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Any Bass Clubs in the Orange County area? I would like to join one to improve my skills. I like the idea of being able to fish with someone more experienced than me. I am sure I could pick up a lot seeing others techniques and tricks.

Its top water time!!!!! Dont forget to target the shallow bass that are chunking up for the winter.

When you say thumper are you reffering to a spinner bait?

Yep, the case of beer is always first on the list!

Any night time crankers out there? Yeah I never really wait til the rings dissepate either. I was told when you throw a crank bait you should let the rings disapear first then cause comotion as you start your retrieve. DOes anyone concur?

What about night cranking? Anyone out there throw Crank Baits at night? I would think they move enough water and make a lot of comotion that could trigger the bass to hunt. Please share some tactics or presentations and types of crank baits that work well for all of you. I am doing well fishing this pond at night with all your Recommendations so far might as well get all the info i can. Thanks for passing off the knowledge!

Shore, Sounds like it all payed off in the end, way to stick it out and get what you were there for. Yeah i have to say ive never heard or seen a bass show any back on the attack, that must have had your nerves on end seeing the fish in stalk mode. I found this foot ball feild size pond recently around the corner from my house. Its a great little body of water, it has lots of cover and some good size fish to top that i have never seen another angler there at all. Anyway, I was fishing a buzz bait the other evening and had a very unusual thing happen. Every three to four cast i was getting blown up on but the fish was more or less just launching the bait clear out of the water. It was like it was a game to the fish, it seemed to have no intention of eating it just punishing it. This took place for quite some time before all the fish lost interest. I tried to follow up the misses with a texas rigged roboworm(bold blue gill) and had no luck, it was amuzing yet very confusing.

Good stuff I'll have to remeber that 15-20 second rule

When working your Jitterbug, is it a slow straight retrieve or do you stop and go?

Rabbit hair jigs are pretty rare around where i live. I think i've seen one in a bargain bin before, other than that they are pretty ilusive. I am sure the pulse and flicker real nice under the water. Do you fish them slow or do you have multiple presentations? I am interested in fishing with regular jigs as well.

Any of you guys ever fish Lake Mission Viejo in CA?

Rage Tails Look Awesome! I cant wait to find a store near me that carries them. I have spent way too much money on d**n gimmicks but this looks ideal. Anyone do fairly well on the rage tail, Which conditions?

Thats a great idea! Ive never seen anything like that before. I definately will try to find some or resort to ordering a few packs. Thank you to turning me onto them.

What is everyone's go to buzz bait? Make/ Size/ Color's ? I know all baits are not created equal so some insight would be great, before i start dropping coin on some useless tacklebox filler. Thanks Again

Your two cents seem to hold some ground. What type of action are you giving your swim bait? Are you working it slow off the bottom or just a straight retrieve? I heard something like that before regarding a miss strike on the top water lure. I was told to follow up with a plastic in the general area of the 1st attempt by the fish. It has worked for me in the past but with a slow moving texas rigged worm.

The model i am using is a BOOYA (all black w/ a big silver colorado blade w/ a big red eye on the jig head) . I am pretty sure there isn't a rattle. I know you can buy rattles to attach to pretty much all baits now a day's. I like your idea's Ill have to give them a whirl. Thanks for the tips!

Thank you for all the good tips! I tried an all black spinner bait with a big colarado blade on it last night and cast the crap out of it. I tried everything imaginable to get a fish on that d**n thing and only got one bump. I tried to present it the same, thinking that was my indicator on how the fish might want it but no dice. I then started fishing a buzz bait which was a better choice because every three to four cast i was getting blown up on. Funny thing about it was the fish seemed to be playing games with it. The fish would breach and nock the buzz bait clean out of the water and never have it in its mouth. This went on for abpout twenty min before the fish were over it all together. I kinda wish i had someone video taping it because it was annoyingly hilarious! Better luck next time i guess?

Yeah I only fish 6 lb green maxima on my Stradic 1000 hooked up to either 6 1/2 ft shimano compre or my other set up with a 7 something crucial Ds rod. For my bait casters i fish 8 to 10 lb grn maxima, I like the light stuff personally. That Wally demon looks like a baby cat crank, not a bad looking bait. I prefer all the japanese hard baits with the more life like look, but i dont like the prices much! I fished the same pond i have been lately after dark last night and it was an ok bite. I used an Edge productions Conrad (looks like a crawdad) in purple and browns, i like to call it sexual choclate. I caught a few nice little fish, nothing over three but it was a good time as you all know quite well. Edge productions hot sauce is the way to go, i caught three with the stink on my plastic's to the one my buddy caught without. He refused to use it and i think his mind is changed.

What is a wallydemon? Im learning all kind of new things on this site! Thanks for the info once you tell me about the wallydemon i might just have to pick one up and add it to my arsenal.

By the way those two smallies are monsters, Nice catch!

Kinda what i expected. I thought you would fish it with the skirt in front though. I dont know if i have the patience to dead stick anything. How would you recommend to fish it if this something in your arsenal? Thanks for turning me on to that site.

Oh yeah what type of bait is a palm tree? is that the color or a type of plastic i dont know about. Can you provide a link or instructions on how i can view what your talking about? Thanks again.

Looks like i need to invest in some Darker baits. I was told bigger is better at night too. What i was told is that a bigger worm makes more turbulence in the water, which makes it easier for the fish to find and easier to see. Does anyone know if that holds any ground? I actually fished a small community lake from dusk to night yesterday and it was off the hook. I drop shotted a oxblood robo worm also bold blue gill curly tail and landed a lot of 1 1/2 lbs fish. I also tried throwing a popper and a spook and did not get even a swirl. Thanks for all your tips, if you have anymore advice i would be more than happy to hear it.

I fish this pond pretty regular and know it well. I fished it for the first time at night and got skunked. I never fish for large mouths at night and didnt think it would be any different. I tried a good number of techniques and didnt even get a bite. Any one out there that has some insight on bassin at night give me some help. Baits, techniques, etc... Fill me in please!

I have been using the DS the past few evenings at this little private pond i sneek into. I have not landed a fish during the night hours at all. I was wondering if the DS is not a good weapon of choice at night or have i just been un lucky? I landed more fish using my top water lure (popper) than any other technique. What is a good night bait? I only fish golf coarse ponds at night and they hit anything, im sure its not like that everywhere. Thanks for the tips of the trade.