Blake


Name (first only): 
Blake 

Height: 
6'2"

Weight:
175

Age:
29

Years of Fishing Experience:
24ish

Hometown: 
Columbia 

Currently Residing In: 
Lees Summit 

Earliest Fishing Memory: 
"I remember being about six and catching probably 2 to 3 bluegill. I was dead set that they were going to feed my family for the day. I remember being really upset when my uncle told me that it probably wasn't enough."

Favorite Fishing Story: 
"This isn't necessarily one story but more of a collection of stories. My grandpa used to live on a bluff over the current river in Doniphan Missouri. I would stay about a week with him every summer and we would start every day by getting up and checking the limb lines we had set the night before. I remember being so excited pulling up and seeing the tree limb bounce up-and-down in the water because it meant that we had caught something. I'll never forget cutting up squares of what my grandpa called cotton seed cake to use as bait."

Favorite Fishing Partner: 
"Either my Grandpa Bill or my uncle Randy. Both of them took me out fishing a lot growing up and tried to teach me when I was patient enough  to sit still."

One person you would like to fish with (dead or alive): 
"My grandpa passed away this fall which really inspired me to start fishing again because that is something I always did with him. I would love to be able to go fishing with him again."

Who/What got you started fishing? 
"Both sides of my family fished growing up, so I was fortunate that both of my grandpas love to fish and would take us fishing. "

What is your favorite fishing spot in Missouri? 
"This is a tough one, but I think I might have to say the Gasconade River. The few times I've been there I've been successful so that helps."

What is your favorite lure/fly/technique? 
"Fishing on the Current River got me hooked on using one of those Rapala fire tiger floating lures."

What is your favorite species to fish for? 
Smallmouth bass

What percent of the time do you catch and release? 
"About 99% of the time. I can't count this past summer when we were fishing in Florida and caught our dinner of snapper."

What is the weirdest thing that you have seen on the water? 
"Over Christmas break I walked down to the lake to fish for a few minutes and caught the lure I had lost a few weeks earlier in the same spot. At least I'm consistent right?"


What is one place that you want to fish in Missouri, but haven’t before?   
"I would like to try Bennett Springs once I think. I've been there to sen people fish but I've never fished it myself."


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