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  1. smalliefinnatic
    Thanks everyone, clears up that. But why was this fish so darn fat near the gill instead of the middle? Was it swallowing maybe another large fish?
  2. smalliefinnatic
    So last summer I caught my pb largemouth up north. I was ecstatic...but also confused. Ill start with how I caught it, it was a textbook spot with submerged timber, about 6 feet deep, and knowing the structure of the lake because Ive fished there so many times (I dont have electronics) remembered there was an access to much deeper water! I flipped in a texas rigged venum craw (watermelon candy red) and hopped it around. 2 casts later I was about to give up but I noticed another hole a little deeper back, pitched her in and shook it, right as it fell my line was being pulled and my rod felt mushy almost, like being pulled through mud, so I swang and hooked into the fight of my life. When I landed her I noticed the bass was not widest around the middle...but fattest from the gill about 3 inches down. It looked like she swallowed a bird or something! Also she was only 19.5 in but weighed 5pn4oz!! I checked the scale and its accurate to a tee. My question is do you think this bass was possibly feeding on a small mammal/huge fish while I caught her? And is that the reason why she weighed so much...I mean, ive seen buddies catch 21+ plus in and weighing only 5 on the dot. Thanks
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    all great answers, but this turning the reel to the side fixed my problem which was probobaly causing backlash in the first place
  4. smalliefinnatic
    Forgive my ignorance of the baitcaster style rods because I am still very new to them. But I have a theory about backlash? So basically everyone has told me to set my magnetics up so that my craws/jig n pigs will fall VERY slowly. However; when I do this I always get backlash, I figure because the line is still running out of the bail and I am not proficient at thumbing it at all. So I imagine I could just tighten it so the lure doesnt fall I will cast shorter, but it would be harder to backlash? Either way I cast only about 10ft with my baitcaster at the moment so it would not matter, should I do this to avoid backlash? Thanks!
  5. smalliefinnatic
    HEY, don't pick on little people man. Plus you look pretty weird yourself so relax
  6. smalliefinnatic
    Yea, I find usually most big youtubers have very good cameras/angles though
  7. smalliefinnatic
    I wish man, he's pretty accurate with that setty
  8. smalliefinnatic
    As I mentioned some people are not comfortable with a baitcaster...also I find light soft plastics work with better action on a spinning reel. Not to mention some people cannot afford quality baitcasters, in my situation it would not be wise seeing as I fish like twice a year. If you don't like the video why bother commenting man
  9. smalliefinnatic
    This.
  10. smalliefinnatic
    The accuracy---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqN_xuv4Q5g
  11. smalliefinnatic
    So I just wanted to aware you guys and girls on a video I saw which intrigued me a while back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyG15eud6PU If you like using spinning reels as much as I do, or simply want an accurate cast for lighter lures you should give this a try. Feels a bit weird but I got pretty accurate after a few days of practice!
  12. smalliefinnatic
    I like a lunker hunt 4 inch tube rigged with a ball head jig for a goby like appearance
  13. smalliefinnatic
    Leaving this weekend for a week to a beautiful river full of those beauties, nothing huge but it's very healthy, caught a few 4 pounders last summer..hoping for something a bit bigger
  14. smalliefinnatic
    Thanks brother, my mono is soft and thinner than the usual ten pound test. Spooled it up today casts just as well and does not coil at all
  15. smalliefinnatic
    So I was just wondering if 10lb monofilament line would be too heavy for a 2000 series spinning reel. The reel is a mitchell avocet 2000 series, last year I filled it completely with 8lb big game mono line and it casted like a dream no problems at all, I was wondering if 10lb line would cause any issues (casting distance aside).
  16. smalliefinnatic
    So Im supposed to keep my line tight to feel bites?? I thought you were supposed to fish t-rigs on a slack line??
  17. smalliefinnatic
    For a lot of reasons, I would rather use mono line as opposed to other types. I'm aware sensitivity is greatly reduced but what if I have high vis line and watch my line for movement. Would I miss alot of bites? By the way I fish very cloudy water so high vis line is not an issue
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    I have kind of a stupid question but I figured I might as well ask it on this site because of the great insight I have been getting. I like to fish a lot of soft plastics and have had great success. However; I have seen in fishing videos the angler notes that you must let it fall on slack line. What exactly does this mean? I usually reel slow and allow some line to not be directly tightened while it falls, is this the same thing? Thanks
  19. smalliefinnatic
    Makes sense, thanks man
  20. smalliefinnatic
    One of my biggest largemouth was caught on a 99 cent topwater 3inch popper in some sort of smoke purple tone, as you said, you never know
  21. smalliefinnatic
    So I like to flip and pitch my baits on mono line, simply because it is extremely low maintenance and I do not fish often enough (unfortunately) to drop 20 bucks on like 150 yards of braid! Anyways, a lot of people who I talk to about this ( I use trilene big game) tell me I should be going up to 20lb test around SPARSE cover. Last summer I landed my pb largemouth (5pnd 2oz 19.5inches, fatass bass) on 10lb big game around some serious tree branches and weed cover. My question is, if I could land this bass out of sparse cover on 10lb line with medium spinning gear, why are people shocked when I tell them I flip with 14lb mono on my baitcasters?
  22. smalliefinnatic
    Second this, the pit boss is widely considered to as only a flipping bait for heavy stuff...however Ive used it on a shaky head along rockpiles in a river and caught smallies all day
  23. smalliefinnatic
    Okay so first off I would like to say that I am still relatively inexperienced in the great sport of angling. Last year I began learning to drag tube baits when I found a bunch of them in my uncles tacklebox. I was intrigued and decided to rig them the way they are normally rigged on a tube jig head by sticking them through and popping the eye out. I had quite a bit of luck this way and even landed a solid 4pnd 12oz smallmouth! my pb smallmouth. When I did research online I realized I however seem to be the only one who has fished these baits on a BALL HEAD JIG like this:http://www.junebugtackle.com/jig-head-cannon-ball.php as opposed to a TUBE bait jig head like this:http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Troutsmen-Jig-Head-Tube-Head/productDetail/Jig-Heads/prod9999008466/cat101088 , my question is, is the ball head jig hindering the action of the bait and would I have better luck with a tube jig head? THANK YOU!
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