Catch and Grease

Yeah they mentioned it was dead before it got confiscated I believe, I guess it was just handled poorly... Its a shame

It could be a bunch of different things... Is the water always a bit muddy? If you just had a bit of rain that caused the water to get more muddy than normal the bass could be holding really close to cover... Like nose touching the tree close haha at least that's what it seems like around here Oh and if your actually targeting the bowfin they may be chasing little critters shallow, like really shallow, like 3 feet or less shallow

Bass are my favorite but besides them I love bowfin. My favorite place to fish for them is in the swampy areas around here...

I use swivels on spoons and inline spinners.

http://www.***.com/fishing-tournament-cheaters-buy-sell-11-pound-bass/ *** just posted a story about it haha

I've never had a bass get it while it was stuck but when I fish square bills bass get it as soon as you rip it out of a snag all the time!

I dont, why do that when you can just buy jigs without weed guards?

I've never did that for sure, but once I ran a square bill off a stump and got a strike and hooked the bass for maybe 5 seconds then after it got off reeled it in to fix the line and cast to the same spot and hooked another bass 15 seconds later.... Could have been the same bass... Probably wasn't, but that's the only time I think I might have

P-line floroclear isn't a real fluorocarbon though? I thought that was just a fluoro coated line?

This is getting goood

I've never been to a NFL game but the steelers are my favorite team and I've always wanted to go see them play in Pittsburgh!

No bait only catches big bass really... However jigs and big worms IMO help stop dinks and can catch huge bass, but I've caught dinks on 12" worms...

When people say fish "hook themselves" when cranking it just bothers me.... You'll be waiting along time if you wait for a fish to hook themselves on your crankbait lol you still need a hook set, just a different kind.

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What rods were you looking at??

Thanks for the input guys, if I can save up 1000 that would be fantastic, if I go to the football game I won't be burdened with 100% of the cost because people will go with me so it won't be quite as expensive....

Thanks for getting back to me on that, I was just wondering what your reasoning on using it was and thanks for answering.

I like to use braid as backing as well but I use a uni to uni knot

When I'm fishing with someone that doesn't fish much I'm hoping that they have a good day, if they catch more than me then that's great and I don't mind lol I took some family to the lake around here and I didn't catch a single fish but managed to get them hooked into a couple each. To see their eyes light up and all the enjoyment they get is great.

I read a thread about scratching curados and I scratched my brand new tatula then I read a thread about fish swallowing crankbaits all the way to the back of the throat and said that never happens to me, boom happens the next day haha Read another thread about spilling JJ's and I said if your carefull it won't spill and I spill a whole jar the next day. Bassresource is cursed man... It is....

It just happens, small fish will strike big cranks out of pure instinct. Using barbless trebles is up to you, it would make it easier on the fishs eyeballs if your worried about it. I hook bigger bass outside the mouth and foul hook them a lot too.

That's a great link! ^^

Lol I've always wondered if I could do that with jacks or bowfin, sometimes though I'll get my crank bit off by a jack and an hour or so later I'll see it float back up to the surface because he shook it out haha

I'll probably be using my cousin car/riding shotgun paying for gas I can get a little help from my family up north and I'll get a little bit of money this christman btw

I'll be staying in Wyoming Pennsylvania its just cheaper to fly from Jacksoville to Philly rather than valdosta Georiga to Wilkes barre airport. I'll just get a ride from valdosta to Jacksonville then from Philly to Wyoming