John Cullum

Thats one of the things that attracted me to Grandt Rods was the warranty. You gotta cover shipping but its not a bad deal over all.

It happens from time to time with all rod companies. At least you didnt have to pay full retail to replace it. What does thier warranty say about breakage?

I have a BPS,Cabelas,Gander Mountine and Dicks all within 30 minutes of me. They just built the Cabelas and BPS within the last year around 25 minutes away from eachother same expressway.

If the clock is ticking away and the box is empty I tend to speed everything up. I put the trolling motor on high and tie on a Big "O" crankbait of a Nicoles spinnerbait. I'm looking for a reaction strike. If they fish aren't feeding you can still get a bite or two from bass that bite out of reaction or anger. Chances are I've already slowed way down during the course of the day and worked ever piece of cover I could find. In my experiance most people will slow way down with a jig or tube and that my work for some. But speeding up ,way up, workers more often than not when I encounter a tough bite.

150 acres is a realitively small lake so most probadly made it back home. But if you can fish around the boat ramp it's never a bad idea. Most lakes will have few boat ramp that tournies go out of so if you can't fish the one your launching from fish the others if theres any. Best advice thou, just go fishing. Do what you do best. If your a flipper then find you some flippin water or if you like docks find some docks to fish. Whatever your "style" of fishing is find some water that will allow you to be at your best. Until your fimiliar with how the lake fishes I wouldn't waste alot of time doing things you aren't real comfortable doing. Also try to avoid the dock talk. I'll only make you second guess yourself and have you fishing out of your element.

I've had times where this has happened and have thrown everything in the boat at them with no luck. So I went out and bought a few small inline spinnerbaits (Vibrex) in silver and one in blue and silver. The only time I ever use these lures are if I see fish busting shad or if I'm on the river fishing for 12 inch fish. Either situation these mostly forgotten about inline spinners work. I know it's not a typical "bass bait" but it will put fish in your livewell when the going gets tough.

I'm not sure why this is but the bass I catch seem to take a jig very well. I flip and pitch all the time and hardly ever lose a bass on a jig do to being to slow on the hook-set. I hear some of the replies saying they spit a jig very quickly but in my experiance they seem to hold on to it very well. I'm not saying they hold it like a Senko or tube but they aren't very fast about dropping it after they'd inhaled it. I do from time to time have one come unbuttoned but it is very rare losing a fish on a jig flippin and pitchin. I have been paying attention to when I set the hook on a jig lately and it seems to be between a 1.5 and 2 seconds. I have yet to feel a fish pick it up and drop it within 2 seconds. now I'm sure there may have been some that I just didn't feel but the ones that bit will hold it for at least two seconds. Next week I'm not gonna stick em' and I'm gonna see how long they will hold on to it for. Will post the results when I have some.

I fish all year round. We have some power plant cooling lakes a few hours from me that never close. So I head out there a few times a month during the winter when I'm not doing shows.

Don't set the hook as soon as you get a little bump. Bass will usually hold a jig pretty well and even longer if you add Megastrike scent to it. I know it's hard at first but give the bass a second or two before you set your hook. You may also be feeling bluegill taps and not actually bass. Bluegill will nip at a jig sometimes and you will set the hook. Do you have a rod with heavy enough action to set the hook on a jig with. If your using a lite action rod you may not be getting a 3/0-4/0 hook to penitrate thru the fishes skin resulting in lost fish. Is the hook sharp? Pratice, pratice ,pratice, keep fishing that jig, add some scent and don't give up. Jigs are an awesome bait for catching big bass.

Short fish, hardly ever. I can't recall going out and not getting at least a shorty in the last few years. On the other hand in a tourney I had a zero one time last year and one time this year in about 50 tournaments over the past three years.

The first cut on the north side after the dam has good depth against the bank and maybe some current there. You may have an eddy depending on which way the water flows which would be a bonus. Keith pointed some good stops that I would as choose to fish. Being the lake is very small you might be able to fish almost all of it. I wouldn't pass up fishing the bridge with a crankbait or grub. Fishing frogs across any duckweed or matted weeds I could find in the back of coves. Biggest question I have would be what is that dam like. Is it functioning and making current by releasing water or drawing water? If so, which way does the water flow? Looks to me like the wtaer flows west. But the map doesn't show any freeder creeks or release creek at the west end. I'm guessing at the end of one of those two coves maybe both there will be a creek. If there is current you can pretty much figure this lake out very quickly.

Denny Brauer , Aaron Martens and Jay Yelas.

I met Greg at the Kansas City Outdoor Show and I gotta tell ya. I've worked show from here in Indiana, New York, Boston, Clevelad etc and back and I've never met anyone his age that I knew would make it in this business. The kid if a prodigy. I felt as if I was talking to a guy that had been fishing for 20+ years. Greg knows his stuff when it comes to bass fishing I'm sure we'll be hearing his name again. Great job, Greg.

Thats what I like to hear. I will give them a look in the off-season when I re-stock for next year. Thanks for sharing.

Always fish with your boat going into the wind. It's harder to cast but it is more natural for the bait fish to be moving with the wind then against it. Also if your having trouble casting into the wind down size your line and use spinning gear if possible. The wind cherns up the bottom too. Exposing crawfish and other bottom creatures the bass will eat. Jigs and crawfsih colored cranks are a real good bait for windy blown rocky banks. Wind is a huge plus in clear water. It breaks up the surface and makes it harder for the fish to detect if it's artificial or not. It will also ball up the shad into a cove or creek. Anytime this happens after a few days of the same direction wind you can bet the bass and other fish will be there feeding. Baby One Minus and spinnerbaits are a good bait to use. If the wind isn't blowing to hard a Sluggo type bait is also a good choice. In the early spring wind can also be a big help. The sun is warming the surface faster than the water below. If you get a few sunny days and a stiff wind blowing the wind will move the warmer surface water to one side of the lake. Hopefully it'll blow it into a cove or bank. This water will be a few degrees warmer than the rest of the lake and that can sometimes be the differance between catching fish and not catching fish. The only condition I try to avoid the wind is in real cold,muddy water. I usually try to find a non-windy cove. The wind stains up the water that is alreay muddy making it harder to catch fish.