Bill Lowen Practice Day for Bassmaster Classic 2011

Bass Pro Bill Lowen searches for big fish on the last official practice day of the 2011 Bassmaster Classic at the Louisiana Delta. Bill also comments on his performance during the Classic after day 2.

[@iFishingUSA]

I was a marshall during an Elite even on the Mississippi River and had the good fortune to be paired with Bill Lowen.......great guy and class act!!

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Bill Lowen is a great guy.

[@tmua23]

Listen to the video from 1:45 to 2:04. Man that sounds nice. I could fall asleep listening to that.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

An interesting experiment on line stretch is to tie your fishing line to a small object. Have someone hold that object between their fingers and walk 50 or 60 feet away from you. Then set the hook and see how much you move their hand. With monofilament especially, this little test can be an eye opener.

[@Skrabobassmaster]

This guys seems like such a cool guy! Great video btw!!

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Bill Lowen is a cool guy. Very friendly. Easy going and very open about his fishing tactics and techniques. Glad you liked the video. We'll keep getting more.

[@sancheezimo]

bill lowen is a boss wit a rod

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Yes he is. Super nice person too!

[@nicksoutdoors]

the creature bait at 5:54 is a reaction innovations sweet beaver in backwater blue. at 1:14 it is a zoom brush hogs not sure what size or color but i think it is the original in junebug.

[@jaenksta]

think it was a Tightlines UV beaver... but not sure since that exact shape is common to many brands, Tightlines, Big bite baits, and Gander mountain all use that specific shape for there beaver lures

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Per Bill Lowen, he was using a 7' MH All Pro rod the APX series

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

All kinds of pretty incredible fishing down there in the Delta!

[@youspic]

i would love to be able to cast half as well as him! i just purchased my 1st baitcaster 2 days ago

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Bill was pretty accommodating and open about many things that day including the hot new crankbait right before the Bassmaster Classic. Dave Mercer even mentioned at the Classic that he was surprised Bill would let that cat out of the bag. One thing Bill did choose to keep private was the exact brand and type the blue bait was. We did ask and we have to honor his request considering how informative he was overall. Hope you enjoyed the video.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Bill Lowen was very open about almost everything he was doing that day, especially considering it was practice for the 2012 Bassmaster Classic. But, that was one thing he chose to keep quiet. He said he preferred not to share that lure's identity. Otherwise, I would have it for you. Luckily, there are tons of great creature and beaver baits out there!

[@blablabla5113]

(to long for one post) but the weird creatures like lizzards or just rubber with weird flaps and legs works great for our perch (they are most targeted with bass material and techniques there average size is a foot but 40/50cm is not rare. The more worm-ish and minnow/baitfish imitations catch a huge load of zander. Wether vertical jigging with a jighead with or without skirt or carolina and dropshot its fantastic and huge fun.

[@tig3rBite]

@blablabla5113 his hard sets are for if its a 8lb+ bass, a good hook set is needed to penetrate their thicker mouth. You may just never know when one hits, especially fishing the way he is.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

It's just how we do it. There's some bony areas in the bass' mouth. Sometimes, you need to move them out or away from cover quick. If you're using monofilament line, there's quite a bit of line stretch to compensate for too depending on how far out the fish is. Even fluorocarbon has a fair amount of stretch. Plus, the faster you get a bass in, the better shape it is in for release.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

I'm glad you liked it.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

I believe Bill uses APR - All Pro Rods.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

We do have additional footage but picked out the most helpful to show you already making a long video compared to many. We are working on new fishing report and tips video from other trips now, and will have more tournament video from the 2 Michigan Bassmaster events later this year. Thank you.

[@RobloxFlame]

Lol, this was uploaded on my birthday!

[@cadets318]

nice sunglasses tan line lol. good video

[@rangerbass519]

The camera man in the beginning sounds like Robert Romano

[@paulanicholas3695]

Hi Bill

[@TheFish580]

looked like havoc pit boss sapphire blue

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Most anglers were fishing pretty shallow at that event. cameraguy says Bill Lowen was in less than 6 feet most of the day, often fishing in only 2 or 3 feet of water.

[@VangbroYellowboi]

nice video... nice catches...

[@youhearded]

his third fish was on for a good 7 sec lol

[@sooths1ay3r]

holy balls of a hook set..

[@NationalCrafter]

DAT CAST

[@Austmug28]

i have that same blue bait. its the new strike king perfect plastics KVD rodent. i foget the name of the color but a decent bait in all

[@dajahvue]

wao...that catfish at 3:30

[@nicksoutdoors]

my mistake i took a look at the beaver bait once more at 5:54 when he changes the bait and matched it up on tackle warehouse it is the tightlines uv beaver in black n blue but tackle warehouse has it listed as just plain old black. idk why

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

APR - All Pro Rods. Not sure of the exact model he was using.

[@FLBassPro]

great guyy..plus an amazing tan line on his face ahhaah

[@nicksoutdoors]

all soft plastics used in this video are from tightlines uv you can check them out at tacklewarehouse

[@chadsorero3174]

sickest boat ever. i want a chartreuse / baby blue bass boat

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

That would be nice. We are talking about it. Maybe a camera guy at least.

[@s4il]

GOD that rod loads up nice What kind is it? Wonder what kind of rod he was using.. id say over 7', taper Extra fast, Action MH maybe? taking a shot in the dark here.

[@blablabla5113]

Realy Cool vid but i have a question. Why Do bass fisherman set the hook so hard I`m from the netherlands and we don`t have bass here so it looks a bit un natural like youre trying to yank its jaw of. But its a great vid and its frealy cool to say the techniques en baits from the usa introduced here. More and more people fish cariolina and texas rigs and dropshot is extremely populair for our toothy critters. Also soft baits are getting more and more popular like senkos and slugs

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

Bill has changed to a new rod sponsor this season (2013). Easiest way to find out what products he is using is to visit his website BillLowen dotcom or if you're on Facebook, check out his Facebook page.

[@rickharris9694]

Hi Uncle Billy

[@jamar63842]

anybody know what kind of rod he is using at the begging of the video?

[@Mark-qj4qv]

Alabama Rig/ Umbrella Rig.

[@jamar63842]

anybody know the name of the blue creatue bait he was using?

[@alfredina1980]

can you show us all the un edited footage please? so we can learn.

[@MidwestTraditionalBowhunting]

what kind of rods are those

[@jgalvan341]

Looks like that shorline has frog written all over it.

[@GreatLakesBassdotcom]

For some reason, maybe not enough water in the vegetation, frogs weren't a factor. Creatures baits and crankbaits were big in this tournament.

[@graysongrindstaff8816]

Does Spiderwire make a good fluoro?

[@Jar805]

spinning wheel for sea fishing, thick rod on which U don't feel the exact moment of catch, he's pulling that fish as if he'd like to tear its mouth. No offence but I'm sport fisherman as well and i don't buy that kind of fishing.

[@drummadave60]

looks almost like a big bite yo daddy

[@dude9237]

What was the depth you mostly fished?

[@wadejen31]

You fished only in places that the cover was sprayed dead. The bigger fish get affected the most by the chemicals. Always think green!

[@citalopram40mg]

looks like a zoom brush hog

[@cecehall11]

dont understand y he is catching them before the tournament? if it was me i would just pull them off