chevy destination takes you to the low country of South Carolina to introduce you to a new hunting operation, Deux Cheneaux Plantation located outside of Walterboro, South Carolina. (www.docheno.com)

Deux Cheneaux Plantation is located in the heart of South Carolina’s ACE Basin.  The track of land has been renowned for its abundance of game since the time of the King’s Grant in the early 1700’s. The incredible natural beauty will open a world of wildlife exclusively for you.  Deux Cheneaux’s strength lies in its historic appeal, southern flavor, natural beauty and convenient location.

Georgetown Kings – November 29, 2009

This week Bob travels to Georgetown, South Carolina for some early fall king mackerel fishing. Joining Bob is Captain Tommy Scarborough, longtime guide in the waters off of Georgetown.  While everyone else is thinking deer hunting, just remember that fall is the great time to the Carolina coast for a little fishing!

Clarks Hill Lake Striper Fishing – Nov 15th 2009

clarkshillThis week Bob is off to Clarks Hill Lake, located just south of Augusta, Georgia. Longtime guide William Sasser takes Bob on a great striper adventure all across Clarks Hill Lake.

Why Clarks Hill? Clarks Hill Lake (J. Strom Thurmond Lake) is the largest U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project east of the Mississippi River and one of the largest inland bodies of water in the South. The best part, it’s full of striper thanks to the Georgia and South Carolina Department of Natural Resource Departments, they’ve released over 750,000 stripers!

Here are a few fun facts about Clarks Hill Lake:
* 71,000 acres of water
* 1,200 miles of shoreline
* Created from Savannah River and Little River
* Authorized by Congress in what year: 1944
* Construction began: 1946
* Date opened: 1954
* Six million visitors per year
* 55 parks and recreation areas
* 17 campgrounds with campsites
* Six marinas with gas docks, pump-out stations, boat slips, restaurants, boat storage camping, lodging, picnic areas, trails, ships store
* Major lake attractions: Bobby Brown State Park, Elijah Clark State
* Park and Mistletoe State Park

Thinking about taking a trip to Clarks Hill this year or next spring? We highly recommend it.

Georgetown Kings – October 18th, 2009

This week Bob travels to Georgetown, South Carolina for some early fall king mackerel fishing. Joining Bob is Captain Tommy Scarborough, longtime guide in the waters off of Georgetown.  While everyone else is thinking deer hunting, just remember that fall is the great time to the Carolina coast for a little fishing!

West Palm Bonita – October 11th, 2009

bonita

Bob heads back to the coast of Florida to fish offshore with special guests Cole Berger and Jason Davis from Sportsman’s Gold. You’ve seen Jason in the kitchen, and now he’ll join Bob on the water. Captain George Mitchell will be at the helm on this awesome trip, so tune in and you won’t want to miss this show!

Before and After The Show #1

Pic050Folks this will be the first of many new articles on our new website  www.bobredfern.com.  I will provide all of my loyal fans with some insight as to how we film and produce our program.  “Before and After the Show”  will discuss what you do not see on the program and a behind the scenes look.

Doing an outdoor TV Show takes a lot of coordination and a great deal of luck…..as you know we try to film programs in real time, or as we say in the TV business, the “shoot to air” timelines are very short, like 3 to 6 weeks.   By doing our programs in that type of sequence provides in season hunting and fishing programs and not filming shows and then airing them 1 to 2 years later…….   I do 26 programs each year and we broadcast 52 weeks,  which means year round…..  Fishing is not just for the warm months anymore…..  we fish year round, whether it is freshwater or saltwater, I am there regardless of the cold or heat.

As for hunting, with the opening day of Dove season around Labor Day weekend every year, that to most folks is considered the opening of hunting around the country.   Dove hunting and football go hand in hand and to many serves as the right of passage.   Although in some parts of the country deer hunting begins in mid August, the fall hunting season begins around labor day….  One tidbit of info, there are more shot gun shells expended on opening day of Dove hunting that during any other time of the year….

That really makes my friends as Winchester Ammunition happy, so with that I will have my new Browning Citori 625 over/under, 28 gauge shot gun in hand on the opening day of dove hunting, Sept 5th.  This seasons dove hunt takes us back to a location that we visited last year in Mulllins, SC and Wally Elliott of Elliott Labradors to see if he can work up the magic again for drawing in doves.

Our Chevy destination for the dove hunting program finds us in Loganville, Georgia visiting one of the largest Pennington Seed distributors in the Southeastern United States, Boss Brothers Country Store.  The store is a family owned business that started out in an old chicken house building in the 1980’s by one of the brothers, Michael Boss, and with the addition of a new old timey country store which run by Michael’s brother, Ken.

Now you all are probably wondering what does that have to do with dove hunting and the outdoors, well it is really simple…. Pennington Seed Inc. in Madison, Georgia, ran an exclusive promotion for all of its dealers nation wide and the dealer/distributor that sold the most Pennington Seed Wildlife Forage product for 2009 won the honors of being on our program as well as picking their best customer to receive a “free”  Wildlife Food Plot Makeover, with Pennington providing all of the products and expertise for free.  The lucky winner of the food plot makeover was
Charlie Henderson of Covington, Georgia….

In the coming months I will be following the food plot makeover and we will showcase the progress on our TV show…. This should be a segment to watch and keep up with… and maybe one of our viewers across the country can be selected for the same food plot makeover.

The upcoming months will be exciting and I hope that you all will continue to follow along on both the TV and on our website.   I am also pleased to announce that we will feature some great outdoor writers on our website, who will be providing some great insights on tips and techniques as well as life long stories from their hunting and fishing trips.

I also get questions all of the time about guides and outfitters that I recommend…. We are creating a special web page for all of our “go to”  guides and outfitters for what I call “The Best of the Best”  list.   If guides and outfitters make our listing then they will be posted on the site for all of our fans to utilize…..  Making the list will be a graded out deal which will be done by our producers and fans…..

More to follow on how we grade our guides and outfitters and how they will be added to the list…….  You will also be able to go to the Chevy Access the Outdoors which will also feature our recommended guides and outfitters across the country… so keep watching.

Just one final thought goes out to all of our great sponsors, whom without, I would not be able to bring our show into your home each week…  We have established specific sponsor web pages and I encourage each of you to take a look at their products and when you are in the market,  make your next purchase from them…..

Thanks again for all of your years of support and see you soon…..

Bob