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  1. Bankbeater
    I hiked all the way around a 50 acre lake without a bite just to catch my only bass right by the parking lot.
  2. Bankbeater
    Over the past four years, I drove by there around 30 times and never had a chance to stop in.
  3. Bankbeater
    In warm weather, I wear tennis shoes, or knee high rubber boots depending on where I am fishing and what the boat ramp is like. In winter I have a pair of insulated work boots that I wear when I hike around the ponds. Old rusty hooks, glass shards, and long thorns in the feet make for a long day,
  4. Bankbeater
    You caught some nice fish this year.
  5. Bankbeater
    Nice looking bass, congratulations!
  6. Bankbeater
    I never have hired a guide. I never had the money to spend on one.
  7. Bankbeater
    I fish an SLX-150 with 10 lb line on it. It casts a mile and it is very smooth.
  8. Bankbeater
    When I fish in the vegetation I use green pumpkin or watermelon seed.
  9. Bankbeater
    It really depends on the time of year. In the summer about the only time I'm in the bag is when I need a new plastic, need the pliers, or need a snack. In the spring and fall I'm in the tackle bag a lot. Sometimes a bait that didn't work in the early morning will work in the late morning.
  10. Bankbeater
    I have some spinning and spincast reels from the 60s and 70s. All of my baitcasters are from the early 90s or 2000s.
  11. Bankbeater
    Very sad. Sorry for your loss.
  12. Bankbeater
    I have a 370 box and a 360 box for my jigs. I have them organized by weigh and color.
  13. Bankbeater
    Until today I haven't really caught anything this year to post in this thread. This little muskie was all over a black and blue jig w/ a craw trailer. Of course I picked today to leave the lip gripper in the car.
  14. Bankbeater
    Good video. Around here the bass are running the baitfish up into the shallow flats, and up next to the shore.
  15. Bankbeater
    MO., IL., AR., and OK. Being in the St. Louis area I either fish in Missouri or Illinois with the same amount of drive time.
  16. Bankbeater
    Years ago I used the interlock snaps, but sometimes those got damaged and had to be changed out. I've had better luck with the duo-lock snaps.
  17. Bankbeater
    My insides tightened up a little when that flash of lightning lit up the sky.
  18. Bankbeater
    Thanks Glenn it's a good list of baits.
  19. Bankbeater
    Sometimes the larger reservoirs can still produce bass on summertime size baits, but you're correct most of the time I will be fishing with small baits. I know a couple of guys that have caught their PB largemouth while fishing with a 1-1/2" tube for crappie.
  20. Bankbeater
    If the water is not frozen and I don't have to work then I will be out on the water. I can actually fish more hours in the winter since I don't have any yard work to take care of.
  21. Bankbeater
    Try swapping out the blades and adding ones that are painted. Maybe it's a Midwest thing, but I've noticed this too. If I'm fishing with a double willow spinner bait, then the top blade has got to be large for me to get bites.
  22. Bankbeater
    I started out fishing a 6" Creme Scoundrel back when I was a kid. When I got back into fishing that was the first plastic bait that I bought.
  23. Bankbeater
    It depends on where you are fishing and what type of cover and structure is in your lake. If you have a lot of brush and submerged vegetation you may want to stick to shallow diving baits. Most of the time I'm using crankbaits that run only a foot or so deep because anything that runs deeper will snag.
  24. Bankbeater
    I have a Curado 200E7 that is in semi-retirement, and I love that reel. I purchased two Tatula CT100H reels a few years back because of the issues I was hearing with the K models. I have not had any problems with the Daiwa reels. I am waiting to hear the reviews for the Curado M.
  25. Bankbeater
    I've been using 8# and 10# Big Game. The 8# is a bit more manageable.
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