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It always jumps to the 8 pound mark. Why not 6? Shoot why not a beautiful 5 pounder? What is so wrong with calling a big bass a 5? Where is the respect? The Decency? Fish work a lifetime in many parts of the country to hit 6 and then are insulted because they are just not big enough to be the exaggerated weight. Those poor guys need a support group. They will never be good enough and you wonder why bigger bass don't move too much, only eat at night time away from people making fun of them, are most likely depressed, have a difficult time getting the energy to leave their bed and end up becoming bullies on smaller fish. Until we change as a society of fisherman, this problem of depression and bullying will not change with the 5-6 pound bass. Your fish is waaaaaaaay too skinny and you are waaaaaaay too small of person to even give it the big proportions. Nice catch, but don't insult someone when they give you an honest weight. Please never make the mistake again. Let's change one fisherman at a time, world peace will follow.

REMEMBER THERE ARE ALOT OF EMPTY CHAIRS AT THANKSGIVING TABLES THIS YEAR! PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OF OUR MILITARY & THEIR FAMILIES!! FOR SAFETY & HEALING!! HAVE A HAPPY & BLESSED THANKSGIVING!! A-Jay

That is one of those deals if you think it makes a difference, it does. If you think it doesn't make any difference, it doesn't. That goes for lure colors, fishing line types and colors, scents, etc.

Hey Dwight - it sure is HARDER to catch 8 pounders when you have a scale with you...isn't it!

A senior citizen drove his brand new Corvette convertible out of the dealership. Taking off down the road, he floored it to 80 mph, enjoying the wind blowing through what little gray hair he had left. "Amazing," he thought as he flew down I-94, pushing the pedal even more. Looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a state trooper behind him, lights flashing and siren blaring. He floored it to 100 mph, then 110, then 120. Suddenly he thought, "What am I doing? I'm too old for this," and pulled over to await the trooper's arrival. Pulling in behind him, the trooper walked up to the Corvette, looked at his watch, and said, "Sir, my shift ends in 30 minutes. Today is Friday. If you can give me a reason for speeding that I've never heard before, I'll let you go." The old gentleman paused. Then he said, "Years ago, my wife ran off with a State trooper. I thought you were bringing her back." "Have a good day, sir," replied the trooper. A-Jay

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The float rig is probably the easiest, since you can use spinning gear. A centrepin is better. The main thing is location. Wintering steelies like deep, slow pools. The bobber is the best tool for this. Running steelies like shallower, faster water, and this is where a flyrod can be a better tool. As far as baits go, I've been using trout beads. smaller on bright, clear days and lower, clear water. Bigger and brighter on dark days, or dirtier water. Here's a couple links: http://www.raventackle.com/floats.htm http://www.raventackle.com/Shotting%20Patterns.pdf http://www.troutbeads.com/How_To.html

Im impressived Nev! November 1st is the latest in the year I have caught a NH bass that wasn't from the powerplant. If I dont head down to New Jersey for some stripers on Friday, I will be trying for some bass in the Concord area once the day warms up a bit. Ill post if I get anything good.

Cletus is passing by Billy Bob's hay barn one day when, through a gap in the door, he sees Billy Bob doing a slow and sensual striptease in front of an old green John Deere. Buttocks clenched, he performs a slow pirouette, and gently slides off first the right strap of his overalls, followed by the left. He then hunches his shoulders forward and in a classic striptease move, lets his overalls fall down to his hips, revealing a torn and frayed plaid shirt. Then, grabbing both sides of his shirt, he rips it apart to reveal his stained T-shirt underneath. With a final flourish, he tears the T-shirt from his body, and hurls his baseball cap onto a pile of hay. Having seen enough, Cletus rushes in and says, "What the world're ya doing, Billy Bob?" "Good grief, Cletus, ya scared the bejeebers out of me," says an obviously embarrassed Billy Bob. "But me 'n the wife been havin trouble lately in the bedroom d'partment, and the therapist suggested I do something sexy to a tractor."

Digital scales are affected by moisture. Spring scales are affected by extreme cold, below 32 degrees based on personal experience. But any scale weight is better than no scale at all & guessing it is bigger than what it actually is.

X2 ~ Nicely put. It IS all about attitude - As you noted in your initial post "there is so much to learn about different types of lures, color, water clarity, depth, rods, reels, temperature, season, and on and on, it feels like an endless up hill battle" And you're right - however - "It's the Journey Not the Destination". You will never, ever, ever learn ALL there is to know - there's just too much. And as time goes on, someday you might think you know a good bit, just to have the bass show you (quite definitively) that you do not. However, when you combine your love of the sport with patience and a willingness to learn you will find that there is so much more to this than just "Catching Fish". No One catches the big ones every trip out - so if you use that to determine if you've had a good day or not, you might be disappointed. Clearly the objective is catching bass but remember you're not doing it in a bubble. The Great thing about fishing is that there are enough facets to it to last a man his entire lifetime- and then some. A-Jay

I too am in the automotive industry, I know what the end of the month means so we will try to work around that for ya !! We may try to do a 2 day event, not sure yet, but I am sure we will work hard on trying to get everybody a ride.

If you read nothing but this sentence you are ahead of the game. Books, videos and tv shows have but 1 purpose, that is to make money for the producers. Not that the information isn't good but so often it may not be pertinent to the kind of water you fish or your geographic area and I think most of it is catered towards the boat fisherman. To be honest I never read a book or viewed a DVD, and tv shows are edited to show you how easy it is, not how it actually is. What little I know comes from fishing a lot and just getting a feel for it, I always keep it simple.

Be patient, George. You can't absorb all this info in one season. You may or may not have plenty of gear, but the first consideration is attitude: Get out there and enjoy yourself. Don't make yourself neurotic. Experiment with different baits and presentations at a leisurely pace. You're always learning something even if it's what doesn't catch fish. It's about the journey. Enjoy being on the water. The fish will come as you pay the dues and will be all the more gratifying for having done so.

Pork rind lures date back t the early 1900's and jigs even further back dressed with feathers, we are talking true antique lure when you fish a jig n pig. The jig I fish with dates back to 1971 when the mold was made, I fish this jig dressed with deer hair and a Pedigo pork trailer design that dates back to the 50's, nearly every time I am bass fishing for 43 years. I have lost count on the number of DD bass caught on this old hair jig with pork trailers. Tom

Glad to hear that you're mending and also that you've gotten the chance to get out a few times. I lost an entire season to a bum shoulder and drove anyone that would listen bonkers because I couldn't get out to fish. I too have a couple of 'old favorites' including a Lazy Ike and a couple of home made in-line spinners. They don't get wet very often anymore, but when I'm feeling down, I'll break them and some fond old memories out and the blues don't stick around for long.

i catch bass every year on an old wooden metal lipped brown bomber. also, a cotton cordel big o, and several others. fishing lures are tools, and good fishing tools will continue to produce fish year after year. bo

If you catch a fish UNDER 14 pounds, then its gotta go back? DUH. That's because it's a catch and release only lake. Meaning there are no fish over 14 pounds, so all fish you catch must be returned to the water, thus promoting catch and release.

perhaps you are not familar with ethyl that was in the bass pro shop aquarium. ethyl came from lake fork. ethyl grew to quite a very big size before she died. i do not recall the exact weight, but it was considerably bigger than her original weigh when first caught from fork. so, i think you might want to rethink your statement about smaller bodies of water. just as ethyl grew in bass pro shops aquarium, a bass in the right small body of water, that is managed correctly, and has the right food supply, could reach a weight of 20lbs. plus. of course, it would have to be a flmb.bo

Shimmy, the res is truly one of my favorite places to fish and one that I have put a lot of time and effort into much like your beaver dam exploits. I have a more difficult time showing people the "spots on spots" on the res because in this area of NOVA, people wil literally dessimate an area known to have a large group of good fish! Burke lake is another place that got a lot of my attention when I got my first fishing vessel, the bass pro shops bantam 3X plastic pontoon! But back to the original question/mental approach that nitro has brought forth. I think in the last 5 years that I have been fishing, I have realized that if you are not keeping up or adapting to how the fish change from season to season, you are going to suffer with poor outings and disappointing results. The biggest changes I have made have been to concentrate on making good decisions while on the water. When to move what to throw and what I need to do to get the results I think should be resonable for that day of fishing. At times, we all need to take a step back and analyze how we approach fishing certain bodies of water and understand "we have a limited amount of time on the water, how can I make the most of it!" I have also had many much better anglers than I help me learn this great passion and I would be lying if I told you I figured all of these things out on my own!! I try to learn a little bit on each outing and never go home feeling beat or bettered by that little green trout!!

A new Marine Captain was assigned to an outfit in a remote post in the Afghanistan Desert . During his first inspection of the outfit, he noticed a Camel hitched up behind the mess tent. He asks the Sergeant why the camel is kept there. The nervous sergeant said, 'Well sir, as you know, there are 250 men here on the post and no women. And sir, sometimes the men have 'urges'. That's why we have Molly The Camel.' The Captain says, 'I can't say that I condone this, but I understand about 'urges', so the camel can stay.' About a month later, the Captain starts having his own 'urges'. Crazy with passion, he asks the Sergeant to bring the camel to his tent. Putting a ladder behind the camel, the Captain stands on the ladder, pulls his pants down and has wild, insane sex with the camel. When he's done, he asks the Sergeant,'Is that how the men do it?' 'Not really, sir..They usually just ride the camel into town...... where the girls are.'

InvisX is good line, it has good knot strength and is very manageable on BC gear. It tends to have more stretch than some of the other FC lines, so it's a trade off. If you are going to use in on SP gear, I would stay in the lower lb. test lines as once you get around the 10-12lb test area it start to become a little stiff for use on SP gear. Seaguar makes good FC line, and if you have the chance I would tell you to try Tatsu, less stretch and very manageable.

Spend more time on the water, and less time reading. Seriously. When you are faced with your own unique situations, and have questions, post them here. Then the reading material will be specific to your exact situation.

A good idea? That sht really happened, don't you know.

I will be marketing a new invention this spring. A portable torpedo system that can be fitted to anything from a yak to a bass boat. Any interest?

Man, been reeling them in left and right. Thought the whole 26 pound fish in VA was enough to know beyond a shadow of a doubt that the claim was ridiculous. If we could only get this same skepticism with the fishing reports where people are constantly reporting 7 and 8 pounders left and right like it's nothing. Just proving my point. Road Warrior? Seriously, you were biting on this too? Come on man. Tried to make it as dumb as possible. It is funny though how people will give you measurements of the one that got away, forget the camera, or have it verified by "the friend" whatever that means. Until these ridiculous reports stop comin, my PB status remains!

IMO small shops are the best if youre fishing your area. They have the most knowledge of the local waters and the best producing baits for those waters. If youre looking for a large selection obviously theyre not the place to go.

I don't own any lake so I appreciate it when others don't cruise over top or sit on the spot I'm casting to... that's it. Others are welcome to anywhere else on the water I'm not currently fishing in. oe

An old man was asked, "At your ripe old age, what do you prefer to get - Parkinson's or Alzheimer's?" The wise one answered, "Definitely Parkinson's. Better to spill half an ounce of Jack Daniels, than to forget where you keep the bottle!!"

If they're feeding on shad, try something more shad like. I would try a lipless crank like a red eye shad and if they weren't willing to chase that, I'd switch to a suspending jerk bait that could be worked slower.