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A ZOOM Fluke, not the ZOOM Super fluke and not the ZOOM Tiny Fluke. Just a regular ZOOM fluke. Thanx for the information guys.

What brand and size weighted hooks do you all use on your flukes? I am using a ZOOM Fluke but I'm not sure what size weighted hook I should use.

I'm in the same situation and would really like to read the replies regarding this.

Top Water, but not the huge explosions. I LOVE watching the top water bait during the retrieval, then seeing a flash of bronze through the water, seeing the wake of the attack, and the dissapearance of a lure. Its just plain awesome. I LOVE seeing the fish hit it! A close second is the instant you feel that tap tap on a worm. You can go all day not catching anything, but the second you feel that tap tap, your heart stops beating for a split second and you imagine whats hitting your lure, how big it could be, what kind of fight it will be, and a miriad of other thoughts go throw your mind until you see that line move and you know its go time. so long story short: top water and the tap tap of a worm.

EXACTLY Maxximus Redneckus! Many people dont realize that the lizard is designed after salamanders, not lizards, but somehow the lizard name stuck. Secondly, Salamanders dont eat fish eggs, thats a common misconception. Salamanders main diet is small waterbugs and surface insects. The salamander spawn and the bass spawn occur around the same time, and since salamanders are born in the water, the salamanders go into the water to lay their eggs, thus putting them in contact with the bass population. After the salamanders spawn, they crawl back out and find a dark, moist place to live. Bass will bite the salamander because they are generally in the shallows at the sime time as the bass spawn, and simply because they are a readily available source of food. Again, salamanders do NOT raid bass nest for eggs.

the crazy legs chigger craw is really good for flipping and pitching. It comes with antenna on it which throw out more vibration than the regular chigger craw. However, both will work nicely for flipping and pitching.

Eddie Bauer has some great summer fishing shirts. They breathe good, never fade, and come in tall sizes which keeps the shirt from coming up and exposing things in the rear. I have a bright orange one that I wear exclusively, and its still as bright as the day i bought it, never shrunk, breathes great, and whicks away the sweat as soon as a breeze blows by. Fantastic shirt!

no, they are not smart, but they are keen survivalist. They don't know what's a lure and what isn't. What they do know is that certain things hurt when they bite and certain things don't. After a few "hurts" they become keenly aware of what does and doesnt go in their mouth. They begin to single out vibrations and sounds, and associate those individual unique traits with food or danger. Much like Pavlov's dog. Thats why a lure presented one way wont get a single hit, but present it a slightly different way (different look and different retrieve/vibration) will trick a bass into biting. Again, they dont "think" down a cognitive path that leads them to determine that something is a lure. What they know is that what they are looking at and feeling through vibrations caused them some amount of pain at one time and so they stay away from it. When you change the sound, look, texture, vibration of a lure, it changes what they consider harmful or not. Thats why eveybody is looking for the next big thing, the next lure that hasnt been identified yet, the lure that nobody else is using, because there is the chance that it will be new for the bass and the bass wont show caution when it is presented to them.

Lots of good information about why the summer fishing has been bad, off, or just different, or what they think caused the change, and some talk about various weather patterns. Very few posts about what lures are being used, and why.

thank you for the reply, sorry for placing post in the wrong section.

Fall is coming upon us and its time to switch up lures and tactics for a lot of us. What are your Fall go-to lures and why? What presentations do you strive for? How long do you wait before utilizing them, or rather what conditions do you look for before you start switching to your fall fishing style? This is my first fall season fishing for LMB so I really don't have much to offer and would like ya'lls opinions for reference. The top water bait is still going on in my area so I havent had to try anything new, but in the next month or two that should change. The shad die-off hasnt started yet, but when it does I'll be throwing a bunch of wounded minnow baits (Rapala F-series and Rebel Minnows) hoping to cash in on that, and then going to some finnesse worms and jigs as the water really starts to cool down. I've read where crankbaits don't work in cold water, but in a BASS article i read recently, one of the pro's was pulling the fish in with some crankbaits in relatively shallow water when the water temperature was in the mid-low 30's and the air temperature was in the teens if I remember correctly. Has anybody else had success with crankbaits in the winter?

Man D4u2s0t, you should come down south, 5 lbs is nothing down here.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I have a terminator jig that when I pulled it out of the box, the weedguard literally fell right out. I will not buy more terminator tackle.

my main goal this year was to learn how to jig fish. I have not accomplished this yet. I have not caught a single fish on a jig. I am working on it though, I just have to throw it more often. I have other baits that work very well and so I havent dedicated the time to the jig yet.

in the hallows, 1-3 fet around cover.

there are several videos on you tube with people showing the proper hooking method for the Money Minnow.

Jigs: Karu Omega Booyah Stanley Rattles: Not sure if i have been able to tell a difference with or without them. Weight: 3/8 is generic Trailer: Chigger Craw

rarely will I drop the f-bomb, but i will let the word "s#!t" slip out on occasion when i miss a bite. If I get the bite, and hook him good, i dont worry about him getting off because I did my part. If he gets loose, then good to him for being a better fish than I am a fisherman.

Soft Plastics: ZOOM Culprit GYCB Hard Plastics: Rebel Rapala Strike King Norman Hooks: Owner Gamakatsu Mustad Jigs: KaRu Booyah

Which worms float? Zoom has the finesse worm, the trick worm, the u-tail, etc, but I have no clue which of them float. What brand and style of worms are you all aware of that were specifically designed float, and which were specifically desinged to sink?

Arkansas Shiner

Thanks for all the helpful information guys, I appreciate it a lot.

What is a Shakey Head? Is it just a regular jig head or what?

Thats generally true, but i have found two ponds out in the middle of the woods that I knew nothing about after living in the area for 5 years. Both ponds have produced great fishing, with my personal best coming out of a pond that was maybe 75-100 foot wide and 4 foot deep. Never hurts to check out new bodies of water.

First time I ever saw it I just kinda paused, stared, and quickly lost the fish. Now I keep reeling and start talking to him like he is a thief trying to get away from me. "Oh no you don't! Get back Here! Where do you think you're going buddy?", and then watch the fish laugh and leave