Congrats to Kevin VanDam on his fourth ever classic win. This is the second year in a row Kevin won the Bassmaster Classic title and earned him a cash prize of $500,000.00 Buckaroos!. Congrats again to one of the best anglers is Bass fishing history. Awesome victory!

Jim Baugh

Miami International Boat Show 2011

For more info CLICK HERE for the JBO TV Boat Blog and boat show reports.

Over the past 40 years I have gone to more boat shows than I care to mention because it reminds me of old I am getting!!

I have to say that the boat show that I have enjoyed more than any others is our trips down to Miami for the International Boat Show. Yes the show is quite unbelievable and gives us a chance to see everything marine wise in one location.

Jim Baugh Outdoors has produced quite a few program segments in Miami and throughout the Florida Keys over the years. Some of the experiences have been something that will make a good screen play for sure. Anytime that I am hangin out with my friends and filming from West Palm, Miami, to Key West, there is GONNA be some stories, and not all pleasant.

One on trip I cracked a rib at the beginning of the trip filming offshore in Miami, and then had to film the rest of the week in the Keys with hardly being able to breath. That and one other injury made for some rather painful filming experiences down south. However I have always thought, if your gonna get injured, might as well be in Key West! Heck of a place to recover.

I highly recommend going to the Miami Show and then spending some time in the Keys. The past few years we only spend one day at the show, and then hit Key Largo and Marathon and start filming in some of my favorite waters in the world.

Try it, it will be a boat show trip you will remember for a lifetime.

More info on the Miami show on our JBO TV Boat Blog. Some stories of our trips are also on our facebook page, Galley Blog, and you can stream some of the shows we have shot in Miami on our web site.

Here is a link to the "Back Story" for one of our trips in the Keys, quite entertaining and is on our Galley Blog. This is when we were down doing a filming in Miami for JBO TV, and some recipe columns in Key Largo and Marathon for Travel Virginia Magazine.

Quite a read, click below

http://jimsgalley.blogspot.com/2010/09/back-story-behind-our-key-largo.html

Jim Baugh

Suzuki's Boat Show Special!!

For more info log on to

www.suzukimarine.com

Two NC State record Rockfish broken in 48 hours

That is right! In 24 hours, the NC state record Rockfish has been broken twice! The latest is 64 pounds caught on board the charter the Poacher out of OI.

The charter caught the new state record, their limit of fish, and release over 50 fish!

Time to head to NC and wet a line for sure!!

See you there!!

GO GREEN!!! ----Note these fish are caught within the three mile line from shore. Meaning leaving out of OI, you will burn very little fuel. Catch fish like this so close to shore??? WOW, cant beat it!!!!

Jim B

JBO TV

Rockfish Shootout Tourney 2011

Today was a great day down in Virginia Beach celebrating the 2011 Mid Atlantic Rockfish Shootout!!!

Some nice fish were being weighed in at Rudee and the leader from yesterday was over 80 pounds. Check out some of these pics, and for more info and the final standings after tomorrow CLICK HERE

We have also posted the (Our best guess) Rockfish Shootout Rockfish Chowder recipe on our Galley Blog. It was an AWESOME chowder, and they had plenty of it. A very nice thing on the cold docks of today. Warmed up things quite a bit !!! Thanks Mike !

JB

TOURNEY RESULTS:
1st: Daddy's Dream 3, $73,453, 2nd: Wave Runner, $34,833, 3rd: Bay Custom 3: $20,596, 4th: Rod Bender 3, $8,659, 5th: Gannet 3: $3,720, Game On: $2,860, Stoney's Kingfisher 2: $620, and a 3rd Nobody's A Lose...r Raffle for $1,000.

1 Daddy's Dream 3 -111.70
2 Waverunner -110.75
3 Bay Custom 3 -100.35
4 Rodbender 3 -98.75
5 Gannet 3 -96.00
6 Game On -95.55
7 Stoney's Kingfisher 2 -93.75

Mid Atlantic Rockfish Shootout-THIS WEEK!!!

The largest Rockfish tourney in the world is here now! JBO TV will report on the event for more info CLICK HERE

Jim Baugh Competes in the Million Dollar Rockfish Tourney Cook Off.

We are getting ready to bring in the new year right with a big bang, the million dollar Rockfish Challenge Cook Off held in Virginia Beach this Thursday.

We will be competing with Jim's signature Rockfish dish that will be announced at the cook off. Recipe will be posted after the competition has started, and will be found on the JBO TV Galley Blog.

This event is open to the public and tickets can be purchased at Marina Shores, just CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO

See everyone on Thursday!!

JB

UPDATE:

See Jim's recipe pics and info from the Rockfish Cook Off at the Galley Blog.

CLICK HERE

White Christmas

We sure had one here at JBO Central! Still digging out of this one! JB

Merry Christmas From JBO TV!

Rockfish Report: BIG!

Big Rockfish are begin caught now at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel. Preferred bait and rig is drifting live Eels at night in the light line.

JBO TV will be filming most of next week to get some of the cows on camera for our 2011 series. This weekend is out due to at least two tourneys that will make the CBBT a parking lot. No Thanks, we will get um Monday!!

The fishing at the HRBT has been slow, however the fish are still stacked up at the James River Bridge, day and night.

UPDATE- The Sunset Boating Center Rock Tourney is cancelled. Upcoming events you don't want to miss,

Christmas, of course. The Rockfish Shootout in January and the Jim Baugh Rockfish Holiday.

Tight Lines!!

Jim B

Offshore Sea Bass Monster Trip!!! One of the BEST!!

What can I say, one of the best offshore trips ever. We have only had maybe one or two trips offshore for Sea Bass that were equal or better than this one as far as quality of Sea Bass being caught. This trip we had a six-pound Bass, lots of fours and threes. The captain hit a LOT of spots out at the Triangle wrecks and was putting us on fish constantly. There also was some Trigger fish and huge Flounder that were caught as well.

There were a couple of things that made this trip so special.

Here is the first: Kevin and Beth came along for some strong Sea Bass pullage and they certainly were not disappointed. However the big surprise was when Beth landed a HUGE 26 1\2 INCH FLOUNDER! This would be her sixth citation for the year with six different species. This means she gets to be awarded an expert angler award by the State. Actually she has more citations than six, I think 9 for the year, and the year is not over yet!!!! WOW! Very exciting for sure! BUT!!!!!!! She was a bit torn on what to do, keep this massive fish which anyone would love to through in the Cast Iron Skillet, or maybe even get mounted. OR- through it back, release the fish, and as a bonus, be awarded expert angler status, which is a big deal for us fisherman. Kevin and Beth agreed to release the fish unharmed, so they threw it back.
Now this is where it gets interesting, everyone on that side of the boat saw Beth release this huge Flounder back into the sea, and they went nuts! They could not believe that anyone would release a Flounder like that. She did, and it was quite a sight for sure. We filmed it, and will be on our show for sure. What a sight!!! What a lot of the people on board did not know was that Kevin and Beth can fill their freezer with Flounder any time they want. They are both very good anglers and have no problem catching Flounder. Good job guys, yall really had them going on the boat yesterday and I was so glad I was there to see that release. WOW! What Fun!! A catch of a lifetime!

Here is the second thing that was so special about this trip:

The people and crew. I have fished on head boats my entire life, and I will be 50 years old next August. We have always filmed head boats and especially love the offshore trips like this one out of Rudee Inlet. I have never been on board a boat where the entire group of fisherman were so hell bent on catching fish, even to the very last drop. Usually half the fisherman will be sea sick, lounging inside because they don’t feel well, or it is to cold, etc. This is typical of what I see on head boats.

But not on this trip. The boat was packed full and EVERYONE fished their butts off even in the dark with snow flurries, we were all bustin butt getting in every last deep drop. Very exciting, and we all caught a boatload of fish. There was even one elderly lady who could not walk hardly at all on the boat. We all helped her get around so she could fish, and she did. She was right there with us till the end, in the dark, snow, deep dropping. Just fantastic!

Now, when we film JBO TV I don’t get to fish as much as I like because I am filming and working on the story. My cameraman does filming, and so do I, so I don’t always have a fishing rod in my hands on these trips. Having said that, Mike and I were busy filming the show, yet by the end of the day we still managed to catch 60 pounds of Sea Bass. Mike and I split about 30 pounds of delicious Sea Bass filets. AWESOME!

The charter, Rudee Tours was just great as well. Very well maintained boat that even had satellite TV on the entire time we were fishing. Also when we got back, the fish cleaning guys were ready and did a good job at cleaning a LOT of fish. Way to go guys.

The Sea Bass season will close at the end of December, so book your trips NOW!! Only a few charters left, and you don’t want to miss this bite.

Congrats to all the anglers that went on this trip, we packed the boat pretty good. There was not room for any more anglers I thought, it really was standing room only while fishing. With all those people, there was not a huge problem with line tangles, there were some of course, but a lot less than I thought there would be.
DO your self a favor, book your offshore Sea Bass trip today, you will be glad you did!
Tight Lines and Happy Holidays!

NOTE: Be sure to be checking out our Galley Blog for our upcoming Sea Bass recipes.

Jim Baugh
JBO TV
http://www.jimbaughoutdoors.com/













Three Pepper Shrimp Sauce Recipe for Sea Bass, as promised!!! This is the one we talked about all day on the Charter. We are making it again tonight. For the recipe, just jump over to our Galley Blog, FOR RECIPE CLICK HERE