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I use H20 hooks because they are cheap. Lose maybe 1 out of every 15 bites if that. I wait one second and then give it a good strong side sweeping hook set and that works really well for me. If pitching reeds or grass I watch the line more than feel it. When the line starts to move then still a side sweeping hook set but much harder. Clancy W

Rods: Skeet Reese Reels: Shimano Lines: Seagaur, PP, Spider Wire braid, Trilene mono Hardbaits: Strike King, H20, and whatever's on sale Soft Plastics: Zoom, Grade Bass, Big Bite, starting to get into reaction innovations Storage:Falcon FTO boxes, Falcon tackle bag Clancy W

1.Trick Worm 2. Curly Tail Worm 3. dropshot Clancy W

Thought it was going to be a boat ;D ;D Clancy W

Zoom trick worms. Clancy W

Already one made. "Bass Resource" password is "bass". Clancy W

Top 50 Largemouth Bass Rank Water Body Weight (lb.) Length (in.) Date Angler State Record Water Record 1 Lake Fork 18.18 25.5 01/24/1992 Barry StClair X X 2 Lake Fork 17.67 27.5 11/26/1986 Mark Stevenson 3 Lake Fork 17.64 28 04/01/1989 Stan Moss 4 Lake Fork 17.63 26.25 08/29/1990 Jerry L. New 5 Lake Fork 17.29 02/14/1988 Larry Barnes 6 Lake Fork 17.08 25.5 02/26/1991 Troy Coates 7 Pinkston 16.9 27.66 02/16/1986 Earl Crawford X 8 Lake Fork 16.89 25.5 02/08/1993 Bryan Turner 9 Sam Rayburn 16.8 28.75 05/31/1997 Tommy Shelton X 10 Mill Creek Lake 16.77 03/01/1990 Herchel Brickey 11 Lake Fork 16.75 25.5 03/08/1990 Stephen R. Trepkus 12 Lake Fork 16.63 27 02/28/1999 Flo O'Brain 13 Lake Fork 16.59 26 05/15/1987 Guy Weatherspoon 14 Lake Fork 16.54 25 02/27/1991 Bill Reed 15 Lake Fork 16.44 26.5 03/10/1996 Chris Adams 16 Caddo 16.17 26.5 03/20/2010 Keith Burns X 17 Gibbons Creek Reservoir 16.13 26 01/15/1988 Troy Johnson X 18 Lake Fork 16.12 27.25 03/22/2002 Jim Harrell 19 O.H. Ivie 16.08 28 04/30/2010 Jerry Bales X 20 Lake Fork 16.06 25.5 03/09/1988 Tom Hallum 21 Lake Fork 16.04 25.75 02/29/1992 Gasper J. Cardinale 22 Possum Kingdom 16.02 26.75 10/13/1989 Scott Tongate X 23 Caddo 16.01 25.5 04/13/1992 Bobby Shaver 24 Lake Fork 16 27.5 07/03/1989 John Stanley 25 Lake Fork 15.95 25.5 03/27/1991 Wendall R. Atkinson 26 Conroe 15.93 27 01/30/2009 Ricky Bearden X 27 Lake Fork 15.88 25.5 02/17/1990 Jim Taylor 28 Merritt (Private) 15.74 26.5 01/14/1995 Kenneth Morris X 29 O. C. Fisher 15.69 27 09/23/1996 Charles Sirmons X 30 Amistad 15.68 28.3 12/28/2005 Tom Sutherland X 31 Lake Fork 15.65 25.25 03/22/2002 Johnny Six 31 Lake Fork 15.65 27.5 05/28/1991 Rex Thompson 33 Lake Fork 15.64 27 05/25/1999 Charles Emich 34 Lake Fork 15.61 26.13 05/08/1991 Jim Gore 34 Lake Fork 15.61 25.25 03/22/2010 James Quisenberry 36 Lake Fork 15.6 24.75 03/04/1993 Walt Dosher 37 Amistad 15.58 27 03/11/1989 Jay Hiler 38 Merritt (Private) 15.54 27.12 03/09/2007 Jesse Roberson 39 Lake Fork 15.53 27 04/19/1987 Dennis Ray Canada 40 Lake Fork 15.51 25 09/23/1991 Boyd Walker 41 Private Lake 15.5 25.75 02/07/1981 John Alexander Jr. 41 Lake Fork 15.5 25.25 02/21/2006 Billy Pfeil 43 Lake Fork 15.46 25 02/27/1992 Bob Lancaster 44 Choke Canyon 15.45 26.25 01/21/2009 Brad Bookmyer X 45 Lake Fork 15.41 25 02/27/1991 Dennis Bassinger 46 Possum Kingdom 15.38 26.25 02/14/1991 Don Allison 46 Lake Fork 15.38 26 08/18/1990 Bill Howell 46 Lake Fork 15.38 24.5 04/25/1992 Randy Carroll 46 Lake Fork 15.38 28.5 03/17/1989 Harold Stanley 50 Lake Fork 15.34 27 09/28/1991 John W. Alumbaugh Top 50 LMB. Many think that the state record will be broken this year. Clancy W

First place yesterday was a 35lb stringer weighed in by Chad Prough. 52 anglers brought 20lb sacks to the scales. And from the updates iv read so far today, looks like there will be more 20lb sacks brought in today. Should be a very close. I would be willing to bet that it will take almost 40lbs to make the cut. http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_123/flw-okeechobee-11.html If you make an account, or if you already have one, then you can watch the weigh in live at 3:00pm ET. http://www.flwoutdoors.com/flwlive.cfm?type=bass Clancy W

Seems like its more of what people are confidant with other than what works best. Clancy W

Looking at the spro dawgs I might get one of those. Which color would you suggest? Clancy W

Thats what I was thinking, are you pretty much paying for a name? I've had great success with Pop-R's. Clancy W

Not a true sammy, knock off brands yes, but never a LC. Clancy W

I'm looking at getting a new TW bait. I'v pretty much narrowed it down to a LC Sammy or a Yellow Magic popper. Any experience with these baits? Thanks, Clancy W

Ok guys, password is "bass". Clancy W

I went ahead and made one, search "Bass Resource". If there is allready one I will deleat it, but didn't see one. Clancy W

Yeah I definitely got excited that morning when I looked outside. It was cold & misty but it kept the other boaters off the water. At one point the visibility went down to about 20 ft when I was running the boat across the lake. I got turned around for a second out on the big water & didn't exactly know where I was. Weird feeling. Never had that happen before, especially on a lake that I know so well. Fog can be pretty bad. Was on Bastrop(powerplant lake) and fog was so bad you could barly see past the TM, needless to say we got turned around pretty bad. Clancy W

Im in. Clancy W

Falcon,Fork,Ive,Choke,Amistad,LA,Fayetteville Clancy W

If you use the same line on all of them then yes. Even if you don't, it will save you in the long run. Clancy W

Yes these are good points, I wonder what the answers will be. Clancy W

Going to be really hard for Texas, a 5lb LMB is only 27 points. I guess thats because state record is 18.18lbs. Clancy W

Im in. Going go go hunting for a 10#+ when this starts up. Clancy W

Would not suprise me to see it come out of any number of lakes. Clancy W

I also use braid on my dock rod which doubles as a shakey head rod, I use 20lb spider wire on that combo. I have a cabelas MH rod with a pinnicale reel that has 30lb spider wire that I use as one of my everything rods. For my flipping/frog rod I got 65lb power pro on a quantum burst. Clancy W

Sounds good to me. I like the idea of dividing it up by age. Clancy W