KenDammit28

Is this common practice then t-rigging with spinning gear? I guess I will try that. Andy with spinning gear, fingering the line is hard to do unless you have really big hands or are just used to doing it. I feel ackward when I do it or that I have no control of the rod...so what I do with spinning gear is reel until the line is up by the rod, then i finger it.

more often than not, your line will start moving. Linewatching is an invaluable practice, IMO. I'd say that 99% of the time when fishing weightless, my line has gone taught in a hurry and if I'm not moving the bait..obviously something on the other end is. Other times the line will start moving to one side or the other and very rarely does the line come at me or get more slack in it. feel your line and I also like to keep a finger or two on the blank of the rod. If you can feel a dragonfly land on the tip of your rod, then you know you've got one sensitive enough to feel any fish bite.

honestly, you do sound bitter. Theres no need to put "hate" out on a product that obviously does work and does fill a niche. This lure goes where swimbaits won't go because of its profile and things like that. Who cares what someone calls their lures? If it works, it works...and it won't be because of the name.

the bottom, I would guess. The surface and relatively shallow water would be effected by wind current and things like that, I'd say. The current of an old river channel would effect the water immediately around it. I'd say that the current doesn't just take the shortest route because the deeper portion of the lake bottom that makes up the channel will kind of act as a funnel, pulling the water along its path. All that said...I emphasize that its JUST A GUESS...I have no true idea how it works.

clear water extra spooky fish when flash isn't working but I'm getting smacked at stained water when I want a little more visibility of my lure

no, there are no large bass. the biggest I've caught has been 17 inches and it weight roughly 2lbs(can't remember exactly but it wasn't much to either side of the scale...been a year and a half since I caught it) Most fish caught are around 15 inches and weight about 1 1/2 lbs..and these fish are the ONLY size I've seen caught, even when you get a bass on live bait..even a bluegill(I have used bluegills before...when I first fished there, you could catch smaller ones) the pond was stocked....I am not exactly sure on the date since I wasn't around then but from conversations..I'd say roughly 9-10 years ago now. Apparently some catfish were put in too but I know they are dead because they have never been seen. The worst thing about it is that there are 4, yes FOUR, grass carp in a 1/8 acre pond. I know that the pond was stocked incorrectly to begin with and was never the right place for fish(it was previously a buffalo watering hole that my girlfriends family converted to a fish pond) I am basically looking for what I could possibly start harvesting, if anything, that would make the place more enjoyable and productive to fish because as of right now, its miserable.

yeah..thats the bad thing...the pond isn't large at all. I think its roughly an 1/8th of an acre. Unfortunately, I wasn't involved with the family when the place was stocked so I couldn't offer any input to em. I've tried politely nudging him to dig some more to make the pond bigger..but he's frankly too lazy and I obviously can't go touching someone elses land.

in that scenario...you can pretty much bet that anything you thrown in will get attacked by the dinks as soon as they see it. Bass that haven't been exposed to any lures really will very readily hit them. You'll catch a lot of dinks because of this since they will be more apt to just jump out and grab something instead of "stalking" like most bigger bass will do. Fish it for a pretty good while and keep note of what you catch and then go back and look at the size/weight of the fish over time..that'll indicate how the fish are growing and stuff.

you would definitely need to fish it more than once to decide the population status. You can't get fooled by the rambunctious little guys who will hit anything in the water. If you fish it over a period of time and notice that fish are all pretty much the same size/weight/ with no knowledge of bigger ones caught..then you should look into whats going on. do you know how often it is fished or anything?

you're not going to exceed an ounce unless you put a pretty heavy weight on it. even then with a 3/4 oz weight, a typical worm with a hook and glass bead(both of which don't weigh anything significant) will probably only get CLOSE to an ounce...a weight most any worming rod can handle with no problems.

I can't remember how the equation works so hopefully someone here will know. Heres the situation in my pond(my girlfriends family pond). I've been fishing the place for going on 2 years now, and have not once caught a largemouth out of it that exceeded 2 pounds or 17 inches in length. That would make me think it was overpopulated with bass but the catches are also very few and far between. A good day(more than 3 hours) will MAYBE net you 5 bass...which 3 probably won't even be a legal size. This pond has been fished with everything from worms to minnows to all the typical artificial lures and still, not much results. Girlfriends father will occasionally catch one or two bass while fishing as well. On the flipside..bluegill fishing will result in very few bluegill catches but the ones that are caught are about hand sized and very healthy looking. Normally, when bluegill fishing in a pond, you can get quite a few hits on your worm, but I received..I think it was 5 or 6 "hits" in a two hour span yesterday fishing all different parts of the pond. You also don't see any swimming near the bank parts you can get to. So, nice sized bluegill that ARE caught, but very few are caught. there are no large predator fish in the water, but there are crappie...my girlfriends dad supposedly caught 17 crappie about a week ago and probably fished for about an hour or two I would guess. so the players Small bass, few bass Good sized bluegill, few bluegill caught. Crappie caught in numbers, I would guess they were 7-9 inches if they are any like I've always caught there. whats your take on the health of the fish? Too few bass to eat the bluegill who in turn grow too big for the bass to eat? Too many bass(which I just can't believe with how few are caught) and not enough food? Crappie eating both fishes fry and theres not much population left?

chop the head off? I dunno how long you're planning to "keep" them before taking them home, though.

hey guys, unfortunately I have to get a new rod. My girlfriend rolled up the rear windows in the SUV today after returning and broke approx 3 inches off my Berkley Series 1 rod. I actually had gotten quite fond of it and loved using it, but it died. I would just go ahead and buy another Series 1 but they don't make them the same as mine anymore. Nowadays they have cork in front of the reel seat, mine was just a rubber grip and then the rod. So, I ask...what is a good rod in the 70-85 dollar range(My girlfriend is nice enough to replace it) since thats what the series 1 costs. I would PREFER one to have the same kinda blank exposure under the seat and a matte finish(don't ask, but I think the Matte just looks sexy!) Also, as little cork as possible in front of the reel seat.

along with what the pictures show, I also like to put the hook-eye into the frogs nose. I feel like its more weedless and also stays on the hook better. another tip when fishing horny toads or any other frogs(they all will start sliding off the hook) is to get some super glue and dab a little right below the eye on the shank..then slide your frog up on it...it will surely stick so long as everything is dry when you apply the glue.

it happens a lot in ponds because turtles will grab just about anything that goes by their head when they are looking for food. Just be glad if it was a turtle that it didn't get the hook cuz they are a pain in the butt to try and get in first and secondly to try and get off the hook(NEVER GO NEAR A SNAPPING TURTLES MOUTH!) I pulled in a...I would guess a 10-20lb snapping turtle once and it felt like reeling in a concrete block.