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6lbs 10oz on the Outkast RTX jig with a caffeine shad as the trailer

Bet he backreels.....

Got my PB yesterday while fishing with Shane, didn't end up going on our smallie excursion. It was caught on the Outkast RTX jig with a caffeine shad as a trailer... 6-10

None and I don't want to hear yours, either!!!!!!!

I know I have posted this before, but here is one that Brian Needham from the board caught out of my boat that was close to 10 on the TN River.....

Went to Melvern yesterday afternoon, smallmouth bite might even be better than last week. There were only a couple other boats out. All the usual baits worked.

When it comes to Fall Bass fishing I often turn to Crankbaits to put fish in the boat. Often times I find myself throwing a lipless crankbait, DT-6 or DT10 but a friend reminded me that Squarebill's can be deadly in the fall as well. The fishing was slow on this particular day but I was able to manage a 16" bass and a healthy 18" 3.5lb bass on a KVD 1.5. Who else uses Squarebills in the Fall? If so, what brand do you prefer?

Jig is a simple lure, a weighted hook with hundreds of variations. Football jig is the jig head shape, instead of being round it's football shape. The shape helps to keep the hook point upright so it doesn't roll over and lay flat without line tension. This shape works better going through rocky structure. You can cast or swim a football head. Swim jig can be several shape jig heads; bullet, dart, round, fish head, etc. etc. a swim jig is simply any jig that is retrieved through the water column after casting it out by reeling back or swimming it. The head shape determines how well it will move or go thru weedy cover. The bullet head shape is good for weeds or grass. The Arkie and brush heads are designed to go thru brush, trees etc. both are good in heavy cover. Tom

Everyone...

Oh yeah that's a huge smallie. I bet it was caught on a live leech in 200 ft of water with 4 lb test.... Or.. Maybe its a 6 inch young of the year held so close to the camera it looks bigger ?

Ok here you go.

Average bass (both Green & Brown is probably a pound maybe a pound and a half. For all you studs with a 3 pound average, you're missing you're calling. Yea, but you're fishing those mutant Lake Erie bass & they have a Completely Freaky Large Gobie Fed Frame. That's not fair A-Jay

On lake erie my average is probably 3lbs this year. Some other years would be 4lbs.

It separates at the handle like most of the JDM 2 pieces.

The bank or shore angler has a different problem then boaters, you are fishing uphill from a nearly fixed location. Most bank anglers want to cast out as far as possible and use heavier lures to achieve longer casting distance. Working a heavy lure uphill through heavy cover is difficult. Try using weedless lures with lighter weight and make shorter casts. For example a 3/16 oz bullet weight pegged to a 3/0 worm hook with 6" to 7" straight tail soft plastic worms will go through nearly any cover or structure without snagging. When you feel something starting to snag your rig, stop retrieving it and hold the rod tip up as high as possible and wait a few seconds, it could be a bass! If it is a bass, lower the rod tip and snap set the hook quickly. If the snag doesn't move, then shake the rod tip against a little slack line jiggling the worm/weight out of the snag. You may need to move to get another angle and try again. The heavier the weight the move difficult it's to get the rig free. Another weedless lure often over looked is the Johnson Silver Minnow spoon. You can fish it like a frog, except let it sink into open water areas or pockets. Adding a soft plastic worm to a Johnson weedless spoon will also work good; Owner CPS spring on the spoon hook, screw on the soft plastic worm. Tom

I would have to get the Team lite speed spool or the BB2 wide spool, I was likeing the look and the specs of the Tournament Lite speed spool but the carbon frame bothers me too much, but I think the one with the aluminum frame like the team model would be great. I agree with you, I love how smooth the zillion is but it is just too heavy with how light todays reels are. I said it before, a Lews TP along with the 2nd generation Revo Premier, and 2 Quantum Smokes makes it hard to use a reel that over 7 ounces anymore. That same deal is what kept me away from Ardent reels, super heavy which eliminates the feel you get with a light rod.

Come over to the Southern New Hampshire or New England threads.

¡!¡THANK YOU FOR USING A SCALE!¡!¡ And nice fish

Marabou jigs for crappie, but you can pretty much catch anything on those

As it comes out of the box but with a trailer hook attached.

I don't listen to anything while I'm fishing but usually on the way to fishing I'll be blasting old school hip hop (preferably Wu Tang) or heavy metal.

NONE The noise of man is left in my wake, so I can listen to the music of nature. Roger

Unfortunately, I get to listen to whatever ring tone the person I'm fishing with has on his phone. Over, and over, and over.

I grew up fishing freshwater, the mind set between salt and fresh fishermen is miles apart IMO. In my observation the overwhelming majority of salt fishermen, even the sports minded, are there to take home their catch. I do not see selective harvest, the care for the environment, honoring bag limits if any here in the salt. I won't rag on all them as I do hang with fly fishermen and guys like myself that are there strictly for the sport of it and release about all of their fish. Hard to say whether the fish population is hurt or not, I suppose there may be a difference between migratory fish and resident ones, but I do feel taking too many fish affects the food chain. Every year people take out thousands upon thousands of blue runners, they seem to come back in great numbers every year. On the opposite side Ma & Pa Kettle (that's what we call them) come down from Ohio every year for 3 months, they fish only for sheepshead. They take all legal fish back home with them, they do wonder why they catch less every year, they are not sportsminded c&r freshwater fishermen. I do have a number of people that don't like the fact that I won't give them fish, there are some that I do but I do put a limit on it. As much as I love salt fishing, the care and responsibility is no where on the same level as it is in freshwater. This is what the mullet run can like some days\

According to Aaron Martens all his reels are backed with braid. Maybe he is just delusional and has no idea what he is talking about. I would like to believe there is something to it though since it is coming from him and he is one of the top fishermen on the planet right now.

WTG King, keep your lure wet and good things will happen!!!!!

Congrats on a great day on the water.

I'll put up some pics as soon as I get them off the camera in the meantime the specs on this build: MHX HM DS8515 7'1" Mag Med-Light / X-fast 3/16-7/17 Fuji Torzite Titanium guides in a KR Concept Rapid Choke layout 16/8/5.5/4.5...... Am Tack Aero Comfort Seat (with palm swell) Wraps - Black w/ Metallic Red trim Red Anodized aluminum trim parts Cork Split grip Finished weight 3oz Rod matched to a Stradic Ci4+ 2500 for Shakey Head, spider jigs small tubes.

Geez, maybe the league should drug test the referee's. The terrible calls are going strong.

Wow. That is one heckava deal. Congratulations. Can't help with your supertuning. I am not one who likes to tinker, but absolutely need to learn to clean and properly relube my own reels as I can't afford to pay for Mike's retirement when I can't afford my own. I have a few TD-Zs and a few Daiwa spinning reels, but not the Capricorn. My Daiwa Minispin hasn't been used in years. Not what I would call a reliable reel. I used 4# mono on it, but casting with it left a lot to be desired. Don't think it even works anymore. Among my TD-Zs is a 103ML that is as purchased used. Far as I know no upgrades. Very nice reel. e_bassfisher repaired my used TD-Z 105H. Had it supertuned, Carbontex drag added and bearings upgraded at the same time. No offense to Mike of DVT. Had Mike clean reels before that and he has cleaned some for me since then plus repairing, supertuning and upgrading drag and bearings on a used Curado 51E. Ian is said to be great with Daiwa reels so I gave him a whirl. He is very good......as is Mike. The 105H is now a great little reel. I use it on an older ML HMG as one of my combos for casting 1/4 oz. and less. I think I can safely guarantee you will like the 103H.

I have been chasing the baitfish for a few days with a few fish but nothing of size, like the Brim Reaper I have been trying everything

I fish up until the lake freezes and then through the ice. The year before last the lakes did not ice up so I had the boat out all year. Last year seemed like it iced early and stayed last.

sick combo right there

From the above post, It just goes to show that bass are wolves of the water. Years ago I watch a duck with about 10 little ducklings swim from the bank I was fishing. All of a sudden there was an explosion and one less little duck. When your small you put your life in danger any time you enter the water. There are many things that will eat you. Just yesterday I caught a 12 inch bass and after removing my senko I noticed something sticking out of its throat. With my pliers I pulled out a 8 inch piece of a water snake. The whole snake was probably as big as the fish.

Pretty much all I'm doing now. I have been using a Storm chug a bug 3/8 oz for the last few weeks. Not catching anything too small on them, most fish have been running 20-24", I'm not even into the best Florida bass season. When I switch to a jekbait for example that's when when I'm catching the smaller bass. Without any doubt my favorite way to fish for bass, using it mid day a blue bird skies too. I don't keep records but I wouldn't be surprised over the last 10 years a popper has produced my biggest fish. That said the biggest fish one catches is usually from the lure they use the most, in my case it's the popper.

Jigs catch big fish all across the country. My Pb was caught on a 1/2 oz Jig.

i fish all the ones mentioned and will add if it is night time nothing produces better for me than a black jitterbug...

not another one of these threads, please

Welcome Gia, always good to see another Georgian on here!

welcome from right down the road...

Put me on the water with these: Devil's Horse, Chug Bug and Spook and I'm extremely confident I will catch bass. Old school basser...

Tenkiller is a great place to fish. Nicest lake in oklahoma. You might give some consideration to ft Gibson. It's a pretty underrated lake. Arbuckle is awesome. It's small but it doesn't get a whole lot of pressure. Grand is great to fish on weekdays. Whole lots of fun timber to flip.

Normally I take 1-2 body segments off of a Rage Craw. It will look just like my avatar.

I have more confidence with rage chunk. The added length doesn't do much for me.

I know the pic is terrible. Holding a big fish out at arms length against an open background is the worst possible picture scenario. I did weigh the fish as I do with all my catches over 3 lbs and it was 5lb. The only point of reference I can give you is my hands are pretty decent size and his mouth is dwarfing them.

I usually don't listen to music but if I do it's ussually Mötley Crüe, Jimi Hendrix or tech n9ne!

2 chains!

Slayer

Nothing there's no time for music or to even think. It's me against the fish game on.

And when the wind is from the rear... Ooh boy .