Name: Mike Hallead
Age: 36
Birthday: 10/06
State: California
Region of State: Nor-Cal
Day Job/Career Field: Currently unemployed and loving it.
How Did you get Started in Fishing?
Been fishing since I was a child, funny I live right next to the lake I grew up fishing at. Whiskeytown lake.
How Long Have you been Fishing?
My whole life.
How Often Do you Fish?
Three times a week if not more.
What are your Ideal fishing conditions?
Spring time, 85 degrees, sunshine and no wind.
Who do you fish with?
Mostly myself, sometimes with my daughter, sometimes with my friends.
Where do you fish and how long have you been fishing?
Shasta lake, whiskeytown lake, really any body of water i can find.
How many months out of the year do you fish for?
12 nothing can stop me from fishing.
How many times a week do you typically get out to fish?
At least 3 if not more
What time do you go out fishing in the morning and what time do you get back?
I’m the type that goes out for a whole 8 hrs. Morning to night. Love me a good evening top water bite though.
How do you target a new area?
Always a moving search bait, then when you know where they are at you sttack them finesse.
What’s your go to fishing setup?
7′ med heavy fast Abu Garcia mach 1 combo 10# flouro usually fc sniper with a underspin keytech. Spinning rod is a 6’10 med heavy fast fenwick with a 2500 Abu Garcia reel and 8# floro.
Do you have any additional sponsorships/pro staff/feild staff/ambasador/etc?
Connect scale pro staff
What is your favorite Style of Fishing.?
I love a good ole drop shot bite, yet a moving bait satisfies all my needs of fishing.
What is your favorite time of the year to fish?
Any day that ends in Y.
What is your favorite Body of water to fish?
Whiskey town lake and Shasta lake.
Whats your favorite species to target? Why?
Any type of black bass. Smallies for sure just cause of the fight they out up.
What Species do you target?
Black bass
What is the biggest fish you’ve ever caught?
5# 13oz spotted bass
Do you own and operate your own boat/kayak/canoe? If so for how long?
I recently bought an old town angler 10 kayak and I’m in love. Had it for about 6 months now.
What kind of boat/kayak/canoe do you fish on? Describe it briefly.
Old town angler 10 kayak.
How far from shore do you fish (If fishing offshore)?
I get right up into that water. Unless I know they are on the bank then I will keep my distance.
Have you won any tournaments (local, Club, State, National, Online, etc)?
No wins yet, but I recently entered my first kayak tournament about 3 months ago. Super fun 2 day tournament ended up snowin, hailing, wind blowing and finally the sun came out the last day of the tournament.
Do you fish with any clubs/teams/tournaments?
Nope
Do you have any fishing horror stories (Hook in the eye, boat motor dies 2 miles offshore, had to be rescued on a fishing adventure)?
My first trip to Hawaii I ended up doing a 8 hr charted fishing trip, was able to take what ever we wanted on the boat. So me and my fifth of vodka ended up getting pretty slammered. Caught the biggest fish of the trip also ened up getting so sunburnt my face was swollen for a month. Good and bad all in one.
Do you have any funny fishing Stories?
Prob my pb catch, was out with my buddie brice and the chaos that ensued was horrendous. Both in kayaks and this fish took me for a ride, my buddie came over cause he had a net and out kayaks were sidled by side and all of our poles were getting tangled, for the life of me I couldnt get this fish yet after 10 min I finally landed it and we were all tangled and just a hot mess, we laughed and laughed after the mess.
Tell us something unique about yourself.
I’m a classically trained chef, been cooking for 15 plus yrs. Love my passion and my career just taking a break right now.
Anything else you’d like others to know about you?
I’m a father of the most beautiful and well behaved daughter. She is my life and my everything. Currently in the works of getting married to my best friend and most beautifull and most understanding woman I know.
Social Media:
Instagram:@mikehallead
