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Do you mainly peg them when fishing structure and docks so they don't get hung up? I usually never peg them, however I fished a tx with a guy a few months ago who always pegged his fishing open water, near some big bluffs. Anyone have any theories on this tactic? Thanks

Have a tournament in about 35 days to be exact and was thinking about prefishing this weekend, but didn't know if it was to early. It is still in the mid 90's here in Oklahoma and during the week of the tournament the avg high temp is around 74. The fish will obviously move a lot by then I would suspect, and didn't know if you thought I was wasting my time finding fish now, knowing they prob won't be there during the tourney.

Well my next tournament is in Oct which is still warm enough for topwater in Oklahoma. I guess I will just have to see how many, if any fish are in the livewell and go from there. Even in a shad dominated lake, has the black buzzbait outperformed a white one during the day?

What do you prefer to fish in a tournament in the small window of topwater? I usually catch more fish off a chug bug, but not as big as the buzzbait fish. In the small morning window of topwater, what do you throw in a tournament? Do you try to get your kicker, or a few fish for the livewell?

Threw one today in a pretty clear lake, which depths near the shoreline sometimes reaching 20-23 ft. Was searching for the fish bc didn't know what depth they were at. Do you guys just pop and reel it, or slow roll it off the bottom? I also put a trailer on the back, and was wondering what success rate you guys have with this lure.

Looking to go tomorrow for first time, and was wondering where to launch and what areas hold fish the best. Thanks

Keep reading about how people use a pegged T-rig with a toothpick, but wasn't sure how you actually did it. Also, when do you use this method and what are some of the pluses and minuses of this method.

OKC which means I have to travel at least an hour to get to a decent lake.

I live in Oklahoma and don't fish any grass beds or pads to work a frog through. Usually use either chug bugs or buzzbaits, something with some sound. Got a box of H2O frogs for X-mas and want to use them, but wasn't sure how productive they would be in open water. Do they produce enough sound? Does lake need to be clear since they might not be as loud?

I prob throw a chug bug more then anything else, but they have never produced a real big bass. Buzzbaits seem to produce bigger fish for me, but not as many. What do you guys consider the best top water bait for big bass and also obviously numbers help.

When I was a kid fishing for catfish at night, I remember I was reeling one in and had my other sweet zebco 33 on the ground with the button pushed for line to come out. However the line didn't always come out very smooth and a few seconds into my fight with the fish on the line, I heard a small splash by my feet and knew I was down one rod. Last year however I caught a nice curado/all-star combo in the lake with a crankbait. Reel was a little muddy and rusted, but cleaned it up and it works just like new. Anyone ever lost a rod and reel or caught one in the lake?

Was wondering if anyone changes their hooks on these lures to a red treble hook. I have heard of some people doing this, but have never tried. If it is something you do, do you change it on only certain colors of lures, and do you change the back hook or front hook?

Just wondering if you take the key out before you head to the lake, or just leave it in the ignition of the boat? Anyone ever had the key fall out on the road??

http://assets.espn.go.com/winnercomm/outdoors/bassmaster/pdf/bb_state_Large_20100107.pdf The link above shows every states record for LMB minus Alaska. The thing I noticed though is only 4 records have been recorded since 2000. Do you think more pressure has made it harder to catch lunkers, or are all of the possible lunkers dying early and never reaching record status???

"not an an angle, similar to being vertical." Trying to eliminate it being nose up. I want the bait to sit there just like a baitfish would. When you have a tight line or any type of pressure on the lure, it turns nose up obviously like you are reeling it in. I am trying to get the fluke to sit in the water, flat similar to a baitfish and not nose up similar to vertical. Hope that makes more sense.