king fisher

They work well for me. Highly recommend. They are hard to put a trailer on, but I rarely use a trailer so it doesn't bother me. Bait Monkey cares more about trailers, than the bass do where I fish.

Me to, only it's not the memory in the line I'm worried about.

Are you saying. Me coming home with a six pack yelling it is time to celebrate, I just caught my PB on the first trip out in my new bass boat. That wouldn't be her special day? What more could she possibly want?

Depends on your definition of safe. I went on to buy a couple crankbaits to replace ones I lost. Decided I needed to up my order to get the free shipping. While I was deciding what I could use, I noticed something new, so I added that item, then there was a rod on sale, and the Bait Monkey was jumping up and down screaming you only live once. By the time I was through, scams on my card were the last of my worries.

They did the same thing with me, only their wasn't any fraudulent charges, and they automatically sent me a new card, cancelling my old one without asking. It will take a month for me to get the new card in Mexico, and I can't even use my old card to buy a plane ticket to WA to get the card out of the mail box. This is the fourth time I have been sent an email from them telling me how happy I should be that new cards that I didn't ask for are on their way. They should inform me their might be a problem, and let me decide if I need a new card. I'm not going to mention changing passwords. Not enough space on the internet for the rant I have about passwords.

Is your dad a rebel, ready to take on any danger? Then go ahead put the Daiwa on a Shimano rod, and let him feel like a rebellious teenager again. Just try and keep him away from lightning storms. If he is a more cautious type get the Curado

Find yourself a girl whose father likes to bass fish, and has a nice bass boat. Then Marry her. Don't buy the ring, until you actually see the boat. Pictures can be easily photo shopped.

I would take three bait casters and a spinning rod. Medium fast-- shallow to medium crankbaits, lighter top water and jerkbaits. Medium heavy fast.- T rig plastic, or jigs Medium heavy fast - Spinnerbait, chatter bait, swimbait, underspin, deeper diving crankbaits, larger top water Medium light spinning-- Floating Rapala, inline spinner, small jigs, Hula Grubs, tubes. You could easily get by with. 1- crankbait 2- T rig plastic 3- Spinnerbait 4- Tube

This is five from each category for my local lakes in central Mexico. I forgot to picture an A rig, but it is quickly becoming a favorite. Chatter bait is getting used more, but still not living up to my expectations, so it didn't make the list. It was hard to narrow down the crankbait and top water to only five each. Will add Devils horse for a close number 6, and all H2O cranks if I'm fishing around lure eating gill nets. I don't use soft plastics much, but these all work well when I do. I buy the spinner bait and jig bodies, adding my own skirts and blades.

I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, but can't complain because I'm going bass fishing tomorrow with a day time high temp. of 78. Merry Christmas.

This year was the A rig. I hate to rig it, hate to cast it, scared to death I will snag it, but love hanging on for life, when a big bass attacks.

Adult bass and carp do not eat the same things or live in the same places, but juvenile bass do. They both east insects, small invertebrates, snails, fresh water shrimp, and many other small organisms. When bass fry grow to a few inches long, they switch to larger prey, and no longer compete with carp. Also many of the adult bass prey species compete with carp. Carp constantly root the bottom, making the water dirty, and disturbing bass nests. Obviously bass and carp thrive in the same water all over the country, but that doesn't mean carp do not have a negative impact on the bass population. In general, most bass fisheries would be better off without carp. Survival and growth rates for bass would improve. Water clarity would increase an improvement not only for bass, but also for many prey species of bass. I have fished a number of lakes, that the water was muddy, and sport fish almost non existent do to over populating from carp. After the carp were removed, followed by planting of bass, trout, and other sport fish, the lakes became excellent fisheries. The water became clear and the annual growth rates of planted trout almost doubled. In a few short years the bass fishing was far better than when the carp were there.

I have the opposite luck. Hook a big bass I loose the fish, and the lure ends up hopelessly snagged.

I haven't been able to fish the lake I usually fish for big bass. I have been able to go to another high land reservoir closer to home called Presa Corrinchis near the town of Mascota Jalisco. This lake is rumored to have big bass and I do know of one DD caught for sure, but locals tell me the top size is more like 8 to 9 pounds. I have fished the lake four days, the first with a local angler. The local angler fished the shore line with what I call the Mexican Ned. A Texas rig with a 1/4 ounce bullet weight and a two inch piece of a Senko, dinger, etc. T rigged with a small hook, along with micro crankbaits of around 1/8 oz. I fished the whole box. He caught several bass under a pound, and I got one over a pound and a few baby bass. The next time I took my Kayak there, and spent a day mostly trolling a crankbait while mapping the lake with my Garmin. I did find a fence line in 14 feet of water and caught a 6 pound bass off of one of the fence posts working a crankbait over the wire. The next two time I have gone with my kayak I have only caught baby bass less than a pound and they have been in random places. I have seen no other anglers on the lake in 4 trips so I am beginning to think I may have been led astray as far as bass fishing potential goes. Half of the lake is deep. Dropping to 40' or more just a couple yards from shore with the deepest being by the d**n around 100 feet. In this area there are a couple points I have caught small bass, but I haven't been able to mark any fish or bait on my fish finder. The other half of the lake is 40 feet deep in the creek channel, but has some slowly tapering points, and flats that extend from shore to the channel. A couple of fence lines run from shore out to to mid lake, and I have marked some bass on those. Fishing a barbed wire fence with brush stuck in the wire can be frustrating, but I have had success on them on this and other lakes. The river inlet has been best for numbers, and has some vegetation, but all bass have been very small and caught on a variety of baits. The water clarity is 3.5 feet, and getting clearer. the water is dropping about a foot a week. Surface water temp in the morning is a chilly 58 degrees, but warms to 71 by late afternoon. There is little to no wind, and no cloud cover. These weather and surface temp conditions will only vary by a couple degrees for the next three months. My biggest concern is not being able to find forage. The lake has Tilapia and Bluegill, but no shad, minnows, or crayfish. I have seen large bluegill, and Tilapia, but have not seen small forage, and have not located any schools of bait on my Garmin. I know the bluegill will probably be at the upper end of the lake in the shallows, but know very little about the habits of tilapia. I am way out of my comfort zone. The lake I usually fish is very windy, with 1.5 foot of visibility. At that lake I see bait everywhere, and this time of year the bass are busting surface lures, in flooded grass. I mostly power fish, would like to learn more finesse, but can't locate any bait, or fish on my fish finder to slow down to fish for. The local fisherman I fished with fishes the same way every time he goes rainy season or dry. He casts his small worms along the shore, with a Zebco 33 combo, and is very happy catching 1/2 pound bass and some Tilapia with small lures ( which he out fished me with 10 to 1), but has landed a few big bass around 8 pounds. I have mapped 60% of the lake, but am having trouble downloading the map from my SD card to my computer to place here. I am far more frustrated with my computer right now, than the bass at this lake. Hopefully I will eventually be able to post a contour map of the lake. Any advice welcome. Thanks in advance.

I graduated high school in 1981. The small town high school I went to didn't have any computers yet. I moved to Alaska a few years later, and lived in the bush 300 miles from the road system. I didn't have electricity, phone, or any other modern convenience. I could get an NPR AM radio station from Dillingham, on some days if I was lucky. I was happy and didn't care if I ever saw a computer. A couple years later I learned to fly and bought a plane. The plane was made in 1947 and had zero electrical system. I had to prop start, and used a hand held radio with AA batteries. I navigated with a chart and compass. When GPS became popular I didn't bother to get one for another 10 years when a friend gave me a used hand held. I told him thanks, but I didn't need some lying computer gadget to keep me from getting lost. I flew that Piper Cub from Alaska to Fl. that winter and didn't turn the GPS on. On the return trip I got bored and started to play with it. What a game changer. Now I don't know if I could navigate in the air or on water with out one. I had to call my friend and admit my hypocrisy because I do believe GPS is the greatest invention ever. It was about 2005 when I got an email address in order to communicate. I didn't have a computer but when I would fly in to town I would go to the library and check my email, and spend an afternoon answering emails. Was a big improvement over snail mail. That was the start of a love hate relationship with computers. I always seem to be late to the party. I fight every modern advancement, but finally cave and become the hypocrite I always said I would not be. This year I bought my first smart phone right on schedule about 10 years late. In all this time I always had the latest fishing and hunting gear, electronics simply wasn't a priority. Every once in awhile I get frustrated and threaten to move back to the Bush, until my wife reminds me how cold and lonely a winter can get. I still have to prop start the plane, and still use monofilament, proving If it ain't broke don't fix it still applies to some things.

I'm always trying to improve. I read everything I can, watch a lot of videos, and the Bait Monkey makes sure I have the latest and greatest gear. My problem is the best way to improve is not with upgrading rods and reals, or buying the newest hot lure. Even reading and watching videos can only help so much. Nothing beats time on the water. The best way to improve my bass fishing, would be to bass fish. Unfortunately right now time on the water is hard to come by. I was able to fish a couple times this week, didn't catch much, but at least it will be easy to make an improvement next time out.

I fish way to fast. I know I could catch more and bigger bass if I slowed down, but I fish to have fun. Nothing is more fun for me than making a long cast with a fast moving bait to untouched water. My biggest bass since I was a kid have all been on the first cast to new spot, only because most spots only get a first cast.

Over all I believe carp are a negative for bass fishing. They stir up the bottom making the water dirty, and eat lots of small organisms that the juvenile bass eat. This can make a difference in early growth rates for bass, and is a huge problem with growth rates for trout. It may help the fishery as for trophy size bass, but hurt overall numbers and the average size of younger age classes. In the West they will poison some lakes to remove the carp, and the results are impressive. Game fish especially trout growth rate sky rockets, and the water clears up a significant amount. Problem is some carp survive overpopulate and have to be killed off again every few years. If the lake is on a river system it is impossible to kill them off so once populated fisherman simply get used to what ever balance that particular fishery has. Most places carp have simply been there so long people view them as a native species. As far as bass coexisting and feeding around carp, there are times when they are right next to each other, and times when they avoid each other. Only way to tell for sure is cast a lure and see.

My wife was frustrated with me when I couldn't figure out how to do something she called simple with my phone (it wasn't simple, simple is using the phone to talk to someone). I told her to be patient, that new age electronics were difficult for me. She then asked how come I didn't seem to have any problem learning how to work my new Garmin fish finder, or how to look up screenshots and other advice on my computer and even phone to get the most out of my fish finder. I hate it when she tries to apply her idea of logic to my fishing.

There was a time, when I lived in a cabin without running water or electricity. My car was worth south of $500. I wore clothes bought at the second hand store. I flew a plane, made in 1947 held together with duct tape, and a prayer. But my fly rods cost over $400, and a couple reels even more. I bought more fishing gear than I could ever use, and it was all top end. Now I live near the beach in a condo (married now wife requires indoor plumbing and electricity), drive an average used car, even own some brand new clothes bought at Walmart, and only fly in my dreams. My Kayak cost as much as my cabin did and my fishing gear collection while still large is far more economical, with rods and reels costing around $100 each. The important thing is I still feel like a kid, every time I'm on the water with a rod in my hand. The cost of my gear may go down, but my returns will never diminish.

I think computers and other new tech. makes people lazy. Just look at your TV remote. Can you imagine someone so lazy they wont bother to tell their wife or kids to turn the TV channel?

A $100 rod will catch bass. A $200 rod will greatly diminish my marital returns.

Where I fish now the weather can be exactly and I mean exactly the same for months. The fish bite like crazy the first day the weather changes. I do what ever I can to be on the water the first day it rains after the winter dry season. When I lived in Eastern WA the fishing was better when the weather was stable. The problem there, especially in the spring was, if I didn't like the weather, all I had to do was wait 5 minutes and it would change.

The article I was referring to was written in 1977, long before he made any videos, and he definitely said that his studies indicated, bass were repelled by the color yellow, and attracted to the color green. He recommended against using yellow lures. At the time my favorite lure was a black and yellow spinnerbait that I had caught my PB on. He might have changed his opinion by the time he made the video. I was young, impressionable, and believed everything I read. My friend didn't like to read, and was gifted with the ability to observe nature in a way that made him a natural outdoorsman. He would notice things while fishing and hunting that just passed by me. I thought I could learn everything by reading about bass fishing by experts such as the Bass Professor, and he thought he could learn how to bass simply by fishing and paying attention to what the water, and bass were telling him. He still uses the same old lures, including his yellow spinnerbait, and yellow Heddon Sonic, and he still makes fun of all my expensive gear, and what he calls fancy book learning. I cherish the days I out fish him, because they are very rare. It took many years, but I no longer take as gospel everything that is written in a magazine article about fishing. After all, now I have the internet, and if it is on the internet, it has to be true.

7 inch Senko June bug Skinny Dipper purple smoke, single and on A rig.