Jar11591

Neither for me, always freezes my web browser.

Push a hook through your finger, then before you try to remove it, ask yourself the same question.

Josh Hamilton out 6-8 weeks...and he was finally doing good. And a heads up to anyone with Jim Johnson on their fantasy team: He is OUT as the closer for Oakland.

I was always under the impression that all shaky-heads were stand-up. Ones that weren't were just "jig heads". The more knowledgable will correct/confirm shortly.

I was hoping this was gonna be another Rob Ford episode lol. But there does have to be more to the story. I would like to hear his explanation if he has one.

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I would say Saratoga Lake or Lake George.

I've seen this one time. It was last fall, the lake had already turned over, and we had a fairly nice sunny day. I noticed a big bass sitting still just under the surface directly in the sun. I threw a curly tail at him, hit him in the head and he slowly swam off.

Try fishing the same spots after dark. I have found that in spots that produce a lot of decent sized bass, the BIG bass will be there at night. This is especially true during a heat wave.

When using ribbontail worms or any other slim-profile bait I usually use a 1/0-2/0 straight shank offset worm hook. With creatures, flukes and thicker baits I will use EWG. Always Gamakatsu, just personal preference.

Looks all too familiar. I don't know how in good conscience people can just litter like that. Different type of human being I guess. Do THEY like the look of their own garbage, or do they just never come back? Some things I will never get.

Ah gotcha. But still that's pretty interesting. Amazing that they lived through being frozen solid.

Read through all those, just couldn't find anything too specific. I saw a lot of words such as "small" or "shallow". That's all relative. I scoured the internet as well. Everything is pretty vague.

Now I don't know too much about winter kill, so I have a few questions for the people who do. What about an 18-acre pond with a max depth of 7', heavy weed growth and a small dam on one end? Should I be bracing for winter kill at this pond?

Now that is spooky. Especially because when I used to use shiners, they would die if I looked at them wrong lol. I wonder how they could have survived. It has certainly peaked my interest. I'm gonna do some research.

I am a couple hours east of you. If you ever fish the Adirondacks or Albany/Schenectady county let me know.

I usually go with a lizard, brush hog or hula grub. Pretty much anything I would T-rig, I will also C-rig.

Try it. Can't remember last time I had an improved clinch knot fail on me.

Last summer, a buddy and I just launched on a small lake, right around dawn. The short channel to the lake had some fog, but nothing too bad. When we got to the main lake, different story. The fog was so thick we couldn't see a foot in front of us. We were literally in a cloud. We were so worried about not hitting the left shore, we almost hit the right. This lake has a somewhat unforgiving shore, but luckily we saw it at the LAST moment. To be honest, it was pretty scary. Once the fog cleared up we had a good laugh.

I got myself one of the rubber worm binders because I was having the same problem as you. Now I take my tackle bag AND my worm binder. I've found that when I keep them in a box, the colors will bleed out of them and they get deformed.

I use the jointed Jitterbug a lot. It's deadly, especially after dark. I've never changed hooks, mostly because Arbogast lures make it a challenge to do so. I usually just run mine on the edges if surface vegetation. Any topwater that I use on vegetation will be a frog.

1. Get good fishing with jigs and spinnerbaits 2. To catch more and bigger fish than last year 3. Win the "biggest bass pool" that my buddies and I started

Pflueger President 2500 Shimano Sedona 2500 2 St. Croix Bass Mojos Countless soft plastics Countless hard baits Fish Finder Rod Holders New net New tackle bag

There is a pinned topic at the top of this forum called "Rod Selection: The Basics". It's pretty helpful. I normally roll with 4-5 but probably more this year.

It is so frustrating seeing the trash that people leave behind. It's sad too, because I think people like us who don't leave trash are not the majority. This needs to change. Now that I have a small boat, I don't see as much trash on the bank, but I do bank fish occasionally still. The place I go to is just filled with broken glass, beer cans, food wrappers and cigarette butts. It's sad.