Conner McCombs

what is a good choice of a airbrush to start with?

how do you get the swim bait to swim? do you bend the tail at an angle to displace water and therfore make the swimming motion. beautiful bait by the way!

last sunday me and my buddy were fishing butler chain. the first spot we hit didnt produce so the next was a cove. the cove was well closed in with brush piles around some docks. the only way we would get hit was to shrow 78 pointers around docks 10-11 foot of water. we tried everything but all we got that day was 13 dinks with 11'' as the biggest. any idia were the good quality bass may have ben holding?

first off safty was an issue, i stay in shore and dont fish deep structure just for that reason. normaly my boat wouldnt have been alowed in the turny but i knew the organizer and talked to him. he decided to let me do it just for kicks, but i did suprisingly well. and with regards to braging, it was not the perpus of the writing just an example of the possabilitys if you keep an open mind to succsess even fishing on a restricted budget.

The roar of a 250hp mercury racing motor sends vibrationsshooting threw the water, a roster tail 10feet tall towers over the competitionas an intimidating enemy. The ranger hits 70 almost before the announcer isdone calling its roster number. Then it passes me, my 14 foot john boat itlooks like a toy scooting along compared to the marvel of machinery. Unfortunatelywe all can afforded the nicest boats, rods, and mountains of tackle; but youcan be just as good, or better of an angler without all the fancy gizmos andpointless lures. Bass fishinghas become one of the most commercial sports in the country, centered aroundthe newest and grates technologies. It’s hard for me to open a magazine orwatch a fishing show without being convinced that I need some new and improveditem to win a tournament. Its hard to resist that impulse, but I know that assoon as I get that 20 dollar crank or the 14 dollar jerk bait it will be tiedonto my favorite rod. But as soon as I get to the tournament and have had 5fishless casts with that “precision engineered” lure, it will be cut off andsomething more familiar (and more productive) will be tied on. We all wouldlove to be the guy passing every boat at the tournament, with a rod locker fullof G-Loomises. The truth is that in this slow economy its almost impossible toafford it all. In my humble opinion I am actually a better angler when I’m notdrowning in an ocean of lures to use. Saving that time that I would spendswitching out lures to actually find the bass. In some instances theimplication of the perfect lure in the perfect color with the perfect lineovershadows the fact that you may not even be on the fish! I gotstarted bass fishing from the shore, when the chance arose to purchase my firstboat I was ecstatic. Although I am only in high school, being in adolescence isclose resemble the income in these hard times. Fortunately I am not handed everythingI want unlike some spoiled kids are, so during the past few summers I had saveup doing odd jobs, or mowing lawns. Every cent I had was going into my boatfund. After 2 years I had saved up about 1500 to get myself a john boat. I gotlucky and found a used 14 foot topper john boat with a 15hp 4stroke Yamaha onit. It was perfect! My buddy and I take it out every chance we can get. A fewweeks ago we were convinced to take it to our first tournament, when we arrivedat the ramp it was the most intimidation thing I have ever seen. 30 boats allover 10000 dollars. When it was time to launch people were laughing at us, thefunny boys with the john boat. That day we out fish every boat but 2. Getting 3rdplace was certainly acceptable to me! And all done with less than 20 dollars ingas and lures. Tips -buy in bulk, when your favoritefluke goes on sale for 2 dollars get 10 packs! -don’t let a lure snag you! Some luresonly have to catch fisherman, if it looks good at the store it doesn’t mean itwill produce. -confidence, with it you can makealmost any lure work, and its free! -advertising, resist that impulseto buy the 40 dollar swim bait your scared to use -remember bass have a brain the size of a pee, dose itreally take a million dollars to get at them?