Bluebasser86

I've tried lots of different colors but black seems to be my best producer in cover or lowlight conditions and white is best in open water or brighter conditions.

Ummm - there was also one Yo-Zuri Hardcore JB-90SB suspending minnow (jerkbait) in the clearance bin. I didn't see this bait on the Yo-Zuri web site so perhaps it's been discontinued. I did find the bait on eBay...for $12.95 I paid $2.95 for it ... 8-) I have that exact bait, except mine has caught so many fish it has almost no paint left on it ;D

First fish and first bigger fish (4.5lbs) that I ever caught on a spinnerbait came on the white with a blue head and single colorado blade wal mart special. The first tournament I ever fished in when I was 16 a guy won with a 7.5lb fish on a yellow and orange one. He had customized it with a small orange colorado blade in front of the regular colorado blade. It was the only fish anyone caught on a day that never made it out of the teens .

It's all about the rythme with Spooks and other walk the dog baits. For me a slow constant retrieve is good when it's calm but when there is a chop on the water or the fish are really chasing you can work it with fast snaps and make it jump all over. They are by far my favorite clear water top water bait.

I've had several Quantums and I have yet to find one that I thought was worth the money I spent on it. I checked one out when I worked at Cabela's and took it with me on a trip to Mexico. It was the blue PT burner. I didn't the feel of the reel and it did not have a very good drag system. It spent most of the trip in the lodge while I was on the water catching fish with my shimanos. I had one of the Energy spinning reels in the 20 size and it made it less than a year before it sounded like an egg beater. :-/

BPS Tornado Spinnerbait, BPS Balsa Boogie. There was some crank that BPS was pushing that Rick Clunn was endorsing that was supposed to send out sonic waves or something like that. Heddon crazy crawler, double bladed buzzbaits, silver buddys, Lucky Craft Live Pointers. I'm sure there's plenty more but that's all I can think of. Not that a couple of these didn't catch some fish, they just always fell short of what I was hoping they would do for me.

I have the best luck with the Excalibur XR50 in the ghost pattern. I've caught smallmouth everywhere I've fished for them with it. It's a really natural looking color but it's really loud and I think it plays on a smallmouths curiosity because they want to find out where all the noise is coming from! Plus, my aluminum boat just seems to amplify it when it gets back close to the boat on the retrieve.

On behalf of the Chiefs I would like to say thank you Miami!

You need to set your security settings higher. I have mine set as high as I can because of my job to keep people I don't want seeing my page from seeing it. Mines set so you can't even search for it unless you at least friends with one of my friends first. If you have as many friends as it sounds like you do that may not solve your problem though.

I drink at least 2-3 a week, usually Amp or Full Throttle. I love the Full Throttle coffee/energy drink mix. I've tried about everyone I've ever seen at the store. The 180 and Go Fast are both pretty good ones too. 7-11 used to sell one that if you drank it in less than 10 minutes it would make your toes and fingers tingle and make it impossible to sit still lol. I drink them because I get off work at midnight and get to sleep around 1, get up at 4:30 or 5 am to go fishing or hunting and repeat 3 days in a row before I go back to work and I can get some sleep!

I've got Do-It's shakey head mold and it fits 3/0-5/0 hooks and you can make them with or without the wire spiral keeper. It's been a really good investment for me.

Thanks for the help guys. I was just thinking I use a ton of trick worms, beaver style baits, and senko, style baits in a select few colors. If I got a mold for each of these and couple of different colors I could probably save myself a bunch of money.

Nice fish! Strange that she didn't fight, they usually fight really well this time of year unless the water is really cold.

Sitting in the tree stand this morning not seeing anything when I look up and the biggest 12 point deer I've ever seen is walking straight towards me . I try to reach for my bow slowly but everytime I move he freezes and stares me down. Played cat and mouse with him for what seemed like 30 minutes but was probably a minute or two before I got my bow down. He was walking fast for the tree line and I was having a heck of time knocking an arrow while I was shaking like I was having a seizure :. Raised the bow to draw and again he froze, a single step from being behind hedge limbs that would block and shot and he would be gone. Without warning and way to fast for me to react he bounced forward into the trees and was gone :'(. No amount of grunting or rattling could get his attention, he was on a mission and I couldn't stop him, all I could do was watch him walk up and over the hill and disappear. I've replayed that moment hundreds of time in my head when he was frozen broadside at 20 yards staring me down, wish I would have just tried to draw and let loose and hope he didn't bolt. Now I just have to hope that he makes a mistake again and gives me a little more warning next time!

I'm sure someone has posted this before but about how much on average would I be looking to spend to get into pouring my own plastics? I only use a few styles/colors so it seems to me i could stand to save myself quite a bit of money if I started pouring my own.

The BPS The Strike for Wii helped get me through the winter but like others have said it's not very realistic. Drive around until you see a fish on the depthfinder and start casting. I was excited to see some lakes that I've fished on the game like Table Rock. Then I played it and caught a fish that would beat Missouri's decades old state record largemouth by 4 or 5 lbs. So not that realistic on the size fish you are catching or the difficultly in finding them.

I have a Glock 17 9mm that I carry on duty. I've got a Glock 22 .40 that I carry off duty sometimes and leave at home when the wife is home by herself. I keep a loaded 12 gauge shotgun in the bedroom that is a much better option for home defense IMO. That's probably heavily influenced from seeing the repercussions of a father trying to ward off an intruder in his home shooting a .357 mag through 2 walls and into his son sleeping in his bedroom. A shotgun blast won't go through many walls and I can't tell you the number of times someone has scared off an intruder just from racking a shell into the chamber, that's a universal sound that everyone understands.

They are decent cranks if you are only fishing weeds or soft bottom, but if you're banging stumps or grinding rocks it's just a matter of time before the lip comes back to the boat and the bait floats up somewhere in between.

Between deer, ducks, coyotes, pheasents, and quail, there's a lot to keep me busy around here. Plus there's 2 powerplant lakes within an hour drive so my boat never gets winterized! The bass aren't always biting but white bass and wipers still pull really hard and get you through the winter!

Between deer, ducks, coyotes, pheasents, and quail, there's a lot to keep me busy around here. Plus there's 2 powerplant lakes within an hour drive so my boat never gets winterized! The bass aren't always biting but white bass and wipers still pull really hard and get you through the winter!

Between deer, ducks, coyotes, pheasents, and quail, there's a lot to keep me busy around here. Plus there's 2 powerplant lakes within an hour drive so my boat never gets winterized! The bass aren't always biting but white bass and wipers still pull really hard and get you through the winter!

Wow, 13 bass from Hillsdale. That's a pretty day anytime I've been out there!

Is that Killcreek? I didn't know they had any channels that big in there if it is. Maybe that's what broke me off in the deep timber out there!

Jerkbaits are the best thing going for me around here in the spring time up to early summer. 78 LC Pointers and 97LC slender pointers. Casting a Gulp minnow on a jighead on flats and points was really good this spring too.

You don't have to throw 12" trout baits. I have a friend that lives on Minnetonka and I've done very well up there with the Strike King 4" king shad. Fish them along the edge of docks, weed lines, rock piles, whatever. The only problem is the price and the potential for toothy fish. I got lucky and didn't get bit off while I was up there but he loses 1 or 2 baits a month to pike and muskies. I'm sure you could use a fine wire leader but it may kill some of the action. The Spro BBZ shad is a very good one to fish above the top of shallow weeds also.