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kinda classic, heck not even sure they sell them anymore but the strike king grass frog is my all time go-to...Im sure there are better out there now but its a killer in the pads and the legs make a good wake in open water

Im usually fishing Grove or greenline ponds off the wolf with some pretty decent success, has anyone ever fished any of the main river on the wolf or on up the Ghost with any luck??

I flatten my barbs on flies while trout fishing and havent lost many. but I seem to keep better pressure when realing in with my fly rod. I havent tried it with bass fishing, would be interesting to know if you get some thrown hooks with the head shaking..

Thats cool, I really want to get some outriggers on my canoe and do this myself on some bigger water like pickwick or KY lake. Do you stay in the back coves to avoid the main lake waves, or is it sturdy enough to venture out a bit? Got to try this out!!

yeah Neshoba is my go to since its on my way home from work and fairly easy to get in and out, but I cant say I expect alot. There are still occasional bigs caught there but they are really sporadic. You ever fished the runoff ponds off of wolf river pkwy, by the medical offices? I call it snake pond for obvious reasons, not one single time I've been I havent stepped across a snake, BUT I also get some decent bass every once in a while out of them.

I hit grove at noon a few days ago, the bluebird day when the wind was whipping and cold...anyway no luck there and didnt see the other fellas catching any either. Went that same afternoon to the chick fila pond right after work and managed to catch a couple really small bass on a drop shot robo worm. Been slow at the ponds lately for me. Excelent weather to wet a line though!!

I have an older falcon cara 6'6 MH and it is by far my favorite I own. I like the skinnier profile of the butt on the falcons and the full cork, agree with mike on good tip flex for hook set and the backbone is tight with good feel. Not sure about their newer technique specifics. I do tend to go for my 7'0 duckett or bps for a little stiffer tip for top water, seems to feel a little better with braid and with top water esp. Frogs. I like the guides better on the falcon though. Love to know what you end up with! Chuck

I hear ya on taking it back. I've already taken back once for this same thing. Sounds like its a common problem

no, I havent found a way to view the lat/lon on the free webapps, acmemapper has the lat/lon, if you have it open in another window you could fairly accurately get to the general lat/lon but not sure how accurate it would be...

I have a 6.6 spinning rod, love the action and feel of this rod, but it has broken twice now while setting the hook or fighting the fish. BPS actually let me return within the warranty period both times but I opted for a skeet reese the second return. Maybe I just had bad luck twice, otherwise really liked the rod

I hit the chick-fila pond a couple times last week early with zero bites, herb parsons I hit with the kiddos and the little I fished I got zero-ed again grove park and day care at lunch a couple days and again zero, then had a buddy who lives on walnut grove lake took me out on Friday for a slump busting 40-50 bass afternoon. Restored my faith in fishing and the rattle trap

1 baitcast and 1 spinning on a bank walk, the same on my canoe, for the club tournaments back of the boat, Im ususally taking 3 baitcasters and 1 spinning for drop shot and shakey heads

I drop and shakey almost exclusively on spinning using lighter line, would love to try with a baitcaster setup if someone has found a good lighter line & weight setup

Would replacing my tip guide with a full size guide cause any issue in casting or feel with all other guides remaining the stock micros on my Duckett? Like the rod but the eyes in the micro tips keep popping out and I seem to have better luck with my other rod tips holding up to my abuse!

navionics.com and click on the webapps at the top right of the page. you can zoom in on most big lakes, pickwick and most (if not all in may area) of the TN river impoundments once you zoom in fully will load the full topo of the lake with roadbeds, creeks, etc noted...

only been once myself and it took us all day to find the bass. Guy in our club who fishes it regularly sweared by a red rattle trap there, anything red is what he said, and that is absolutely all we could get bit on...tifwiw big fish in the lake if you can locate them for sure, no specific location for us or I would share, it was more of a depth issue, we were shallow and they were relating more to points a little deeper.. good luck

Herb Parsons has been fishing good as well. My buddy has caught a few in the 4-5# range lately. all catch & release...

usually chartreuse, or the chartreuse and black Im sure pretty much any of their colors would work

awesome video, looking forward to more!!

Way back in the day we used to float around the Shelbyville/Wartrace areas well above and below the fishermans dam in downtown shelbyville. Not near iron bridge so not sure Im answering your question there. I saw duck river and got excited! We always did well on white 2-3in grubs and small spinner baits. We used a spinner called 'the gold nugget' it had tiny double blades on it, we would wear fish out with this thing. I found it just now on a google search, 'Hildebrandt nugget'. No idea they still sold it!! We would catch mixed bag of panfish and kentucky's and some smallies. We never caught much in the way of lunkers though, but caught fish all day.

Main lake points is the report I got about the big sacks. Suspended jerks & deep cranks is what another friend said but Im sure some were A-Rig. Like said before those that found the schools were lights out, others had a tough day.. They have had some big sacks this winter out of this tournament trail! http://pwbt.webs.com/apps/photos/

My fav all time and most productive has been a chartreuse Strike King foam frog (up til last yr primarily fishing big ponds small walk around lakes) last 2 years black finesse jig with small craw trailer, maybe 1/4 oz, no more than 1/2 (ponds and TN river lakes (Pickwick/Kentucky)

Should have posted in the orignal but here is our current monthly draw lake schedule! Lot of Pickwick this year, so hopefully we will have some helpful reports leading up to the roadtrip!! DateEventLocation2/16/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentPickwick Lake (Stateline Ramp in Yellow Creek)3/16/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentBeech Lake4/13/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentHorseshow Lake, AR (Clyde's Boat Ramp)5/18/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentKentucky Lake (New Johnsonville)6/22/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentPickwick Lake (State Park Ramp)7/20/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentPickwick Lake (J.P. Coleman Ramp)8/10/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentMc Keller Lake9/21/13WTEBC Club Monthly TournamentTBD - State Tournament waterTBDTBF State TouramentTBD

Hey guys and ladies in the Memphis, North MS, East AR, West TN area - We are starting up another year of fishing with WTEBC (west tennessee elite Bass Club) here in Memphis. Im in it so dont let the 'elite' name scare you, Im far from it Its just a group of great guys/girls that love to bass fish. Non-profit, local club. Dues for the club ($100) are inclusive of FLW and TBF memberships, remaining toward sending members to state tournament and the fruit jar tournaments we have are 100% payback each month. We do fish a club draw tournament each month and total weight for the season qualifies toward the TBF Tennessee state tournament. Beyond tournaments several guys fish around town and the local lakes (Pickwick, Kentucky Lake, Horseshoe, Herb Parsons, Beech, New Johnsonville, etc) in the midsouth so there is a wealth of knowledge. We also volunteer at Bass Pro and other local fishing events as decided throughout the year. Boaters and Non-boaters are welcome! We meet every first Thursday of the month at the bass pro shop in Memphis. So our next meeting is 7PM on 2/7! Come join us for the meeting to see what its about! Im happy to answer any questions as well, PM me or I'll check back here! much more info on the website below, would love to have some BR guys join up!

Citica on 2 of my rods and would be my value choice. I put a BPS carbonlite on last year and its ok, little light for my personal preference. I have a Quantum PT tour (the chrome one) that I got on super sale at Dicks last year. It sorta ruined me on baitcasters now as its my fav by far, Its $290ish regular price though, way outside my 'value' price range, if not on a closeout sale price I wouldnt have it. Man I love the thing though...