Brayberry

This reminds me of a small local pond we have here (Virginia). This pond is about 7 acres, and had great fishing all thru the 90's, where I caught bass up to 7 lbs, and lots of 3 - 5 lbers. Then in about 2003 a hurricane came thru, and caused the lake to have low oxygen, and a large fish kill happened. Practically everything in the lake bigger then 4 inches died. Now since everything in the lake was the same size, the bluegill and crappie had no predators (at least none big enough to eat them). Since bluegill will spawn multiple times a year, and generally have a much higher rate of survival, they took over. Today the pond is packed with bluegill and crappie, but there isn't a bass in the pond bigger then 1.5 lbs. It was electroshocked recently and the biggest bass was 1.38 lbs, and only 3 were found bigger then 12 inches. Crappie and Bluegill eat anything and everything there is, and the bass can't grow big enough to eat the the bluegill. The biologist says there is a large amount of 4 - 6 inch bluegill but very few smaller, so they are just to big for the small bass.

Junebug

I love this thread, and bumping it up to see if anyone did anything new. I trim the skirt to the hook bend and thats about it. I make my own from start to finish, so there isn't a lot to change. I do tie my skirts differently so there isn't anything to cut or trim, which gives off maximum flair.

Largemouth

His son is coming here for a Outdoors Show, so that'll be as close as I can come to meeting him (Hampton Roads, Va)

In my opinion this is the single best thread on this entire site. WOW

You should be able to look at the local city's GIS viewer and see who owns the land. http://www.co.new-kent.va.us/index.aspx?nid=297 Hopefully that'll at least get you a starting point for that hunt club

I wish it'd come back to the Chesapeake Bay/James River. There's so many options and places to go from there, and we haven't had a Classic here in 25+ years

I get all my fur, from Hunting.

Everything I do is not considered normal in the fishing community: I only use mono, 8 - 12 lb test, I've been known to flip and pitch with 8 lb test I cast and hold the rod with my right hand I've never caught a bass on a buzzbait My longest rod is 6'6", but I almost entirely use 6 footers I catch more and bigger bass swimming a jig then casting, pitching, or flipping them I swim Flipping Jigs not swim jigs I catch WAY WAY more fish on Yum Dingers then Senko's I can't catch a fish on any Rapala product, no idea why

Years ago, I had a buddy win a Bass Invitational, he led wire to wire. I read every article I could on the tournament, as I personally knew the guy, and had already spoken with him and knew all the details on the win. Every magazine, including Bassmasters, said he won the tournament with 2 lures, a "unidentified bait" and specific Shad Rap. Technically True, but the unidentified bait they had a picture of and it was obivious to everyone is was a old Smithwick Rogue (not a sponsor), and the Shad Rap (Rapala was a sponsor). The articles led you to believe the Shad Rap did most of the damage and the Rogue just caught one here or there, in reality it was the Rogue that caught all of his keepers, and the Shad Rap he only threw for 5 minutes on the last day just to catch something on it to say it caught fish. After that I never trusted the magazines or pro's. I jut watch what they are doing, not what they are saying

Not hardware, but I always use Jingle Bells as rattles on my jigs instead of store bought rattles. It's a different sound that I think works better, and so much cheaper

P line or Suffix by a mile IMO

I have a clear one. It was a normal one, that I sanded all the paint off. It didn't take long at all. And it's my #1 One Minus Crankbait now, covered in chew marks

I do something similar. I have around 20 3 ring binders, that are labeled by lure (Crankbaits, Spinnerbaits, Jigs, etc), Season (Prespawn, Spawn, Summer, Fall, etc), Locations (Lakes within 500 miles of me, I either go to or want to go to, Tournament Results, etc) and Misc (Lure Modifications, Techniques, Organization, etc). Everytime I read a magazine, I'll cut out the "good" articles to organize into my binders, same with online articles or forum post. I have years worth of stuff in each one. Each binder is now around 4 inches think, and now some have a Part 1, Part 2, etc. At any time I can refer to each one for any info I may need on any subject. To me these are worth their weight in gold.

I caught about a 13" Rainbow Trout, while jigging a small spoon. The line had wrapped around the fish, and kinda lasso'd it. The hook was about 15 inches below the fish in a huge knot. Luckily my girlfriend was with me or even she wouldn't have believed it

Virginia GIS is flawed. There's a local lake I'd like to fish, and have researched it through the city's own website on GIS. It clearly shows that the land I have permission to fish is on the lake. Actually it shows that one cove that the end of it is on the property I have permission to fish, and the boundary actually goes about 15 feet out into the water. I asked the local game warden about this and even showed him print out of the GIS map. He was stumped on whose property it was. I asked if I fished it and he was called what would happen. He just said I'd get a ticket and could go to court to try and prove ownership. He has no clue how to find out the exact gps boundary. It's complicated, and if the lake wasn't amazing, it wouldn't even be worth it. Anyways just take the info on the city's website on the GIS map with a grain of salt

Nothing gets a reaction the way a 8+ inch plastic lizard will.

IF you go to BPSto fish, watch out for snakes. That lake seems to have a million. The rocks between BPS and Joes Crab Shack almost always have a snake or two on it and it's just 10 feet from the parking lot.

Definitely the Strike King Bitsy Minnow. A killer crankbait for bluegill, crappie, perch, small bass

I'll be just over 300 days this years, it helps I work at the lake, so I can fish before, during (lunch break), and after work daily

I against lead bans, PERIOD! If you do your own research, and not read all the paperwork from the people trying to ban lead, you'd see very few waterfowl die of lead poisoning. If lead was so deadly to wildlife, why isn't Gettysburg, PA just full of dead animals? There must be millions of everything from cannonball shrapnel to musketballs scattered all over that area.

If anyone buys any in 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 lb test, or any of the braid, and don't like it. Message me, I'll gladly trade something for any new in the package

I bought a ton of the stuff like 3 months back, when TW first put it on clearance. I love the 8 lb test for spinning applications, and the 12 on my baitcaster works well. I love the stuff. I have about 20 spools left, but may get more since it's cheap and hard to find. Only thing I'm not a fan of is the color of the line, it's like a mint color, but the fish don't seem to mind. Just got a spool of the braid last week, so it's still being tested, but so far I'm a fan of that as well

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