BassinLou

Reading both Dsidle and Deepdish. Both situations, unless deepdish changes already, braid would have increased your chances of a hook up. Especially if your frogging. You're looking to maximize the hookset. on a frog, be it soft plastic or hollowbody, you have to secure the hookset with those big hooks. Braid in my opinion, increases that chance by having zero stretch. That and the backbone of the right B/C will increase the chance even more.

I hate it when that happens. Some of those fish are definitely camera shy. LOL

Couldn't have been a gator if you are that far North. You said the turtle was the size of your hand, that's a small turtle. Could have been a land animal. Since turtles come out to sun themselves. Lol we are trying to be turtle CSI`s

AK, you have a 19" to cull still, and Tightlines you have 18" to cull as well. This one is going to be close, unless one of you catches a lunker!! This month has been the closest race to first since we started this in MAY.

Tighlines, if you would have corrected that fish's tale a little bit more, it would have easily gone for 21" and put up by an whole inch.

This is really getting intense. DeepDish and Tighlines are exactly tied at 100". AWESOME!!!! Coming down to 4 days. GO GET EM !!!

Stick with what these guys are telling you. Go with bulk soft plastic frogs. You can still use hollow body frogs, only if you can find really cheap ones then go with those. My brief experience with snakeheads although fun, I still prefer LMB. Snakeheads fight just like big mudfish, their cool, but eh...

Good to here your going to stick with us for another month.

Stick with it Dsidle, trust me I feel your frustration, same thing happen to me today, twice!!

Went out to the park again after the storm, and I missed a 5.5-6lbr. This fish came barreling down from 10yds out toward my u-vibe that was less than 8ft from shore. This thing was a heat seeking missile. It struck my worm, and connected. She ran out to the deep and did three hard runs and then....nothing, the hooked quietly pulled out. The bass then proceeded to swim parallel to shore showing me how big she was again!! Those 2 fish alone today, would have easily put me in the top 3, and maybe.... compete with your fish AK. I am still crushed. What a productive, come home empty handed type of day. Now I am leaving for a baseball game with the family. No more fishing til, Fri.

Sorry AK, I keep doing that don't I. I explained the bait I used in the gallery, and not the thread. I was using a u-vibe worm buzzing the surface. Missing the 4lbr was clearly my fault. I was not expecting a big one to come around and I was not paying attention until I heard the strike. When I looked up she spit the hook. If I were paying attention and saw the strike at its entirety, I would done things differently. Oh well, live and learn I guess. She was 20"+. Oh! to make matters worse the bass swam close to the bank and stayed there for me to really take a look at what I missed. LOL. Then she swam off.

Tx AK. It's still warm, but the fish are showing signs of activity these last few days. I am seeing wolf packs with 3-5lbrs in the group. Once you convince one to bite in a wolf pack, the others turn on as well.

I couldn't resist and I went to the park for a little bit. Within 5 minutes I missed a nice 4+ lbr, that would have really helped my numbers. Anyhow I stuck with it and landed a 15.5" right before I was run out by a big thunderstorm. This makes it my 5th, finally!! I have a few more days to cull. Right now I am at 78.50. I am shooting for top 3. I am swinging for the fences!!

Zach those 2 fish put you at 76" for total of 5 fish. WTG!! man you got your five.

AK, I am going to the spot where I caught the big one. Hopefully, somebody is home this weekend so I can at least win in one of the categories.

I hope not. ..... LOL

Or you could do that. Either way, you are leaving a signature print and its easier to track.

AK, I have double and triple checking everything, I am glad you are concurring. Either way, you are doing well. A little competition will help you focus on holding on to those fish better. LOL.

While the rest of us battle for 3rd,4th, and 5th place, the first place position is a close battle between Deepdish and Tighlines. Right now Deepdish has jumped to first again at 100" and Tightlines is at 98". Awesome battle, guys, I am envious that I am not in this dogfight. Remember what hangs in the balance this month. Martin, if I am not mistaken, is donating a $50 BPS card to the winner. This is still anybody's contest. One amazing trip can change the balance of this tourney. Good Luck to everyone. You have 5 days left. NO PRESSURE!!

What I do for pics, is that I transfer the pics into my computer in a fishing file, then I go from my computer to the gallery. By doing that, I am leaving a signature print of the date and time of my catches. It's a security measure for the contest. Instead of scrolling through 300 and something threads. AK, your way, you have to sift through all your pics and match up the dates. Which in this case, you will have to do. I only have you down for 3, 20" fish.

AK I have you at 100" I have here 19" (9/9) 20" (9/4) 20" (9/14) 20" (9/25) 21" (9/25). AK, pls double check, but those are the dates and lengths I have after culls. I do not want to cheat you, that's why I highly recommend uploads the day of or latest the following day.

If you caught a 20" it will replace one of your 19's and you will be tied with Tightlines. Pics we need pics.

Dsidle, what I do using that type of soft plastic frog is the following: As the frog is buzzing on top, once I see the hit, I am looking at my rod tip. When I notice there is a slight bow on the tip, I set the hook. By doing this, I am recognizing the fish has the frog before I set the hook. Keep the tension constant, and try not to overpower or over play the fish. We usually set when we see the first signs of commotion, and the fish could have simply missed or striked short. Hopefully that makes sense and/or it works for you.

Where are these replacement fish??

CONTEST ALERT!!!!! WE HAVE A NEW LEADER TIGHTLINES JAX IS IN THE LEAD. He is currently at 98" and Deepdishpanda is at 97" Deepdish has not been behind this tournament since ***. WTG!! Tightlines. There might be a new sheriff in town!!