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Some really good deals right now for those of you who have one close. All Rapala Lures 3.98, 20% off all of their sporting good clearance items except guns. Ended up getting some serious soft plastics and crank baits etc for 1.00 a piece. Great deals on reels. 150.00 reels marked down to 60.00 plus 20% off that. I picked up a handful of new ones. Trust me you'll find something you cant live with out. Plus a lot of mail in rebate deals on Sebile, Berkley, etc Actually after mail in rebate I will be getting paid to buy some of my items (if they ever come in haha)

I was fishing in those exact same conditions this year and got my first pike over 3 ft, and a 5 lb LMB. Granted I fished 10-15 days in those conditions with no luck but that one day having a few nice fish made it all worth it (using a spinner bait PBJ color from Sieberts). Could also change up what you're fishing for. When I couldn't get a bass to bite I went down low and caught some cats, and if you're really bored break out the heavy gear and find a school of carp. 99% of my tackle box and gear is meant for bass fishing but sometimes when bass fishing isn't working for you it's time to catch something. Heck I even have a few fishing spots (ponds) where the kids always catch around 50-100 panfish mixed with baby lmb, stocked rainbow/brook trout etc so I will fish deep and hope to catch the parents while I watch them reel in a ton of fish and that to me is just as fun as reeling in a 7 lb hawg.

Ha I think I found that same tree a few weeks ago. Trying to mauever my line in a nice pool but only had about a 3 ft hole. Sent that d**n 1/2 oz football jig back at me at lightning speed. Left a nice welt on my right shoulder.

If it wasn't for Mike I'd have almost no fish this year so far. To be honest I knew little about jig fishing I just asked this same question before I ordered. If you look up my post there is a ton of good advice from other members there and you can see what I ordered. If you look at the Spinnerbait I got I would highly reccomend adding a few of those as well. It's been my number one weapon this year. http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/134027-siebert-outdoorwhat-makes-them-so-good/?hl=sieberts#entry1489519

Thanks! First I've ever caught in this spot. It's usually all LMB. Unfortunately I was a little more concerned about the lines etc to sit back and realize it was my first for that spot of the lake and my PB for the entire North end of the lake in General for a smallie. South end has some real hot spots post spawn for smb.

Also on a lighter note even more props to Mike at Sieberts. My family is getting so mad that I'm catching with a spinner bait that I won't let them use I am placing another order with Mike and they all want me to order them the same one, the wife and kids all gave me 5.00 each to order them one. Normally I wouldn't take the money BUT I like having my secret weapon so they have to pay to get in on it :-p We have a "Team Mom" vs "Team Dad" competition going on and I'm way ahead. Losing team gives the winning time 20.00 each for items at BPS.

Especially when you throw a pole with a bobber in a spillway current while fishing your other pole so your bobber keeps drifting to my side. I have no problem splitting a spillway if you stay on one side but dont think you and 2-3 other friends can just start tossing in everywhere. Amy even pulled her line out of the water b/c she couldnt find a spot to cast. I told her screw that cast over them with one of my cheaper spinner baits and snag them all lol she wouldn't do it.

Yea that's a 1/2 mile + bank. Sure I was fishing where the spillway comes in because it is a hot spot but still disrespectful. And the other side has a small pond/lake with another mile of open shore and ton of stocked fish.

Those arent the price or the exact motors. Those are just examples of what I'm looking at. They want 175.00 for both. Those were just two on ebay I found of what he's selling.

Sitting at a boat launch in Florida on a gorgeous day in the evening watched about twenty successful retrieves. Then this one guy tries pulling an almost 40 ft boat out with his f150 when the ramp was soaked. So a guy in his Silverado offers to pull both the f150 and boat out of the water and he too gets pulled back by the weight of the boat and slippery algae ramp. So finally a full size dodge pulls them all out and is smart enough to hook up with enough room between the Chevy and the wet cement so he actually started out where it was nice and dry... Now id only the Chevy had thought of that. I'm a ford man and it was a sad day for me. But hopefully that guy went out and got a 250-350-450... Anything but a 150 for that monster of an ocean boat. Just total ignorance. The best part was the guy in the dodges wife took 5000 pictures so you know that guys still bragging about his dodge 10 years later.

Jokes or not if it gets to the point of everytime I get a fish catching their lines I very well may try some of these. Especially those who dont do a quick retrieve and just slowly let their bobber drift in my way.

lmao I got a good laugh out of that one blue

That is all I have caught on this year so far is Mikes spinners/jigs.

This was after I cut most of the line. Only the fish was still hooked at this point. I didn't want the fish out too long still hooked so I got a quick picture and unhooked him from my hook, and the other fishermans line that was wedged in his gill and around the tail. Should have seen the mess he came up with though originally. Probably cut 20 yards of line total. Also those with really good eyes can also see a 2nd (of 3 lines) hooked around my line and down over my sweat shirt.

Still can't post pics with the windows phone. Wish this would get fixed. Guess I'll try sending them to my email and try to load them on from the laptop. I think this is a classic picture of fisherman with no respect. It killed me that one was in his late 30's and had 2 younger kids with him. Before I take my kids out they know all the rules, respect of the sport and our surrounding area. From how far apart to fish, to picking up trash that isn't even ours. Even if you have bad habits you shouldn't pass them on.

What do you guys do when people decide to fish next to you within a few feet? I got a hard strike on my lucky spinner from Sieberts (stocking up on these haha) so since these guys invaded my space I yelled fish on! The bass took off and they left their lines in the water. Looked at me like I was dumb. If you take a look at the pic you can see two of their lines wrapped around mine haha. Ended up being a touch over 4lbs. Not super long but chubby. To free my line and the fish without hurting it I cut their lines. They didn't say anything and I handed them their lures back. I got a dirty look but was I wrong? My line, my reel, the fish, my leg were all tangled in their line and I felt I was being as courteous as they were to me. Tossing their line within three feet of my casts because they saw me catching and then when I said fish on they left it out there. Idk I could have been wrong but still. Good news was only I caught fish and lots of them. Just because they were throwing where I was doesn't mean they were showing the fish what they wanted. testing this new phone and posting pics on here finally.

I was doing some garage sailing today and I do a lot of buying to resell. This guy had 2 outboards for sales both believed to be 1953. One works perfect. Started right up. Which is this one. (similar condition too his was a little better looking than this one on eBay honestly) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Outboard-Motor-10-H-P-Johnson-1953-Very-Good-mechanical-condition-/321230433687?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4acad36d97 This one needed piston work but this was in Museum condition on the outside. (His put this one on eBay to shame on the outside. Super clean inside as well also had another factory decal on it so may not be the EXACT motor) http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Johnson-Sea-Horse-5-5HP-Outboard-Motor-/321352106566?pt=Boat_Parts_Accessories_Gear&hash=item4ad2140246&vxp=mtr He wanted 175.00 for the pair. I offered 120.00 and we couldn't quite meet where we needed to be and me not knowing enough about them I didn't want to move up anymore. I know what people are asking on eBay but that doesn't mean a thing. What I wanted to do is buy the working one for a small aluminum boat and the non working one was hoping I could sell to cover my investment cost. What do you guys think? Smart buy or pass? From what I see I think it's a no brainer if I can get him down to 150.00 especially where I know I can get him but I was being stubborn. Told him I'd call him tomorrow so hoping I can get some good insight.

Sieberts are great catching HAWGS on them already.

I rig them day of, but our mercury is in the shop so my trailblazer is being used by both of us. I left my tackle box in the truck so I'm looking at two of my poles with plastics still on. So that's upsetting to me, especially since they both have done well by me as trailers this year.

As do all animals, period. Unfortunately all animals can be stressed to the point of not eating and dying. From fish to people. (The reason I know this I used to captive breed reptiles on a large scale as well as fish. Wild caughts were very hard to acclimate early on even with perfect conditions and big chunky snakes and lizards with no health problems as proven by my vet and eventually myself since I got to the point where I could do/diagnose anything a vet could. They would just go months without eating and eventually die. Having necropsies done after death they weren't diagnoses with anything. Parasites, cancers etc. They died from malnourishment. And I tried offering mice,rats,birds,lizards,guinea pigs etc for the very hard to please feeders. Usually worked but sometimes they just said screw it and starved to death.) Certainly if a bass was caught multiple times in short period of time I think they could be stressed to the point of starving to death. Perfect example is the Bass Pro Shop catch and release ponds. They stopped biting ANYTHING after about an hour and the staff was just snagging the fish with the hooks. They weren't biting and they hadn't even been feed. Sure that's an extreme scenario but they tried tons of dif bait to get them biting and eventually a couple (probably ones who weren't harassed too much started biting on a different bait) but as a whole their were 100s of fish not biting with empty stomachs. Again this is an extreme but certainly proves this theory to an extent. I would be interested to see that catch and release pond utilized under proper conditions for a month and no "snagging the fish" and see how many fish died under proper water temps, hiding spots, water conditions (pH etc). I'm sure a small fishery could do a controlled experiment with no problem and give us a real answer. HOWEVER! This would never happen. Because animal rights groups would crack down on fishing and regulate it worse than than it is now. So for us anglers I think it's better to forget about this subject lol.

Honestly it's possible. Humans do it. It could be mental, it could be conditioned. A lot of people like myself with stomach problems eat very little. I love food but everytime I eat I get very uncomfortable and sick. Happened at a young age. I found certain things will help my appetite but to be honest I survive on about 1/10th of the food any normal person should. But I have become conditioned to know if I eat it's going to upset my stomach so I chew thoroughly and eat very little. To say fish and other animals don't feel anxiety and refuse food would be incorrect. Anxiety is something humans have become conditioned to that most people don't feel it, but it is our most primal instinct. Thats why most fish flee when they see you. I'm not going to argue animals especially fish anxiety lol but it is a possibility. Usually they stop feeding due to illness, however I've care for high end fish my entire life (I have a discus tank with about 2000.00 in discus fish) I've had 300.00 fish who stopped feeding due to bullying during feeding time. They knew when the tank opened up if they went for food a dominant fish would attack them so they would go to the bottom and begin to become bottom feeders. If they were caught the would be attacked and eventually they would stop eating due to stress. So I would seperate them and sometimes it would take weeks to get them eating again sometimes they would never eat and die with no other illness present. Anyone with aggressive tanks can attest to this.

LMAO drivers everywhere in Florida are the worst. I saw maybe 5-10 signals my entire time in Florida 3-4 years.

I'm usually exhausted if I fished properly. I come home put all my gear away, clean it and myself up. I always throw something on the grill, fish/steak/chicken, grill of some veggies or saute them in some butter and EVOO. Have a few beers and look over the pics of that days catch. Usually sleep pretty well.

I agree if you plan on filleting a lot of fish then I'd get a better knife, and keep in practice. I kept a lot of my fish to eat in Florida I got to where I could gut and filet a fish as quick as I could unwrapped a store bought one from their paper and plastic bags. So then when I moved back to NY I hadn't been keeping my fish as often plus the fish on a whole were much smaller. Last year was the first time I tried my hand at it again with a subpar knife and being out of practice it was a total butchering . I started keeping more fish that I'd normally toss back just to get back in practice (still legal size of course).

Down at the river here in canjo. Its been dead but yesterday everyone was hauling hogs out of there. I'm going to send them to my friend he has an android and then add it on here. Everything seems more compatible with androids.