dougie511

Thank you guys so much for all the info def gonna keep looking around and shopping might bump my price range up a little bit if i feel its really worth it!! Ive heard a lot about the lews tourney speed spool and will also have to check it out!!

gotcha i also read that your part of the champaign bass club i was suppose to go to the meeting for september but i was out of town and never got a call from anyone and dont have the guys number! Ive been wanting to eventually try some tourneys if i can either find someone to go with or a club to get me out on the lake and see how i can do!

thats pretty sick thank you for the help thats awesome!!

Oh okay gotcha i seen a lot of shad when i was there jumping around and also jumping from my bait im pretty sure it was def cool and seems like a good spot to fish! Thank you for the help!! Have you been to anything around the kickapoo area?

i also have no electronics lol im ruffing it for now just making it work trying to locate with my eyes and what i think is a good spot lol

Ya homer is hit and miss for sure i will have to try a jig and some crank baits i just got a whole bunch of new stuff jigs and cranks to try out!! River bend i feel like there are good bass there i just have only fished there once and caught 3 but one jumped off right by the boat! What do you mean exactly by blow ups? and i will have to try straight out from the launch all i did was fish the shore line next to boat ramp then headed to the back part! Im extremely interested in checking out the kickapoo area and have heard great things about long pond or lake whatever its name is.i will have to look into Emiquon also thanks so much!!

Awesome i will have to def check that out!! I was wondering if there would be small spots on these bigger lakes where you can get away with a jon boat l i just want sure so thank you very much i will have to give it a try!!

Starting off my second post sense no one around my area has commented on my first post i will make this one a little more general! I am still pretty new to bass fishing and still constantly learning and wanting to learn more! And in this post i wanna talk about some rod and reel setups, Right now i just have a cheapy spinning real from bass pro i think i paid 40 dollars for it just to have a spinning real and its funny because i actually caught my 4 pounder on it and some other really good size bass and never had a problem lol but i also have a kvd quantom baitcaster with the accurist rod which i like i dont really have any complaints i bought it used off a buddy because he bought the wrong side reel, and i also have abu garcia which is a orra baitcaster and orra med heavy rod. Ive been researching a lot into good rods though and been debating a long time on what rod to get and what reel. Ive always been told do not go cheap with a rod because just like antything else you get what you pay for! So as of right for my budget im considering getting the abu garcia veritas rod and i was gonna get a revo s reel but after reading some mixed reviews on tackle wearhouse and the revo sx only being 30 dollars more and having a lot better reviews i was thinking that reel would be a good setup. i was also thinking about getting the rod in a medium fast action with micro guides to use for carolina rig type fishing! Please any input will be awesome on which way to head im a big fan of abu garcia and esp the veritas rod everyone i have talked to and everything i have read sais the rod is so good it should be a 2-300 dollar rod! Thanks for your input!

Whats up everyone just made my account and posting for the first time!! First off some info on myself i have only been bass fishing for about 2 years at the most and started off farm pond fishing with a friend! Before that i would maybe bluegill and catfish once a year if that and never really got into it. I got introduced to bass fishing and ive been literally hooked ever since and over the passed year its become even more of an addiction so i finally bought my first boat, a 14 foot jon boat and decided i was gonna start off small lake bass fishing and so far it has gone good! I started off fishing lakes around the champaign area goin to homer lake first before i even had a trolley motor and i literally paddled around the whole afternoon but probably the best day we've had so far weight wise with my buddy catching a 3 pounder and another right over a pound then i caught a solid 2 pounder with a healthy belly and 3 pretty small bass!! So here goes my main topic im getting tired of fishing homer even though its a beautiful lake and i really suggest trying it because ive heard people pulling out 4 and 5 pounders quite a bit! So im looking for new smaller lakes or even some homer lake pointers would be awesome because all i have is a 55lb thrust trolley motor and a battery i got for free which is shot and only last about 3 hours or so but it works until i get a new one! Ive been researching kickapoo and would really like to know more about it because it seems like from what ive read theres decent bass and would also like to know what other possibilities i have within an hour or so from champaign! Ive fished Homer, river bend rock quarry, walnut point, and lake of the woods which lake of the woods idt i ever caught a bass at! So please any suggestions would be really appreciated so thank you for your time!!