riverbasser

Well I don't know the exact river your talking about but I still should be able to give a few tips that will apply. You said the river has a dam. Do they generate power? If so in my experience the best fishing occurs when the waters running. Not only does it kick start the feeding but it positions the bass in easy to find places. The first couple miles below the dam is usually best. First thing is that bass always face upstream so you should cast up and work your lure with the current. Throw at every area with slack water. Lay downs, logs, rocks, anything that breaks the current. Bass sit in the slack water and eat anything that comes by. Also if there are any S curves in this river this is a great place for bass no matter if the waters running or not. Good luck.

Same here. Google searching different techniques. I always pick links from different forums since they are generally better info. I probably read things on this board for more than a year before I got an email that would work to join. To me BR is like my wife's Facebook

There's alot of plastic so in order to use a swimbait hook I recommend cutting a slit in the bottom so the hook can push through easier. Still makes hookups a little hard. Never thought to use a scrounger. I've never used them. Have to try that

All I could find Www.bassmaster.com/guide-precision-cranking

I think it was one of the articles on here about crankin that the guy used his crank on a Carolina rig to achieve more depth and hit the fish at the 25-30 ft mark. Been wanting to try it but haven't found the right situation yet.

Any sales this weekend at siebert? @Siebert Outdoors

I've saw a test done with various different cranks with different line and casting distances but I can't remember where. If I find it I'll post a link

well regardless of how it happened there is one piece of info that stands out to me from your research. It proves that bass don't remember what worm or lure was fake and will bite again even after being caught with a certain lure. That's important to me.

Well looks like BPS is only doing free shipping for the 4th. Anyone know of any other 4th of July sales?

I kinda get on kicks where I throw one more than the other. Especially as a starting game plan. This will get changed depending on the fish. Right now I'm throwing a lot of deep cranks to start and then following up with C-rig plastics. I guess you could say I do most of my searching with hard baits. Then pick areas apart with plastics.

Whatever I was using stays on and the hook goes in the holder. Line tight until I get home and then I loosen the line so it's not taut. I also always remove any plastics I have rigged. One because it saves money re- using and also the salt can cause the hooks to rust. Try not to hook onto the guides any Knicks could damage your line in the future.

It seems strange that after 9 months it then decided to cough up the worm. I know it would be a big coincidence but Maybe someone else lost the worm to the same bass. Red shad is a popular color as well as culprit worms. Surely I'm not the only one whose mind this crossed.

Postspawn and he hasn't recovered yet!

I do. Seems like a waste of money to me to have a different rod for the two. They are very similar.

It seems power pro is very popular on here. I've only used spider wire stealth braid. Its cheap and I haven't had any issues

My defense guns are loaded, that's what they are for. Maybe I could load in a hurry but what if my wife was alone and scared to death, I doubt she would be aware enough in that situation. But in saying that I will say that I doubt anyone would get in my house without me being very aware. Even if they had a key the dog would let me know and give me time to get to the hidden gun. My advice is to just keep it out of sight and I also agree that the key for kids is education.

Well first I gotta say I love the jellyworm! If I was on a computer I would try to use the format you used but too hard on a phone. My favorite finesse is a jig. Too many reasons to list but It can be fished from 6inches to 30 feet and for some reason bass love crayfish. I love really picking apart cover and it will catch em of all sizes. I prefer the 1/4 ounce and only go up if really necessary. Zoom fat Albert twin tail is my favorite trailer. Runner up is the trick worm. Can't think of anything to not reccomend

Nice. Never seen one before.

Can you explain the noise? You say I wouldn't turn over so without more info I would pull the cowl and look at the starter, flywheel, and watch them while you crank

Carolina rig, deep cranks, lipless crank s, Alabama rig, jigs, and spoons Any offshore cover can be good. In my lake offshore cover is mostly sunken brush piles. I always look for humps next to creek channels as well.

Yea I can see how it would help with the initial hook up and that's a plus but I'm so used to the regular jig hooks I have developed a pretty hard hook set. Maybe I'll give em a shot and see. They seem to be good quality none the less Nice bass btw

So I was checking out the the siebert site and saw his dredge jigs with that big wide hook. I consider myself a pretty good jig fisher and I always have one tied on. But having bass spit a jig was just always part of the territory. So for those that have used these does it help with keeping the bass hooked up?

That's pretty light for BC gear but set your reel and try it. You shouldn't have to cast a jig all that far. at least I dont

What all lures did you see? I like some baits smaller and others larger. I cut all my jig skirts even with the hook and if I'm fishing the river I pretty much use 1/4 ounce exclusively. In the lake I up the weight for wind or in deeper water but that doesn't really apply to size that much. I also like war eagle screamin eagle spinner bait which is a 1/2 ounce but the size of a 1/4 ounce. At the same time I prefer larger plastic worms.

Well since this is a bass forum let's try to help you catch them. One of the favorite plastic worms is going to be senkos. Followed by ribbon tail and trick worms. Any of these three will catch bass. Pick up some EWG hooks. 4/0 is average size for different size plastics. You will also need some bullet weights. 1/4 ounce is a good all around weight. This will make your basic Texas rig and any plastic can be rigged this way with success. Pitch this rig all around any cover you can see and drag it back to you or bounce along the bottom. Now the next hardest part of this is detecting a bass bite on these plastics. I will try to explain buy you will have to learn on the water by feel. The easiest strike feels like a tic-tic on the rod tip. The other is when you go to move the worm it feels a little heavy like you picked up some grass. And other times you might feel nothing. If anything is off or you think you felt something set the hook. Once you catch a few you will get better and will be able to distinguish between a stump and a fish, although we all make the mistake of setting the hook into a stump from time to time. Good luck and always check the articles on here. There Is a ton of info