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.. just been catching a lot of dinks on my plastics, jigs, senko's, and spinner baits and even on my cranks.. i know fishing has been hard these past couple weeks during the rediculous heat we had. but has anyone had any luck at all catching some decent size? if u did what was it on?

nice fish man..

yep just keep practicing and u will find something that is comfortable and works for u. also take ur time and remember u are not going to get as many cast in as with cranks or spinners.. and if u are using a shakey head its pretty much the same thing as using a jig

when i fish a jig its usually black with a black and blue skirt and a matching rage tail claw. when the jig hits the bottom i usually pop it real quick and see if i get a bite. if not i reel in a little bit and pop it 2-3 times. if i dont get a bite after a couple pops i reel and retry. remember you have to b ready for a strike or a pick up. a lot of the time my bites come after im done popping or twitching the bait and just watch ur line u will see ur line moving when some has picked it up off the bottom

i did some shore fishing last night at a local pond around 7 was out there for 2 hours caught 7 nothing big in size around a pound give or take.. 5 on my spinner bait till i over casted and tossed it in the trees lol .. and 2 on my shakey head w/ black shakey worm.. but also as ur stated the bass were super warm.

Im the same way im using my spinners more than anything i catch more fish with them.. but if not getting bite ill switch to my shakey head with a black worm which never fails for me

When I don't get a bite on my crank or spinnerbait I just change my pace up just reel in slowly and even go to my soft plastics and drag em on the bottom if not getting a bite in a couple hours

My fishing buddy would have to bring a cooler full of ice cold beer must b Coors light. And share tips with each other. Btw I allow buddies on my boat just have to bring a case of beer n that is there fee

Yeh im going fishing around 7 when it cools off its 100 feels like 108 this is crazy. Let us know how u do

99 degrees here and humid. i would certainly trade u that temp and the rain with out a problem. We in northern va have not had a good amount of rain the past month or so lake and pond water levels are lower than normal. even the creeks that feed into the ponds and lakes some of them are dry

yeh im about to do the samething. bass pro shop is about an hr away from me so i might have to make a trip down there one of these days. im waiting to buy a boat so i can try a couple tourneys and see how i like it. only if i get promoted then ill splurge on a bass boat lol

yeh u really cant go wrong with rage tail i have nothing but good things to say about em.. i have been trying to find the rage space monkey shad and lizard but my local sporting goods store just carries craws and the chunks just the color black and blue?! i need some variety lol

yep have beat my personal best not once but twice this week. weed beds have been the most giving during this crazy heat going through right now

been catching solid size bass the last couple days with a northstar jig black and blue with a match rage tail claw. it has been working mircales for me.. caught my personal best here in northern va friday after noon with the temp at 105 and 115pm on a spinner bait. the hawg even straightend out my spinner. mainly have been fishing the outer edges of the weed beds and the fallen tree here and there if i can find any

Yeh ur are talking about reservoir rd right shimmy? And I know there is a cove to the right of the ramp. But on another note I have broke my personal best twice this week in a matter of a day apart. So I've had a lot of bass with good size quality and quantity. caught a 3 pounder out of a little pond off of 29. And caught a 4 pounder at lake Braddock today around 1 that crushed my white spinner bait and even straightened my spinner such a hog

^^ yeh thats the last thing i need to have on my record since i just got off probation 8 months ago lol. im trying to legal fish for now then mayb enter that area lol

hmm ive been fishing at braddock a while back n didnt notice any signs but i lived out there 4 years ago but it could have changed since then

yeh i know thats what im worried about getting.. i was planning on going today when i get off work but ill just not and go out to burke and fish over there somewhere probably royal braddock or huntsman.. been thinking about lake meyer but i havnt heard anything about it =/

hmph basscrusher so you are saying i should stay away from the ashburn lakes?!

yep i agree i dont have a boat or canoe so it will b hard for me to find some deep water structure, but then again i can always wade out into the water a little bit i guess?

yeh same here ill probably make the drive there in a week or 2 and make it a full day trip depending on when i am done moving into my new home

k i have heard that from a couple of people now about lake frederick. does any1 know anything about lake alder in ashburn va or lake brittle?

if u can do a guesstimate on the girth of the fish u can use the fish weight calculator and will give u some type of idea