George Welcome

Zoom Pearl White 5" fork tailed shad.

In most cases the plastic will pass. Obviously they cannot digest it.

What you observed more than likely was both bird and fish chowing down on bugs, not bass jumping out of the water for flying critters.

Sam if you are going to do it go with something that works. I went to a place that installed car alarms and put together a system for not too much money. I went with shock and motion sensors on the compartments, and an ignition kill. It worked great with no ill effects from using it in a high moisture enviornment. They make a system for marine but you can guess with the word marine thrown in what it costs. I installed it myself in about 3 hours. The cost was less than $250.

Local is best - if not go directly to Triton: don't go with an Aurora Canvas

Throw a Senko away - never: each one accounts for one of these: Or is it one of these: Ah, it's all so confusing.

No one is throwing rocks - just nerf balls.

I didn't know you were into flocks but hey, to each their own.

Yeh, but some of you need a flashlight and still find the maze too difficult. Catch a biggun.

Setting the drag requirements will vary based on enviornmental conditions. There is no set answer or formula to this problem via drag set.

My experience shows consistently that $6 weighs in at a bunch more bass making it to the boat. The number #1 selling plastic in the world is produced by the Yamamoto Bait co. Do you really think that we are all brainwashed. Give it a break and go fishing. :

I use Stradics on my customer rods for the salt. They require, just as any reel does, post-fishing maintenance. Salt will corrode any reel.

Viable fish eggs can travel: On little ducks feet - on turtles: however, only for relatively short distances as they are no longer viable if they dry out. Solid objects cannot evaporate. A thunderstorm's center is hot air rising, not water or its contents. UFOs are well documented as is the tooth fairy.

Get out of Lowes for your boat carpet if you have a bass boat. There is Marine grade carpet and there is bass boat marine carpet. As previously mentioned the one you need is snagproof - bass boat marine carpet!

4-pound fish - 6-pound line: around the weeds and snap.

Have you not heard of the "fish fairy"? On nights of full moon and rising temperatures the fish fairy plants fish on her nightly rounds. Ideal waters to receive this special treatment include out of the way little ponds.

My last trip down through the Glades they were still selling them - that would have been early to mid-seventies.

Remember on the water: two ignorant moves doesn't make either of them right. There are people who are intentionally rude and there are those that simply don't know any better. You are responsible for the safety of your boat and passengers and if it means moving a bit then you move a bit. The only winner in a confrontation is going to be the lawyers involved.

Speed and proximity: Specific to New Hampshire Unsafe Passage is not maintaining a proper speed or distance while operating a vessel or while towing a person on water skis or any similar device. Specifically, it is illegal to: Operate a vessel at greater than headway speed if within 150 feet of: Swimmers in the water Other vessels Rafts or floats Permitted swimming areas Docks or mooring fields The shoreline. Operate a vessel at greater than headway speed while within 150 feet of a bridge or while passing under a bridge Overtake another vessel at a distance and speed such that your wake causes danger or damage. So to answer your question: yes a boat can pass at headway speed right next to your boat. Taken from New Hampshire boating regulations

"What I would like to know is exactly how close can other boaters come to your boat? I am well aware of the 150ft clearance and then you need to be at a no wake speed." Required: a distance that will allow one to pass without hitting that boat. A no wake zone does not increase that distance.

Ducklings have been used as bait for bass forever. I think with a combination of PETA power and the SPCA it pretty much has stopped, but years back they were a staple in any of the bait and tackle stores in the south.

Glenn, Remember when? You and I went on Fish Hoo back in 99. The fellow that has that page is in Port St Lucie, Florida. He would drive me crazy on submission of fishing reports. You can vote for me also: http://www.fishhoo.com/cgi-bin/links/search.cgi?query=imagination+bassin

Won't convince this guy that wacky rigged won't catch a biggun: Won't convince this guy that Texas rigged won't work great: Won't convince this gal that working the Senko like a jerk bait isn't the way to go: Won't convince this gal the a Senko on a C-rig wasn't responsible for this fish: There is no better way to work a Senko. Use it as many ways as you can think of. Far from being a do-nothing bait, you will find this a truly dynamic bait if you put it into action. You just might get one like this.

That trail of condensation behind a jet plane or as some refer to it: high level crop dusting trail.

Let's see: spinner bait - chuck and wind C-rig - chuck and drag Jig - chuck and hop Crank bait - chuck and wind Seems all of the above are just about as boring as working a Senko: not so of course if you are on the fish and they happen to be biting your choice of the moment. To answer you question about bass becoming wise to baits. We are catching fish today with many of the same things that I was using 55 years ago. No, thank goodness bass just aren't that smart.