Bankbeater

dough bait for catfish.

I use a file to sharpen jigs, lures, spinners, and crankbaits. On worm hooks I will replace them. I usually bend them or loose them before they go dull.

x2 X3 I was fishing them like a worm and I kept missing. I started letting them go for a couple of seconds and my hook ups really improved.

Probably two or three a year.

My work schedule doesn't always jive with the tables, so I don't pay too much attention to them.

Congrats!!

We were down there last year in June. Looks a whole lot different than it did then.

I have used all of the above.

Favorite lipless baits: Rat-L-Traps and Cordell Super Spots Favorite lipped baits: Mann's 1-minus Bandit Cordell Big-O

When I'm fishing from shore the hardbaits I use are topwaters, spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and shallow runners. I hate getting them hung up and loosing them.

I've been using them for about three years now. You can't beat them in the spring.

Usually I will just t-rig them and tex-pose the hook.

JIGS: SK bitsy flip 3/8 blue/black SOFT PLASTICS: 6" Creme Scoundral Zoom finesse worm Zoom brush hogs Zoom small tubes CRANKBAITS: 1/2 ounce Rat-L-Trap smokey joe color 3/8 ounce Mann's 1-minus in crawfish color SOFT JB: Zoom Super Fluke

I always used live bait. Crickets and red wigglers under a bobber.

If the weeds are a couple of feet below the surface you might try burning a rat-l-trap across the tops of the weeds. Swimming a jig is another method you might try.

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That is a nice bass!!

I finally figured out how to change my avatar ;D.

I've got a Rapala scale.

Creme Scoundrel plastic worms, and the 1/2 ounce size Cordell Big-O.

WOW that thing is HUGE!

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Thanks. While we were taking pictures and weighing this fish the boat blew into the bank. Gotta love the wind.

Hit the water on Saturday about 6:30 AM. Wind was from the NW at about 5 MPH with gusts up around 15 MPH. Air temp was 54 and the water temp was 65. Things started out pretty good. We boated 9 small LM by 9:00 AM on t-rigged plastic, and the boat was doing OK in the wind. By 10:00 AM we were trying to decide if we should pull the boat in and walk the bank. The only thing I could throw with the wind were jigs and carolina rigs. Wind was steady out of the NW around 15 MPH with gusts up to 25 MPH. We ended up staying with the boat and catching 22 LM. All of them were 1 to 2 pounds except for this one that went 4-7. I got him on a jig along side of an old log that you can see behind me.

Because people will buy them. Have you ever seen a pink fish?