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About Shak Muscles

  • Birthday 04/04/1999

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    Male
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    Naperville,


  • My PB
    Between 6-7 lbs
  • Favorite Bass
    Largemouth

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    Love to fish, mostly ponds

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  1. Shak Muscles
    Haha I feel like you contradicted yourself here. Since the pond is pressured, I would think to try any type of finesse presentation and fish it really slow. Also you can try using blade baits or spoons, because I doubt many other anglers there would be using such lures. I've personally never used them, but they can come in handy in pressured situations.
  2. Shak Muscles
    You guys have it worse than I do haha I don't have to worry about dangerous animals just pesky bugs. I definitely have to work on being more stealthy when approaching the bank though. Just recently I spooked a few bass as I approached the bank and I saw them dart off.
  3. Shak Muscles started following Do bass actually care about the action in stick baits?
  4. Shak Muscles
    I know all the fishermen go crazy about the action, the "wiggle" of stick baits and such. I was wondering have there been any studies done with bass in a controlled environment presented with lures with different action to see if the bass react differently. I did a quick Google search but couldn't find much. I ask this because to me it seems more that fisherman are more enamored by the action of a lure than a bass might be. The ever so slight different in the wiggle between say a senko and dinger drives fisherman crazy! But do they actually drive bass crazy? For me personally, I seem to catch the same amount of fish on any stick bait, and the more important factor is probably sink rate because it sinks to the bottom faster, and since I'm relatively impatient this helps a lot.
  5. Shak Muscles
    I've been thinking about that, chopping down some of the brush in areas where I want to fish. But then I also think I'll be ruining the "natural environment" if I kept chopping down all the vegetation in my way. Also, wouldn't I look like a maniac walking around with a machete and a fishing rod LOL? On a side note, sometimes I "create a path" for myself by just squishing vegetation down with my legs at an angle. It probably has the same effect as the machete it just takes a bit longer.
  6. Shak Muscles
    Wow that's really impressive! The most I've ever caught in a day was 23 or something haha. I normally just fish for about 2-3 hours in small subdivision ponds though. Just starting out!
  7. Shak Muscles
    1. Yes. I really love exploring new bodies of water. 2. Yes. 3. Probably around 100 bucks a year membership. 4. Yes. I would totally pay to fish something like Gary Yamamotos ranch as long as its reasonable.
  8. Shak Muscles
    Nice fish dude!
  9. Shak Muscles
    That's a good plan but unfortunately I don't have the patience to do that. I usually just walk along the bank. Probably spooked a bunch of fish, but oh well. Although I usually cast parallel to the bank and to my spot before I walk over there, so if nothing bit then it wouldn't be a big deal if I spooked it anyway.
  10. Shak Muscles started following How do you guys walk to your ponds?
  11. Shak Muscles
    If you aren't catching anything, whip out that Cabelas game and catch something on there so you don't skunk!
  12. Shak Muscles
    I do know how to swim but you're right it could be dangerous wading into ponds since all the vegetation could get wrapped around your legs. I always thought that bass get bigger in ponds which aren't fished often? Because in public ponds there are people that take fish home to eat so they might not max out their potential. But I understand your reasoning as well, since the big bass are usually the smart bass. And most the giants seem to come from public lakes. Fishing private really is way too easy. I live in a golf course neighborhood and I have permission to fish on a small part of one of the ponds on the course and the fishing is insane! This area of Illinois in general has really good bass fishing, even though the bass don't get trophy size like the ones down south.
  13. Shak Muscles
    Thanks for the advice guys. Looks like the general consensus is to wear long pants/waders and make sure bugs can't crawl into and up your pants! The only thing that sucks is when the weather gets 85+ and you're in jeans. But it's definitely worth it because some of these ponds are in the middle of nowhere and I don't wanna have bad experiences with poison ivy or bugs. Yeah this was my reasoning. I wanted to fish ponds/spots that are less pressured since no one else would actually bother to go through all the trouble to get there. I usually don't last long because sometimes I see these small gardener snakes and even those freak me out haha I just feel like they're gonna crawl up my shorts and bite areas that I want to preserve. I would definitely feel safer about it if I had my whole lower body on lockdown (and upper body too). Just another question, how do waders hold up? Are they durable? And are they mainly meant for river use or do people use them to step into ponds also?
  14. Shak Muscles
    Sometimes the ponds near me aren't well maintained as in there is a bunch of vegetation and such all around the bank so its tough to go and stand there. These ponds also get the least pressure because no one is hardcore enough to go all Man vs Wild to catch a few bass! I was wondering if you guys have any special technique for navigating such ponds. What do you wear, how do you avoid bugs etc. Personally, I go fishing in shorts and these prickly shrubs always make a mess out of my legs. Not to mention the ant hill you might step over. And just countless bugs. The grass is also practically as tall as I am, and there could be snakes in there. I live in Northern Illinois though so I'm not sure if any of them are dangerous. Also I mostly fish alone so if I break my ankle I'm screwed.
  15. Shak Muscles
    I would say just learn on your own. You don't really need lessons if you are just trying to learn the basics of how to swim (freestroke) Start of on the shallow end and keep air in your lungs and you should naturally float. Once you have wading down, you can try to actually swim. As long as you hold your breath while swimming you should never sink. Keep the feet moving, and if you want you can even swim with your head above the water without holding your breath. I think YouTube videos will help out a ton on the technique.
  16. Shak Muscles
    Did you even bother reeling it in to save your line?
  17. Shak Muscles
    Its more that trees/vegetation block me from accessing some areas which I have to cast to from far away, and sometimes they seem like perfect places where bass like to hang out. Do you mean dialed in to the point that I don't need brakes anymore and the lowest tension possible to increase casting distance?
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