senko_77

I choose SENKO because at the time it was my favorite technique and I was good at it. 77 is the number of my favorite hockey player, Ray Bourque. Senko77 is simple so I just stuck with it.

fish_chris has a real good article he wrote on his website about fishing live dads

Be safe out there bud and thank you for defending our freedom. We will all be prayin for you

yea, send me what you need made.

A large ammount of water like what you said in a short time can send the fish into "shock" A flash flood flips there enviroment upside down in an instant and quick changes in the enviroment can send the fish running for awhile. Seems like the bigger fish were affected but not the little ones. In my experience, when the fish are in "shock", they hunker donw deep in grass, sit as deep as they can in brush piles ect. Kinda think like if there were a tornado coming for your house. You would get in the most protected area in the middle. So bass are the same way. All the sudden a massive ammount of highly oxygenated water is dumped in and the fast change scares them. Puttin a heavy jig in the grass and brushpiles is probably what you have to do. Throw it in, shake it a few times, then reel in and cast to a different part of the grass or other structure because your basically gonna have to put the jig right on the fish's head. Hope this helps

Usually, if you have a bass that is 28+ you have a 10lber. After 28in. the belly grows more than length.

no, but i'd like to have some small names sponser me once i get into tourney fishing. LOL. sorry matt but you have to spell "sponsor" right to have a prayer at gettin a "sponsorship". Screw pursuing sponsors at this point in the game. Get good grades, become a top notch angler, and go fish tournies and get some good background. Have your first sponsor dying to sponsor you rather than pokin and proding to work a deal. And also, are you looking for a product sponsor or a financial sponsor?

They ABSOLUTELY know your there. I think it depends on the fishes conditioning to human exposure. If people are there all the time then they get used to it. I have never heard of trampling all over a virgin pond's banks an wearing out the fish. I also think there are dumb fish. Fish that will see you throw a bait at them and take it.

I've seen big bass on topwaters, but usually when I'm fishing a topwater in a tourny, its being worked real fast and aggresively so the size tends to stay in the upper 3lb range for biggest fish. But I have caught a few 7 and 8's on a sammy

when i was younger, i stuck my hand right in a bluefish's mouth and got torn up real good. they have a huge row of razors in there mouth. so i was always afraid to lip bass. one day, i went fishing with a girl from school, and that fear went away real quick. you just stick that thumb and pointer finger down there and turn your hand into pliers.

If tampax gave me financial support to fish the big tournies and got me a nice bass boat i would wear there name.

I would die if team diawa sponsored me. I would have to say that is my dream sponsor. I would run away from Vagisil and Preperation H

skateforgrace77....aim

3lbs at the max. maybe 2 1/2 but im not sure.

If your going to be handling the bass's body, then it's a good idea to wet your hands. But, most of the time when you catch a fish, your only touching there mouth and when I only lip them I dont soak the hands.

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I usually throw a trick worm, but strike king 3x's are awesome!

14.7 on a bps finesse craw 12 - 13 on LC big daddy strike 4 cb numeruos 8-9's on jigs and topwater

No, it usually just leaves a green film that coats the bottom of the sammy, all the line, and the reel. Its real annoying but I dont care if im catching fish. It also makes it hard to grip the reel handles when you get it on your hand because its really slippery.

ABSOLUTELY!! check out my post from a few weeks back http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1155872482 the fish came through the same stuff in your pic to hit my sammy.

bassin magazine and gary yamamoto's inside line are two great fishing magazines with great articles on tips and techniques with fewer advertisements than bassmaster magazine

I think I have it down to between 25-30cents a worm. It gets cheaper as you buy plastisol, softner, salt, etc in bulk

gene, dont show the map.

I go about 50/50 alone and with my best freind mike. When I bring friends out on the boat who dont like to fish for 8 hours straight, I usually will go out to somewhere deep every few hours and take a swim for a lil while and then go back to fishing.

Those are amazing. Be sure to send me a PM when you start selling them. I will buy some of the propped torpedoes. Excellent looking baits. Just wondering, do you hand carve them, or do you work with a dremel or power tool? I just started makin my first wooden baits, and have been using a wood carving knife and sand paper, but i think a dremel will make it easier.