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Before this year I was a shallow-water jig and finesse guy. But I needed to learn quick how to fish deep clear water. A buddy of mine really showed me the ins and outs of drop-shotting this year and it is pretty much my favorite way to fish now. You can cover deep water quickly with it and I have really come to the conclusion that if a fish is in the area of the bait they are going to eat it. Of course the fish that are deeper are less pressured and giving them the chance to have a quick meal like a 3 or 4 inch bait is one they won't pass by, especially smallies. I looked back on my year on the Weekend Series and realized something. Every fish I weighed in was a smallmouth and everyone came on the drop-shot. Also, the shallowest I caught a fish in was about 12' but I had a tourney where I was catching smallies between 35-45'. While pre-fishing for one I acctually caught a smallie out of 81'. So if you want to learn to cover deep water fairly quickly and don't have confidence in a Carolina-rig or a deep diving crank, give the drop-shot a try.

B.A.S.S. taught everyone this at Onieda this year because of the amount of smallies they figured would be gut-hooked. If the fish is bleeding, dump a sugary liquid (Mt. Dew works best) in the fishes mouth and it clots it and stops the bleeding nearly instantly. I have never had to do it but my dad says it works great.

Don't know but Johnson's Pond would go against that Alan. Seems like most the good fish and winning bags are coming out of in front of Colwell's these days.

O great, thats all we need. Another one of them MassHoles..... : ;D Those 6 plus smallies are hard to come by. I'm sure LP Harwich has atleast one.

They need a new city too.

Had a great time despite the smallies not wanting to come in the boat. Drew a guide that does great on the lake, usually..... ;D Weighed in one fish and fell back to 16th or so. Our boat only had 4 fish all day so I don't feel too bad. Made the best of it and that was about all I could do. Still a great trip.

Well I don't need the Under Armor this morning it's a nice warm 45. But some heavy fog. They won't extend the last day so we might only get 7 hours in at most. Fishing is pretty tough up here and a two and a half pound fish is gold. I had one yesterday with a couple 1.5 - 1.75's I had a total of 6 keepers and so did my boater. Last year you could have 60 or 80 fish days up here. But the largemouth are no where to be found and it is all about the smallie bite. The water is 6-7 feet low and is dropping 6" a day too.

It's cold, 2-3 hour fog delays, and it's all a matter of the draw now. Hopefully I get lucky.

Sounds like we need to take a trip to the Park. 8-)

I got Nicky No-Neck and Elma the Fudd on the way down there right now. Consider the situation dealt with.

Good thing you didn't leave, should add another couple hours to that. Leaving for Great Sacandaga for the Weekend Series Regionals in a few hours. I usually get bored on the Mass Pike so keep your phone on.

Twisted minds must think alike because even though I didn't get to see the post I kind of figured it out and it was on the tip of my tongue. ;D

Well I don't exactly have secret baits but I have baits that work very well on specific bodies of water. One is just a finesse worm with a piece of nail in it wacky rigged on one high-pressured body of water around here. I usually do a lot of damge with it there and it can fill a well really quick. After one tourney last year on this lake last year where it was a tough bite but I finished second on the little worm and most of he 30 guys had under 2 pounds, I had a guy who I was familiar with come over to my boat and we started talking. And I specifically remember this: I had left the worm on one of my spinning rods rigged up and he pulled the worm off and began examining it as we were talking. Well I'm prefishing for this tourney last weekend and guess who I see throwing that little finesse worm?

Simcoe is where the BASS Divisionals are next year and they are saying it will take 28-30 a day. And 20 pounds a day won't do much for you. Just have to wait and see.

In a tourney on Champlain about a month ago the day before one mine it a guy had 5 smallies for 27 change. That is the heaviest I have heard of.

Time to come to Smith Mountain. The dogs name is Tennessee (The Gator Getter) a Boston Terrier. Looks like we got us a sow here, instead of a boar....I bet you can squeal like a pig! After our pow-wow on SML we can go on a white water rafting trip.

In a tourney last week a buddy of mine went to go scoop fish out of his livewell. He saw what he figured to be a craw in the tank and went to pick it up to show his daughter. Surprise surprise! It was a half digested mouse a fish had puked up in the well. I saw him start dry-heaving from my boat, was pretty gross. Must have come out of a dock or retaining wall and fell in the water. :-/

Classic, just about died when I saw the signature at the end. ;D

Then who looks like the .? It's going to happen. You need to learn to deal with it or buy a boat. If I'm in the front of the boat and I'm fishing for 5k and your in the back going for a grand I'm going to do the same thing. Worry about myself, and so would anyone else in that situation. Until I got my limit anyway. Not everybody is going to do that. You might, but not everybody. I know a lot of pro's even that are fishing for more than 5k and still keep the coangler in mind. Well than I guess they are just better people than I'am.

There is a huge launch in Inner Mallets free of charge. Think it is a state ramp, we have held 80 boat tournies out of there. I would recommend Apple Tree just north of Sandbar if you plain on running through the Inland Sea or to the NY side, easier to go through the gut.

Spend the extra money and go with the Trilene 100%.

Listen to him, smart fella right there. Got to love that Terminator jig, the trailer hanger is my favorite part. You can keep them nice and compact without always having to fix the trailer.

Nice job. Jimzee make you fall in love with a white/red chatterbait? And when did you become a proud member of Mountainqueer nation?

I cannot believe it is only 6-0.

I'm really enjoying this lack of offense they are having this year. The Vikings are just shutting them down right now. ;D