king fisher

I have never quit fishing, but unfortunately there have been times when I quit catching.

Depends on the moon phase

I use Maxima Ultra Green for almost all my fresh water fishing, when using a leader. Pound test depends on technique and cover. I do use other leader for very light tippet when fly fishing with dries and nymphs'.

If fishing a spinnerbait with two blades, one will be gold and the other will be silver. If the water has less than a foot of visibility I fish painted blades.

I have a friend that uses big brass snap swivels on every lure he throws. I was fishing with him one day, and we were both fishing small floating Rapala's. I was tying a loop knot on mine while he simply used his giant snap swivel. Of course I couldn't help telling him that the large swivel would ruin the action. He laughed and said it had worked for years, and I was always reading to many fishing articles in magazines and listening to experts that try to make fishing harder than it needs to be. Every time he landed a nice bass he reminded me the bass was not supposed to hit a lure with such hampered action. We fished with a variety of lures that day, and he used the same snap swivel on every lure. He not only caught the most bass, to make matters worse at the end of the day he landed the biggest bass cut the swivel off and asked if I wanted to borrow it, in order to catch a big stupid bass that likes lures with no action. I still wont use snap swivels on anything but inline spinners, and rarely use snaps by themselves. I just can't do it. My friend still uses giant snap swivels, and still catches the biggest bass. The one thing I have changed is I never say anything negative about his gear or the way he fishes. It may be hard at times to keep my mouth shut, but it is better than eating crow.

Glue it back together, loan it to a friend, and make sure you video his first cast. Should be good for a laugh or two.

You are lucky you lost your A rig before you caught a fish with it. Once you have your arm almost ripped off from the strike of a big bass while fishing one, the A Rig Monkey has you hooked for life. Turn back while you still can. There are less expensive ways to catch a bass.

I learned to pitch from a video that Glen made on this site. After watching the video and practicing for a few hours, I was far from being as smooth an accurate as Glen but I was able to pitch well enough catch some nice bass. I would recommend starting with a one ounce weight, and going to lighter weights and baits, once you get the basic cast dialed in.

When the bass are around rocks, it is a good time for crankbaits. When the bass are in wood it is a good time for crankbaits, and the Bait Monkey. When the bass are in the weeds I fish something else.

This is one of the best instructional videos I have seen o the Alberto. I have use this exact method for years and have no complaints. What makes this video better than others is he gives examples of mistakes that I made when first using this knot. The example of what can happen if you don't trim the leader tag close is real, it happened to me a few times before I figured out the problem. Any how, for what it is worth, I thought the video was worth watching.

I fish deep diving cranks out of my kaya often. Most of the time I make a long cast, then reverse the peddle drive, back up letting line out to get even more distance, then retrieve the crankbait while backing up slowly. If you don't have reverse, than like others have said you can anchor. I have also found trolling deep cranks with my kayak to be very effective. Rapala DD series crankbaits don't pull nearly as hard as some other brands. They cast surprisingly well considering they are made of balsa. I fish the DD series, when the bass want a more subtle action, but most of the time I am fishing hard pulling, wide wobbling, Strike king, or 6th Sense baits.

Yes, especially if I am fishing with someone else who is fishing what is working, I can use my fishing partner like a control group, and I can experiment. Sometimes experimenting pays off, and other times it doesn't, but I will learn something regardless if I catch something or not.

Charged by brown bears, ran over by a moose, in one plane crash, when I wasn't at the controls, 3 engine failures and, many almost crashes when I was at the controls. I have been stranded for days in bad weather 300 miles from civilization, with no means of communication, or help on the way, living on porcupines and prayer, fallen through ice many times, and worst of all, I lost a bass in the teens, right next to my kayak.

Have you ever considered fishing someplace else? Unless you are wearing an ankle bracelet, there is no law against dipping you toe in a new pond. You may be surprised how much difference a change of location can make. If you come to my neck of the woods and shut the spinnerbait bite down, don't stay long your life may be in danger.

To get deeper, and catch giant bass. My PB was caught on a 3/4 oz double willow spinnerbait. The bass was in 30 feet of water, suspended 15 feet deep, holding tight to large tree branches in flooded timber. The heavy bait allowed me to get down to the fish and deflect off of the branches. The weight also enabled me make long casts in strong wind. I use 3/4 oz spinnerbaits more than any other size.

If someone were taking me to a random lake, and I could only have one lure, I would take whatever lure that person recommends for that lake and hope that person knows what works on that lake. If not, I just left a small fortune in tackle at the house for no good reason.

More than I can count, but less than the Bait Monkey thinks I should.

Depends on what they are feeding on. If they are feeding on schooling baitfish sometimes matching the size of the bait is very important. If they are feeding on bluegill, or crayfish, than it most likely wont make any difference. Much of the time there is not a big concentration of a particular bait, (basically not hatch) and the bass will hit what ever swims by. When there is a large concentration of a particular bait, the bass are more likely to key in on that particular bait, and they can become frustratingly selective. Sometimes when there are large amounts of a certain size bait the bass are feeding on, picking a lure larger or smaller may help your bait stand out from all the live bait, making it a more likely target. Other times matching the size is more important. No set rules, every day is different, and every bass is different.

I live on the border of Nayarit, and Jalisco Mexico. I fish for bass in waters of both states. No crowds, most days I am the only bass fisherman on the lake. Big bass, a DD. largemouth can hit on any cast, any time of year and Margaritas, not bad.

Spinnerbait catches fish for me from top to bottom, slow or fast, through heavy cover, out in the open, fished around rock, wood, weeds, in heavy current, no current, wind no wind, sun, clouds, day or night. Other lures can work better for me, in specific conditions, but none work as well in all conditions.

Winters are a bummer for me in Mexico, no ice fishing.

I used to brag about how much money I saved with my lure retriever, until one very windy day, I lost my lure, lure retriever, broke a rod, and almost flipped my kayak trying to save one $4 crankbait.

I have a friend who tried for three years to bag a particular whitetail on his property. He hunted or scouted almost every day of the year. He saw the buck many times, and found it's shed antlers every spring. He new every inch of the deer's home range, like the back of his hand, was an excellent marksman, had eyes like a hawk, trail cameras, Ziess binoculars, and was an expert woodsman. He never even got a shot at the buck. Catching a world record bass is even more difficult than bagging a trophy deer. A deer you only have to find them, and get a clear shot at hundreds of yards. A bass not only do you have to locate the bass, you have to be able to get them to bite. Modern electronics may help locate a bass, but like a deer, the bass will always be able to find a place to hide. My friends big buck eventually got hit by a car at night. Just like the world record bass could easily get caught by some one fishing for catfish with a cane pole.

I know it is a long shot, but it worked for Pete Carol, I thought it might work for me. Would anyone be interested in trading. THIS FOR r

If he hits over 70 home runs in a season without using steroids' don't use it. If he doesn't pick up a bat, and keeps his day job, use the reel.