Wayne P.

Looks like the Luck E Strike worms that I prefer for tidal water bass. http://www.buehlersales.com/ORIGINAL-RINGER.html

Does the Game Commission know your club has tournaments at Briery??? Did you get special permission for that???

Yep, wacky rig for me too.

Yep, that looks like it and it is at the typical level for that lake.

What an IT for Best Buy Geek Squad found today was AOL is the problem. He told me to use Internet Explorer to see this site and it works great that way. It's been what has seemed to be over a week trying to get this figured out. I couldn't even get on the site with my Smarter-than-I-am phone until this afternoon.

I have one the earlier ones that is a little shorter. It is basically worthless if left in the stow position and you need it while fishing by yourself. To get it to lock open, you have to push the slide handle very firmly. The rubber hoop will collapse and cause you to miss a fish (especially a large one). It is a pretty good pan fish net though.

I won't be there this coming Friday. I didn't see any strong indication of the thermocline, it looked like it is still kind of weak, but getting there. I checked all the way out to 30' depths.

I just got back to this site after some screwed up AOL connections. I fished there Friday 6/24--Slow day, only 38 bass.

That was discussed in this thread, I posted some thermocline screen shots.

You caused the issue. The circle hook is NOT for a hook set application. The circle hook is designed for the fish to catch themselves as they swallow the bait and swim off. When doing that, the bait is pulled out of their throat and the hook grabs the jaw on its way out.

I've done and do the same. The fish don't care, it's the superstituous fishermen that it makes a difference to.

I've done and do the same. The fish don't care, it's the superstituous fishermen that it makes a difference to.

Additional tip. When searching for unknown features, use around 100'-150' range setting unless you are in 50'+ deep water (longer range for that). After you find something or know of something you want a better look at, set the SI range to 3 times the depth or less. That is because the shorter the range that is displayed, the larger an object will be displayed. An example is a 12' fish. If you want to see fish that are 12" and have the SI range set to 100' then the fish will be represented on 1/100 of the SI view on one side or 1/200 of the screen width. You can choose to display either the right or left side SI scan and that will make objects appear larger also. To see trees that are laying on the bottom, it is best to scan them parallel to the trunk so they show up better as illustrated in the screen shot. When I am fishing, I usually have my SI range set to 30'-50' depending on the depth I am in. I use Side Imaging at the console with a transom mounted transducer and at the bow with a trolling motor mounted transducer. The actual screen width is 3.625" so you can do the math of how big something will look of a known size based on the SI range setting.

Your should be trying to get images to fit on a screen that is about 3 3/4" wide. It's all about picture size to actual size ratio. When you take a picture of a person with a camera, the picture of that person is not the same size as that person. To get the sharpest images with Side Imaging and Down Imaging, set the Chart Speed at or +/- 1 of the GPS speed in MPH. Go as slow as your can when scanning objects, the longer the beams are on an object, the sharper the images will be. That applies especially for vertical objects like trees, dock posts, etc.

Its been many, many, many years since I fished Back Bay. I had heard the bass fishing has been improving in recent years. The bass there used to be weed oriented or open water baitfish school oriented. If hydrilla and/or milfoil is the weeds, the bass are probably under it and a Johnson spoon, frog, weightless worm on top should be your primary presentations unless at low tide when fishing the outside edges would be the pattern with Traps, spinnerbaits, etc. For the open water schools, you need to be aware of your surroundings and notice any surface activity, move to it quickly and then keep up with them via your scanning electronics. I don't know how well the Structure Scan functions for surface to 5' depths and can't guess since Lowrance does not indicate the degree of coverage for the two frequencies. I use Side Imaging and that will show fish away from the transducer in less than 1' depths but not in thick weeds. Don't assume the larger bass will be "deep" they will be were the food is.

You don't have your reel adjusted properly and put some KVD line treatment on. After that learn to throw that lure with the heavy action rod. If you can't handle it, change to the Zoom Horny Toad, it weighs more. I throw swimming frogs with 50, 65, and 80# braid with no problem.

Durability and Soft Plastics aren't synonymous for successful catching. Zoom products are the ones I use, the fish like them and I catch bass with them.

Yep, sure is, it is on Rt.701 about 1 mile from the Rt. 701 ramp. It is new and is part of the property that has the three houses for rent--very nice for the price. Briery Creek Lake Getaway www.brierycreeklake.com 434-223-7663 434-390-6838

No, I have never fished Diascund. It's hard to drag me away from Briery Creek-LOL.

This was the sign last year for the rates:

Personally unless it is Winter to spawn, I don't fish East of the splits unless I am fishing at a marina that holds tournaments (lots of weigh-in hold-overs). I have the best catching near the river channels and willow grass uplake after the spawn. As far as electronics, you can't have too much information. The new stuff is outstanding for helping you eliminate a lot of water without even making a cast. I prefer to fish where the fish are and just figure out how to catch them.

Yes, you have to pay to launch a boat, don't remember the daily fee though. The yearly non-resident launch fee is $40, that is what I get. It was $35 last year. I don't have to buy the access permit (getting old has its advantages). Yes, the short older guy still works there (forget his name). I taught him the weedless wacky rig a few years ago.

It's only a big lake if you make it that way. It doesn't make much difference where you fish as long as you take a 15-30 minute boat ride the first thing in the morning. On multi-tournament days guys pass each other going to where the other just left.

How good it is depends on who is doing the fishing. I have caught over 100 bass in a day there lots of times and at the same time others don't even get a hit. If I catch less than 50 bass there, it is slow day for me. The last time I fished there was slow (42 bass). The lake is overpopulated with small bass. It has some nice ones also, many over 7#. This time of year where I see most fishing there, the fish are under the boat or behind them. Buy the end of this month, 50-100 bass a day should be quite easy. The submerged vegetation is the key pattern.