Raul

Bragging ? OK here 's one: How much ? I 'm 5'8".

3-3.5 pounds.

He fishes with flies too, you should see his fly fishing outfit, he only got one, but goly moly !

BPS branded spinnerbaits are clear translucent with very small gold metalflake.

Do you really want to know ? ;D

The BoatMonkey is one of the many manifestations of The BaitMonkey . Anyone has more questions about the BaitMonkey ? ;D

Oh well, The BaitMonkey ( the use of capital letters is mandatory when you mention his name ) is the evil spirit ( like RW said: The Dark Side ) that lives in every person that constantly murmurs, whispers, talks or yells ( depending upon the severity of the case ;D ) at your ear everytime you see something appealing or attractive saying: BUY IT ! 8); it doesn 't matter if you already have it ( there are different colors and sizes ya know ), if you really need it ( who NEEDS 20 rods n 'reels ? ), if you can afford it ( that 's why somebody invented credit cards ), if your 're going to get into trouble for getting it ( instant satisfaction is a must and the most important aspect ). Besides, not only he constantly bugs you, he even takes control of the situation, suddenly the mail man appears at your door with a package ( or two or three ) adressed to you from BPS, Cabela 's, ***, Angler 's Paradise and you can 't remember when you purchased those goodies. I 'm not The BaitMonkey like RW said, consider me as HIS spokesman, he speaks to all of you through me. :

Dink = any fish under 3 pounds ! ;D

Never used a tube to replace the skirt, a grub or a shad body, that 's what I 've done.

BS, what fishermen do ROFLMAO !!

Lessons to be learned: 1.- Know your prey, 2.- Know your tackle Know three things that will tell you with what, where and when to tie a particular bait: Water clarity Water temperature Light penetration The three are highly inter-related, a change in one dramatically affects the other two.

I 've done something similar my friend but not with a slugo, how can I say it ?, it didn 't feel right, slugos aren 't that flexible so at first the whacky rig with a slugo just didn 't sound right so I used a 3 inch senko instead.

Muddy waters ask for strong vibrating lures or noisy ones with dark or highly visible colors , big bladed spinnerbaits.

Well I can 't give much advice on musky but I can give advice in how to catch another teethy toothy critter, don 't fish for it !. Gar have the mind crazy habit of hitting your baits when you 're NOT fishing for them :, very unpleasant surprise when your about to lip a fish to discover the thing has more teeth than a chainsaw.

I would certainly follow excellent Marty 's advice. When fishing minnow shape baits with spooky fish what I do is not to retrieve the bait at all, I cast it near cover and leave it there, then I just twitch the bait to keep it in the place, thewhen you pull the line the bait dives, rolls on it 's side and darts sideways and floats back, I only reel in the slack line I created. Don 't expect the fish to blast the bait, in most ocassions they only suck the bait, when they do so I let them mouth the bait for a few second and then set the hook. Patience when doing this technique, it can take you a good half hour or more to retrive tha bait completely.

BPS has them.

I don 't deny it, I 'm a tackle junkie and PROUD of it, I know it 's a disease but I don 't want to be cured. Famous last words: " He who dies with the most toyz wins " ;D

Ok, once we have finished with the suggestions with who for what I would like for Glenn to send us a Bassresource Tournament shirt so everytime I appear in a picture holding a fish everybody can see me wearing the Bass Resource shirt, I even promise to take closer pictures so everyone can see the logo. I can look very nize in a shirt like this one:

Mysterious are the ways of the BaitMonkey. ;D

I will stock up on a few more sizes and colrs of rapalas mostly original floaters and some DT's and balsa shad raps. Im stickin to Zoom swap crawlers trick worms and floaters in green and black and 6 and 8 inch manns jelly worms in motor oil blak grape and grape No matter what you do or say, that sounds like BaitMonkey talk to me, specially that beginning part: I will stock up on a few more. How much is a few more ? ;D

I bought a bunch of new tackle, does that count ? ;D The BaitMonkey made me do it !

Well it 's aquatic, sort of : One day I went to a farm pond that holds monster carp, as big as a torpedo, I took my rod and carp reel for those monsters, 6 pound test line and a spinning reel to make the battle endure. Farmers use domestic geese as watchogs and to control weeds in the ponds, specially cattails, those things are not only noisy but nasty biters too, watch out if they don 't know you. So I rigged up my outfit placed a big chunk of bread dough ( Raul 's special formula for carp ) and cast it in the middle of the pond, there I was smoking a cigarrette and minding my own businnes when I see one of the geese swim and take a dive right where my bait was; yup you guessed right, I hooked the sucker, oh boy the best fight I 've ever had in freshwater ;D, man, I can switch to geese fishing any time, so after a good fight I was able to reel him in, but as soon as he sees me he jumps out of the pond and begins running into the field screaming like crazy with my line still attached to him, I ran after him with fishing rod in hand trying to grab him, hey they run prutty fast !, interesting their legs aren 't that large, well after about five minutes of chase I finally grabbed him by the neck, ever fought a professional wrestler ? cuz those things sure know how to wrestle, since I wasn 't able to unhook him while wrestling I grabbed him by the neck and choked it until he became unconcient, grabbed my pliers and unhooked him. Ahhhh, nothing compares to a 15 pound goose.

Odd, lizards work everywhere, if brush hogs work and they don 't resemble anything why shouldn 't lizards work ? C rigged, T rigged, even weightless they work, maybe the size you are using isn 't the right one.

Madhose here 's how two words mean completely different and opposite things. ICE FISHING Ice fishing in the NORTH: Drilling a hole through ice and freezing your rear end in the middle of the winter trying to catch FISH. Ice fishing in the SOUTH: trying to catch ICE CUBES in the cooler while getting a tan in the middle of the winter. Just imagine this.- a meat packing company in Canada made me a very good job offer: $50 can dollars/ hour, 8 hour shift, 5 days a week plus accomodations, meals, vehicle and health care; not bad at all, extra hours $75 can/hour, working on Saturdays and Sundays $100 can/hour; the reason, not only I 'm a vet but I speak Spanish and English, those packing companies hire every 6 moths a big bunch of mexicans and centroamericans to work there, I REJECTED the offer, no way I 'm going to move to Canada, it 's too dang cold for me.

Reddman videos you NEED to have: Bigmouth and Bigmouth Forever, they are really old ( Homer Circle was YOUNG in them ! ) but the information in them about behavior and the life circle of bass is applicable today, they are a must. Back in the old days "Spinnerbaits A-Z" with Bill Dance is very good, the same rating I give to the one about worm fishing. They are really "HOW TO" videos.