Nice_Bass

Also. Check this site out for your jigs. Prices are right and quality is great. a BR member makes them. http://www.siebertoutdoors.com/

Don't be afraid to lose them. Fish them from shore, and your catch size will increase makeing it worth a little lost money. Have fun out there. If you are fishing larger rocks, such as off of a dam, Jump it a bit more; you dont want it to find every crevice to get stuck in.

Went out yesterday and realized that my fav. swimbait rod I know like for tossing jigs...Guess I must go buy some more gear!

I chase a bit of squirrel out at the bars every so often.

I have found fish hang on the most to Powerbait products, used the rage tail products however,...eh well nevermind. Berkley all the way.

a spinnerbait would work well for this i would think, and i would start there.

I am not a brand specific guy anyhow, I am an equal opportunity catcher. I will say though, without naming names, there are only two brands I believe far and away are inferior to others, and would not switch to them without some changes. So final answer, maybe, most likely yes.

Wow. Look great and at great prices. Just added to my fav's and will be ordering soon as I need a restock.

No kidding. Great lures. I would buy a couple. Just found the bream pattern on that site that I am now going to order a few of.

C'mon Nice_Bass, if your gonna try to rip me, at least do it in a way that it doesn't take me 5 minutes to realize what you were trying to do. Go back and edit your post so it gets it out of my post and people will be able to see what you were trying to say. Oh and I was just wondering......how is KVD doing right now? Sorry about that. I wear gloves when I type so I don't hurt my fingers. Dang things get in the way all the time!

Gammy hooks 3/0, Berkley 7in powerworm 100ct, bullet weights, and some Berkley craws. The rest would be on some beer.

A great one right there!

I use the same reel for musky waters when using large swimbaits for bass- Have landed musky with no problem at all.

I would disagree, but if that has worked for you I guess I would keep doing it. Sounds like you need a reaction bite, casted from a long distance.

If a football jig and hollow swimbait count, then I throw some form of soft plastic 75%+ of the time.

Love it, and will be repeating in my inner circle. Thanks.

Agreed on all accounts, if I am not throwing a jig, it is a t-rigged craw/worm, swimbait, or somthing finesse. Just interested in what is going on in the world below the boat. Thanks.

Speaking of, I need to go to lunch now- that or the creek behind my house so that I can catch a few of these for lunch!

Been there done that, everything can be looked up on the web, that would defeat the purpose of a thread. Over four hundred species, but they all follow a similer cycle; catch-cook-rip,pull,suck,discard. :'(

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I use it around cover, docks and stumps when the fishing is slow. Usually in water 8-18ft.

Agreed, still a sucker for the yum craw series though. I may need to check out the rage on the rage craws though... Anyhow, thats what I am talking about, putting science into action. If most of us (maybe most of you do already) knew the cycles of crawdads like we did shad, we would all be a bit better off, or at least sound like we did. Cheers.

Could we start a good in depth conversation about the life cycle and stages of crawfish/crayfish/mudbug/crawdad/freshwater lobster. This could really help in knowing the what's and why's of when to throw baits where.

Air temps do not affect the fish as much as it affects us. Angle of the sun does however, whether it is the angle at your latitude in warming the water, or angle during the day. Fish cover, and close to it. Sure to be some fish at depth- a lot depends on water clarity and cover type.

http://www.theoutdoorstores.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=LBTG&Category_Code=23 This may be able to help you, based off your avatar...