KU_Bassmaster.

Your in for a real treat. I always like top waters just as the sun is rising. At about 8:00 I switch to a shallow running crankbait or spinnerbait.

I like in order: 1. Classic Patterns 2. Schooled by Denny Brauer 3. Bassmaster University 4. Strike King's Pro Team Journal 5. FLW Tour show

I absolutely LOVE the whole YUM product line. It's about all I carry except for Flukes and tubes. And yes I also think the Dingers are just as good as senkos plus I think the Dingers have a better color selection.

I don't see I problem with it as long as the water you are taking them from has a sufficient supply of keeper size bass.

Learning how to use different baits. Three years ago I really decided to become a better fisherman to prepare myself for a club or a Pro-AM tour once I get out of colllege. Before I would go out day in and day out and rig up a 7 inch plastic worm, T-rigged or you might ocassionly see me with a popper or jitterbug early and late. If I didn't get a bite then the fish just weren't there ............... I thought. I have learned how to use spinnerbaits sufficiently and I would say that I have become pretty darn good with a crankbait. I have also expanded my soft plastic horizon too. I have a streak going form March 20, 2004 to present that I haven't been skunked since then.......hopefully I didn't jinx myself ;D ........... I am going out tommorow and if I get skunked I am blaming it on this post .

If you want to see a few HUGE exagerations look at the "Bass Fishing Pictures" on this site under Tackle Box. I think Glenn said a while back though that he posted them and just put what they submitted. BTW- Basssmaster Mag rejected my picture under my name ?????????

Largemouth Bass - An In-Fisherman Handbook of Strategies by In-Fisherman Staff I read this book about 4 years ago when I really started getting serious about bass fishing. It covers the basics of everything from bass biology, locating bass, patterns, boats, rods, reels, and all types of baits.

Cranking through heavy cover can pay off big time. My fish I caught in the picture was caught in some pretty nasty stuff.

I can't stand the things. Just my opinion. My family rented one a couple of years ago down at Table Rock. It wasn't really all that comfortable for the family and it was a pain to fish from the back in. Never thought of the wind factor, but that just gives me one more reason to dislike them. This is just my opinion..... I don't like things that try to be two things at once like El Caminos (truck or car), Conversion Motorcyles (car or motorcyle). I have a family friend that also has a Skeeter Fish-n-Ski that is very disatisfied with it. His take is you make compromises on both ends (fishing vs. family/sport boat) and in the end you have something that satisfies no one. You have a bass boat that really doesn't satisfy your bass fishing needs and you have a family boat that really isn't all that roomy and doesn't satisfy your family needs.

Switch to something that you can slow down. He is probably chasing your bait off a bed and once he sees that it is no threat, he goes about his business. Sounds like a male bass chasing everything off his bed. I like to use tubes, crawtubes, jigs, basically anything fairly bulky and in a bright color so it is easy to see.

I'm not married, but a guy I fished with one time told me that if his wife gives him crap about fishing all the time, he tells her that it's better than him being in a bar all night. ;D He says that has been very effective ;D ;D

My dog gets pretty ticked when he sees the trailer in the drive way and he doesn't get to go. When he does get to go though, he is good for about half the trip and then he starts getting pretty antsy because I always throw a stick for him for about an hour before we go...................I swear he would swim himself to death. Here's kind of a funny story about him: A few weeks ao I was bed fishing and my dog was with me. I spotted around a 4-5 lber. that was very catchable, but stubborn. I was working on him for about 45 min. and I could tell he was just about to take a swipe at it. Just then I hear a spash and see my dog swiming towards the bank right over the bed. Needless to say the bass was gone and I was pretty ticked, but then I saw what my dog was doing I couldn't help to smile. He had spotted a frog on the bank and he was chasing. Boy did I have a good laugh. He never caught it, but it was sure fun watching him try.

I prefer to go with somebody, but it's not going to stop me from going if I can't find somebody. There are times though when I really prefer to be by myself. Plus you can leave when you want to leave and fish where you want to fish.

This is for summer fishing My take is yes the bass are shallower and a little easier to catch early in the morning, but when the sun high and hot in the middle of the day bass are so predictable and easy to find.........in the shade. That eliminates alot of water and you can just concentrate on flipping and pitching to shady sides of trees or docks or whatever.

Bass paterned Flukes. Seems like in any tough conditions, a soft plastic jerkbait will get me a few bites.

Shad not only will follow a spinnerbait, THEY WILL EAT IT. PROOF: http://bassresource.com/cgi-bin/bass_fish/YaBB.pl?board=Outing_ID;action=display;num=1114809737 I rigged a tube up and caught a couple of bass beneath where I caught the shad.

Casting - Shimanos: 2 Curados, 1 Castaic Pfleuger President Abu Garcia EON (piece of crap!!!) Spinning - 2 Shimano Symetre

I would stick with mono for crankbaits. Hybrids don't have enough stretch IMO.

Haven't found anything better than Trilene XL. I was going to stick with Cajun line until I snapped off two times while casting. Not even big crankbaits either. Anybody else have line they absolutely love for cankbaits?

You got it! Definetely a bass gaurding a nest. If he didn't get scared off by the sight of you or your lure hitting him in the face he is for sure catchable. Find the spot in the nest where he doesn't want your bait to be. Make reapeated cast back at it. Your bait being in it's nest will eventually tick him off enough to pick up your bait and move it off. Watch your line closely and be certain he has the bait in it's mouth and set the hook. Bed fishing can be some of the most fun and frustrating fishing at the same time.

Jigs and soft platics (worms,creatures, etc) I pull relatively staight up, maybe more like an 80 degree angle. AND HARD A longer rod would help I think. For crankbaits or anything with treble hooks I basically just turn my upper body and let the rod follow. For spinnerbaits a mixture of the two.

YES. At Shawnee Mission Park(last year), I found a bunch of beds on the South West portion of the lake near the dam and also in the cove where the dog park is that are both accessible by bank. Normally fish will bed up first on the North side of the lake, but because of all the traffic that lake gets, they usually opt for the South side. Kill Creek: Take K-10 west towards Lawrence. Get off at the Kill Creek Road Exit. Take a left (head south). Follow the signs. ENJOY. This is probably my favorite small body of water in the area. If you want to catch some off beds- walk to the opposite side of where the parking lot is. That whole side of the lake is a grassy sandy bottom flat, and it doesn't get as much pressure as the other side of the lake.

Hey huskertko, I live in the same area you do and the SPAWN IS NOW. Cedar is way too muddy to see bedding fish, but Shawnee Mission you should be able to see them. Kill Creek is another Johnson Co. Lake on K-10. I have been bed fishing out there the last three weeks. You might want to give that a try.

For sure in Kansas NOW. Saw a ton on beds today.

When I am here in Lawrence for school I go to Douglas County State Fishing Lake, Lone Star, and a couple of farm ponds up near Perry. When I am back home in Overland Park over the summer (when I can take the boat) I go to Bone Creek, Kill Creek, Leavenworth County State Fishing Lake, Truman, Lacyne, Mozingo, and every once in a while Lake of the Ozarks.