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Either this jig bite, Or this A rig bite.

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Last week 00mod & I pulled the trigger on a spur of the moment 4 ½ day trip to our favorite Big Bass Lake on the planet, and once again Lake Baccarac Lodge in Mexico did not disappoint. Our guide Manual (Mexico’s Best), had us on good bass at our very first spot and the action was hot & heavy for our entire trip. Jigs, scroungers and flukes were our go to baits and the super charged Lake Baccarac Bass were in an feeding mood. Now I’ve heard stories about how there are times on this lake when it’s a bass on every cast but until this trip I’d not experienced it. However during several extended periods of both our morning & afternoon sessions, it was literally a bass on every cast with well over 400 hundred 2-4 lb bass coming to the boat in 4 ½ days of fishing. It was a little nuts, but in a good way. The last two days of this epic trip, the really big bass that this lake is known for began to feed. Jeff & I both landed several bass between 5 and 7 pounds along with 8, 9 and 10 pound trophies. A few of my favorite pictures appear below and I’m sure 00 mod will have something to add as well. I’ve said this before but I’m going to say it again, if you have the opportunity, this place is really special. I highly recommend it. A-Jay

C'mon... You have plenty of business savy. Do you think putting 100-200 bucks back into a family budget each month might be a net positive for the overall economy?

Myth, Internet experts are real experts? Just because a guy makes a lot of posts and loves to use key words like location, structure, and patterns does not mean the guy is legit. Every message board has one or a couple of these guys and usually a lot of members buy into it and praise them for there knowledge . These guys love to recycle info that they have read in some fishing magazine to try and make themselves sound like great and knowledgeable fisherman. No pictures, no video, no real info = internet expert.

...others have a completely different experience and opinion. That statement is so true. Isn't it great to have so many options available? I suggest people experiment several different lines. For the past year or so I have been fishing a number of brands: Seaguar Red Label, InvizX, AbrazX, Tatsu and Kanzen; TUF-Line Heavy Core, Tournament 8 and Supercast; Izorline, Sniper and Sunline Super Natural, Berkley NanoFil and P-Line CXX. So, part of this was using sponsored line and the rest just to have a "hands-on" experience with these other lines. I have stated my opinions, BUT "your results will vary".

Here's a recent Fatty ~ She was a small tilapia over 10lbs ~ Didn't measure the girth but really should have. A-Jay

https://www.google.com/search?q=truck+springs&biw=684&bih=451&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=GkyIVI-PIMKWyATM2YKAAw&ved=0CFQQsAQ#tbm=isch&q=coil+springs

It's defiantly from people using auto-correct...

Anyone ever taken a fishing vacation to go to Kansas??? We have blistering hot summers, sub zero temps in winter, a full days drive from the closest ocean, very limited fish species to pursue, limited bodies of water to fish and almost all the good ones are heavily pressured, and the state couldn't care less about bass anglers. We may not be the worse, but KS has to be close. Best I would probably go with Texas. Lots of huge lakes along with smaller bodies of water, all capable of producing monster bass. It gets hot but it never gets really cold so I'll take that trade off. Tons of saltwater fishing opportunities, not to mention lakes with great crappie, stripers, catfish, and monster alligator gar.

Endurances are $119 right now on TW. You won't be disappointed with a 723. The Tatula is a good rod too though. Maybe you were just expecting more.

Ha ha! Yep, I are a Seahawks fan! Not a bandwaggoner either. I was at the first Seahawk game back in 1976, and have been a fan ever since. Too bad the RGIII vs. Russell Wilson conversation hit the editing room floor (Mike is a big Redskins fan). That was a good one!

Good news folks! The Official Unofficial 2015 Bass Resource Road Trip will be held at Toledo Bend on March 18th thru 23rd. It will be held at the Fin & Feather Resort on Housen Bay. It is not a tournament, but we will have a biggest Bass contest. You are all invited. Go to the General Bass Fishing page to locate the Official Unofficial thread.

This one is easy Florida is the best, and Indiana is the worst. OK, so it's not quite that easy, and obviously this is a pretty subjective subject, as every state has its share of good waters and bad. However, I did run an analysis a couple years back where I tried to determine this exact thing. It's not perfect, but it at least puts some factual numbers out there for discussion. What I did was use the FLW Outdoors BFL divisions from across the country to help eliminate variability and be able to compare "apples to apples" as best I could. One organization with 24 tournament divisions all being run under the same set of rules. I used the full field from each of the first 4 events (excluded the Super Tournament since it was a 2-day event with a cut that eliminated much of the field of anglers), and then calculated the percent of each field that weighed in a 5-fish limit for that event. Did that for all 4 events, then average across those events to get a ranking of the overall "best" fishing waters (by state), and the worst. Here is how they all shook out when done. Just for kicks, I even went so far as to compare the percentage of the field in the Elite Series events (same year) over the first two days (previous to any cuts). I figured if they were Elites, they should have better percentages overall than the lower BFL divisions. Sure enough, they topped all BFL divisions pretty easily. You could argue that they should though, because they intentionally try and put them on the best waters at the best times. Again, not a perfect way to compare, but a fun set of numbers to play with and argue over - LOL. -T9

I see you live in Florida....

There is a very good video with Ned Kehde, check it out, it will answer a lot of question about the Ned Rig. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/147809-ned-rig/ I use two different setups based on the weight I want to throw. St.Croix Rage 6'10"ML/XF 20lb PP slick 8, 6lb FC leader. St. Croix LTB 6'10"M/XF 20lb PP Slick 8 6lb FC leader. I usually throw either a 3/32 or 1/8 oz head with a ZMAN TRD or Zinkerz cut in half. Have also used the Hula Stikz and Hag's Tornado with good success.

Did a lot of spybaiting this year, and it worked out well.

At least he roots for his hometown team. I'm a Dallas fan in a sea of Bills/Jets/Gints fans.

Noise happens

Majority of the time its T-Rig= 1/4 oz Jig=3/8 oz I will ligten up if the bite is tough.

Looks like I am upgrading!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you fishing shallow around wood or any cover? If so I might bump it up to twelve.

But what about that dude on the Bass College (I think it's called that) on Youtube? He tears it up in Delaware.

How was the fight with that one? I'd love to get one like that!

Every time I look at new content on bassresource.com and see this thread, I think it's about auto parts. Here in the northeast, it's time to think about taking off your regular windshield wipers and replacing them with snow and ice resistant winter wipers for the season. :-) Tight lines, Bob

Very nice fish guys, I miss Cumberland fishing, in the late 90's it was a great fisherie, now that they have completed the work on the dam, I'm hoping to get another chance at some 20 pound fish. You KC guys are like the fishing mafia! Lol...

Wipers are a blast. You are lucky to have such a prolific wiper fishery near you, Bluebasser86. Here in Indiana, they used to stock them pretty regularly in our flood control reservoirs, and the populations on some lakes got pretty good. However, about 10 or 12 years ago, they found out that hybrids can backcross with white bass, so the state stopped stocking them in all waters that held any naturally occurring whites. Only a couple waters left that they continue to stock, and all more than a 90 minute drive or greater. You still get a few big ones every now and then from those waters though. I've only caught four this year, but they were all double digit fish, the largest at just under 15 pounds. A private lake near me just stocked another 1,000 this year, so hoping that they grow big and fat over the next few years, though it will never be anything like what you guys are experiencing right now.

You are definitely right there, down south has some great fishing around st george and lake powell, to bad its about 5-6 hour drive for us northern guys.

Northen Utah can be pretty tough for bass, lakes are over fished and people will take out big femails like its nothing they dont care. Plus the northern park of the state seems to be only interested in garbage trout, they wont put any money into warm water hatcherys, good thing idaho is only about an hour and half away, way better fishing and not nearly as many people.

All I can say is ....... Icast 2015

That price point for reels is the same as the $100 price point for rods. A lot of competition has numerous companies putting out quality products. What one person likes more than another usually has more to do with personal preference, or what they have experience with. I have some Lew's SS reels that cost $90. They are darn good for the money. I could use them for many years and be just fine. But I'd be lying if I said I knew they were the best. I haven't tried a lot of other reels in that price range. I have quite a bit of experience with the BPS Pro Qualifiers, and personally like the Lew's better. I have picked up a lot of reels in that price range, and feel that some of the companies that excel in higher end equipment don't feel like they provide as much value at the lower price-point, but I don't have enough on the water experience to say. I just know I wouldn't buy those reels based on how they feel in my hand.

you can fish year round up there......and even drive you vehicle on the lake. Yeah it maybe cold, have to drill your way to water, but you can stil fish.....lol

Megabass X-pod by far

NY and NY. There's just about any kind of fishing you could want, world class smallies, but you gotta put up with winter.

VA has great variety for bass fishing, while we may not have the biggest or the most, we do have a little bit of everything. We have big rivers with smallies like the James, New, and Shenandoah, countless stocked trout reservoirs/lakes (If super smart trout-eating bass are your thing), many of which are in the mountains, big impoundments like Anna, Gaston, SML, tidal water like the Potomac, James, Chickahominy, tons of smaller reservoirs and lakes, and even Briery Creek with florida strain LMB. I think I would get bored having to fish similar locations all the time, nice to have plenty of options.

I would be inclined to say Klein tools, but knowing you it's named after your underwear, as in Calvin.

I started with a BPS Graphite Musky Rod 7'6"MH with a Cardiff 300. Reel....$110, rod....$60. Well lets just say it has performed well although I did buy a Lexa 300. Can throw the 68's all the way up to the 10" Mattlures Dead Twitch. But if you're looking at just throwing he 68's and the U2's I'd find a H action 7'3" to 7'6" and use that with a regular reel. I throw a 68 on a 7'6"MH older Bionic rod with a BPS Extreme reel and it handles it fine.

My first confidence lure was a smaller floating minnow by rapala. Jerk it down, let it float back up or close to the surface, jerk again, maybe twice. Sometimes let it sit there on the surface. Was an absolute bass killer anywhere I tried but they did tend to be smaller. such a fun bait to use and caught a lot of pan fish using it as well.

Cute little thing. You should buy a cat to serve as his bodyguard.

Sold my Crucial and picked up a Dobyns Champ 705cb glass (fast) for all my moving and vibration baits. Aaaaaaaand this beaut. The Bait monkey hath struck again. SO incredibly stoked to complete my dream rod trifecta, save for one reel left to swap out.

Start watching at around 2:50

We also know spotted owl is great barbequed! It tastes just like Eagle!

Is it March yet?

Snug as a jig in a rug... Got my Siebert's order today, AWESOME! The quality of these jigs are Quality 1. The ones on the right are Arkys in Blue Craw and Black/Blue. The ones on the right are swim jigs in Bluegill, Sunfish and Bumble bee. Now to start ordering some of those fancy Cosmic Spinner baits... MONKEY GET THE BANANA OUT OF MY BRAIN!

oh no, please don't tell me this is a $20 bait, I NEED one lol

Acquired these over the last couple of weeks from various bait monkey sellers on Ebay. Risto Raps...some people hate them, but I love them...I call them my Shad Raps on steroids.

I put my buddy in yesterday and he found rocks and never let go. RIP

I fish Inviz X

For the money seaguar inxizx or sunline sniper For more money seaguar tatsu!

Baitcast 15lb - 20lb : Seaguar InvizX