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I dont get why its so mandatory for some people to always use a trailer. I do a lot dont get me wrong but certain times i dont like to use one. Like for instance right now in the fall im usually swimming the jig trying to imitate a baitfish so ill go without a trailer and let the skirt do the work.

I didn't read the whole thing, for some reason I could only read it in John Wayne's voice and it was quite confusing because of that.

What there's no wind lol

That was awesome! They move down the line to #4 and, assuming no major surprised by K-State, Notre Dame, and Oregon, the SEC finally will not have a national champion. Where's all the national "experts" that said A&M had no business being in the SEC since they could never even win in the Big 12 and that Bama was better than some NFL teams? Absolutely made my day.

No. It teally takes no extra time to do it right.

Smallie all the way. Jeff

I put long underwear on @ 70 degrees, I've been freezing in Florida...........and I'm a Michigan man, lol.

i would imagine that is is actually a suspender, but like other suspending baits do, is to float up. i will dig one out and use it just like a suspending jerk bait, and on the right day, it will outfish anything else you can throw. bo

If i am working a mat...I'll break it up, flipping a section about 4ft diameter at a time, working the whole mat. The initial flip...let it fall all the way down, un-impeded . Yo-yo it up to the bottom of the mat...let it fall again. I'll yo-yo it 2-4 times depending on how confident I am of the pitch or of the spot. After 2-4 lifts/drops, crank up and make a new pitch. At least half of the time, they hit on that initial drop....I would say 95% of the time they hit within the first 3-4drops. To me, it's about percentages, so I think in the long run you are better making a new pitch than continuing to yo-yo the bait 5-6-7-10 times trying to elicit a bite from the 5% of fish that are non-committal. If I'm flipping a stretch of reed heads or other standing vegetation, I'm typically moving a little faster and will rarely pitch to the exact spot twice. However, if there is an obvious piece of structure that looks good, I'll pitch to it repeatedly from different angles, trying to elicit a strike.

I think this is a very good point. In weeds, I cover ground. But any other hard cover, I pick that stuff apart. I can't tell you how many really good fish I've caught on the 3rd, 10th, 30th pitch to a likely spot. Here's one I got from a submerged tree on about the 10th cast. Two other kayak anglers had already worked this tree just before I took a shot at it.

Saturday, November 3, 2012 20 lbs to win Big largemouth 7 3/4 Big smallmouth 5 1/2 My buddy, Rick Caldwell caught a 28 lb striper on an Alabama Rig. That was fun, but no prize! -Kent

1980 Hydra Sport 158Vee w/ 1980 90hp Mercury TOP. Pulled by 1996 Toyota T100 SR5

By fan vote Iaconelli, Skeet, Swindle and Aaron Martens were all picked by fan vote to be able to fish in the All-Star event. These guys had the most fan votes - are these guys you would like to read from or about in future issues of BAM?

Good news we have a Aaron Martens article coming up in the winter issue