Bankbeater

It depends on what I am fishing for. I prefer to catch bass on artificial bait, but for panfish and cat I use live bait.

I have several BPS rods. They are hard to beat for the price. I have also had two extreme reels. The first lasted about two months and the second lasted about 45 minutes before it quit. I will never buy another. Check with the Fishing Dept. manager and see if you can get your money back for the reel and keep the rod.

Another vote for the Slug-o. This year its caught more than the Super Fluke.

Just picked one up from BPS. Because of work, I won't be able to get out on the water until next week to use it, so I'll be out on the deck practicing my pitching into the flower bed.

Last year I picked up a Revo-S from a outdoor sports store that was getting rid of their fishing stock to make room for hunting season. I paid $50 for it.

6-2 largemouth caught on a 5/8 jitterbug. 6:05 AM, no wind, no waves, temp was about 75. I had been starting the retreive as soon as the bait hit the water and not getting any bites. I threw out over a road bed and let it sit for a couple of seconds until the waves cleared. The LM hit as soon as I started to move the jitterbug.

Natural craw, chrome w/ blue back, smokey joe, and diamond dust.

Yep, always take the flyer along. My mom taught me that years ago.

Congrats. That's a nice one.

There's nothing like ice fishing out of a boat .

I like the lazer eye spinner baits, and the 6" stik-o. I have excellent luck with their spinners this year.

That BPS will match the prices of other local competitors? I just heard this yesterday and I was wondering if it were true.

Same thing that worked in the spring around here. Jigs, spinners, and cranks.

My horoscope told me that I would be posting today ;D.

Nice One!!

Thanks Catt!!

I felt that way every friggin week from the first of March until the end of May.

I got my BS in Business Admin. back in 1986. About six months out of college I got hired part-time to work on a CAD system which had nothing to do with my degree. About a year later I was hired full time and have been there 22 years now. My degree didn't help me get my current job, but if I didn't have it I would be making about 10% to 15% less than what I do now.

Start your own garden. Grow lettuce and tomatoes. Buy bacon and bread at the store. Make B-L-T sandwiches.

What type of cover are you going to be fishing in? I fish in a lot of grass and hydrilla filled lakes. I get more peace of mind using a heavy action with a fast tip, and its easier for me to get the bait through the weeds.

That is so cool! Way to go!!

I have really never thought about it.

My Dad and I headed out Friday morning to a lake with several small islands in it and some lilypads in the shallow end. I'm throwing a frog into the pads and across the smaller patches. One of the smaller patches happen to be along side one of the small islands. So I throw the frog out, but I didn't see a small tree branch out over the pads. The line wraps around the branch, and my Dad says see if will pull off. It didn't, so we start the boat around the lilypads to get my frog out of the tree. When we come around the side of the island we got a real good look at the tree branch I was hung up on. It had a hornet nest built around it close to the tree trunk. All of that pulling I did on the tree branch really ticked off the hornets, they were swarming around looking for what was making the nest shake. Luckily changing the angle of the boat made the frog come loose from the tree branch. So for the day we ended up with 11 LM and we didn't get stung.

I'll use a snap and hook on to the lure's split ring if it has one. If I can get a pattern down, or find a lure that they are hitting, then I'll tie directly to the split ring.

1- Minus, Rat-L-Trap, Spinnerbait, and swimming jigs.