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After working hard & saving his money my grandson Aiden (Bayou Boy) Savant purchased his first combo all on his own! Lew's® Laser TXS & 6'6" MH Fast

Sure, why not.

"Knowledge is the key to fishing success" - Buck Perry

^^^ There are also freaks of nature, like @A-Jay and @everythingthatswimswho I think catch fish every time they go out.

Every once in awhile, you need to get back to basics and hit a farm pond to get your confidence back .

The Dredger is quickly becoming my new best friend........and the WP 110

Some have the erroneous idea that I only fish reserviors created by a dam impounded river valley. I fish 4-5 days a week mostly off the bank on bodies of water that most don't even believe hold bass. You need to understand that next after location is timing; just because you don't get bite does not mean the bass aren't there or you tied on the wrong lure. While all bass in a given body of water are not doing the same thing at the same time the overall population is. The overall population maybe be actively feeding in the morning or at midday or in the evening or at night. Having limited access means I slow down, not necessarily meaning fishing slow techniques but covering the entire water column. I carry 3 rods; topwater, mid depth, & bottom. Lures are dealers choice, what ever you have the most conference in. I do not move one step until I've thrown all three.

@Looking for the big one When I do get skunked, I usually know that the odds of it are high before I go. This would be fishing in horrible conditions (flood/mud/COLD), or when I go looking for a big one armed with my telephone pole and pet trout. Getting skunked is pretty rare for me once water temps hit maybe 48, I don't think I have been skunked this year since March. I have definitely come close a couple times. I catch a lot of fish but I also have 2 or 3 fish days on occasion. As for fishing public access points, I RARELY do this. The fish that live there see every bait under the sun, lots of live bait too usually, and often they see the bottom of a cooler or bucket. Typically on large lakes and rivers, bank fishing just isn't going to get you in front of many fish unless there is a lot of access and you can move around. So I would suggest fishing smaller waters, try to go where others don't, and fish the places with a large number of access points. Also, go back where you have already been, and expand on what you did, especially if you had success.

To each their own but I never have and never will

both length citations.

Live bait doesn't get much press these days cuz crawlers picked from your yard and crawdads caught from a creek don't sponsor any pros or buy adds on the internet.

Great way to start the day

Everyone who's ever wet a line has gotten skunked multiple times. They're a liar if they tell you any different. Just keep at it. And remember, a bad day fishing beats a good day doing anything else.

Worth or Sampo, these are the best two on the market bar none. The Spro you have will be better than the Matzuo and I say that based on how poor their QC is when it comes to their hooks.

New toy, 2017 with the 3.5 Ecoboost, 10 speed trans.

Didn't have very much time to fish last night, actually debated not even going. I'm glad I made the decision to go. Caught 6 5 of which were keepers including these two big girls

So, I'm relatively new to fishing and have started going every day after work since I get out a couple hrs before my girlfriend. We sometimes go in the evenings after she gets home, and usually at some point during the weekend. Here recently. Last month, month and a half, I started to get serious about it due to restrictions that arose for me in my other hobby/addiction whatever u wanna call it. It's pretty common for us not to catch anything for days, even over a week. We do all our fishing from the bank, like parks, lakes, rivers, usually a boat ramp or some other highly pressured access point for fishing. We wear out Google earth and usually spend roughly a day in the weekend checking spot off the list. The success I do have is all from info taken off the internet, and applied as best I can since all of our friends are jeep friends, not fishing friends. No one to turn to for advice, if u know what I mean. I see posts on social media, YouTube, and other fishing or "news feed" type apps of people always slaying fish. Whether from shore or boat, don't matter. I get a boat give u all kinds of access, and things like fish finders offer a huge advantage, but I usually strike out. Doesn't really slow me down, I still enjoy the fishing part even without the catching part, but I'd like to see better results. Today and yesterday, for example, Fish wr busting out of the water everywhere. As close as I couldn't see through the water n e more, to all the way across the lake. Tried everything, and got nothing. So I'm here to try and improve on that. Sorry for the long winded post. I usually avoid creating them.

Cayuga Lake: where the zebes grow ON THE MILFOIL!

A great morning on Squam Lake

I do most of my fishing from the bank, I fish at a private lake and a public lake. However, You are limited by the space you can fish from. A little bit ago i was informed a lake just down the road from me i thought was public was private. One day i was fishing there not bothering anyone when a group of three guys walk up to me and asked me if i caught anything. I told them no and after that they said you do know the lake is private right?, Meaning you can't fish or be here without permission right? I told them i wasn't aware of that and apologized and said how sorry i was. I was really upset at this because this lake is very close to my house and for someone who doesn't really have a way to get around all that much it really sucked. I told them to please let me pack up my things and i'd be gone. Before i could go and do that they stopped me and said look the owner personally gave me permission to be here and fish i'm going to tell you what i tell everyone who comes here, You may fish here but only if you fallow these simple rules. 1. You are respectful to everyone on this lake and this goes for the house owners and people on the lake, You have just as much right to be here as they do. 2.You are quiet. 3.Don't leave trash/items/etc behind and clean up after yourself. If you can do all of those things you are more than happy to fish here heck even go out on a boat and fish. If anyone saids you cannot be here tell them "name" gave you permission and you'll be fine. I guess it worked out for me in the end but i'm a bit hesitant to go there now not sure i can really trust this guy. I now only fish at my public lake that gets fished all the time by large group of people/tourist people or locals. When i go there some or no body there most the time and the bass are really finicky about what they'll eat on that lake. But i'm happy just catch at least one.

My daughter didn't mind. I have a picture of myself kissing one from when I was younger, so she wanted to do it too.

I use buzzbaits and dont set the hook on sound , I wait untilI can feel them . Sometimes carp get spooked by the buzzbait and they make a big commotion .

Their hooks are the main reason I wouldn't trust their swivels.

Fished Mousam lake in Maine yesterday you might say it was a great day to fish, Over a dozen including this chunky one.

There really isn't much a green sunfish won't attack. One of my favorite local lakes has so many shad that the sunfish get a pass from the predator fish, which makes them very bold I guess. Jigs, 10" worms, bladed jigs, buzzbaits, doesn't matter they attack it. The swimbait biters are the worst though.

Matzuo is generally thought of as cheap, knockoff products. Never used their swivels, but I wouldn't put a lot of trust in them. Spro on the other hand, obviously has a well known and proven product.

I don't even like eating cooked fish, let alone kissing a live one.

You're too modest A-Jay. Been watching some of your recent smallie videos, man those were some chunks.

It always seems like everyone else is slaying them. Same as how it seems like everybody on Facebook is having tons of fun that you aren't. It's not that you never have fun, or that you never catch fish, it's just that out of all the people online, 2 or 3 are going to have caught fish and post about it, or have something fun to share on FB. So day after day you see those fish and think your not keeping up, or that your life is boring :). Don't get discouraged, the LMB fishing around me is slooooow, every place that has LM is crazy pressured, or private property. I haven't caught a LM in 3 outings. The heat is not helping either. I try to get a fix wading in creeks and rivers for smallmouth, until I get my boat done, then it's game on . You might try going out in the evening into night, or early in the morning.

Bone has worked great for me in Super Spook Jr. or One Knocker.

Let's not forget...

White and black is all you need

I have caught far more fish on a Zoom Super Fluke than a MB and LC jerkbait combined.

I look for one with a white belly, and something with some contrast that I can see easily in the water, during low light. Spooks are more about the walking action and silhouette than actual color.

What difference does it make.? Guys use live bait all the time.

@TxHawgs Here's just a small amount of Information. I'm in contact with a true P70 aficionado and he Is going to send me some Information. Here's what I know: 1. The one knocker(lead ball) Pop R's were made from '76-'78 and a special run In 1984. The P70 and P65 were the only pop r's with the lead. 2. There are three sizes of the pop r: P70 is 3 1/8 the P65 is 3" and the P60 Is 2 1/2. The P 60's had no ball or brass or stainless steel balls. They(Rebel) eventually went to stainless steel In all pop r's. I have no Idea why the decision was made to abandon the lead ball but hopefully my contact can provide that Information. 3. Eventually Rebel(Pradco) started having their baits sent to El Salvador. The one Interesting thing about that. Rebel(Pradco) didn't have the pop r's completely made down there, they sent the blanks to be painted. My personal opinion Is they did a great job with the paint. There are some really special colors from there. As for Pradco selling out the pop r. That simply Is NOT true. The Pop R Is an original Pradco design. I will add to this when I know more.

I've never known a whole lot of Bass kissers! However; I have known quite a few A$$ kissers!

Thank you Sir! I got way more out of my time in the military than what I gave, I can tell you that!

I think everyone has gotten skunked fishing at some point. I will say the Ned rig has saved the day for me, more days than I can count. It may not always produce the biggest fish, but it will get bites when nothing else does.

I traded my dx 703c in. I was pretty disappointed with how light a rating it was. The rod is no where near a medium heavy, its too light for anything other than a weightless plastic. I now have a dx 744 and 745 for Texas rigs and jigs, respectively. If you don't want to go with the 7'4" rods, then I would get the 704 for sure.

They have always been the best for bulk order's of hooks. Allen

Rollincoal, this is primarily a bass fishing forum so I will assume you are inquiring about catching bass. My 1st questions are usually to inquire about what type of fishing tackle do you use? You will get location, location, location is the only thing you need to know, which is true, but I like to advise lures and techniques based on the type of rod, reel, line you currently use. Tom

i only kissed one bass. it was and still is my pb. even my dog licked it

You should see the yellow perch that come out of that place. Surprised @deep didn't put up a picture of a length citation of one of them!

Believe it or not, I've had decent luck with my saltwater spook jr in the mullet color. Like others said, it's less about color and more about action. Keep in mind, all they see is the belly.

Yes, bass do enjoy manna from heaven occasionally.

@7timechampion48, classy first post. Welcome. Tell us a little more about your first hand experience with those brands....or better yet, please don't. Take a breath and then feel free to bring some thoughtful value to the discussions here.

Most excellent explanation On any given day, almost any of the suggestions given so far work. I've never thought of a Texas rigged worm as a "Reaction" bait, so I don't routinely fish it like one. However, one could look at it from the stand point of the Predator & Prey relationship. Most anything a bass eats is probably trying really hard to avoid that scenario. So doing anything that would draw attention to itself is undesirable and could lead to it's demise. Rather than hopping & popping the bait, there is a time & place where sneaking the bait along every so gingerly works well. Try to move it while imagining that your actually attempting to toss your bait out there and get it back without getting bit. Sounds kind of backwards I know but the bait is in the bass's world, and she knows it's there; without the extra action. You'll find yourself fishing spots slower and more thoroughly while at the same time affording your bait the time it needs to work it's magic. On a side note - this is not a bad approach for a jig either. @A-Jay