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My dad or my grandfather. Because neither can fish anymore and we had great memories fishing when I was a kid.

Probably at least a couple dozen Bass Resource Members! Why? Why not!

All this snow is giving me withdrawals so bad that sometimes I just need to get them out to look at. Hit the Chicagoland Expo last weekend and looking forward to the show in Madison at the end of the month.

None of them, famous bass fishermen don't impress me too much. I'd rather fish with guys from here, or my buddies. My dream day of bass fishing is when my kids get old enough/interested enough to want to spend the entire day fishing with their old man. At ages 6 and 11, I have learned to not push it much past the first few "daddy can we go now" , I don't want them to hate it.

I ordered a bunch of skirt tabs online and got some great jig heads from @cadman and have been wire tying a couple here and there. I really like these 3 here that cover my go-to colors, let me know what you think!

Now That's Exactly what I'm Talk'in about. A-Jay

Well, you can´t pull up STRUCTURE, you can pull out cover but structure, nah, I don´t think you can.

I'm a legend in my own mind........does that count?

Larry Dahlberg

Catt ~ but only at Night . . . . . A-Jay

Look at Megabass's I Slide 185 Megabass Length Weight Class I-Slide 185 7-1/4" 2oz *See Note Below *Action is dependent upon water temperature: 50°F - Slow Sinking 55.5°F- Suspending 59°F - Slow Floating 68°F - Floating The water temp has a big influence on this bait's characteristics. Same goes with a lot of suspending and slow floating baits. Also if you changed your stock hooks out with something heavier, then that will also change the baits bouyancy.

Maybe I would do poorly in this tournament your fishing, but in 50 degree water, with wind, during the pre-spawn period...............the last thing I would be doing is trying to eeek out bites on finesse presentations in deep water.

Not a single day but a buddy and I had a terrific 4 day fishing trip to the White River below Bull Shoals, Bull Shoals, and Beaver Lake a few years ago. We caught brown and rainbow trout, walleye, largemouth, smallmouth, and spotted bass, stripers, white bass, and wipers. I caught new PB's for Brown Trout, walleye, and striper. Probably had a new PB spotted bass too but I didn't weigh it. My buddy caught his new PBs for Striper, smallmouth, and wiper. It was just an incredible trip and we seemed to catch fish everywhere we went.

My best days was several years ago (before my camera carrying days unfortunately). I was all alone on a cold January day on a power plant lake in Kansas not catching much when couple seagulls started diving off a shallow point. I didn't have anything figured out so I motored over and saw a few shad flicking and a couple small swirls under them. Figured they were white bass so I fired a Strike King King Shad across the point. A short ways into the retrieve, a 7lb 2oz largemouth slammed into the bait. A few cast later, one over 6 crushed it, then the wipers joined in. By the end of the day I had a 5 bass limit that went 30lb 2oz with a 5lb "small" fish, plus 40 wipers over 4 pounds, all on that King Shad. This is what the bait looked like after 1 day of fishing it (with new hooks added).

My buddy barely set the hook and I netted as he came off hook. 20.5" , hair over 4'

I only get to do it once a year, but these guys are a lot of fun to fish with: My daughter just started high school so I'm on borrowed time with here. This was 4 years ago.

.500 S&W magnum fireballs are impressive to be sure..

I agree. From strike transmission, to ability to come through brush, to confidence in plastic presentation, I much prefer the swing jig.....but more important, I'd never realized that Shawn Grigsby could be Glenn's brother

No comparison

All good smallie baits mentioned. I'll give a second to two: the fat ika and tiny torpedo are very productive for me.

Probably the best worm fisherman to ever pick up a rod IMO, something tells me you may have spent some time on the water with this feller... hhmmmmm,

New boats in at the dealer

If y'all wanna learn how to locate productive water quickly no one is better than Larry Nixon...not even KVD!

Denny Brauer! One of my all time favorite hero's of bass fishing! (Not Ike! Never)

Denny Brauer and Mark Zona were the first two I thought of when I opened this thread. Brauer Bass Battles with Denny and his son Chad was my favorite fishing show, I really miss it. I'd also like to fish with Mike D from Lunkerville. I'm betting he knows WAY more about fishing than he lets on during the show.

I would learn tons from any of them, but, I can't imagine a pro that'd be more fun to fish with than Swindle.

You didnt say bass fishing . My best day of fishing was on Mark Twain lake .It was July and I found a large school of catfish on the depth finder out on an offshore flat . I caught a bunch of shad with a casting net and dropped them in a cooler full of ice , I've done this before . I dont try to keep the shad alive just keep them as fresh as i can . I anchored there , from about 6 o'clock until 2 in the morning,.catching channels and blues . If I went more than a couple of minutes without a bite then the bait was already gone . No giant fish were caught but lots of 5 to 10 lbers .The fish never did stop biting . On a side note I was using my running lights for illumination .I had an extra white light in the bow in place of the red green one . A Great Blue Heron appeared out of the darkness and lit in the bow of my boat , I was fishing from the stern. Scared the crap out if me .

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After getting used to the trolling motor, I doubt you'll be leaving it home much. On flat, calm days you'll do fine. But on breezy days you're going to spend more time paddling to hold position, unless you anchor, or use a good size wind anchor. You an also back it into the shoreline vegetation to hold it in place, but it's you'll still spend less time casting when you do not use the trolling motor. I've had the trolling motor fizzle out. It only took a few minutes to appreciate how much of an advantage it actually provided. If you're going to mix exercise with fishing, that's one thing. But if you're primarily interested in fishing, you cannot beat the trolling motor.

I bet it would get smacked if you waked it slowly across the surface like a Redfin.

I still use pistol grip rods for fishing close quarters and from small boats and canoes. I find close quarter casting is more accurate with the short pistol grips.

I'm going with Hank Parker.He seems like someone who would want to fish with anyone.His shows are enjoyable because he always seems to genuinely have fun.He also seems to fish common lakes more with success other than stocked ponds.That being said Dance would probably be second,even though he does seem to fish more private well stocked fisheries.

I've heard Hackney speak out against it to, but he was pretty diplomatic about it and stated a couple times that because there are no rules against it you can't fault anyone for doing it. Rick Clunn had the best take on it. Regardless of how good a fisherman you are, the guy with the card is going to beat you most the time. If a cove has 30 docks the average guy has to fish every dock to find fish. The guy with the card zooms in, fishes the two that hold fish and is out of there. I love KVD and I'm a spinnerbait disciple because of him, but if you're not on the cutting edge you get left behind.

For those that missed the live one, here's the uploaded version.

D Fiene Here's the pics. This is an 8ft Talon of the older style. The boat is a 2013 Predator 2010 with the IPS2 hull which is the same style hull as the ProV Bass. Because the way the tilt bracket is designed, the lever will dig into the top of the transom if you don't use a spacer. You will need to put a spacer in between the tilt bracket and the transom. Minn Kota recommends using their 6" setback bracket. I used a cutting board. I hard wired the talon to the battery but Minn Kota sells a quick disconnect plug to make it easier to remove from the boat. If you travel with the boat a lot and are worried about the places you stay, using the electrical quick connects along with the quick connect bolts, you can have the Talon off the boat in a minutes time and bring it in the hotel room with you. The standard mounting bolts allow the talon to come off in under 5 minutes which is why I purchased security locks, which are similar to wheel locks. The Talon has been on the boat since 2013

Do you have a Garmin with SideVu? If so, post some screen shots with at least 100' of bottom coverage in less than 2' depths. While you are producing those screen shots, include some in water over 20' deep with no water column displayed on SideVu that would make it a good SAR tool. You may convince me to try one.

Boom!! Picked er up a really nice 14' center console today for $225. She ain't aluminum but she's also got a ton of stuff I couldn't have gotten in an aluminum body and she also doesn't need a floor either. Can't wait to make the removable front rod holder and put a new seat in 'er.

Texas rig weightless . Use a flat worm like the Yum Swurm . It will go through it . Guarantee it . I fish it in slimey , snotty moss mixed with duck weed and catch a lot of big bass doing it . I plop it right on top . sometimes i can plop it in place , drives the bass wild . I use a big heavy flipping hook . It adds a little weight for casting and it has to be strong enough to pull in a 7 pound bass with several lbs of weeds .

Thought id give a shout out to both of these company's, one with is in Japan and the other is in Australia. I have ordered from both and both were Dirt cheap Cheaper than I see stuff going for used on the flea market! and both reels I bought we recived in a week or less. I would give them both 5 out of 5 star...

I'm not sure why it blows your mind. It's pretty common for people to fish what they know, and avoid the rest. Meaning if you walk up to a pond and notice structure (wood, lily pads, tires etc) you are probably going to fish that first. If you take that away, you are fishing blind and having to basically fan cast and move around to locate what the fish are relating too. On a crowded pay lake that can be difficult. Look at it as less people in your way and new learning opportunities for you.

fast will work fine.

There is now, a blood test for prostate cancer. My doctor told me that it is so accurate, that if you have the test and it is clear, you never have to have the "digit test" ever again. Unless you want the "digit test"...not that there's anything wrong with that... We have two in my office that go once per week. He doesn't understand how the doctor does it with both hands on his shoulders. He just figures "he's the doctor, he knows best."

One late summer evening trip out on the Upper Potomac last year. Pulled in smallies all afternoon long. Nothing big but it was a blast. Weather was perfect, only ones out on the water. Remember pulling in my last smallie of the day (biggest of the day too, 17") with this awesome sun set going on. Ended up just floating for a few taking it in. Awesome day.

I have had too many "best day ever's" to remember. But there's a few that stick out, not because they were/are better than other days I have , but because they have caught me off guard, and happened out of the blue.............or more like, I was in the "right place at the right time" for this to happen, and I have rarely been able to duplicate it since. #1..........Late April, a few years ago..........pre-spawn largemouth fishing was already good that day, I was hitting my usual spots, and pretty much calling my shots, when without warning one of the strongest south winds I have ever been in kicks up out of nowhere without so much as a light breeze before hand as a warning. I was at the extreme north end of the lake, the boat launch is at the south end, and this wind turned my little 3 mile long lake into the Atlantic ocean. I tuck in behind a tree line, to "wait it out" and while I am there figure...........what the heck, might as well make a few casts. Well for the next hour or so, I catch a bass on dang near ever cast in an area no bigger than my living room on a lipless crankbait. And they were all 2.5-4.5 lbers, then the clouds broke, the wind let up, and it was over just like that. #2.............Also late April, probably a year or two before incident #1...........I was struggling bad one evening after work. Nothing was working, and I was about to go home possibly skunked. Just as the sun was setting I pulled up on a main lake point, whipped a football jig out to the bank, and slowly started to drag it back. As soon as that jig "fell" off the point into deep water a decent bass just about ripped the rod out of my hand............cool, at least I am not skunked.........next cast, same thing, and then this went on every cast, for the next 1/2 hour to 45mins until the sun had finally set and was dark. Once that sun was gone, so was the bite. #3................Late June/Early July a few years ago, I just launched the boat and a splash under a tree in the shade at the boat launch got my attention. I put the trolling motor down went over by the tree just in time to see another splash. A bird, landed on a grass mat just outside the shade line and a bass blew up on it, I picked my frog rod up, started whipping it around on the mats in the area and in the next 20 mins had 2 20lb five fish limits without ever starting the outboard. And about as soon as it started, it was over. Now, I have caught plenty of fish, and had good days on all these spots before and since, so this was not new to me, but these were just some of those "lightning in bottle" moments that have happened over the years.

Missouri (and other states) have a good number of jets boats running in rivers too shallow for propeller driven motors. The wake from these boats is causing the damage. Nobody said the wake from prop boats don't do damage. The jet boats are going where no power boats ever went before.

It don't have much to brag about sitting on the trailer, but makes a hellava statement when it leaves the NO WAKE area when I have one of my fun motors on it. Never have been into the bling, if it's nice and purrty, you don't want to put in some of the place you need to be. Like these people with these jacked up, fancy 4WD trucks and won't drive it off road or though the bushes because it might get dirty or scratched. Me, I drive a 4WD because I can use it to go through places I can't or wouldn't walk.

What's your water temp? They ones I have do float, but raise slowly and they have a very tight kick. Look at the width of the top of the bait, there isn't much there. The tight vibration and wiggle is the action it's supposed to have. But the water temp will make a difference on how fast it floats up.

I fished a bunch of events as a co-angler several years ago and it is definitely worth the experience. While you run the risk of getting paired with some guy that is a jerk, the vast majority are great people willing to help you grow as an angler. I learned to be more effective with a Carolina rig and some great Swim jig techniques during my time as a co-angler. I would recommend giving it a try.

I have read all the replies and i'm shocked! Come on you guys, the OP asked if you could. I have seen posts where a lot of you have given some great information on different techniques and doled out some superior fishing wisdom. I do believe Catt could bet him on Toledo Bend. i also think SpeedBead (sp) could get some pigs with his swimbait prowess and I know AJ and Hootie have caught some huge fish over the last couple years. Tom seems like he has the SoCal area locked down tight and he has caught lots of DD fish. Heck even some of the newer fisherman on the forum could do it. I know he's a pro but so what. On any given day...... In my humble opinion, i think that there are anglers out there that pursue this crazy hobby with passion but don't care about tournaments and making money doing it. I hope that several of you could and would do it. I would watch and I wouldn't root for KVD or any other pro against one of the non-pro BassResource members.