Sean is a full time guide/tournament angler and has articles published in Bass West USA magazine.

NAME: Sean James

AGE: 38

GUIDING EXPERIENCE: 9 years.

PRACTICAL BASS FISHING EXPERIENCE: 16 years

TOURNAMENT EXPERIENCE : 10 years.

PHILOSOPHY ON GUIDING : Guiding people is just as much an art form as fishing and it takes time to learn how to teach. The ultimate satisfaction for any guide that truly loves their job is to see their clients have a great fishing experience and maybe catch the fish of a lifetime. That is what it is all about for me. My goal is to make you a client for life, not for a day. I make a living teaching people to fish and there is nothing better than that.

WHAT MAKES A GOOD GUIDE : First of all, you have to love fishing. Spending time on the water and be well informed is still the only way to stay in tune to the fishing, I go the extra mile to give you the best fishing experience under any conditions.

PHILOSOPHY ON BASS FISHING : Think outside of the box. I love to modify lures and create new techniques based on how fish are relating to their prey. As far as big bass are concerned, I don’t fish them like little bass, because they have been conditioned to boat pressure and they do not typically live or feed in normal places where most anglers fish. Bass are always feeding somewhere on the lake, sometimes you have to get creative to find out where what when and how. Using variations of old school and new techniques combined with high end tackle, rods, reels, sonar and GPS is how you stay in tune. You have to put your time on the water period. 

SPECIALY TECHNIQUES : Swim Bait fishing, deep water structure fishing, top water fishing, reaction bait fishing and finesse fishing.

TOURNAMENT HIGHLIGHTS :

• B.A.S.S. Federation Angler Of The Year Central CalRegion 2003
• 1st place and big bass J&T Tackle tournament July 27th 2002 Lake Casitas (5 bass limit for 46.06 lbs.)
• 1st place and big bass J&T Tackle tournament August 24th 2002 Lake Casitas (5 bass limit for 41.84 lbs.)
• J&T Tackle Heavyweight Angler of The year 2002, 4 tournament total weight for 20 bass was 122.13 lbs a 7.18 lb average!
• 1st place and big bass J&T Tackle tournament July 26th 2003 (5 bass limit for 35.89 lbs.)
• 2nd place California Bass Federation, December 10th 2006 Lake Castaic.
• 1st place and Big Bass, National Bass August 2006, Lake Piru
• 3rd place J&T Tackle tournament July 2006, Lake Casitas
• 1st place and big bass National Bass January 2005, Lake Castaic
• 1st place U.S. Anglers Choice March 6th 2005, Lake Castaic
• 3rd place National Bass February 2005, Lake Castaic
• 4th U.S.Anglers Choice Lake August 13 2005, Lake Castaic
• 1st place and big bass J&T Tackle tournament July 26th 2003, Lake Casitas
• 3rd place and big bass B.A.S.S. Federation March 8th 2003, Lake Castaic
• 2nd place and big bass B.A.S.S Federation April 5th 2003, Lake Casitas
• 3rd place B.A.S.S. Federation June 21st 3003, Lake Castaic
• 1st place and big bass J&T Tackle tournament August 24th 2002, Lake Casitas
• 1st place and big bass J&T Tackle tournament July 27th 2002, Lake Casitas
• 2nd place American Bass May 5th 2001, Lake Casitas
• 2nd place Won Bass December 9th 2000, Lake Casitas
• 4th place Won Bass march 14th 2000, Lake Casitas
• 3rd place and big bass Red Man 1989, Lake Havasu

Additionally Sean has had 36 other top ten finishes below 4th place and averages top 10 placement for all combined tournaments entered.