Bass_Fanatic

I flipped bushes, cypress trees, fished haygrass and milfoil, fished ledges and points. I caught 2 shallow and one deep lol. And I didn't get a single bite on a Arig. You may be able to throw a senko or wacky work on e edge of haygrass and milfoil in houses and pick some fish up. I never slowed down enough to do it.

Hope you do better than I did today. Put 3 fish in the boat from daylight to dark. So I'm not much help ?

Strange that Darold hasn't gotten in touch with you, he is about as good as they come! If that doesn't work out though, there are many others that are great too. try joe joslin or tommy Martin.

Not sure who won it, but 24lbs 4oz was the weight.

Congrats Bryan on getting a check today!!

Check out the Dobyns Fury 705cb, it's a sweet rod that can throw any crankbaits.

Great fish TbendAngler!! Bad luck on the steering cable though. I'm sitting here waiting to hear results from the bfl on Toledo and ram open on Rayburn. It's killing ,e not being out there today lol. I know Bryan Hester fished the bfl, hopefully he did well!

My advice is to find a little dirtier water. The clean water holds plenty of fish, but they are a little more spooky IMO. Run up the creeks and fish 45* banks and you should do fine.

I've caught fish on the south end off of beds in 8 ft quite a few times. Bigger fish seem to bed deeper than the rest IMO

Thanks Wesley. We had a great day. Our fish were caught in 15-20 ft on almost everything we threw. I haven't fished Rayburn much, but it has produced some big ones for me the few times I've been there! What an awesome fishery!

Thanks guys. We had a great day. Didn't think we had as much as we did, but sure glad we did! We literally caught fish in everything we threw. Our 5 fish we weighed came off of a crankbaits, C-rig, A-rig, and 2 on a jig lol.

Thanks man! I actually caught all my weight off of that spot I found in the storm last week. Just goes to show you that hard work does pay off!

Jewel 3/4 fb jig rage craw trailer Sometimes I drag it, sometimes I stroke it off the bottom. Just let the fish tell you what to do.

Over got a few things that I think set me apart from many bass fisherman. On the other hand, I've got plenty that kick my butt. But, just for fun... Why I'm a better tournament angler than you. This one is simple, I work harder. Just this past weekend as I was prefishing for basschamps I fished daylight to dark thirty. There were hundreds of boats on Rayburn all day, but when a storm rolled through at 4 pm, everyone left, except me. I had the lake to myself and figured something out while everyone else was back at the hotels. I caught 2 over 5 during the storm. I also fish for 5 bites. I have two patterns going on right now on Rayburn. I caught 7 all day Friday, but had a few big ones, and caught 25 Saturday but most where smaller. Most people will go catch their 5 on pattern 2 then look for a kicker with pattern 1. I plan on staying with pattern 1 looking for 5 bites. Why catch 5 fish I need to cull anyway? Why I am a better Arig fisherman than you. I throw it and I throw it often. There are many days hat I will not get many bites on the rig, but when I do, it's a giant. Other days I may catch over 100 on it. But I throw it because I know its potential. I'm also not scared to hang it up. If I'm fishing brushpiles in 35 ft, I'll let it hit the bottom and drag I through the pile. I'll get hunt plenty, but I also catch some studs doing this. Why im a better deep water fisherman than you. Like Catt, I understand structure much better than most. Cover is an added bonus, but structure is the first thing I look for. Channel swings, humps, ridges, ect are what I key on. Then after finding the right structure I will begin to look for key cover on said structure. Also, when I find this sweet spot, I will fish it hard. Many people go down a break line for 100's of yards fishing. I fish specific spots on these structures that hold fish. I try to maximize my time by fishing high opportunity spots rather than cover an entire ridge. Now my weakness, no doubt, is when the fish hit the banks...at that point, I'm screwed lol.

I'm about an hour or so north of you, but southernboys bass club is the club I fish in. We fish lakes mostly in central LA and Toledo bend. Great group of guys and some really good competition. Southernboyzbassclub.com

Don't know if you'd be interested or not, but Toledo Bend is on fire right now. Come in May and you can catch big bull bream until your arms hurt, plenty of bass, and perch too. Cypress Bend has cabins to rent midland and is a very nice facility.

Don't overlook the Shellcracker G2. It divers 3ft or so, but when reeled slowly it creates a great wake and catches the snot out of em!

Siebert makes a great jig, but for football jigs, Jewel is by far my favorite. Comes through cover really well and has a good hook.

I caught 6 fish today, 2 being 5lbs. All were caught out deep. I flipped shallow for a little bit but never got bit. Gonna be back at it tomorrow.

15lb cxx or 16lb sniper

My cheapest rod hat I use is $150, my cheapest reel was $25 (H2O mettle). I feel that rods are more important as they are the right action, length, weight, sensitivity, ect. Reels simply cast and need a decent drag. With that being said, LINE is the most important IMO. It's the thing connecting you and the bass. Bad line can ruin a day quickly.

I use the hound dog type knocker and have saved literally thousands of dollars with it. I throw 10xds a lot and have had days where I've gotten it unhung 20+ times in 20+ ft of water. 10xds hang sometimes in deep brushpiles, but they catch some studs out of them too. At $15 a piece, ive saved over $300 in one day multiple times.

This is a subject I'm well versed in. I've went through at least 10 rods looking for the perfect fb jig rod. I throw a jewel 3/4oz jig 90% of the time. So far I've used a Powell endurance 714, Powell max3d 775, Dobyns champion 735, Megabass destroyer x7 "extreme mission", gloomis mossyback 874, Phenix recon 764, st croix ltb 7'1" mh/Xf, and a few other cheaper rods. Out of all of those, the Dobyns champion 735 was my favorite. The Powell 714 was great, but I wanted a few more inches. The Megabass is a little too weak for my taste as is the Phenix. The gloomis is nice, but just average in my hands, and the croix was my least favorite. I'm still searching for the right rod. I just ordered a Dobyns dx 784 ML jig rod. Hope jig this rod is all its made out to be.

I've never used the "pig". What makes these so much better than a rage craw or beaver?

I bought a Dobyns dx 784 and a bunch of strike King swimbaits for Arigs.