Equipment

I fish baits at all depths, not just bottom, in wide-open water. I always set up and fish deep lake structures. Besides an understanding of contours on bottom of lake, being mobile and being able to read your fish locator are keys. The tools I use are 8-foot heavy action rods, circle hooks, cut and live shad, balloons and all-important fish locator. I use 30-pound line, large capacity reels, 8-foot heavy action rods, 2 oz. Egg sinkers, barrel swivels and #7/0 circle hooks.

Basically a Carolina Rig, I have a hook with an 18-inch leader tied to your barrel swivel, which is connected to your main line, which is where your egg sinker is attached. My boat is equipped with steel rod holders, a hand-controlled trolling motor, two fish locators, a big dip net and marker buoys. My equipment is not most expensive but it is practical. The main thing to remember is to keep whatever equipment you use in good condition. Many know all too well about disasters that can be caused by old line and improperly maintained fishing equipment and big Blues will test everything from your knots to your rod holders. If there is a weak link, they will expose it.

Find Big Fish

You need to know how to tell difference between larger fish and bait fish while using your fish locator.

There are two main structures that I catch Blue Cats on: ledges and humps. Blue Cats are creatures of edges and they seem to congregate on brake lines of ledges and humps. The one-two punch comes when you find these structures with both bait fish and big fish mixed together on your locator. There are very few spots that I will stop and fish where I don’t see either big fish or bait fish on my locator. The ledges that I primarily fish are old river channels edges. The fish can be scattered up and down edge but best fishing occurs when they are on top.

Catching Them

Well, by now you would think that an individual of this caliber would be taken seriously and treated with respect from his employers. Apparently not! In 2002 Stan Lee decided he had to file a lawsuit against comic giant, Marvel. It appears agreement between Lee and Marvel was that 10% of income generated from TV and movies using Lee characters, was to be his. Seems Marvel didn't see it that way. Typical of conglomerates, isn't it? The boys in suits seem to want to make all rules. Stan at one time had even been a suit. Among other positions held at Marvel, Lee had even been president of company for a while.

Years ago when Stan Lee had created most of his characters, he had done it through a write-for-hire agreement, so he doesn't own characters. Stan was then, just a "meat and potatoes" kind of guy, trying to put meat and potatoes on table. But over years, he was very instrumental in putting Marvel Comics on map.