7magJake

I was fishing sunday, Zoom Ultravibe speed craw( little salt) and YUM crawfish ( too much salt) We were spraying YUM3x on the YUM baits and getting fewer strikes n the YUM's with the salt and spray, Got more strikes on the ultra vibe, usead the YUM and rubbed most of the salt off and started getting strikes, now it could have been just the fsh but a little thing Ive noticed.

Don't want to steal your post but how do you guys rig your flukes( 4/0 hook 5/0 hook? spinning reel, casting reel? rod? how you rig the hook on the bait( I know sounds stupid never fished one.)

Well, right now, none of them. Buti usually goes down like this Spawn- 10-11 inch black worm( Usually a zoom) Rest of the year whatever in my tackle box( that weighs 45lbs) the fish will bite on, been out there before and they will bite on something I havent fished in years.

Well, I live in Alexandria,La where they are made. So they are a bit cheaper and everybody has a handfull in their box, I fish them fast,slow, pull pull pull reel pull pull pull reel, any way possible you think of a new way if the bass want them they will take it, I like the blue and chrome, the smokey joe, and the chrome and black.

Alright in resposne to my prior post,you have pushed my curriosity button what is it meant by pegging a weight? Do you mean the bullet weights that screw in or am I missing something?

I was wondering how most of you guys rig and fish tube baits, I am not too familliar with them and havea few packs Id like to give a try. I read the little article about tubes on here but would really like to get some advice from guys who use them everyday.

well, I asked the same question early this year, I work for my dad and I do not have time to fish tournaments but when I graduate and begin to work, I am going to, school really can mess up tourney fishing, get done with school, Im not college material, Im much better with my hands so Im going to become and elctronics tech and hopefully work with boats and that will get me started, but enough about me. If you do not have time for a job a sponsor does not have time for you, just try to fish these cheaper local tourneys and try to work, I can tell you if you slack off too much in the first years they will cut you loose as t the drop of a hat, its hard work, dont expect to be a millionaire KVandam overnight, if you started tomorrow you would be mid 20's before you really start makeing good money. Dont get discouraged its a hard process but once you there fishing and sponsored its there as long as you can catch fish.

what is the difference in flippin and pitching? what kind of rod/reel/ do you usually use for this type of fishing. I know you use braided line becaus eof all the trash you fish in... any other help... please ;D

+1, I learned that lesson the hard way. Ohh also be sure to lube that beil up, youlll learn you can loose a lure on the cast when the beil flips back over halway through and your bait goes into another guys boat.

I use a good 20lb braid or even some 20lb suffix mono. Braid is best, especially for heavy to thick cover.

so fish like the weekend series? I was reading that when you fish a regional open and if you finish top 5 you qualify for the elite series and I guess you go from there.

I have always wondered what you have to do to fish the bassmaster classic I mean like how do you qualify any insight? I hope to become a professional angler when I graduate from college.

Well i have experience with Pflueger, Quantum,Daiwa, and little shimano and I honestly have to say the daiwa is about 12years old its a 2ball bearing and we still fish with it. Some of these guys who say about poor quality probally abuse their reels and dont take care of them. IF you make an investment and take care of any of these reels they will last for years.

Iron silk is like cheap rubbers, you can use it but dont get mad when it breaks because you were too cheap to buy anything else. Honestley I spooled my reel with some and I made some test cast and cut every inch of that crap off and went back to suffix.

I have a few H2O express baits even though my soul belongs to Bill Lewis, They look great, I have uyet to fish one but they look better than some ofg the other baits in the junk Academy sales.