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This week, Americana Outdoors is in California
for the second annual Paul George's
Celebrity Fishing Tournament
on Castaic Lake.
Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's ambassadors,
Wade Middleton, David Walker, and Mark Daniels Jr.
were invited to the event to raise funds
for Paul George's foundation.
- What's up, buddy?
How you doing?
Well, I just wanted to get people more into my world.
Take them outside of their element a little bit.
And I'm able to do so.
Bring in celebrities, bring in teammates,
bring in family members
and matching them with pro anglers.
It's just what I was brought up and raised into
is being fishing and being outdoors,
so that's ultimately what I wanted to achieve out of this
and do it for a great foundation, do it for my foundation.
And I was able to do so, I was able to capture all of that.
- [Narrator] In 2017, Paul George,
a five-time NBA All-Star and one of the best
perimeter defenders in the NBA,
started his foundation and launched
an outdoor initiative in partnership
with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
- Paul really grew up in the outdoors.
I think actually grew up fishing here at Lake Castaic.
And really appreciates that part of his youth
and his growing up and he sees how important that is
and so it was a great event.
It was a perfect partnership for Cabela's and Bass Pro.
It's really great that Paul brings in a lot
of his local celebrity friends,
he gets new people on the water,
he's really introducing to them to the outdoors.
I know we had quite a few anglers today
that had never been on the water before
and really had a great time.
(rock music)
- Yeah I love knew adventures and on this trip here,
coming out to California we came for an event
but we had an extra day on the front end of it,
so Dave and I got to go out on Castaic
Driving from Texas through New Mexico, Arizona, California,
spending some time in LA.
Amazing how much traffic is here and just how many people,
but when you get to the lake after having heard about it
for so long, I was amazed at actually how small it was.
(rock music)
Good one.
- Yes sir.
Think you're famous, it fell out.
- Let's get a picture of that one.
Since we might not catch another one.
(laughing)
- You got that right.
You know, when we get into a situation like we had here,
this water's really clear.
I don't know if you can see in there that well,
but it's eight, 10 foot plus visibility.
Twofold problem there is one is they can see you as well,
so you're gonna have to start fishin' a little further
away than what we'd do like where I live at in Tennessee.
Many times I'd go down to the bank
just pitchin' and flippin'.
Here you're gonna have to make a lot longer casts.
Another thing is the fish
are gonna see the lure really well.
They're also gonna see everything around that lure.
They're gonna see that line on there,
it's gonna notice the details.
Make sure your lure visibly looks good.
Action isn't as important as it would be
in a dirty water situation.
And light line, like Sunline, really makes a big difference
in that when I'm fishin' water like this,
I'm not gonna hesitate to go down to five, six pound
test Sunline because I have confidence in the line, too.
Not only that the fish can't see the line
and the lure's gonna act better,
but I know I can land a bigger fish with that.
(upbeat music)
- [Wade] I'll be the first to admit
when I come to a new lake the first time or two,
it's a struggle for me.
I'm always torn about what I wanna do
and here I can't go do things that I'm comfortable doin',
that's for sure, things I like to go do,
which is put the boat on the bank
and find some cover and find active fish.
That's an impossibility here because the bank drops off,
I don't know, you'll be a boat length away
you'll be 150 feet deep.
So we're just trying to figure out
how to learn how to catch some fish.
Go back and grow up.
There's fish schoolin' all over here.
We've thrown the kitchen sink at 'em basically
at this point here.
And we can't get these fish to bite.
But the one thing that really impresses us
is even though it's August here,
it's a constant merry-go-round of boats hitting these fish,
which means they're heavily pressured.
So in our mind, we're trying to downsize everything,
line, baits, and everything to get these fish to bite.
And honestly, the fish are winning.
- [Narrator] Don't forget to visit basspro.com
and cabelas.com for any outdoors products
you've seen in the show,
or anything you need for your next adventure.
We'll be right back with more coverage
of Paul George's Celebrity Fishing Tournament
after the break.
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Welcome back to Americana Outdoors.
The second annual Paul George's Celebrity Fishing Tournament
is underway at Castaic Lake,
which is just an hour's drive from Los Angeles.
- We got an incredible mix of people,
gonna be everything from NBA All-Stars to comedians
to internet personalities and a lot of fishing celebrities
have been brought in from across the nation
as well as regionally.
So this is gonna be a pretty fun day.
But it's all about, at the end of the day,
trying to help raise funds
for some of the things Paul George's Foundation does.
And if you look back at it, he's done things
even in Oklahoma City
where he's trying to get kids out on fishin'.
And at the end of the day it's about giving back
to his community and all these people
that are comin' together for it.
Weather's gonna be phenomenal.
Everybody's getting ready to go out right now.
You got a mass of people here,
and hopefully we're gonna catch a couple fish.
But at the end of the day we're definitely
gonna help raise some money.
- Well, my game plan's pretty much gonna be the same
as last year.
Fish, fish really hard, and then drop it
just a small stick of dynamite in the water
and then we just gotta net 'em from there.
- Gonna be a great day.
It's my first time ever being on Castaic Lake.
So went out just for a couple hours yesterday,
had a phenomenal day, caught a lot of fish.
Caught a lot of big fish, actually.
So hopin' for more of the same this morning.
- This is just a really cool event for me
just for the fact of we get to get out here,
obviously a good friend of mine,
we don't get to see each other out here a lot.
So there's a lot of great guys here, great celebrities,
along with some of my fellow anglers
that fish on the Elite Series tour.
And just sort of a group of guys that enjoy the outdoors.
That's the big thing about it.
We're all getting together and enjoying the outdoors
out here in California.
It's gonna be a hot one, but that's the thing...
Whoever wins this thing is gonna have to
put their head down and go to work.
- Hey, this shirt right here is perfect for it
'cause I can wear this when I get home
for the Tennessee Volunteers.
I mean, this is a Vol orange right here, so yeah.
Wade's the one that's rockin' the shirt.
You remember how it was all that super tight fittin',
you'd see those guys with muffin tops goin' on
had that just skin tight Under Armours on?
Yeah, Wade's bringin' it back, man, he's bringin' it back.
(indie rock music)
- [Mark] Look at that, you see I got one?
- That's one already.
- And I don't think this is a keeper
but it's always good to get on the board.
- Yeah, we're on the board.
- We're on the board.
- [Russell] We're on the board.
- You see it. - You got one already.
(laughs)
That's one. - Got him.
Hey, Westbrook got him one.
(laughs)
- Here he comes, come on. - All right, hold on,
let me get...
- Gimme one, gimme one, gimme one.
He's small but I'll take it! - That's all right!
You're on the board, baby. - You know what I'm saying?
I'll take it.
It's a little one but I'm gonna take it.
- Little smallmouth.
All right, stop him right there.
Here, sweep.
(Mark laughs)
(men talking over each other)
- [Mark] No, you got him though.
- As long as you got that on camera, all right?
There's no room for, hey...
- All right, so look, we got him.
You gotta be real careful with these little ones.
They'll put a hook in you quick.
All right, we out here, Russ back on.
What you got, Russ? - Well, I got this
jackhammer right here, you know what I'm sayin'?
Got a little baby one, but you know, I did what I could
in the first two hours but I'm here,
I'm makin' it happen, makin' it happen.
- Yes sir!
(laughs)
Aw, this is a blast, man.
I'm out here on a boat, man,
I hooked up with Russell Westbrook,
I mean, it don't get no better than that.
That's a day in itself right there, man.
We been having a good time, talkin' some trash, you know?
And just havin' fun, it's what it's all about.
- It's been good man.
I've been here with my man Mark.
We've been trying to make it happen.
Get some fish.
Not the right size yet, but we're gonna keep workin'.
We're gonna make it happen.
I caught one, I caught one.
First day on the job, you know.
- That's right.
- Trying to make it happen.
- We'll pop this cherry, man.
- You know what I'm saying, trying to make it happen.
(Mark laughs)
Win or go home, that's why we're here.
- [Cameraman] Do you have anything to say
to the other guys competin'?
- Good luck!
(Mark laughs)
- [Narrator] Americana Outdoors and the coverage
of the Paul George's Celebrity Fishing Tournament
will be right back after these messages.
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Welcome back to Americana Outdoors.
We're on Castaic Lake, California,
for the Paul George's Celebrity Fishing Tournament,
the fundraising event for Paul George Foundation.
(indie rock music)
- Ooh, look at him bitin' right over there!
I'm a fisherman.
(Wade laughs)
I am a fisherman!
Haven't caught anything yet...
But I'm doin' my best, Captain, I'm doin' my best.
What!?
What are you guys doin'!?
Come on!
(Wade laughs)
Oh, look at this, what's that mean?
- Reel, reel, reel, reel, reel, reel.
You got one.
- Here.
- Keep breathin', you just keep breathin'.
Ah, he came off.
- Ah! (laughs)
- So when you feel that again,
you're gonna hit him, jerk a little bit.
If you hit me in the eyes, it's okay.
So did you feel a difference?
- Yeah, felt that! - There you go.
So there you go.
When you give him slack, he gets a chance to spit it out.
- This is great.
I have a thing I like to say
and it's about thinking of the youth.
I don't know, my hat says TOY, thinking of youth.
That's like a motto I live by.
'Cause if you think about it, the kids are the future.
You know?
The kids, someone's gonna be the--
Oh, oh!
Oh!
Oh!
(laughs)
- There's the future right there!
- There's the future! - There's the cure
to the future right there.
He's pretty small.
(laughs)
- We caught a fish!
Ah!
He's a little bit small, a fish mini.
I think that's Nemo, we found him.
(laughing)
- Oh, we got that right.
(laughs)
(indie rock music)
(indie rock music)
- [Jason] I think I got something too but it's stuck.
- You do!?
- I do but it's stuck at the top of my thing.
- No, no, here, here.
Hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
No you're good, you're good, you're good.
- Oh, I am?
- Yeah you're good. - Oh I thought I had...
He's strong too.
- There you go. - Just a little baby.
- Little smallmouth.
- [Jason] Little smallmouth.
- [Tai] Grab him.
- First one, baby, first catch of the day.
- Let go.
14 and a half.
14 and a half.
- Well, it's a good start, let's go,
let's get it going.
- Got one.
Get him, get him.
Think he'll measure.
Yeah see, wind picked up just a little bit
and it's started a reaction, you know.
So that should be a keeper right there.
Yes, sir. - Yes sir!
- Ah, what's up!?
- Pow!
(indie music)
- Well, so far it's been slow
and the fact that we haven't caught any keepers.
But we have caught quite a few short fish.
And there's a lot of fish breakin'
and the water's so clear
that many times when you're reelin' in,
you'll see a whole group of fish following your lure.
So it's frustrating in that aspect
but it's good to know
that there's something there
because it'd be easy to think that there's just no fish
but they're there, it's just figuring out what they want.
I don't know, I could come up with a lot of excuses.
Got a long list of those.
I got short list of reasons, but...
So we're just gonna keep after it.
We got a couple more hours.
Darn it.
- [Chris] I wish there was a quantity contest.
(laughs) - I know, that's right.
We need to get into the--
- [Chris] Enough with all
this quality crap. - The numbers.
- I got involved because I've known Paul
for quite awhile now, probably like six years.
And then we see each other every now and then
and he will invite me to stuff like this
or we're go bowlin' or somethin' like that.
But when we reached out about this
and the fact that he's doing this program
and working with young people
and getting them going outdoors and doing things like that.
I just think it's so cool.
And I know I'm not doin' much but I think whatever I can do
just to help him and come obviously support
and be involved in any way, it's such a cool thing.
- [Narrator] More coverage of Paul George's
Celebrity Fishing Tournament when we come back.
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- Hi, guys.
I'm Brittney Elena, and I'm catching better fish
than Russell Westbrook.
(Brittney laughs)
- [Narrator] Welcome back to Americana Outdoors.
It's the second annual
Paul George's Celebrity Fishing Tournament,
raising money for the Paul George Foundation's
outdoors initiative, and sharing his love of the outdoors
and fishing with kids around the country.
(upbeat indie rock music)
- I actually heard about it last year when I seen it
on IG and I asked, I was like, yo,
if you ever want any girls.
He was like, yeah, we actually never had a girl.
Of course I was the first one.
He was like, if you're really serious.
Like, oh, definitely.
I'll let you know for this year.
And he actually kept up with his word.
He asked me and I was like, yeah!
I was super excited when I got asked.
Oh yeah.
That was a good one. - There you go,
perfect cast, perfect cast.
- [Brittney] Yeah, lose it lose it lose it.
- [Johnny] He's got a good one
otherwise Daniel wouldn't be...
I don't know if that's a keeper.
- [Brittney] No!
- [Johnny] Hey, that ain't no keeper!
That ain't 15 inches!
- [Brittney] No he's not!
- [Johnny] From here it looks like 10.
- [Brittney] Put it back!
- [Johnny] That's just a little one.
(Brittney squeals)
(Johnny laughs)
- [Brittney] I was scared!
(Brittney laughs)
Oh, that's definitely good.
- [Johnny] Oh, he's 16 inches.
- Hey!
To all teamwork makes the team work!
- You know what, at first I didn't even know
what I was participating in.
They just asked me to help with a charity event
so I agreed and I came here and I found out I was fishing.
But it's been fun, man, it's my first time, like I said.
Just enjoying it, man.
Made a new friend in Daniel here.
Pretty good fisher, he's carrying me,
he's carrying the squad right now,
but we're gonna win this thing.
(laughs)
Yeah, it's hater over there.
- Dude!
- We're doin' it man!
- Nice job, look at this.
(indie music)
- [Narrator] Well it looks like all the anglers
have enjoyed a great day on the water for a good cause,
and now it's time to head in for the weigh-in
and find out who will take the trophy home
and get a year of bragging rights for the title.
(clapping)
(clapping) (cheering)
- So how did you only get one fish?
'Cause you know I got two, so I'm just wondering,
how'd you only get one?
- You know we... (laughs)
- It's my fault.
- I wanted everybody else catch 'em and enjoy the moment,
so I saved the big ones for everybody else.
- You're saying you saved it for us?
- I saved it for y'all.
- You did?
- Shook 'em loose, let 'em go,
everybody else caught 'em.
- [Narrator] Coming in third is Team Todd "Big Daddy" Woods,
the defending champion, and Jas Prince,
CEO of Young Empire Music Group.
They brought in five fish for a total
of nine pounds and one ounce.
Daniel Elias teamed up
with Oklahoma City Thunder's Abdel Nader
and they finished out in second,
with a total limit of 12 pounds even.
Nader also won the biggest fish of the event,
pushing the scales to four pounds 12 ounces.
And the winner of the 2018 Paul George's Celebrity
Fishing Tournament is Team Todd Kline and Brian Shaw,
weighing the five bass limit for 16 pounds.
Congratulations.
- It feels great 'cause I mean, we're all competitors,
we all have some athlete in us.
Whatever we do, we wanna compete, we wanna set out and win
and so especially when you have some friends.
He's in the fishing industry and so all the pros
that were out here, there's a friendly rivalry between them,
and all the athletes there's a friendly rivalry with me,
so to be able to finish on top,
we have a whole year
to have bragging rights-- (laughs)
Until we meet back here again next year.
- [Narrator] Hey, a big thanks to all professional
bass anglers and celebrities who participated
in the tournament.
Paul George also gave a $25,000 check to his hometown,
the Palmdale Department of Recreation and Culture
to help resurface basketball courts.
- This check is gonna make a big difference.
But it's just like these young men right here.
When kids are growin' up they fantasize,
and sometimes they actually do make it all the way
to the top, and Paul George, you are a Palmdalian
and we are proud that you're from our city.
And I thank you for all your help
you're giving our young people
and making our community a better place.
Thank you so much.
We appreciate you. (clapping)
- We had a really good day.
It's the end.
I didn't fortunately place in the top three
at my own event, but you know, I had fun
and that's what it was about.
- [Narrator] Hey, thank you for watching,
and join us next week on a new episode
of Americana Outdoors.
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