Panamoka_Bassin

Went out on Lake Panamoka on Tuesday and slammed 'em! We finally had a couple of nice days in a row, after 8 straight days of rain, and I took full advantage, spending almost 5 hours in the canoe. Though I lost count, I must have caught nearly 20 bass, and maybe lost another 10 more through-out the day, not to mention 2 nice perch and 2 fair pickerel. Best part was just being out there, but a close second was the action. I only used 2 baits all day, a watermelon senko, which didn't work that well, and a watermellon tube, which was deadly. Both were t-rigged with 1/4 bullet, but when I changed the tube to a 1/8 sinker, the productivity increased dramatically. I can't say there was any pattern to the depth I fished; I caught 'em in 2-4 foot of water, and 10-15 as well (the lake doesn't get much deeper). Lucky for me this is a privately owned lake (the only one in NY, I'm told), and the game warden was nowhere to be found, seeing as the season is closed from May 1st to June 1st. (I had to look it up in my book when I got home...I originally thought it was the 15th to the 15th...oops). Maybe there's some other Long Island "hot spots" coming on now. Anyone have any thoughts there?

I had that same issue up here on Long Island 4 years ago. It took me forever to figure out how to get into the brush. The best technique I found was pitchin' a weightless tube as close to the brush as I could get it, and moving the tube VERY slowly in and out of the branches. Also, don't get discouraged if you keep landing in the bushes, in fact, be patient and try to get the bait to just fall out of the brush into the water. My feeling is that the bass see it as food falling out of the bush and the will attack it. Also, very important to keeping a few $$$ in your pocket, use braided line.

When you went to the lab, was it a black, chocolate, or yellow lab? I only ask because labs are so unpredictable unless they're trained right. Personally, I would have brought it to a bass-et hound :D

Ooooo, just about my favorite subject! Budweiser - Everyday beer and amazingly consistant Sam Adams Cream Stout - When having a nice roast or dessert Blue Point Hoptical Illusion - Wanna talk hops? This Long Island micro is an award winner! DogfishHead 90 min IPA - Ditto above, but VERY expensive ($10 for a 4pak) Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout - Maybe the best beer from England! Molson Export Ale - Deffinately the best from Molson Dale's Ale - Again, expensive as it gets, but worth an occaisional splurge -There are many, MANY others that I am not thinking of at the moment, but I am always ready for trying new beers...

It sounds good to me, but I don't know if I could handle all those calories and fat. I think I'd rather make my own burger and put a slice of apple on it If y'all want a nice snack, try adding apples to cheddar and crackers. MMMMMMM

Um, 3 words? :) At this point in the season, I think the bass aren't fully "awake" from the cold. I think of it this way: When I get up in the morning, I am pretty darned sluggish. I tend not to react to something, unless I am annoyed, and then I get aggressive. Later, when I've woken up more, I am much more tollerant of annoying things, and I pick and choose my battles (to make an annalogy). Think of bass like this in the spring, and maybe it'll help...Its all in the mental game

When will Sacha Baron Cohen go away? Hasn't this boob been played out yet?!?!

I had heard of him, but until a couple years ago, had no real idea who he was. I liked his music so much, I got my band to learn "Please Don't Bury Me." Its become one of our crowd favorites, but I doubt that many people know who John Prine is, lol...

For a young kid, he's awesome. Better technique than I'll ever have! The style reminds me of "Crossroads" with Ralph "Daniel-san" Macchio: http://panamokabassin.mybrute.com

I made level 2, and now have a dog to fight with me. As you can only take a few fights a day, this is a very quick and addicting little game... Check me out: http://panamokabassin.mybrute.com

Some of those country songs kick butt! I play in a rock band, but we do a couple of country songs, and they seem to get pretty good applause, but we don't feel they're really country. We play: Good Run of Bad Luck - Clint Black God Bless The Broken Road - Rascal Flats She's More - Andy Griggs Willin' - Little Feat (ok, maybe not really county...) Heard It In A Love Song - Marshall Tucker -All it takes is an open mind and you can find the cross-overs on both sides

Good start to the season, I thought. Relatively tame, but a good tone setter for the season. Take it from a guy who fished 5 years on a dragger, these guys are the real deal. You don't get anymore hard-core than them. You think the x-games are extreme? Bah, that's like nuns at a luncheon compared to crab fishermen...

After a good rain (maybe not as long as yours, tho...) I like to get up under the brush with a red & black 4" worm t-rigged and try to run it off the bank if I can. I think it makes it look like an earthworm. Whether the bass think this or not, I dunno, but I haven't had the same kind of success with this presentation when its been dry.

I agree with catt on this one %100. When you engage the spool too soon, you lose that "dead fall" that gets the bass going. As I've learned from being here, most strikes will occur on this initial fall. BTW, this also applies to spinning reels...

The last place I rented was on a lake, and had a small 3/4 acre pond on the other side of the lake that only me and one other neighbor has access to. We would take a bass from the lake and "stock" them in the pond, which is fed by the same set of underground springs. After 3 years, we had a pretty good growth of bass. There's plenty of forage for the fish: frogs, newts, salamanders, dragonflies, etc., and I'm sure that some of the bass spawned in there. Last year, however, it seems there were no bass to catch, only 3 inch baby bass. I'm not sure what happened to the adult bass, both of us practice c&r. The only thing I can think of is the couple of grey herons and snowy egretts that were hanging around ate them? I've asked this before, and people seemed to think that bass were too big for those birds, and muskrats (of which there were a few) don't eat bass. Also, there haven't been any dead fish floating in the pond, or on the bottom for that matter. Do racoons catch live fish? I didn't think they did, but now I'm not so sure.. I think it goes to show that fish can "leave" a pond, but they'll only get in through human efforts...