Mike Van Guilder

New Melones

mvanguilder — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 05:10:59 +0000

Took my son and mom out to New Melones. Water temp. was mid to upper 70’s. We caught bass on topwater, from spooks to pop r’s, 6″ BBZ floater. After that died down we got them on senkos, a variety of worms. Berserk jigs. A prototype swimbait coming soon by Berserk was getting the better fish and quite a few, every cast I had a bite or caught one.

Second Annual Mike Van Guilder Sr. Memorial Bass Team Tournament

fishwrangler — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 23:41:45 +0000

Title: Second Annual Mike Van Guilder Sr. Memorial Bass Team Tournament
Location: Lake McClure, Mariposa County, California
Link out: Click here
Description: Check-in: 4:30AM to 6:00AM at Barrett Cove Marina Store upper lot.

Blast-off: 6:30AM at Barrett South Launch Ramp

Weigh-in: 2:30PM at Barrett Cove Marina

Payback: 1 in 4, 80% payback on basic entry fee, 100% payback on big fish option.

Mike Sr. Award – heaviest limit weighed parent or guardian / child team.

Couples Mixed Team Award (male / female) – heaviest limit weighed.

Smallest Limit Award – smallest 5 fish limit weighed.

Up to 3 contestants allowed per boat (one angler must be 16 or younger).

Base Entry Fee: $80 per team

BBQ & Raffle after tourney

Big Fish Option: $10
1 Free BBQ ticket per angler w/ pre-reg.

Insurance: $10 per boat

5 Free raffle tickets per team w/ pre-reg.

**All proceeds will be donated to the Mike Van Guilder Sr. Charity Fund**

For more information:
Website: www.berserkbaits.com
Email: mike@berserkbaits.com
Phone: 209-604-8222
Date: 2010-04-24

To download the Tournament Flyer and Registration Form (.doc format) CLICK HERE.

Read Mike Van Guilder Jr.’s newest article in Bass Angler’s Guide!

fishwrangler — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 21:57:02 +0000

Pick up your copy of the Western Edition Bass Angler’s Guide, Volume 18 Issue 2, 2009 to read Mike Van Guilder Sr.’s newest article: To Bed Fish Or Not To Bed Fish! Mike Van Guilder Jr. has been published on a number of occasions, offering his best fishing advice to Bass Angler’s across the country. Look for future contributions to Bass Angler’s Guide by Mike Van Guilder Jr.! Subscribe now!

HBC – 4 @ Don Pedro

fishwrangler — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 03:04:43 +0000

Well pre-fishing days I took off all my hooks that I could, like topwater baits. Punker, BBZ, spook type bait and threw these with success. Fish that were coming up on them I could see them, they ranged from 7-10lbs. Then had some bites on a hudd but didn’t swing. Game day, started off with topwater and nothing, threw the hudd throughout the day with about 3 taps. I saw fish under my topwater baits but they would not commit. Finally threw a jig and lost a good one (4-5lb range) in a tree then caught another that was small. Remember always weigh your fish. Took 9th out of some of the top big bait fisherman. Fun tourney. Can’t wait for the Delta event in August.

New Melones

fishwrangler — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:04:02 +0000

Most of my fish are coming on a Berserk shaky head with a 6 inch worm either let it sit or work it very slowly from the shoreline to about 40ft. The other bait that has been consistant for me is a brown and purple or a brown jig, with a brown single or double tail trailer. There are some bait balls that you can either dropshot or I have been spooning up my fish out of the balls in the creeks. There are some fish moving shallow with some of these warm days and mostly males. There are a lot of bass spitting up craws too.

Mike Van Guilder Sr. / Berserk Baits First Annual Memorial Bass Tournament

fishwrangler — Tue, 24 Feb 2009 19:36:13 +0000

Title: Mike Van Guilder Sr. / Berserk Baits First Annual Memorial Bass Tournament

Location: Lake McClure, Mariposa County California

Info:

Check-in: 4:30AM to 6:00AM at Barrett Cove Marina Store upper lot.

Blast-off: 6:30AM at Barrett South Launch Ramp

Weigh-in: 2:30PM at Barrett Cove Marina

Payback: 1 in 4, 80% payback on basic entry fee, 100% payback on options.

Mike Sr. Award – heaviest limit weighed parent or guardian / child team.

Couples Mixed Team Award (male / female) – heaviest limit weighed.

Up to 3 contestants allowed per boat (one angler must be 16 or younger).

For more information:
Website: www.berserkbaits.com
Email: steve@berserkbaits.com
Phone: 209-756-8197
Date: 2009-04-26

Click here to download the flyer for more information and a registration form!

McClure was good to me

fishwrangler — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:42:50 +0000

Trout were hitting the surface everywhere I went, so decided to get a limit while bass fishing and did. The water temp was 59deg. I threw a purple hornet and an orange craw Berserk jig and had about 10+lbs. Topwater got me a 4+spot and a 5+largemouth. I had a double hook up some spots around 2lbs a piece. I did miss about 4 fish on topwater that would have went 3-4lbs. Lost one big girl that was around 10+lbs on a hudd close to the boat. My best limit was around 15lbs. Had fun.

Don Pedro on a tough day

fishwrangler — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:16:02 +0000

After throwing some swimbaits around the rogers arm in the trees with only one bump we started jumping around the lower end to Green Bay. My dad had one on a berserk shaky head with a hula grub in about 20ft. I finally found the fish in about 40ft give or take on purple hornet jigs. These bass were picking it up and all you would feel is pressure. Carlos managed to get one on a shaky head with a hula grub that was about 3-4lbs and lost a few but caught a few on the Don Pedro Berserk shad spinnerbait in the middle of the trees. Water temp stayed about 63 all day. Nothing on wakebaits, spooks, spoons, missed 2 fish on a swimbait, and nothing crankin.

Berserk owner Steve Melander & friend outing on McClure

fishwrangler — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:56:27 +0000

10/27/2008 Started out at McClure point throwing topwater, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits looking for a reaction bite. Had one blow up on a Vixen and then caught one about 1.75 pounds on the Vixen half way back to the boat. Caught one on a jig on a rocky point. Started throwing the new Berserk Baits Perfect Shad spinnerbait on a sloping wall and had a few hits and then caught one. Moved around the lake throwing darthead worms and dropshot and picked up one or more fish at every stop. Mostly fished rocky points. We were up in the canyon when the wind picked up and started throwing the Perfect Shad spinnerbait again. Had a fish just explode on it, came out of the water twice – 2.5 to 3 pound spot, nice fish! Had the fish at the side of boat, reaching for my camera and the fish shook it’s head and snapped my line and swam off with my one and only spinnerbait. Went back to dartheading and we caught several fish. Ended the day with about 15 to 20 fish in the boat with about a 7.5 pound limit

Clear Lake A/C TOC

fishwrangler — Sun, 19 Oct 2008 20:31:33 +0000

Carlos and I had a horrible pre-fish. We had one day and an hour the day before pre-fishing, we found nothing. We decided to fish water that we didn’t pre fish and fished slower. Carlos put our first keeper in the boat at 8am on a worm, then I got our next one at 9:30am on a Berserk purple hornet lake jig. We missed a few and didn’t get our next keeper until about 1:30 and I caught a 6+, 4+, and my last one at 3pm was a 7.3lber all on a purple hornet jig. For the first day we had 22.5lbs for 4th place. All of these fish came out of one small area about the size of a pickup. The next day we went to that same spot and found a boat on it and they stayed there all day, so we had to find all new water. We went frog fishin. I had one on a frog that would go 7-9lbs and lost it, threw right back in there with a white frog and got a 4+ on the very next cast in the same spot. We ended up weighing 4 fish for 11lbs, we should of had 18-20lbs. Oh well thats fishin.