lazyfish01001

I could see the bottom. It wasn't a sink hole. iv had to turn it off then back on. after that it was fine. I reccomend this fish finder.

Just got back from green river lake in kentucky. I used the 110 and It performed very well. It says in the manual to take it out of the water while traveling fast. It tells you the temp of the water, depth, and you can even set an alarm for large fish/medium fish. I was in about a foot of water and it read 175 feet for a few moments, so I turned it off and then back on again and it worked fine after that. I highly recommend this affordable fish finder.

JUST opened my 110 moments ago and put it together. I'll be using it on my jon boat in a week. I will update you. The 120 would be better, since it can scan sides instead of just downward, but it was my second anniversary gift from my wife, so no complaints here .

I use a snap swivel 100% of the time. I guess it can affect the amount of fish you catch because of the time you spend to retie on every bait. It makes changing bait so much faster. I use 30 lb test braid on my spinner and use the palomar knot. That being said, I don't need to change my swivel often. I think it's good practice to retie your swivel after a seriously stressful catch and each fishing trip. I have never once had a palomar knot come untied with this braided line. The only fish that are ever attracted to the snap swivel are fish I don't want to catch, being either too small for my lure, or too small to even take my hook. Since march this year, I am at 83 bass. I am really trying hard to get to 100 by november. Next week I am heading to Green River Lake to catch at least 17 more keeper size bass to seal the deal. I have found the brass snaps are usually cheap and slid around in the clasp. Don't use one where the wire is straight, a curved end is way more secure. This is an example of the curved end. http://www.basspro.com/Bass-Pro-Shops-Ball-Bearing-Swivel-with-Interlock-Snap/product/6276/?hvarAID=shopping_googleproductextensions&om_mmc=shopping_googleproductextensions&kpid=6276&kpid=6276_Black_4 GOOD LUCK!

I had to kill my first bass last night. I was using a soft plastic worm with 2 hooks in it. It was a bass about 8-9 inches and he swallowed this little worm whole. There was no way I could get the hooks out with him being so small, and the hooks being in his stomach meat... I took my very sharp buck knife about half an inch behind his eye and severed the brain stem and cut the head off. He died immediately and I was able to save my bait. The hooks were definatly lodged in his gut pretty good, so I didn't feel so bad about ending his fish life. To be honest, I would rather have saved the fish than the bait, I just didn't want the poor guy to live the rest of his life with hooks in his meat and a stupid worm stuck in his throat, impeding him from eating. But, his body made a good meal for a lazy catfish or one of the many huge over 2 ft bass in this guys pond. My uncle got mad at me during a tournament last year when I was trying to delicately remove a hook from a fish. "Don't feel sorry for it!, rip that hook out and throw it in the livewell!" he said, but I couldn't help but feel bad for the fish. I fish for the sport, not to cause great harm to the animals.

I pulled out 11 fish tonight. That brings me over 50 bass for the year at 54! I was so excited at 50 bass. The 4 extra pretty much sealed the deal for tonight being a great night fishing with my wife. She caught 2 and 1 got off the hook. She is up to 3 this year. Her rod/reel turned into a rat's nest and while I was trying to untagle it, she stole my rod to keep casting, It was really cool to see. I love a woman who can have fun catching fish.

Haha! No... I was just hot so you know, the pants went first. But really, I wore pants and have a bad habit of pulling the fish to my leg/crotch to keep them from spinning when I take out the hook.

Does anyone here use them? I bought this stupid looking black worm with 3 hooks in it a few weeks ago, and I have caught bass on it every pond I have been to since. I was at a small farm pond under and acre on the fourth of july. A true redneck friend looked in my tackle box and suggested I use that black worm with the three hooks and the white line on it. I figured he's older and his neck is a deeper red than mine, so he must know what he's talking about. Sure enough, I caught 1 decent LMB and 1 rock bass over 10" in a hour and pulled up 3 monsters that managed to get off the hook. I just went there again yesterday and used the same worm. I pulled out 5 good sized bass and lost a couple more. The biggest bass tail flapped me in the balls 4 times. He had to weigh at least 2 pounds, so imagine that slapping you in the jewels while trying to unhook it. The water was murky and I was casting along the banks and caught 2 while letting it sink down in the middle of the pond. It's a great bait for less than $3. I dare you to try it.

Lunker frog, man. I'm in northern Kentucky and only use the treefrog, since that's all they had in stock. It's a versatile frog in that it can be used in a few ways. It floats, till you throw it so many times, then it takes on water so you can get it deeper. You can pull it fast or slow. It's weedless design makes it ideal for any pond or lake with thick vegetation around the bank. For around 7 bucks, you can't beat it. I have a few others with skirt legs, but I find the retracting legs of the lunker just look more natural, maybe it's just a metal comfort thing. I'm told topwater torpedeos are great for warm summer months, along with jitterbugs, but I still haven't caught a fish on one yet this year. I've had luck with topwater poppers and frogs, that's about it for top water. Good luck!

About 3 weeks ago I bought a lunker frog and I was dying to try it out. A customer of mine had given me permission to fish his private farm pond weeks earlier. I always catch fish there, it's inevitable. But, there is this one corner that is always covered with moss and earlier times I was there I seen a big fin come out of the water and large ripples under the moss. So I knew I had to try that spot. I caught 6 LMB all over 13" in 2 hours. One fish was my personal best which is my avatar. It was supposed to be my wifes first fish, but I took the rod from her to show her how to throw the frog, and BOOM! I was shaking for probably 30 minutes. The earlier fish had me giggling and jumping around like a little kid, but this fish was magnificent. I let it go and ended the night with sending the picture to pretty much every person in my contstcs list on my phone. Man that was a good night!

Just happened to me on a local lake last sunday. This was the first time I had been there on a boat. I've never caught anything there before, but I had only fished it 2 prior times, with the wife. I woke up early (10:30 am) from a night of many beers and thought "I'm good now, no worries.", and had a cup of coffee. Bad idea. As soo as we were on the water, I felt it deep down. You know the grumble and discomfort. I sighed, turned my troller to speed 5 and went for the first bank with a fresh swim bait. I held it and dealt with it for 6 hours straight that day. The worst part is I didn't catch a single fish. I threw spinners, cranks, lipless cranks, swim baits, buzz bait, chatter bait, lazy ike, jigs, and a lunker frog..... It was still better than being at work.

sounds like weight loss to me. better than time lost? Right?

I'm up to 32 bass as of tonight. The last one was over 21 inches. I'm still shaking from it. Biggest bass I have ever caught. Just changed my avatar to show the glorious beast. I need to buy a scale... This is going to be a good year.

Total newbie to the site and forum. I'm really excited to learn from everyone, as well as the awsome website! I'm in Northern Kentucky, bout 15 minutes from crossing the river into Ohio. Other than becoming a friend of a local VFW pond with access to the licking river, I fish mostly in farm ponds, stocked public parks, a large creek in indiana on my dads property, and anywhere else with water where I wont get arrested. I havn't caught any huge fish around here, but I did win a biggest fish contest during a tournament last year with a 16" largemouth bass. I only fish for bass, but a fish is a fish right? Caught the fishing bug and 2nd degree sunburn last year. This year I have caught 21 bass, 4 panfish, and one fish that I can't identify... I'm new into it, but I think I have some good gear and confidence in the holes I fish. I've almost ticked all my friends off by talking about fishing at gatherings, pretty much every time. So I look at this forum as a place to be a fishing nerd and have a little acceptance. I'm a 28 year old white boy with a beer gut, and I respect anyone who knows and loves fishing. You should know that I have a dry sense of humor, and am always ready to joke around. I also like moderate paced walks on the beach and the color blue. I don't eat coconut or water chesnuts, it's a texture thing. Hope to find some friends, and more places to fish!