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You know when your fishing the creek if there ain't none biting, just keep moving up or down to a different location. I've caught several red eyed bream, 2lb bass, off a very versatile cricker hopper. 6lb line. Give some drag, you want to communicate with the fish, not force it in. And there it was, a submissive bass who agreed to land on shore. Fear has negative effects when fishing, best way to avoid a snag, gentle and slow. Like your communicating to the tree, like I can't believe some people are in disbelief that animals including fish have no feelings or senses. I won't extend on that. But a submissive bass is an easy bass to bring upon shore, and your commune with it, is what makes each individual bass special. I'm no Kevin Richardson the way he does with lions on nat geo, but just commune with your catch, I put a thumb gently in its mouth and it closed it's jaw, lightly, not as to consume my thumb, but it was hard to get the hooks out, it was uncomfortable, I talked with it and said everything gonna be fine and it senses my sound, and touch, it didn't go crazy Only when I forcibly mishandled it tried to remove the hooks it shook violently. But then my favorite part, releasing it, it was like ok i'm back in my habitat, pooof! gone in a split second.

The time I fell out of my kayak in 49 degree water. I was setting the hook, as I set the hook my paddle falls into the water. Trying to reach for it while a fish was on the line made me go over board. I had my PFD and had to swim about 5 minutes to shore to find out my fish got off anyhow. Had to drag my kayak half a mile through a golf course to get back to my truck.

I have a lake like this in my area. I fished there for 3 months with nothing to show for it. One day I was relaxing in my kayak deadsticking a senko, then it hit. I still get skunked plenty times going to that lake. But once in a blue moon they bite, and when they do its not uncommon to catch more than one. And the fish coming out of it are much bigger than the stocked lake fish nearby.

Hey there, last fishing trip I seen a game warden at the boat ramp conditioning the bass for the lake temps before he stocked them. They were really nice fish about 10 of them 5-7 lb range in a mobile tank. One guy walked up and asked if he could take a picture holding up the biggest. Too bad I forgot my camera, I would of done the same. I forgot to ask what lake the tournament was held at, but the game warden said they were from a recent tournament that the anglers returned to the local go fishing center. There will be some lucky anglers this week catching one of those big fish. I may throw around and see if I catch one of them.

caught my first bluegill on a lure the other day, 1/8 oz rooster tail. It was kind of like fishing for bass. It was the biggest bluegill I caught, size was from tip of middle finger to two inches below the wrist from mouth to tail.

I have a red eye shad lipless crank that is silver and all worn out, I haven't given it a try yet since a friend gave it to me. I feel like detail does matter or else why would manufacturers go through the trouble of painting those patterns on there unless it is simply to appeal to the human eye.

I fish on an 180 acre lake. There is only one bank I usually fish on that stretches about 100 yards. Often times I get skunked. But the other day the conditions were just right and the they were out biting.

Alright thanks

It is a KVD 1.0 bluegill

Hey now Bassresource, Yesterday I was fishing I hooked into a bass after boating it I inspected my crankbait. Two points off the front treble broke off somehow. So I went home and put a new treble on there, but it is bigger than the rear treble on the crankbait. I just am concerned about there being two different size trebles on the crankbait, will it perform the same? etc. have a good one.

Hey HeavyDluxe, thanks for answering my question. Next time I go fishing for crappie, I can expect I may catch a bluegill too. ,

Hello Bassresource! Can bluegill be caught using crappie small plastic lures as well? Thanks, real new to crappie fishing, was just wondering since the lures are so small that bluegill can perhaps bite on them too?

Hi bassresource, I'm glad. Thanks. For the paddle leash, I could rig something like that without much hassle. Yeah who cares about the fish or equipment lost for that matter, its life that counts. I hear the body gets conditioned to cold water if you've experienced it before.

Hello to all. I was fishing a few weeks ago in 49 degree water. 150ft from the bank I was in 10 ft deep water. I was throwing a KVD 1.0 Bluegill crankbait. Winds were gusting around 20mph. I casted out as I was reeling in I felt a nab at the line. Right as I was setting the hook the wind blew my paddle into the water. Something told me to reach for it so I did, at that moment I had leaned too far over to seize it and I tipped into the water. I remember submerging in the reservoir completely. I looked up and thru the murky bright green water I could see daylight. I grabbed my PFD, still holding onto my fishing pole. There was a chance that the fish was on. But I was hyperventilating due to the cold water. My kayak, a sit-inside was filled water and I didn't want it to sink to the lake bed. My tackle box managed to stay inside. So I started kicking and for a minute or so it felt like I was making no progress back to shore. However I kept at it and finally stood myself up in about 4ft of water. I brought my kayak up onto the bank. Checked my line, unfortunately the fish got off, as it had plenty of time to shake itself loose. Good thing I had been in good cardio condition, it was struggle out there and I ran out of breath a few times. What went thru my mind was, if I hadn't been in a Georgia climate, if I would of been in Alaska fishing. I would of died due to hypothermia. I didn't know my paddle could float, or else this wouldn't of happened. The wind blew it to shore eventually. Take Care.

Hi, I'm a kayak fishermen, I draw the line at 15mph, but if its over 10 I know I'm usually going to have a hard time trying to cast and paddle at the same time. Anchors are good for holding my kayak still, One time I went out in fair wind around 12mph, but as the day progressed the wind increased to 30mph gusts and I could not make it back to shore. I had to land on someones private property and carry my kayak back about half a mile.

Hi, I'm a recently acquired owner of a downimage sidefinder. Problem is I get alot of fish showing up on the down imager, not so much with the sidefinder. With sidefinder I know where to cast to because it tells me the location and distance in ft to the fish, I caught two today using that method. However when using the downimager the finder detects are located directly beneath my boat, so in essence, to catch those fish even if they are bass or not, I'd have to float over them to detect, then float back about 15ft and make a cast to that spot? I tried that didn't get nothing, most likely they were not even bass, the big ones I did detect were sitting close to the bottom, and I was using a 1-5ft crankbait. So there is no way I'm getting to them unless I t-rigged a worm or something. Thanks.

@Helluva_Engineer, you wouldn't imagine how many times I've managed to cast my line over a limb, I only pretended to myself what if a fish actually took my lure while it was in that position, that must of been awesome.

Hi thanks for your respones. Let me share some background info. I'm using a casting setup currently 50# braid installed. I'm throwing weightless 12" worms, and 1.5 KVD crankbaits. Structure consists of medium timber, pads, and hydrilla. So from what I gather I should purchase a 10# braid that actually breaks at 20#, since 20# is what I want. I'm worried about it digging in too much though. 15# sounds like a agreeable number but thats for a spinning setup. Why is a spinning reel different than a casting reel when it comes to braid?

Hi to all, what pound line I'm using braid cast the farthest but is the strongest? I think 50# braid has great strength, but my casting distance with it is not far. I'm willing to go down to 20#, but what do you all think? I had 10# mono snap right off when I set the hook. So I need a reliable strength but small enough to cast to the moon.

Howdy. One time I casted a jig that landed right on top of a bass's head that was waiting in the shallows. It was a lucky cast, instantly when it hit the water the bass attacked it. It was hooked, I reeled it to the boat but right before I was able to boat it, the bass jumped off. I thought it attacked my jig because it was startled more than anything else, it was funny to see a fish react like that. Thanks for reading

J Francho, thats alot of fish in that reading. I don't think down view would work as good as a side view finder. I'm always casting towards the bank, and would like to see if there are any fish by the banks. I never understood down view, like once u get a reading of fish below you, you don't even have to cast just basically drop your line right there on the fish below?

Howdy, I was thinking of just going with a humminbird 140C fishin' buddy. Looks easy to install and has side viewing too. I can't decide if I should go for it, or save up for something more with a better side viewing, but maybe those would be harder to install.

Ok thanks for your advice basically a slip bobber rig, your cutbait method sounds interesting like something I would want to try.

Hello fellow fishermen, You can't throw anything out there in this lake with weight or else you'll get hung up in grass. Basically I'm looking for a method you would use fishing for catfish in lakes with weedy bottoms thanks.

Will do thanks for the advice. Have a great day/night.