Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Drawing for 25 FREE Skirts in December

Any one who makes a purchase from my website www.CustomFishingSkirts.com will be entered to win 25 FREE skirts! Skirts are of my choice. You will receive a variety of skirts. Follow me on Twitter and get an extra entry! www.Twitter.com/fishingskirts Drawing will be held on December 31st. Winner will be notified by email!
Thank you!

Friday, November 27, 2009

FREE SHIPPING

Free shipping this weekend only! 11-27-09 through 11-29-09 midnight! Any size order!!!!
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Monday, August 3, 2009

Shawano Lake

Went fishing last night. Went to Berry Lake in Oconto County. The water was so low from shore we couldn't launch the boat. We tried several times with no luck. Thought we were gonna get the truck stuck. It was like quick sand. My shoes ended up covered in the crap. Couldn't get the trailer in the water far enough to get the boat far enough into the water to push off. Truck was darn near water up to the bumper so I was kind of ticked we couldn't launch. So we left there and went up the road to Shawano Lake.

It is pretty shallow to launch there but we were able to at least get the boat off the trailer. We finally got on the water at about 5pm. Fishing was so slow. I had one good hit that banged my lure but no hook up. It wasn't until about 8 or 8:30 that we started having any action. Off to the right of the main lake was like some grassy areas about 1-3 ft deep and we were fishing up the little channel like areas and Pat caught a small snake. So we worked that area and he ended up catching 2 more snakes.

We moved to another patch of grass and I was using a spinnerbait with my Natural cream round rubber and golden yellow fishscale skirt and I casted right into the grass let it drop and reeled about two times around and BAM!!! baby! I got it to the boat and the sucker started fighting me and went around the motor then went under the boat and I thought, oh no, I am gonna loose it! But I just picked up my rod and pulled it up real high and it came up out of the water.

I was able to boat it and took pics and weighed it. It was almost 3 lbs. My heaviest bass to date. Forgot to measure it though. I was pretty excited the rest of the time which wasn't too much longer. It got dark and started to rain so we came off the lake and I was happy to have caught the only bass this time, lol!

August 02, 2009

Monday, July 20, 2009

I'm back from Lake Buckatabon

Hey! I'm back from my trip! Had a great time. Of course it's never long enough that you can be gone fishing.

The first half of the week was warm and beautiful. The second half of the week was cold and rainy.We did catch fish every time we went out. But they were on the small side. Caught mostly bass. I think we got one or two snakes.
My mother caught the biggest bass of the week at 17" and 3 lbs! Yay, mommie! My biggest bass of the week was 16" and 1.5lbs. It's interesting the weight difference in only a 1/2" from our two fish.

We talked to a guide in Eagle River later in the week which was about 10 miles from where we were staying. He said the fish are weirded out this week because of the weather they were having. He said that water temps kept going up and down. While we were there a big cold front moved through. I think Wednesday we fished all day in the rain and it was very tough fishing that day.

While we were all out pan fishing, we saw a guy and his son take his boat into the weeds and watched him use his oar to push himself through this channel. So we thought the next day we would check it out ourselves and see where it went.

My step-dad, hubby and I went out and found the channel. We were able to get in a little ways and then it started bending and curving and it was very narrow. We had a 16ft fishing boat. This channel was not more than two feet across. My step-dad was like, no way, get out of here, we ain't never gonna make it. He just had back surgery 7 weeks ago so he couldn't do much to help us through there. I had an oar and my hubby had an oar. I said, just sit down and don't worry about it, we will get through. My hubby looked again and said he could see the other lake.
So we are trying to manuever (sp?) this big fishing boat with 3 people in it through this tiny windy channel. It was very tiring using oars to push off of. We had to use an oar to pick up a log and move it so we could keep going through, we got stuck on the bottom once. My hubby decided to stand up on the deck at one point to help push us through. We were finally about two feet from the opening to get into this hidden lake when my hubby pushed off and fell of the deck and landed in the channel! I turned and looked and he was on his left side with total shock on his face. I was shocked too because I was pushing from the other side of the boat and I turn and see him laying in the lake. He landed on a log. I asked him if he was alright. He said ya. I asked him if I could laugh. He said, you can laugh it was funny and I just busted out, once I knew he was ok. Poor guy!

So it took us like a half an hour or so to get through this and all we kept saying was I hope it was worth it. It was. My hubby threw the first cast since he was in the front of the boat and he caught a huge crappie! But it got off. So we started fishing for bass. My step-dad caught two bass and hubby caught two bass back there. I was using a spinnerbait and caught a nice slab crappie. So they stopped bass fishing and we all crappie fished. We ended up getting like 5 or 6 nice ones. But we had to head back for supper or we would have stayed to catch more.

So that was the big highlight of the trip was going through this channel and having my hubby fall overboard and not getting hurt. No one could believe we made it through there. Good news is, it only took us about 15 minutes to get back out. It took alot of heave-ho to get through there pushing off bottom and the sides of the weeds but we did it! That's what I call being adventurous!

I added several pics on the website www.CustomFishingSkirts.com/fishingpictures.html feel free to check them out!

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Gone Fishing-Final Countdown

Only two days left and we hit the road to Conover Wisconsin- (4hrs NORTH!). Every year we take a week and rent a cottage with my parents and split expenses and fish until our arms fall off. Well, I do any way. If there is a thing as fisher's elbow or casting-itis, I will have it by the time the week is over. I will also have to check in to bass rehab when I get back. BASSer's anonymous anyone? lol.

We will be fishing upper and lower Lake Buckatabon. This lake is known for trophy muskie, largemouth bass, smallmouth bass, walleye and northern pike and of course abundant panfish.Looking forward to a weeks worth of almost non-stop fishing! Will make a post when we get back and will have new pictures of some Kodak moments:O)

Until then, happy fishing........

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Father's Day Sale!

Custom Fishing Skirts is having a Father's Day Sale this weekend. June 19-21 only.
Buy 2 sets of skirts get 3rd set free.

All orders must be emailed to me in order to get the 3rd set free. All orders made through the Paypal checkout will be charged for all skirts purchased.

When you email me your orders, I will send you an invoice minus your free set(s) of skirts. Order 4 get 2 free etc...

Happy Father's Day to all the fathers and fishermen out there!

www.CustomFishingSkirts.com

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

None for me, two for him

We went fishing again on Sunday in Gresham. We started out at lower red because we wanted to check it out, never fished there. It was pretty much weeds every where. I wouldn't say totally weed choked but the weeds in some places were up to the water surface. Alot of it you were able to run a spinnerbait across the top without hanging up.

We fished different areas of the lake for about two hours without finding where the bass were so I said let's go to the upper red. We went there last weekend where I caught my two bass.

We went to upper red and couldn't find the bass again. Pat had one small one follow up on a spinnerbait. We went around the whole lake using spinnnerbaits, jigs and he tried a worm this time. Nothing.

Pat was able to hook into two northern while we were there. Just as he was releasing the smaller one, I noticed it had a chunk missing out of it's tail. When I took the pics off my camera, it showed up in the pic so you can see where something got a hold of it and it almost looks fresh.

After two hours of fishing the upper red. I had enough for the day. It was about 7:30pm by then and it was windy through out the day but the winds were picking up more by then. So we called it a day. At least we didn't get skunked again.

Monday, May 25, 2009

First Bass on a Jig!!! YAY ME!!!

Well I finally scored a bass on a jig today!!! I was so excited. It was sweet and a rush! I was using it for a little while and I casted up in to some thick stuff and as soon as it hit, it barely had time to fall and BAM! I kept the line as tight as could be the whole way back to the boat! I got it!!!!

I was using a 1/2 oz pro series flipping jig with a black round rubber and purple with blue glitter scale silicone mix skirt and had a double bungee worm trailer. YaHOO!! Can you tell I'm a little more than thrilled;O) I don't have much experience fishing jigs. I will get plenty now I know I can make them work, lol!

It was a long day. We went to Gresham WI and fished Upper Red. We got there about 2 o clock. Not a great time. It was quite nice today. A little breezy. The sun was out in full force. It wasn't until about 4:00 pm when I scored that bass! After that we went into the thick pads and slime and I used a frog. Pat used a moss boss. I started with my frog and the first time it hit the water I had one surface and I missed it. Then I had another one, surface and missed. The finally hubby caught his first of the day on his moss boss. We kept fishing that way for awhile and nothing.

So we went back to spinnerbaits for a little while out in deeper waters. Not a whole lot of action going on. So we headed back for shore water and I had one come up from underneath and missed my spinnerbait. DANG! That was a nice one. I wish I could have gotten that one! We fished in the middle on the way back to the launch with one more hit and miss on my spinnerbait and we headed out. Still going after the BIG ONES!

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Got Skunked

We went to Weyauwega on Sunday to a new lake. Water was 2ft for along ways from the launch. Lake had a sandy bottom not alot of vegetation. Water was very clear. Two bodies of water were connected. We fished deep in the first lake for awhile and made our way to the second lake. Second lake was weird. Had shallow spots and then deep spots. We tried to fish from the deep into shore across a drop off. We did this for awhile and didn't produce nothing. Then we tried fishing across what little vegetation we did find. Nothing. It was very windy probably 20 mile an hour winds. Temps about 60 degrees. The wind on the lake made it feel much colder. What a drag. First time ever not catching any bass. Saw lots of bluegill and one northern and a few small bass. Maybe next time.

Monday, May 4, 2009

My 1st bass of 2009!

Well Bass season opener weekend finally made it to Wisconsin! At least in the southern zone. I wasn't able to go on the official day it opened, May 2nd. I was able to go out Sunday May 3rd for a little while.


We (my hubby and I) went to Long Lake in Brillion WI. Not our first choice of lake but had to make due because it was close by and we didn't have alot of time. Weather wasn't too bad. Around 60 degrees and windy. The lake was pretty clear. You could see bottom at 4ft.


It wasn't long after we got there that I was able to boat my first bass of the season! YAY!!! The only braggin right it had. It was just legal at 15-16". I was using a black bullet style spinnerbait with red eyes and a green pumpkin-Blue skirt with copper colorado and willowleaf blades in the deep. After running deep for awhile and nothing, I decided to start running it high and BAM! I had another one surface and go for my lure but it kicked it back at me.


A little while later Pat and I had a double. Mine was bigger:O) But smaller than my 1st catch. We fished for another 2 hours and didn't get nothing so we headed out and called it a day. I was so excited to finally get out and bass fish! It was a great day for me as I always get beat out by my hubby Today I beat him out with the biggest fish and most fish. 2 for me-1 for you. I win!!!!

Thursday, April 30, 2009

New Colors Available

I finally had some time to add some new colors to the website!
New colors I added are:

White-Ice Blue Shad-Solid Colors
Red-Red w/Black Wire
Missouri Craw-Solid Colors
Black-June Bug-Barbed Wire
Brown Trout-Dalmation
Green Pumpkin-Red Scale- Barbed Wire
Green Pumpkin-Sand w/Red & Gold Fish Scale
Pumpkin-Green Pumpkin Candy-Solid Colors
White-Baby Bream-Barbed Wire
White-Green Ghost Solid colors

Check them out at www.CustomFishingSkirts.com

If you haven't been to the site in awhile, I also added some fishing videos. There is a group called Master Casters-you need to check these guys out! I have two or three of their vids on the site.

I also added a few new customer pics of their bass caught with Custom Fishing Skirts! AWESOME! Remember, if you send me your picture of your fish caught using my skirts, I'll send you 6 FREE skirts! Or if you used my products and have great things to say about them, please let me know and let others know to by sending in your testimony. I'll give free skirts for that too! Only 6 FREE skirts per person though. Send as many pics as you want and I'll post them on the website and show the world your catch!

Another new project I started is a new page on NING It's like facebook or myspace. I am looking for people to come join me. Just another outlet for me and fishing! I have all my pictures up there too an a blog post going on.

Other people can join and have their "own" members page within my page. You can meet people and make new fishing friends, share fishing pictures and post your fishing stories in your own blog! If you get a chance please stop by and check it out! www.CustomFishingSkirts.ning.com
Hope to see ya there!

Sunday, April 12, 2009

1st Fishing Trip of the Year!

I finally went out for my first fishing trip of the year. My husband and I went fishing last Saturday. I also had my second, third, fourth and fifth trip out this past week out on the river for the big Walleye Run!

I spend countless hours sitting in the boat jigging. Do you know how hard it is to do that when you are used to fishing for bass. When bass fishing, I stand up, cast and retrieve and we are constantly covering new water. I call this fast and active fishing. The fun fishing! I call Walleye fishing slow and boring lol! I was very happy to finally be out on the water though. It's been a long wait!

I understand completely that these are a great tasting catch and many guys fish for them. I will have to gradually make this transition as I think Pat is hooked. We went out once last year towards the end of the run for the first time. I had beginner's luck and caught one that was 21" long.

He caught 4 of them these past two weeks while I caught 2 suckers and 2 sturgeon. I was excited to have caught my first sturgeon until I got it to the boat and it came up out of the water and rolled on it's back all I saw was about 5 feet of white underbelly and a big ole smile on it's face. I thought I caught a shark! It went down and my line conveniently broke at a great time! I've been told when I catch a few more Walleye I will be hooked too. I'm not so sure about that!

HAPPY EASTER!

Friday, March 27, 2009

Updating Website

I am working on the updates for the website. I rearranged the links from down the side of the page to up top and down on the bottom. I placed all choices of patterns on the home page.


I removed the sign up for the newsletter. This is going to be the new newsletter. I think it will be easier to keep everyone up to date. So if you are subscribed to the newsletter, you will be receiving notice to come check out the blog to keep up to date.

I am making skirts for orders that were paid on March 22nd.

Well, hubby and I were going to take the boat out for the first time this year, tomorrow morning and go walleye fishing on the river, but we're not. I am a sissy and hate the cold. It's only going to be a high of 40 degrees. To some that might be warm. As bad as I would like to get out on the water, my first fishing report will just have to wait awhile longer.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Keeping You Up to Date!

HI again!
Finally, my second post. This is where I am going to be leaving everyone messages on adding new colors when I add them. So you know what's new at the site.

This is where I will leave sale information, contest information, winners information and I'll let you know where I am at with orders. I receive payments daily and process orders in the order I receive the payments.

Currently I am working on orders paid on March 20th.

Our March sale is almost at an end! Hurry and get in on the buy 3 get 4th free deal before it's over. Buy any 3 sets of skirts and your 4th set is free and as an added bonus, everyone who purchases gets a blue ticket in their orders for a chance to win a set of 25 random skirts from Custom Fishing Skirts! What a way to start off spring!

As you can tell by viewing the site that I am still working on updating pages. I am working on adding different papal buttons directly from paypal and adding view cart buttons. I need to add more tab colors and add new fishing skirt colors and will be updating again, the main page of the site.

So please subscribe to feeds to this blog to keep updated when I add anything new to it! Or follow this blog to be kept up to date. As the fishing season gets closer for me. I will post any fishing trips here as well. That should be exciting!

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Welcome!

Hi,
Welcome to our new blog!
I create handmade fishing skirts for spinnerbaits, buzzbaits and jigs. I can also customize them to your specifications. Check out my website http://www.CustomFishingSkirts.com I also sell on Ebay.
The purpose of this blog will be to keep you updated on new colors I get in, new items added to the site, any contests I run or any special sales going on.
I will also post any thing fishing related. I am so new to this blogging that I am kind of shy and not sure what to write here. I am sure as time goes on I will get better at this.