Benjamin Nowak

03/12/2024

A blade bait is one of my favorite ways to catch bass in cold water. Check out my setup below 👇

🛠 GEAR 🛠
- Live Blade
- Rod: 7’4” M TACTION
- Reel: 6.2:1
- 10lb braid to 8lb fluorocarbon

02/12/2024

I got to play in the snow yesterday and catch my last bass of the 24 season. It was a good day

Who else is done for the season? 🙋🏼‍♂️

10/11/2024

Happy 6th Anniversary,
These years have gone by so quickly and we’ve been through so many amazing and challenging times together. There is no one I’d rather go through this life with than you ❤️ Here’s to a lifetime of years and memories together that are still to come

02/11/2024

An awesome bass catching machine if you’re in the market ⬇️

02/11/2024

🐺❤️🌈 This morning, after almost 8 years we had to say goodbye to our dog Lily. We rescued her on a whim and she turned out to be one of the biggest blessings we could ask for.
Over the past few months she’s been struggling with liver and heart failure, and last night she declined rapidly. I am so grateful for all of the memories and years we got to have together, on the lake fishing, going camping, and seeing you play with your two best friends ❤️

01/11/2024

My wife’s mom, and daughters’ best friend, Kristina Marie Brown, suffered a massive stroke last weekend. She has been fighting, but after discussing with her neuro doctors, it has been made clear that she will not wake up or have a good quality of life. The family has made the choice to proceed with comfort care.

This gofundme is being initiated to support the family and medical bills of K… Ellie VanTol needs your support for Donate for Kristina Brown's Healing Journey

30/10/2024

A few more Grip ‘n Grins
➡️Swipe to see my biggest of 2024 so far ⬅️

Who else has been out catching them this fall?

29/10/2024

There aren’t many more nights like this in season 2024. I’m hoping for a handful of trips left, and nights spent rigging tackle in the boat

21/10/2024

Fall sunsets 🌅+ big smallmouth 🐡

🛠 GEAR 🛠
- ZMan Jerk ShadZ (4” Pearl)
- Rod: 7’1” ML Resolve
- Reel: 6.2:1
- 10lb braid to 8lb fluorocarbon

19/10/2024

Getting right in a hurry out here! 🪤
For years I’ve used a composite cranking rod, but have been falling in love with (and absolutely smashing them lately) on the TFO TACTION Series 7’3” M casting rod. I love being able to feel every bottom transition and boulder 🪨 but still have a rod that loads up to keep these fish pinned on trebles

16/10/2024

6th Annual Fall Trip in the books! Got back on the boat with these 3, checked the Northern Lights off the bucket list, and had undeniably the best weather we’ve had for our fall trip. Also caught some giant smallies, saw some really unique fish activity, and had a ton of laughs.

04/10/2024

A Sunset Sixer and some pliers that have seen countless smallmouth (thanks for keeping them alive)

The water temps are finally coming down and while fish aren’t fully grouped up, fall is on the way

🦞 Also peep the crawfish coming out of this smallie. It seems like craws have been a big part of the menu this fall. Have you noticed this too? 🦞

🛠 GEAR 🛠
- DT10 Crankbait (Demon)
- Rod: 7’3” M TACTION
- Reel: 6.2:1
- 12lb fluorocarbon

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30/09/2024

There is a scammer that pretending to be me. Please don’t click any links or buy any gear from anyone claiming to be me, I’m NOT selling any shirts nor will tag people in any links

31/08/2024

Here are some pics from a trip to St Clair with@great_lakes_jake and . Now that tournaments are done, it’s time to have fun chasing bigs with the buddies again 💪🏻

It was fun looking at some new water and learning some new techniques that I’ll be using the rest of this season

18/08/2024

🏆 WHAT A SEASON 🏆
This weekend and I capped off the 2024 Michigan Team Championship Series with 19lbs on St Clair; good enough to lock up Team of the Year. At the beginning of the season, we set that goal for ourselves, but knew it’d be tough with this group we were competing against. It was a challenging season and lots of unique bites across the state (although mainly smallmouth fisheries).

- Hubbard Lake, was dominated using perspective mode to locate bedding fish and cruising pre/post spawners, where we finished 2nd place.
- Saginaw Bay, was locked to the river due to a small craft warning, and we junk fished our way using a swim jig and flipping bait to pull out a win on our home lake.
- Houghton Lake, we missed the main pattern and ended up catching our fish flipping a 3/4oz jig and Texas Rig, finishing middle of the pack.
- Finally, St. Clair. We were able to locate some shallow smallmouth that bit early on a topwater, giving us enough to round out the season with a 5th (?) place finish to seal the Team of the Year.

I wouldn’t have been able to compete with these other teams and do this without support from to give me the ability to practice and out in the work needed. Also huge shoutout to for being the title sponsor of the video series for this event. Finally to , , , , , and for equipping me and supporting me this season. These are brands that I’ve used and trusted every single event and could not have done any of this without their support, truly.

And to anyone with a goal, if you determine a goal for yourself and work hard with unrelenting dedication and effort, you can make it possible. This season personally was much needed. It showed me again that I can compete as well as achieve personal goals I set my mind to…but that’s a story for another post.

Anyways, thank you to all of my friends, family, and people who have sent words of encouragement and support. It means more than any of you realize

13/08/2024

Largemouth are fun too 🎉
The OW Sniper and GLF Snack Craw has a finesse profile but is a bait I count on every single trip. It’s become my confidence technique and is a bait I turn to when I need a bite. If you’ve not tried this combo yet, you really need to give it a shot