Bankbeater

I usually say "Got him", or "Turn off the motor I have a fish".

Happened to me last year. If there had not been a family with little kids about 50 yards away I believe that I would have cut loose with the cuss words.

IMO, I would be more worried about the reel than the rod. You don't want to be on a fishing trip and have to buy a new reel because the old one broke and you can't get parts for it.

I like them t-rigged with a 1/16 oz. weight.

Around 35 years or so. Started when I was around 7 or 8 years old. Took some time off around the time I got married and then started back up about 8 years ago.

Mister Twister soft jerkbaits. They kind of look like a slug-o, but with a more defined face. My dad gave me a pack about five years ago and I have about a dozen left.

I never use trailer hooks, I find that they tend to hang up in the weeds. I usually start off without a trailer but if I don't get any hits I will add one.

Has anyone ever used one of these from BPS? Two people have told me that they are great, but the on line reviews are mixed.

Right now I will get a new reel once a year. Most of my reels are 10+ years old so I am slowly getting replacements for them.

Get the heaviest jig you can find and put a Senko on it for a trailer.

I use a heavy rod with a fast tip and heavy line. When the bait gets stuck in the grass, I take up the slack, and give it a quick short pull, sort of like setting the hook. Usually jigs and t-rigged plastics pull right through.

Years ago I stepped on a rock and it rolled over. My right knee came down on another rock and hurt like the devil. I ended up having a hole in my knee about 1/2 inch wide that they couldn't stitch up because it was round, and my knee cap was fractured like a windshield. It was OK around the edges, but busted up in the center. It took about two weeks for the swelling to go down enough to where I could bend it and put weight on it.

I use Zoom more than anything else.

Sounds like my house after spicy pizza!!

Last year it was jigs. I am still working on this year.

That fish is huge! Great bass!

Find some grass mats over deep water. Drop a t-rig with a 3/4 to 1 ounce weight through the grass and go down to the bottom.

I like a 6'-6" Med heavy rod with a fast tip. Its the same set up that I use for crankbaits.

A "trip limit". Gimme a break.

;D ;D

Mann's Jelly worms Zoom Finesse worms Creme 6" scoundrel worms The curly tailed worms tend to get wrapped around cover too easy.

I use a lot of Strike King and BPS, but I don't think that I really have a favorite brand.

The best one I ever pulled was when I yelled "SNAKE" while we were fishing out of the boat under some low hanging tree branches. Best one that I ever had pulled on me was when I was fishing out of the front of a jon boat, and the guy running the motor in the back cut a hard ninety degree turn while we were sitting next to a pine tree that was partially flooded. I was covered in needles.

I try to get out at least once a week. Maybe more if its a long weekend.

I have never had it happen to me.