 JAMES GANG CEO ALEX PIONTEK & BASS FISHING LEGEND SHAW GRIGSBY FISHING EXPO SEASON COMING TO A CLOSE! As the ice melts off across the northern half of the United States, fishing expos across the nation are drawing to a close. Anglers will be able to take their new fishing tackle out and chase their favorite species as the pre-spawn is just around the corner. JAMES GANG FISHING COMPANY made the decision last summer to commit to exhibiting their premium, hand-crafted lures at the 2024 East Tennessee Fishing Show & Expo in Knoxville, TN. The entire trip was an absolute blast, as Alex & Jesse enjoyed the scenery of the Smoky Mountains, visited the hometown of Morgan Wallen, practiced shooting drone footage in Knoxville, and loving every minute of interacting with passionate angling customers at the expo!  JESSE & ALEX AT MORGAN WALLEN'S ALBUM COVER SITE Alex & Jesse chose to stay in an 1800's hotel in the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee, in a small city called Townsend, south of Knoxville. The Little River gave off quite a bit of relaxing ambience, and the scenery was beautiful!  STRAWBERRY PATCH INN, TOWNSEND, TN The expo featured some pretty big names in the professional sport of bass fishing, including SHAW GRIGSBY, BERNIE SCHULTZ, MATTY WONG, and JOHN MURRAY. Many small businesses brought unique lure designs to the show, including rattling drop shot weights, beautiful painted glide baits, Battle Baits line of products, and several rod dealers. We were very excited to meet the professional anglers at our booth, and were grateful that they took the time to interact with us, tell stories, and take a photo. We were pleased to see our new flipping hook vendor, TMO TACKLE, at the show, as they are now supplying us with hooks for our BEE WHACKER INLINE BUZZBAIT. The CEO Tanner is a great guy and gave us some recommendations in expos for 2025 that we are planning on taking him up on! The event coordinator Shelia Bunch, and her daughter Riley, were just a blast to do business with and were extremely caring, helping, and professional in every way. We loved this event and plan on exhibiting in 2025 at their ALABAMA FISHING SHOW & EXPO in Gadsden, AL next year! ROW 1: PICTURED (L-R) JESSE & ALEX, MR. CRAPPIE WALLY MARSHALL, BERNIE SCHULTZ, ALEX, MIKE DELVISCO ROW 2: ALEX & SHAW GRIGSBY, ALEX, MATTY WONG, & JESSE, ALEX, TANNER WILLIAMS CEO OF TMO TACKLE, & JESSE ROW 3: ALEX & LUKE DUNKIN, RILEY BUNCH, ALEX, & SHELIA BUNCH, ALEX, TANNER, & JESSE AT THE TMO TACKLE BOOTH  ALEX & JUSTIN FROM BASS UNIVERSITY TV  ACHIGAN BRAND SMALLMOUTH APPAREL & SMALLIE TALK PODCAST W/ALEX AFTER EXPO SUCCESS, WE ENJOYED THE SCENERY                  The 7-day adventure included visiting Sneedville, TN, World Fair Park, Sevierville, Cooter's Place in Pigeon Forge, TN, Indianapolis, IN, and downtown Chicago at Trump Tower. We made our way home safely, and were happy to deposit our sales into our company account to invest in our upcoming events and plans! 2024 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE We will be hosting TWO Major League Fishing format events through JAMES GANG FISHING COMPANY in 2024! The first event will be held on TAINTER LAKE, WI on Saturday May 18, at Elk Point Resort. This will be a 3-angler team 10 boat max. This event is on FISHDONKEY app and is available to register now!  Our fall event will be held on Saturday Oct 12, on Lake Altoona. This event is listed on FISHDONKEY app and is available to register now. This will also be a 10 boat max with 3-angler teams as well. Lake Altoona has some trophy smallmouth bass swimming around, that do like to show themselves in the fall season! Enjoy our drone footage below of Lake Altoona captured March 2024:  In addition to fishing the 2 James Gang MLF events, Uncle Jesse has decided to push himself forward as he has made some significant gains in his battle with neuroborelliosis, and registered for 3 other major events. The first two will be fishing the CWBA opens on Long Lake & Red Cedar Lake with James Gang pro-staffer Mat Eichinger. This tournament organization is always fun, and ran by a great tournament director, Craig Kloth. The final event of the in-person tournament schedule for Uncle Jesse with be his first ever competition in the BASSMASTER OPENS. He will be competing as a co-angler on Leech Lake, MN Aug 22-23 with his heroes. Uncle Jesse also plans on fishing some remote online events such as the WISCONSIN FISHING LEAGUE on TourneyX in his Feel Free tandem kayak. Uncle Jesse has made some connections in the past year, and is now representing FAFO Fishing near Lake Geneva, WI. This brand creates top-quality crankbaits, soft plastics, topwater lures, and custom-built fishing rods. Uncle Jesse and FAFO Fishing worked together to design his ultimate crankbait/jerkbait spinning rod, and will be available soon to the public. Expect more content and more fun in 2024 as we move forward with positive momentum in health and time spent in the outdoors!!  UNCLE JESSE WITH THE CREW AT FAFO FISHING EARLY PEEK AT THE NEW JERKBAIT SPINNING ROD BY FAFO FISHING & JESSE UNCLE JESSE'S RIVER & RESERVOIR ADVENTURES NOW BOOKING FOR BASS, PIKE< PANFISH ADVENTURES IN NW WISCONSIN!!!!!  WE HAVE A GREAT STOCK OF OUR LURES, PLEASE SHOP AT OUR STORE ON THIS SITE - FREE SHIPPING INCLUDED!!
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AuthorJesse James is an avid fisherman that loves smallmouth bass fishing, loves spending time with his family, with other family-orientated people, and loves seeing children fish. A huge fan of BASSMASTER Elite Mike Iaconelli, like Mike, he is known to be a little strange, and obnoxious, but only to have fun and make people laugh.
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