Bluebasser86

I wish I was going fishing with my dad tomorrow. Unfortunately we work different shifts and have different days off so we almost never see each other. I'm glad he'll be changing days off soon so we'll at least have one day off together. I know enough people who have lost their dads suddenly to know that if I keep saying we'll go fishing sometime, I may run out of time.

Nice fish, what he'd catch it on? You keep it? They must not have advertised the night fishing out there very much, not that it would have mattered since I was at work from 8pm-8am.

It is some pretty nasty dirt roads getting out there. If you go to 359th street to Somerset you only have to be on dirt roads for about 4 or 5 miles. I just stop when I get to Somerset and put all my rods in the cab of the truck so I don't give them dust baths and go. With my aluminum boat I'm not really worried about trying to keep it shiny.

I can cast pretty well with both hands. I can reel with either hand on a spinning reel but only right handed with a baitcaster. If I have to reel lefthanded with a baitcaster it looks like I shouldn't be allowed outside without a helmet.

You might try letting your line out behind the boat and reeling it back up. Sounds like it is digging into itself causing the bungee effect you're getting so letting it out and reeling it back up should make it lay right again. I'm sure there are ways to keep braid from digging into itself and causing this problem to start with but I'm not sure how to prevent it! I don't smaller line is your answer here though.

^^ What he said. No reason to use a loop knot on a split ring. That's like clipping a snap onto a split rig or putting two split rings on a bait. You'll be fine if you just tie a palamar or whatever knot you use directly to the split ring and then you don't have to worry about it slipping!

Looks very nice! If that works I have a LC 1.5 and a couple others I'm going to send you lol (no really).

1.Green Pumpkin 2.Black 3.every other color I use

I've had several pairs of expensive glasses but I love my Costas. I have 2 pairs, one pair of Fathoms that I got for $80 and another pair I can't remember the name of that come with 3 pairs of interchangable lenses that I got for $100. They are great glasses and I keep them on a Chums floating lanyard in case the got dropped in the water. They are an investment but you won't be sorry! If you have never used a pair of nice glasses you don't know what you're missing!

Sometimes it doesn't matter what you do, you're going to loose some fish. I'm not an expert on swimbaits but I've never heard of bowing to them on the jump? Seems like that would just let the bait flop around more and at least make the hook hole bigger and maybe flop out. Keep your rod low and the fish in the water if you can. I'd be trying to keep that line tight if you can. Also knowing what rod/reel/line you're using would help. If the rod is too light or a number of other things isn't right it won't help your chances of landing a fish any.

As others have said natural colors are usually best in clear water. I have seen times when bright chartruese or white colored baits get killed in clear water too though. Being stealthy helps a lot. Keep your noise to a minimum with help maximize the number of fish you catch.

I think Texas Roadhouse is more about that butter than the rolls, I'd buy that butter by the tub if they sold it!

We have 3 shelties and they are more like children than pets. They all have their own personalities and I hate to think of the day when they're gone. Sorry about your loss.

My thumbs doing alright, a little scratched up still but I'll survive. I've heard from others that have been to Miami lately that it has been hot! If you want to go somewhere that is easy to fish and catch a bunch of quality fish I would try to plan a trip there soon! It seems to me that getting there early is best because the topwater bite is usually pretty good and it gets a little tougher later in the day, like most lakes do.

It does work, sometimes better than a regular spinnerbait. Getting it balanced right so it doesn't roll can be tricky though.

Fished Miami State Lake on Tuesday from about 5:30am-3:30pm. We caught well over 50 fish and I'd probably guess between 75-100 between the three of us. A jig caught us lots of fish and most of our bigger ones. Lots of fish on swimbaits, spinnerbaits, and a squarebill also. No monsters but tons of fish from 2 1/2-3 1/2 with one 4 even that I caught on a crankbait. The piers and the brush in the middle of the lake produced most of our fish but there was also lots of fish schooling and blowing up on shad in the middle of the lake. It's a rough trip out there but it was well worth the effort!

I think I read somewhere that there is like 150 calories in a single Olive Garden breakstick? I'm not a huge health nut but knowing I can sit down and eat 2000 in 10 breadsticks, which wouldn't be unusual for me if I get the soup,salad, and breadsticks, I haven't been back because of that. I do love the chedder bay biscuits too! Why does everything so bad for you have to taste so good?!

Mine was the sinking model. I know they don't last forever but I was hoping for a few more fish at least. They have great action and the fish I caught crushed it.

I got some of the Gulp! spray to put on my homemade jigs because the skirts put off a plastic smell at first. That spray has a strong crawdad smell and if it doesn't make a difference then I just spray it on at the perfect time. I can think of a couple times off the top of my head that the fish seemed to ignore our baits until we sprayed them with Gulp! and started catching fish. I've never been a big fan of spray scent but if that stuff doesn't help it sure doesn't hurt anything!

Big red ears are a challenge, they seem a little pickier than other sunfish. I know what you mean about not being able to catch them when you're planning on keeping them. Seems like anytime I catch a few crappie or walleye and decide to try to keep it and catch a couple more to eat the bite stops!

Crappie never seem to be good for a pond unless that's all you want in it. I'd take a bunch of crappie and smaller bass out and maybe talk to the pond owner about stocking shiners or fathead minnows.

You might try a big, dark colored worm with a light weight at night. Big jigs and single colorado bladed spinnerbaits can be good too.

Sounds like it would look kind of like this, http://www.***.com/Stanley_Y-Not/descpage-STYNOT.html only without the ribbing on the legs.

If the hook is in the right place you can always go with the push it the rest of the way through and pinch down the barb option. It hurts a little more but it's not hard to do. I don't think barbless hooks loose that many more fish. I think it's mainly giving fish slack line that gives them the chance to shake loose. Your right about those shots, they suck!

Braid is too expensive and unforgiving to teach a kid to fish with IMHO. He's going to get some tangles that probably aren't going to come out and you'll have to cut them out. Mono makes it not such a big deal. Plus he'll be less likely to rip the hooks out of a fishes mouth with the stretch in mono than he would with braid.