George Welcome

Swim Senko w/1/4 ounce weight.

Only a few more weeks to get those youngsters out before school starts! They will love it and so will you! I can't think of a better way to spend a day then to spend it with your youngster.

Easier solution - Come to Floirida, fish with Avid, and use his. You have enough there to fish any lake in the country

Based on the summer fishing and the rainfall of this year we are expecting a very good 2008-2009 season. Rainfall has been at the level that spillway openings have been required to facilitate the movement of water northward through the St Johns tributaries. Several trips this month have been very productive in numbers and have produces several bass in the 7 - 10 pound range. The predominate producer has been plastics both presented T-rigged, and Carolina rigged. The spillway in the southeast of the Farm has produced well for a multitude of baits that include: rattle traps, hard jerk baits, jigs, T-rigged plastics, and Carolina rigs. They have been both inside and outside of the cable. Prior to the spillway being open we had a period where on of the pipes had been open and west side of the current was very productive with the application of the Carolina rig. In other areas of the lake we have found the Farm side to be most productive along the submerged irrigation ditches. In particular, the intersection of these ditches have been better than along the run of the ditches. Throughout July a lot of fish were found in the SW area of the Marsh, but that group of fish seems to have moved off, and it is my thought that they headed south into the Farm and settled in the ditches. Weather over the period has been good with most days allowing for a full day of fishing. Thunder storms have come in the afternoon and most of them have been pretty nasty. Don't wait until your caught out there in one of these storms as this lake gets pretty raunchy in a big hurry. Temperatures have been in the 80's which calls for the drinking of plenty of fluids and the application of plenty of sun protection. Don't forget the sun glasses as the glare on the water from the sun can be very damaging. See you out there. Say hi if you get the chance.

"or need counseling" Every fisherman is in dire need! It probably would be better classified as an intervention.

Based on the summer fishing and the rainfall of this year we are expecting a very good 2008-2009 season. Rainfall has been at the level that spillway openings have been required to facilitate the movement of water northward through the St Johns tributaries. Several trips this month have been very productive in numbers and have produces several bass in the 7 - 10 pound range. The predominate producer has been plastics both presented T-rigged, and Carolina rigged. The spillway in the southeast of the Farm has produced well for a multitude of baits that include: rattle traps, hard jerk baits, jigs, T-rigged plastics, and Carolina rigs. They have been both inside and outside of the cable. Prior to the spillway being open we had a period where on of the pipes had been open and west side of the current was very productive with the application of the Carolina rig. In other areas of the lake we have found the Farm side to be most productive along the submerged irrigation ditches. In particular, the intersection of these ditches have been better than along the run of the ditches. Throughout July a lot of fish were found in the SW area of the Marsh, but that group of fish seems to have moved off, and it is my thought that they headed south into the Farm and settled in the ditches. Weather over the period has been good with most days allowing for a full day of fishing. Thunder storms have come in the afternoon and most of them have been pretty nasty. Don't wait until your caught out there in one of these storms as this lake gets pretty raunchy in a big hurry. Temperatures have been in the 80's which calls for the drinking of plenty of fluids and the application of plenty of sun protection. Don't forget the sun glasses as the glare on the water from the sun can be very damaging. See you out there. Say hi if you get the chance.

General result for non-compliance by a sector on controlled waters is the closing of that body of water to all use. I cannot comprehend the advocacy of non-compliance just because one thinks the ruling is inane.

And that's exactly where it is at! The person portrayed also believes that most other laws don't pertain to them. These are the people that you see not stopping at red lights, rolling through stop signs, and smoking in a no-smoking area. They behave this way because they feel that rules and laws were written for everyone else but them. They are also the loudest to complain if they feel that someone has wronged them. Sadly, this attitude is becoming a way of life for far too many people.

The best thing that you can do is discard the word pressured and go fishing. Just because there were a bunch of people throwing lures it doesn't mean that the fish were pressured at all.

If you are within your jurisdiction, throwing dead fish back at the very least is littering. However, that's a minor offense compared to the federal laws governing throwing refuse into governmentally controlled waters. At the very least I would contact your fishery agency to handly the matter. After that I would be looking for a different club to fish with.

"I'm not convinced "cruising bass" are uncatchable. " The only bass that is really difficult to catch is the one that is sleeping or in the process of working its gas bladder. "commonly referred to as the suspended bass." Bass get hooked in one of three modes: The first and most common is the mode of opportunity - put the bait in the bass's face and you get a bite. The second which is common in the spawn, and less common during the rest of the year is the mode of aggravation. Get the bait near the bass and they will attempt to move it away. The third is the rarest of all, called the feeding mode - contrary to the old saying, "they have to bite sometimes", bass can go for long periods between the need to feed. However, when they are in that mode you have only to get the bait anywhere near them. This is also the mode when many of the bass you catch will be gut-hooked. Going back to the original question - the bite would be one of opportunity, which places the onus on you of placing the bait in the bass's face.

Two companies that I know of: Pure Fishing and Yamamoto.

And that's the truth and more likely the reality.

Alex, It was said in jest, however what you pointed out was an anagram, not a retronym. Webster's: a term consisting of a noun and a modifier which specifies the original meaning of the noun <film camera is a retronym> Close to home: spinning reel, fly rod, bait caster, are all retronyms, as are digital phone, analog phone, and global positioning system.

Be careful with such big words as some may consider you a snob. That said, I have never heard of a diva described as being avid. Perhaps a better choice would be to have said that avid is an anagram for diva. Now maybe I had better go fishing.

Stop and consider: you did absolutely nothing wrong - it just wasn't your day.

For one thing: cost factor. An I/O is a very costly piece of machinery to maintain. When I was a youngster most motorized lake boats were inboard. Again cost factor was a reason for change, as was the amount of draft required for an inboard equipped boat. If you hit something with the lower unit of an outboard, damage may occur but it is highly unlikely that the boat will sink. With an inboard if you hit something solid it is more than likely that you will ruin the prop, the drive shaft, and rip out the stuffing box, which will put the boat a bit deeper in the water than you may like it to be. As with the inboard, an I/O has a seal between the water in you: the boot. A hard strike to the motor usually results in a torn boot and the inside of your boat gets as wet as the outside.

Sorry to hear of your loss. As for fishing in the rain: the only guarantee is that things will get a little damp. Do whatever you do at other times to catch fish and you will do just fine. The bass live in the water - they don't know it's raining.

I have, or clients have caught the same fish over and over from the same location, using the same bait, which was the only bait that she would hit. This has happened repeatedly over the years.

Big baits catch more big fish: sales pitch Little baits catch more fish: sales pitch Reality: bait placed in the proper place in a proper manner catch fish - big and small.

Before you spend the money you might want to check with the show's producer. Most fishing shows don't want tournament shirts. Also, generally white is out.

It would certainly depend on the intensity of the storm, but in most cases we do what we were doing before the storm. If the storm was really intense than we are already home, kicking back, and enjoying the cool of the AC.

RW"s number are not far off based on an estimate of fish per acre for extremely good lakes. However you asked two question: fish per acre and bass per acre. Fish per acre includes all species inhabiting a given body of water, and bass per acre will be a portion of that. Every body of water is different, and they can be grossly so. Without multiple samples over time it would be impossible to even hazard a guess as to populations. Also, a particular species can grossly outweigh all others. As an example, a pond may hold 100 pounds of fish per acre with the predominate species being the many varieties of sun fish. Believe it or not, this smaller cousin of bass will win the battle for forage over bass if the numbers are there. Whatever species inhabit your lake, more than likely the lowest per-centage will be the bass population. There are many publications on ideal populations per acre from farm ponds to larger bodies of water and these tables are used in stocking policy.The one common thread in any body of water is less bass per acre than any of the other species. Going back to RW"s comment: Stick Marsh/Farm 13 in Florida is sporting an estimated 800 pounds of fish per acre with an estimate of 30% of that being LM bass. Contact your local fish and game: they might be able to give you a pretty good estimate for your area.

Yep, I agree - if you're going to play guessing you might as well make it good.

How much salt is in that water? You didn't mention where you are at!