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Mike Raney

Mike Raney Home: Muscle Shoals, Alabama

Occupation: Collision Repair Technical Instructor (High School); Automotive Frame Shop Owner/Rebuilder

Years Fishing: Lifetime---Bass fishing 18 years

Boat: 201 Stratos with a 200 Johnson

Sponsors: Secret Weapon Lures and my wonderful wife Carol

Tournaments: NBT Draw and Team Trail and various local tournaments. In the past Mike has also fished ABC Draw and Team Trail, Bass Cat/Mercury Team Trail Championship, and Anglers Choice

Affiliations: National BassFishing Trail, Inc. (NBT)

Notable Achievements:
NBT President, NBT Alabama North Team Trail Director
NBT--- Draw Trail Alabama North District Championship 2nd Place (2007)
NBT--- Draw Trail Alabama North District -----Angler of the Year (2007)
NBT----Team Trail District Championship 1st Place (2007)
NBT---Bass Cat/Mercury Team Trail National Championship 55th Place (2007)

Best Bodies of Water: Wheeler, Guntersville, Kentucky, Neely Henry, Wilson

Favorite Fishing Spot: Milfoil, grass, and ledges

Favorite Techniques: Fishing milfoil with spinner baits, big worms, and traps; flipping bushes and stumps with jigs; spinner baits and c-rigs on deep ledges; jigging spoons in deep water winter

Pro Pointers:
- 3/8 Colorado blk blade w/black/red skirt spinner bait after dark in milfoil.
- Use small weights on big worms in the grass and milfoil.
- Take a youth fishing. "A Day in a Boat is a Day Off the Street"


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