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A 10-5 ate a 1/2 oz Black & Blue Jig & 7 inch Senko trailer (avatar) And a 10-1 toasted a 3/8 oz Scrounger with white Zoom Salty Super Fluke trailer A-Jay

Here it is! The information you've been waiting for! Details, specs, information, availability and pricing regarding the new E6X Rods from G-Loomis! http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/g-loomis-E6X-2815.html

Whacky-rigged Senko - 9lbs 3 oz.

Hope you have a good one my friend. A-Jay

"there will come a day when you have a 7 1/2 foot rod in your hand and you'll wish it was 8 1/2". today was that day. Big O's words rung in my ears all afternoon as i was fortunate enough to have one of the most ridiculous fishing trips in recent memory. 3 fish. over 25 pounds. 7-9, 8-7, and 9-12. and if not for the techiques in the "winch 'em out" videos, i wouldn't have put a one of them in the boat. if you fish nasty places, you owe it to yourself to spend a few minutes with these videos. when THE ONE decides to chomp your bait down in that deep, gnarly timber, you'll be glad you did. here's the pics. i posted the mouth pic to show the hook penetration. Nasty. http://www.ragetail.com/news/rage-videos/

24" / 7.6 lb LMB... ...caught on a Wiggle Wart.

sure man. and i'll post some pics of the rig. i have been tweaking on that thing since December. i have used several versions, each with one difference or another. all have worked and each mutation had it's advantages, but each also had a drawback. i've finally put one together with no apparent weaknesses - at least none that i can see yet. you can use any weight or hook with it and the hookup % is nuts - near flawless. there is no need to describe it, the pics are self-explanatory. one note, the little pieces of plastic you see are elaztech, because they are much more durable than regular plastic. that's important, especially with braid. since taking these pics, i have found that the little piece of elaztech i use to support the screw spring is unecessary - especially with a z-bend hook. all you need is a tungsten flippin' weight of your choice, a rubber band for pegging, your favorite color skirt, an offset worm hook of your choice, your favorite soft plastics, and a screw spring from a swimbait hook. a good rule of thumb is a use a hook a size bigger than you normally would for the given plastic. as far as the fishing goes, i am fishing in and around creek channels and channel intersections with tons of timber - standing and fallen in 10-17 feet of water. the big females are moving back and forth on these channels depending on the conditions. a few decent days and they'll start following the channels into the mouths of coves where they'll eventually spawn. a few bad days and they'll back out to the middle of the lake. they bunch up on concentrations of timber along the channel ditches. these fish seem to want a big profile bait like a jig, but no jig i have ever fished would survive in the places i'm casting. and the last thing i want to have to do is pull on top of a spot piled up with big fish to free a jig. water temps are in the 40's so SLOOOOOW is the ticket. big sticks and braid are an absolutely required, and even then it gets dicey sometimes.

The one with the bulkiest skirt and bulkiest trailer.

Could not break 8lbs! 7 lbs 15 oz Bassassin Tapout Worm 7 lbs 13 oz Rage Tail Recon Worm 7 lbs 11 oz Zoom Super Fluke 7lbs 10 oz Strike King Swim Jig

Largemouth - 9lb 5oz on a Yellow Magic popper 9lb 3oz on a Scrounger jig tipped with a fluke Smallmouth - 5lbs 0oz on a Lucky Craft 128 Jeff

6-4 smallie on a LC Pointer 127 11-2 largemouth on an indigenous swimbat

13lbs on a deps 250 BB trout

Mine was a very short and fat 5.89lb largemouth that thumped a 5/8oz homemade black and blue brush jig with a 3.5" black and blue Zman Batwingz trailer.

Football jig with Baby Rage Tail Craw

My setups-all rods under $49.99 and reels under $99.99. Nothing fancy just stuff that is great quality for the price in my opinion. Spinning Berkley Lightning Rod Shock 6' medium with Quantam Fire 10-vertical Jigging Berkley Lightning Rod Shock 6'6" medium with Quantam Fire 20-small inline spinners/swimbaits Berkley Lightning Rod Shock 7' medium with Quantam Fire 20-shaky heads and small worms Scheels Outfitters IM7 7' medium light with Quantam Fire 15-drop shot Casting Mitchell Fulcrum 6' medium heavy with Quantam Accurist 6.3:1-use in my kayak and close quarter casts Berkley Lightning Rod Shock 6'6" medium with Quantam Accurist 6.3:1-shallow crank/swimbais/Texas rigs Berkley Lightning Rod Shock 7' medium heavy with Bass Pro Shops Bionic 5.3:1 (reel is in mail)-Crankbait Berkley Lightning Rod Shock 7'6" Heavy with Quantam Code 7.0:1-flipping/frogs/umbrella Rigs

aaaaaaand no one likes you

Check out the Zero Gravity Jig. TW has them.

i have had plenty of aprils that weren't as good as january. it would sure be nice if the rest of the year plays out this way. here's a few of the good ones.

The full run down is in the "Show your ride" sticky at the top of the page

Turns out, Massanutten has more than just stocked trout in their ponds. Because who would go to a ski resort and actually ski ? Hopping a 3/16oz Rippin Rap. My first Dwight shaped fish, weighed 2lbs.

This may have been posted, but a search failed to find it..... So this rich guy takes his new dog hunting with his rich pals He lets the dog go, and the dog stops and stomps his paw 3 times Sure enough, 3 birds fly out of the bush Then the dog goes further, stops, and stomps his paw 4 times.. Sure enough, 4 birds fly out of the bush The dog does this all day, and when it was all over, one of the rich hunters says.. I have to have that dog.. How much? The owner thinks and says, 50K! The guy takes out his check book and buys the dog on the spot. Next Sunday he wants to show his new dog off to his other friends He takes the dog out,, and the dog stops.. Then the dog runs over and starts humping the new owners leg Then the dog runs over and picks up a stick and shakes it around The new owner tries and tries again and the dog does the same thing Everyone is laughing at the new owner for spending 50K on the crazy dog Finally, the new owner takes the dog back and demands a refund. He tells the previous owner.. "I sent this dog out and all he does is hump my leg and shake a stick....I want my money back, you cheated me" The previous owner says.. "You big dummy, the dog is saying there are more frikin birds out there than you can shake a stick at"

Florida- largemouth: 6lb 7oz, 24 inches long, skinny bass, huge head... on a storm wildeye live sand eel New York- largemouth: 6lb 1oz, 21 inches long, chunky bass, booyah real gill spinnerbait (limited edition lure)

Slow it down till you feel like you wanna scratch your eyes out.

Happy birthday buddy.

nah, i was not fishing from the bank. but the wind was blowing so hard is was kinda dangerous to be taking pics in the jonboat (might hit a stump and pitch me out ) so i pulled the boat up to the bank to get the pics. and A-Jay you are absolutely right my man. this rig is a conglomeration of ideas i have seen or heard about for years. certainly nothing new here. i definitely didn't invent any of this and don't want anybody thinking i did . there are quite a few mutations of the punch/slither rig out there. i have run the gamut fooling with all of them anywhere from using weighted swimbait hooks to using the sinkers with the collars to using or making skirt hubs. the one i described is not my favorite, but it is definitely the most versatile and something any of the members here can make using stuff they've probably already got. as far as my fishing goes, that's certainly nothing special or new either. it's winter/pre-spawn transition 101. there are several GOOD articles about it here on BR. and that method will work anywhere a person fishes. you can just imagine where the bass are going to spawn and start working your way backwards using known fish "highways" like weedlines, roadbeds, ditches, or creek channels. if these things are not present, then you can look for the first major drop off(s) outside of the spawning areas. anybody can find (and catch) fish using these methods and a variety of baits will work depending on the terrain. the truth is i just lucked into finding a bunch of nice fish back in December and I've been following their movements ever since. i can't always find them like this and when i can, they are not usually this caliber of fish. i have much respect for the guides, pros, and other skilled anglers who can do this consistently with big fish on huge river systems or reservoirs. it's hard enough on the small bodies of water i fish. but finding them that first time is definitely the hardest part. it gets easier from there. really i didn't want this to be about the fish i caught or the baits i was using. i just wanted to encourage folks to discover or revisit the videos and sit at the feet of a master for a few minutes to learn about getting fish out of bad spots. my pics are just proof that the "winch 'em out" tools and techniques really work. when the bite you've always wanted happens in that big brushpile, tree top, or thick grass it's just nice to know you're ready. watch the videos. when you do i promise my fish won't look that big.

Happy Birthday!!

You can get Red Label for $2 more than Mccoy, not really expensive. You would have a lot of line to use as a leader too.

Company's in a court of law say their sorry with money, fishing company's say their sorry by introducing the curado I and the E6X rod! Sounds really good to me, as well...

It cant be easy to get someone into your brand for 200$ starting Croix, powell, fenwick, shimano, diawa and the rest all have good sticks i the 100-200 range. And we all know how awesome those companies rods are once we get inti the 200 range Problem witb loomis right now is the rods dont impress until you get to teh glx. My croix ltb and 13 *** are just as good as the glx for way less money

heaviest : home made 3/8 ounce football jig and Tiny Paca Craw longest : 3/8 ounce Confidence Baits Draggin Head with a 10" Culprit Original Worm

Stupid me googled skinny dipper .

I like the best I can afford of both.

As bad as it sounds, people actually didn't like them because they were made in America. More expensive, less smooth and less refined than others. Since going to China, their product seems to have improved dramatically. I would actually use the apex line(China made and cheaper) as opposed to the elite line (us made).

Outstanding Paul. Three fish that weighed like five fish.

$250-$300 can get you a pretty nice set up if you shop smart and look around. Right now rods in the $150 dollar range are better than they've ever been and the same goes for reels. You will hear a lot of different options because we all have out favorites. So now we need to know what you are going to use it for and I'll give you some examples. For instance, say you want a rod to fish spinnerbaits/buzzbaits, jigs, and worms, what kind of weight baits? Are you going to throw say nothing over 3/8oz in sparse cover or perhaps you'll be fishing 1/2oz and higher in heavy cover, there are a lot of different variables but I'll give you my take. A 6'6" to 7' medium heavy, fast action rod will work great for everything but treble hook lures, I always say that crankbaits, punching, big swim baits and Alabama rigs are the techniques that require a specific type of rod as you can get by with the 6'6"-7' MH-F rod for everything else. If you are going to throw cranbaits and don't want a second rod yet, you can get a 6'6" -7' medium power, fast action rod, it will have enough backbone to drive all but heavy flipping style hooks through the roof of a fish's mouth and still have enough forgiveness to fight a fish hooked on trebles without yanking them out but there are going to be sacrifices. This type of rod isn't going to be great in anything over moderate cover and the baits are going to be limited to 1/2oz spinnerbaits, 3/8oz if there are Colorado blade on it, 3/8oz jigs with a trailer, and crankbaits that dive no deeper than 6' to 8' but it can work. A lot of anglers use medium power fast action rods as technique specific rods for weightless plastics and square bill cranks but they are pretty versatile, so figure out what you are going to use and then go from there to pick out a set up.

Academy has the h2o express crankbait rod for $59, if you wait until their rod riot I think you can get it for $39. It's a great rod for the price.

LOL at people who use the word "investment" to describe fishing gear. Other than super high end JDM collectables and antique tackle, fishing stuff is a money pit that only goes down in value with use..................including the fancy $70K boats. The word you looking for is "spend" not invest.

New swimbait/inshore reel

Well here are a few tips that I was given when I got into trying swimbaits from a respected member. 1- buy baits that are proven to work 2- only buy a few and learn those inside/out 3- don't get discouraged. Leave your other rods at home and only take your swimbait setup.

Better reels make fishing more fun!

I'm a boat owner again! Man it was a rough season with nothing but a johnboat but I finally found the right one. Had to drive almost to Wisconsin to get it but it was worth the drive for the deal I got on it. 2012 189 Stratos VLO with a 150 Mercury Optimax Pro XS, 80lb Maxxum, dual side imaging/down imaging/mapping Garmins are in route for it. The previous owners used it less than 6 times, I put more miles on the trailer hauling it home than it had on it. More than a little pumped up about it.

My buddy just went there to snowboard he showed me a map of the place and I was like oohh look there's a pond lol

Yeah if you have a beef with a company you need to take it up with them, not complain about it on here. LOCKDOWN!

Lol...maybe ya shoulda went sooner And unless you are dropping north of 20k a year there they arent missing much by you shoppping elsewhere.

Sounds like these reels (DC) models have come a long way since ***, so many reels to choose from, I may have to create my own lottery to help decide.. No wait, I can ask the wife!

Yeah - the DC reels are pretty cool. I had my Calcutta 100DC reel on the water today - casting crankbaits right into strong wind gusts. No worries mate !

Mine is on the way to paired with a Megabass X4 Destruction! Although I can't do anything with it until ice melts smh.

Fairly even; to me, for bass fishing, the rod may have a slight edge. Any technological/mechanical item of exceptional high quality and durability gives to the user a great and lasting pleasure that is hard to put into words. The sublime pleasure of lightweight power and smoothness. The beauty of perfect fit and finish. The pride of ownership. Admittedly, the mere perception of quality greatly enhances the effect, and such pleasing effect often exceeds the utilitarian effectiveness of the device. So, go for it.

Depends on the technique. Rod when sensitivity matters and reel for everything else.

Well, gotta start somewhere. 1989 Cajun 16.5 feet. Has a Johnson 70 on it. 2 stroke. As far as the fuel do I put gas in the tank and then add two stroke oil to it directly in the tank spout? Or does it have a tank just for that itself? I found online a 70 Johnson 1989 takes 2.5oz to 1 gallon of the marine 2 cycle. Does that indicate the first option I mentioned?