X - VIII Custom Baits, Grove, OK (2022)

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I want to thank the lord Jesus Christ for the opportunity and keeping me alive on Toledo bend .. What an event… at the 1st stop at Toledo bend for the Hobie bass opens. I did not do as well as I like too. There was a cold front and rain and wind on day one and push my fish back out and could not get back on them. but I’ll take it and build on it for next event for me it will be stop number 3 at lake Eufaula Alabama And the Oklahoma Kayak Anglers season opener at skiatook lake. I was able to land one big fish at Toledo bend A 22.50”” big gal…. It was a fun tournament and made lot of new fishing friends. Also want to think all my supporters and sponsors for cheering me on Oklahoma Kayak Hobie FishingHoney Creek OutdoorsX - VIII Custom BaitsTulsa Kayak

Dang what a day! I dropped 15.44 lbs on the scale today. Which jumped me from 11th place yesterday when I weighed only 1 fish for 2.17 lbs. to finishing in 2nd place and qualifying for in the 2022 Kansas BASS Nation State Team. I also won big bass today and big bass honors for the weekend with a 5.13 kicker! Congratulations to both my co-anglers Mick Hays and Kyle Klein for making the state team also! Also a big thank you to tournament director Danny, Wendy, and Connor Barrett the rest of the staff for putting on an extremely well ran tournament as always!
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Augusta Rental Inc
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Daves Towing LLC
Russell Marine Products
T-H Marine Supplies
Fitzgerald Fishing
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The STC Sporting Clays Battleship is locked, loaded, and ready for the last tournament of the year! Keystone Lake in Tulsa , Ok is where we will battle it out for Kansas BASS Nation State Team Qualifier #2. Top 4 boaters and top 4 co-anglers will finish off the 2021 10-man KBN State team.
It’s been one heck of a year being back on the boater side. I’ve had some awesome highs and some humbling lows but every tournament has provided me with a good learning experience and knowledge for hopefully many more years to come!
I’ve never been on Keystone Lake before and after 2 weeks of obsessive research I’m hoping to put something together and ending the year on a high note!
Thank you to my wife for supporting me, I definitely am the luckiest man to have her! Also thank you to my sponsors for believing in me and supporting me it would definitely be hard to chase my dreams without them!
Augusta Rental Inc
Daves Towing LLC
Augusta Rental Outdoors a division of STC Inc.
STC- Severance Training Center
Russell Marine Products
Fitzgerald Fishing
T-H Marine Supplies
X - VIII Custom Baits
greygoatlures.com
Swagger Tungsten
Trophy Bass Company
Torrent Lure Company
Slow Town Custom Lures

I want to thank the lord Jesus Christ. I’ve been Getting ready for the 2021 Oklahoma Kayak Anglers STATE championship at broken bow lake. As I get all my stuff ready for game time I sit and think how one little nic in my fluorocarbon line can cause you to lose a fish sometimes a fish of a life time. I try to take lessons learn fishing and apply them to my life. That line is our soul and as long as we keep a close eye and be mindful of how we use It won’t break and you’ll land it.. our souls are very important to the lord Jesus Christ everyone in this world is a child of god. If you put your trust in god and a keep a close watch on your “line” we all can make it to the finish line in heaven. I want to thank all my sponsors and supporters Torrent Lure CompanyX - VIII Custom BaitsTulsa KayakHoney Creek OutdoorsOklahoma KayakBasskwondoThe Bass TankHobie Fishing and Kayak Innovations I have been test the new go pro mount and it’s awesome. Check out thier 12v power adapters too..

After day 1 of the TBF National Semi Finals I was sitting in 7th place overall and 5th on the Kansas team with a weight of 14.07 lbs. I knew going into day 2 I’d have to somehow catch a big bag to have a chance being 3 lbs back from the leader. I did just that! I put 17.15 lbs in the boat! The big bass I caught was injured, and I had remove another lure from it’s gills that had been there for a long time. Unfortunately the stress from that injury and the boat ride was too much for it to survive. The dead fish penalty is 1/2 lb. which brought my 2 day total to 30.72 lbs. I finished in second place overall and 2nd on the Kansas team. The winning total weight was 30.76 lbs. missing out on going to the National Championship by just .04 of a pound. I am still thrilled knowing that I beat the fish today. I figured them out and caught a lot of fish this weekend and put myself in contention and improved on day 2. Congratulations to Chris Brimager on the win! Now it’s time to focus on the next tournament in 2 weeks @ Keystone Lake to try to qualify for the Kansas Bass Nation State team.
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Torrent Lure Company
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Fitzgerald Fishing
STC- Severance Training Center
X - VIII Custom Baits
greygoatlures.com
Russell Marine Products
Swagger Tungsten

Boat #48 out of 140
Weigh in at 3:15 today use the link to watch weigh in!

https://majorleaguefishing.com/circuits/bfl/

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X - VIII Custom Baits
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STC- Severance Training Center

Another great day on the water, can’t wait to get back out there again. I am trying to win the Oklahoma Kayak Anglers dog days online Tournament .. and I what to give a huge praise to the lord Jesus Christ for helping me land this beautiful fish., and Want to thank my sponsors and support too Torrent Lure CompanyHoney Creek OutdoorsTulsa KayakX - VIII Custom BaitsBasskwondoOklahoma KayakHobie FishingThe Bass Tank

The Snack Daddy Lures Elite Tube showed out once again for me! El Dorado Lake has been fishing extremely tough lately, but with 2 fish on the tube, we weighed in 8.58 lbs and are sitting in 1st place going into the clay shooting portion of the tournament tomorrow. The kicker fish weighed 6.48 lbs!
STC Sporting Clays is putting on a first class tournament and has a lot of cool stuff for the competitors to have a chance to win tomorrow!
Augusta Rental Inc
Daves Towing LLC
Russell Marine Products
Torrent Lure Company
Swagger Tungsten
X - VIII Custom Baits
greygoatlures.com
Fitzgerald Fishing
T-H Marine Supplies
MESU Fishing
STC- Severance Training Center

The STC Sporting Clays battleship is locked and loaded for the STC Cast & Blast Open this weekend!
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Daves Towing LLC
Augusta Rental Inc
Swagger Tungsten
Russell Marine Products
Torrent Lure Company
greygoatlures.com
X - VIII Custom Baits
Fitzgerald Fishing
T-H Marine Supplies
MESU Fishing

LISTEN LIVE Friday morning starting @ 8:25 a.m. on www.kvoe.com

I will be live on air talking with Phil Taunton on his "What's in Outdoors" segment! It will be a fun time so tune in!

STC Sporting Clays
Augusta Rental Inc
Daves Towing LLC
STC- Severance Training Center
Russell Marine Products
T-H Marine Supplies
Torrent Lure Company
Fitzgerald Fishing
greygoatlures.com
X - VIII Custom Baits
Swagger Tungsten
MESU Fishing

The eagle has landed @ Sardis lake Oklahoma for the Oklahoma Kayak Anglers EVENT… thanks to everyone that makes it possible for me to do what I do and most of all thank you to the GOD almighty Jesus Christ for this beautiful creation and opportunity to be here.. Torrent Lure Company Tulsa KayakHoney Creek OutdoorsX - VIII Custom BaitsBasskwondoOklahoma KayakHobie Fishing

It was a fun weekend of fishing the Kansas BASS Nation State Qualifier. I caught a limit both both days and I had the bites I needed to qualify, but I didn’t fish clean. I lost one Saturday that there wasn’t much I could do about it. Sunday I lost one that was 100% my fault. I put myself in contention after day 1 with a 4 fish limit of 10.60 and I improved on day 2 with 11.82. Finished in 11th place 2.27 lbs short of making the team.

Now I to relax, regroup, and start preparing over the summer break for the fall tournaments starting in mid September. It’s been a fun first half of the 2021 season with some awesome highs and definitely some humbling lows.

I couldn’t do all this without my amazing wife and her unwavering support! Also a major thank you to all the company’s that believe in me and support me!

Augusta Rental Inc
STC Sporting Clays
STC- Severance Training Center
Daves Towing LLC
Torrent Lure Company
Russell Marine Products
greygoatlures.com
X - VIII Custom Baits
Swagger Tungsten
T-H Marine Supplies
Fitzgerald Fishing
MESU Fishing

Custom painted crank baits, repaints of your favorite baits that have lost their luster, favorite colors, favorite patterns, I’ll do my best to get it done

Operating as usual

03/23/2022

Green Mango Smallie Crack!

Photos from X - VIII Custom Baits's post

03/10/2022

“Black Betty”

03/11/2021

“Jersey Craw”

03/11/2021

Sure feels good to be behind the gun again! Very happy to see 2020 in the “rear view”!
“Phantom”

08/30/2020

Fire House

08/30/2020

Punkin Seed

08/30/2020

“Soft Shell”

08/17/2020

Film time. Working on episode two of Pond Hoppers TV which airs on PRIDE Outdoor Network. Finding a time when the house is quiet can sometimes be a struggle.

05/20/2020

Oops

05/14/2020

Photos from Brad Ragsdale Fishing's post

05/14/2020

Photos from Brandon Ackerson Fishing's post

05/04/2020

These pics never get old! Thanks for pics and “Shout out”, Nathan!

04/13/2020

I got the chance to do a lil “Social Distancing” earlier... I don’t understand what the problem is???? 😊

04/11/2020

Ghost Green

04/11/2020

Tuxedo Craw

04/11/2020

“Stacy’s Antique”

04/11/2020

Yep... Looks pretty darn close!!!

04/04/2020

With black spatter, or without?? That is the question?? Hmmmmm?????
Orange Crush Bone

03/26/2020

Thanks Brandon Prince, for the great pic!
Love getting these! She fell victim to the 187 Shad...

03/26/2020

Due to the current state of crises, X-VIII CUSTOM BAITS, will knock $3 off per bait ordered.

AMERICA!!!

Offer ends 06/01/2020

03/26/2020

XRK 50 (one knock) .... Yes! I said, XRK!!
I have 50 and a few 75. More are on order...
From top to bottom:
187 Shad
Nut N Honey Craw
Spring Green Craw
Not limited to these selections, of course...

03/26/2020

A lil “Rustic Rehab”.... Pre Rap Warts sent for repaint. Another satisfied customer! Love it!!!

03/20/2020

When Poppy is a painter, you get cool mobiles!

03/19/2020

I was scrolling through a page, when I stumbled into a young man that hand ties flys. I made contact and ordered. I just opened my mail box and bam!!!!; timely and expedient.
I opened the package and could not believe my eyes!!! WOW!!!! I started fly fishing for Crappie a few years ago. The Crappie are in trouble!!! The young man that tied these works of art, is 10 years old!!!! ((( 10!!!!! )))
Huge shout out to Ryan Watters! And a huge “Great Job!!!” to his father, Lee Watters! We need more fathers teaching their children to be outdoorsmen. Look him up on FB!!! I am truly in “Awe”!!!
Wow!!!!!!!!!!

03/14/2020

Photos from John Finnell Fishing's post

03/12/2020

03/12/2020

02/28/2020

Bloodline (Dark Version)

02/28/2020

Bloodline (Iight version)

02/28/2020

Alien 👽

02/12/2020

Photos from Brandon Ackerson Fishing's post

02/02/2020

BLUEGILL or BUST!!!

02/02/2020

Just an update on the PROMO hoody, hat, and bait bundles... Hats and hoody’s have been ordered and baits have been painted. Hoping to have all hoody’s and have by end of next week. Thanks again for all your support!!! Much appreciated!

01/17/2020

!!!!!!!! SPECIAL OFFER !!!!!!!!

Due to the overwhelming requests for X-VIII hoody and hat, I am thinking a PROMO is a great idea.

Hat, hoody, and (2) cranks painted to your wish...... $65.00!

Simply reply “WANT”. I will get with you for size and paint specs.

Thanks in advance!!

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