All about da bass

Chatter bait and swim jig all the way baby!!

I have fished this lake before and have caught some good bags. I went fishing there last week and I'm gonna go again the week before the the first of July. Does anybody have any advice for there I'm kinda stumped being that a caught a couple of small ones. My tournament is the 6,7,8 of July. Thanks

I read some study that once they reach that big, they will go off on their on and their chance of spawning is actually very slim compared to a 2 pound momma. It's makes sense, the same way with humans, you don't see very many 50 or 60 year olds having a baby.

That's about the only thing you can change in a senko?

Those bass have teeth on their jaws and their jaws are very powerful. They also have crushers in the back of their mouth before they begin to swallow whatever that's been torn. I have a pet bass (5pounds), I quit hand feeding him because he can hit me and the shad really hard.

I was in a tournament and I had the same problem except with a hollow body frog. I missed so many fish, I finally got hit in the leg hard enough that it set the hook on me. I was to impatient.

Everything on there is the same accept for the Rapala DT6. I can't throw a big crank, I just don't have confidence in that area yet. I like to throw a 1/2 ounce football jig.

Perfect set up for a lake that I fished last weekend, we absolutely tore their mouths up. We were catching a lot in just one small cove.

Deep diving crank bait, for some reason I just feel more confident in dragging a jig down there or a Carolina rig to get the fish to bite, I don't know that's just me.

That's like asking do I want to keep my left or my right hand, they are both a necessity. They both catch fish.

My favorite type of cover to fish with those baits, besides rocks.

Those styles and colors tend to work really well in the south.

I tend to do that ALOT, I have confidence in every thing I throw but it's gotta be the senko for me lol Who me???

I have been hearing several tournament anglers say that you can pour diet coke over a fishes injury and it will stop the bleeding, is that true? If not, what could help with bleeding besides putting them in water ASAP. I'm a tournament angler and I don't want to put back a keeper if it's bleeding but I don't want it to die. I have heard fluke master say that he puts stuff in his live well to help keep them alive.

Everybody has one of those days. My first tournament, we won it by a landslide(luck). The next tournament, we were boat forty outta 125. Winning that first tournament ruined my mind set on them and gave me to much confidence in winning. That's just me though. We didn't do great the rest of that year. This year we started off strong and we are hopefully gonna end the year strong at the championship. Good luck on your tournaments.

Thank you. This really helps. I will be sure to check these out and run these by him and see what he wants to do.

Google earth, I use it before every tournament. It's very helpful especially if you know what your looking for on it.

No more than $125 he would like to keep it in the $75 to $100 range but if it's a very good rod he said he would up the budget a little bit. Thanks guys

If you didn't have a lot of money and you wanted a rod that's good for it's price and you could only get one which one would it be. This rod would need to be able to throw most lures. I need something to help a friend that's just getting into fishing for a rod that he can throw most of his baits. He's not gonna be throwing a bull shad or something like that. I started him out on a t rig and I'm working my way in helping him on some more complex techniques. Thanks guys

Interesting......? Thanks

I think these guys have it covered.?

I'm starting to see more of a fluke or drop shot approach. I've never thrown a drop shot, it must be something. I've seen people catch fish on it right beside me but I never think to pick it up and try.

He sounds really stubborn, my dad is the same way. He is JUST like that.

Nice fish ya go there.