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I have a tournament on the gun powder river in 2 weeks. I have fished there 1 time in the past and did not do so well. So I am hoping that some of you guys can give me some tips on this location. Thanks in advance for helping me with this matter. Matt

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Depends - some of my lakes show on the standard map that came with my 798 - some don't. The biggest lake that I fish is 201 acres and nearly two miles long from north to south, where waypoints would be handy - is not on the map. Some of my smaller lakes ARE on the map but are small enough that waypoints are of less value. I can't say if these particular lakes show at all on the Navionics charts....

I would save a little more money and buy a kayak, or start saving for a boat. Mike

That's it. Im tired of hearing about all the big fish YOU guys catch, I'm moving down there.

do some looking aroung to see what type of bate fish are in the lake...you can find this stuff out through the dnr. and then find everything you can about the bait,(what do they eay, do they spawn, what water temp are they most active, habitat, ect.......)

Yes, time in the water will straighten them out but i hate that! So, here are some ideas on straightening the pork. First off, uncle josh has a great scent, however, they all (with the exception of their new meat frog) have skin on them that make them stiffen up like this. That is why many of their baits actually do not float up like you see in some other porks that are awesome, but terribly marketed. One quick trick i have found is you get out your cutting board and place the pork down and hit it or have a thin cloth/news paper over it and hit it with the back end of a knife. Go back and forth on it. Start hitting it soft and gradually hit it harder while intermediately checking the pork to see if it is more malleable. I will do this on both sides since many of their porks have only the skin with little fat on the rind portions. The skin is what is being difficult. I then will do the roll where i roll it up both ways repeatedly just trying to do what time in the water would do to it. I'll then put it back in the jar. On real difficult skin you will have to do this on several occasions. Now, remember, the color may fade a hair and the underlying white color may come out but this shouldn't be a problem. The other option which is much easier is get glycerin and put a few drops in your jar a few days prior to use. This will 100% loosen that bait up but it will also attempt to disintegrate the bait and the life of the pork is decreased. However, if you know you will go through the baits during the week than it is definitely worth it. If you do however manage to not lose them while using them, put them in the freezer after use and bring them back out come fishing time. These two tricks are the best for the porks that i have discovered. Hope it helps. Troy

Well, I never made it out to the river tonight. With the overcast skies and breeze going it felt a little chilly to be wading around in the river tonight. Anyway here are my 2 fish from the creek. 1 smallie and 1 crappie

Sounds like my experience! Hah.

Smith & Wesson....other than that good insurance will help

I am the avid lizard fisher. They are my favorite bait to fish. I am the most productive when it comes to fishing with these things. I T rig them with a 1/8 oz bullet weight on my 20# Yozuri set up, and also a 1/32 oz bullet weight for my 12# light style fishing. Both ways makes for a different action. Either way, you can fish the bottom, middle, or top of the water with these things. I personally use the Zoom products. Down here in the Everglades, my most productive color near the surface is a watermelon seed with either chartreuse or red flake. Going deep, or on an overcast day, I may switch to a junebug, or candy color. I have tried the Rage brand, but for the extra money, I dont catch anymore fish. Zoom products are the brand I mostly use for $ and performance. Also try the ultra-vibe speed worms, they are a producer too. Good luck!

Wow...just wow....I really don't know where to start with this post. I probably should just shut my mouth and go about my business but i believe this type of thinking sets a bad example for other people that may have similar situations. Raider the only thing that padding you pockets is gonna get you if your bosses find out is unemployed. How hard is it going to be with no income? And this may be a dumb question but have you tried asking your supervisors for more hours? Sometimes thats all it takes. And Red....the cost a company suffers ALWAYS goes back to the consumers. Would you be ok if you hired an electrician or plumber or tradesman to work on your house and they slowed there work down to pad their pockets and sent you a high invoice because they needed the money? No i don't think you would be to pleased with that and probably wouldn't use there services again. Also the company doesn't need to realize anything..If you don't like whats going on..... leave. Thats the great thing about America..we have a choice. We are not forced to work anywhere we don't want to. The only obligation the company has is to pay you for the hours you work...thats it..Companies don't survive by making no profit. if thats the goal the why bother to go through all the work to have one. And as far as letting one go? What if that someone is Raider? Is it a good idea then? I agree that all things being equal then the work should be split. But again its not your company, its there rules and you agreed to play by them when you took the job. If the rules have changed, or you think its unfair...leave. Its your choice. Lastly , If there are bosses that are covering up there on mess by making the employees suffer who do you think they are gonna keep around them? The ones that help them or the ones that call them out? Sooner or later their bosses will figure it out and you may just be the person they replace him with. Raider, you are obviously a intelligent individual and yes the situation you are in stinks. Trust me i know, I've been there. But i didn't get through it by working less. Actually, i had a pay decrease....yes decrease, 3 years ago because work got slow. And haven't seen a raise since. My hours have increased since then, but i don't justify working any less than my peak just because the company is struggling.. I have a choice. The one question you need to ask yourself when working for an individual or a company is "what will make me happy" More hours? A raise? A promotion? Then ask yourself , what is gonna get me those things? Do you think slowing your work output is gonna get you there? And if none of those things are gonna make you happy then it is certainly time for a change. I'm done ranting, and Raider i wish you the best of luck

Best thing I ever added to my old kayak. Do it ! Do it !

I use a snap, but not a snap swivel. There is a difference. To me a snap swivel is way to bulkey. A snap is less bulky and to me does not seem to effect how the fish bite, and I actually think it improves the movement of most lures. I do not use it on any plastics, just hard baits and spinnerbaits. I always tie directly to the hook on any plastic bait. If you are using a snap swivel on your plastics that would be the first thing I would change. As far as where to fish. I guess I would want to know what the fish were doing in the spawning cycle. Are they spawning? If they are spawning they are going to be up close and by walking up to the shore you may be spooking them. My bank fishing has improved significantly by approaching spots that I want to fish by fishing them from the sides and walking parallel with the shore as I cast out in front of me along the shore (or parallel with the shore). Example: If I am looking parallel down the bank (lake on my right and land on my left) and 12 o'clock being where the water meets the shore, I will cast to 1 o'clock (about 1-4 ft out), 2 o'clock (5-10 ft out), and 3 o'clock (11-15 ft out). If I don't get anything I may try different lures, techniques, speeds, etc. I like to use a lure/bait that is slow, moderate and fast. (ex. senko, spinnerbait, and buzzbait/stanley ribbit or lipless crank) If I still don't get anything I move down 10-15 yards and start the process again. I may only spend 10-15 minutes or so in that one spot. It allows me to cover a lot more water and I have been much much more successful. I used to just walk up to a spot, fan cast and stay there for hours not catching a thing hoping the fish would "come in." Was not very successful. Actually this was something I learned last year by reading the forums and articles on this site and it made a huge difference. Of course there are always weather conditions, time of day, etc. that effect where the fish will be so keep reading and posting and hopefully you will get something that can help you go from fishing to catching. Welcome to the site and good luck.

I used to wade the St Johns all the time. Miles and miles of wading, catching bass.

The lightest bite you will ever feel will from the biggest bass you will ever catch!

I have the PQ on a Veritas. A very good combo for less than $200.

Plastic worms are one of those baits that will catch a fish in almost any condition provided the presentation is correct and you are in the right spot meaning an area that is holding fish. What you should do is cover water, try using a spinnerbait or crankbait or even a fluke typ bait that you can cast out and bring back quickly, this will let you search and eliminate unproductive water and you don't have to catch a fish on it in order to find them, you may get one to follow the bait or perhaps make baitfish jump out of the way or you may see a fish roll or flash on your bait but you would at least know where they are so you could go back and fish slower with the worm.

Instead of different sizes/colors a different presentation might have worked: T-rig, C-rig, dropshot, splitshot, weightless, etc. That or varying the speed/cadence of your retrieve, fast, slow, hopping, crawling etc.

Keep in mind, that bucket fisherman's motivation for fishing. He doesn't have a boat, probably because he can't afford one. Fishing is his hobby of choice because it produces food for him and his family. He is fishing for the original reason that any human started fishing: peace, quiet, and food. I used to catch gar down at the spillway of the lake where I used to live. I started doing it for fun, and gave all my fish away to other fishers there on the bank. You could tell that for some of them, it really made a difference in their daily lives. A 10 pund gar will definitely help feed a family. After a while, it wasn't just for fun. When folks would see me come down, they would send one of their kids over to keep me company. Sometimes I had 5 kids sitting there waiting for me to deliver meat. I got to where I felt a little guilty if I didn't go down there at least once a week. No gar were released.

It's just a fish. How did a bass get appointed to some sort of saint hood? If you don't want to damage them, then don't catch them. You have no problem gut hooking them or ripping their faces half off dragging them through weeds and other structure as long as you release them. What a crock of bs.

I second @NCbassmaster4Life. Spinnerbaits and cranks are great high-wind-baits. They're both heavy enough to cast accurately in the wind, and produce well when the surface is all choppy. I personally prefer spinners. I just stepped out to the bank a few hours ago and caught one on a Snagless Sally & the wind here is monstrous right now (15-20) where I'm at. ~wm~

Just know to cast into the wind,baitfish are usually pushed to the shore when the wind picks up and a spinnerbait and shallow diving crankbait would be the go-to bait.

Whatever gives you confidence, I assure you the bass do not know who KVD is

Those are called "half inch long fish." And if you wait until next month they'll be called "one inch long fish."