TriStateBassin106

Eastern PA is a sleeper bass area, which county does this pond reside in? I would move spots and if you see people catching and keeping the legal limit please report them to the local authorities. It'll do the waterbody a favor.

Hey man I would love to recieve free tackle but at the moment I do not have a PO box, (not at liberty to reveal personal address) once I get my PO Box going I'll shoot you a PM A-jay Tight lines.

Hahahaha I understand this feeling very well, it tends to happen a lot for stick worms on texas rigs.

Personally I love catching bass of all sizes, but I've noticed lately that a few non tournament anglers on here and other places get extremely frustrated when catching fish that don't make it past 1 to 2lbs. Why is this? Fishing is supposed to be a relaxing occasion, if you're not in a tournament there's no need to get upset about smaller bass IMO. Personally I think some anglers should be more thankful that the fish bite at all. To the anglers who do get upset about catching dinks why do you get mad about it? Tight lines.

No problem man! Tight lines.

It's alright A-jay I found a couple i'll be buying today hopefully for only 5 bucks hahahahaha I'll keep your offers in mind in the future also I wasn't able to check the forums for a few days.

Color recommendations for some of these lures? Only have the budget right to get three to begin with and then later on i'll be able to add on my arsenal.

Cheap in my opinion is anything under 15 dollars, thanks for the advice.

I was out yesterday at my local pond and managed to get a really good bite right by a water fountain on a swimming dinger, in the late afternoon before the sun went down, I've noticed that bass in the summer time can be so confusing since we have these precidents about what they're doing, surprised bass even chase things in 90+ temperatures hahaha

Does anyone have any hard baits they can recommend as jerkbaits? Rapala? Berkely? Something less expensive so I don't have to spend much on a new one if any mishaps happen, really want to get into it this year as I had luck with flukes in the past. Also I mostly fish bodies of water that aren't really that deep (less than 10 feet), recommended suspending depths?

As a bank angler this question hits home hard... if i'm fishing a spot and don't recieve a bite within 30 minutes I'm either A. Switching to a slower bait (t rig, jig shakeyhead) or B. Switching spots or strategies, (deep fishing or casting into cover) if I'm in the same spot after 30 minutes and I already changed lures or changed strategies I'm moving to a different spot, I'll convince myself that area isn't holding bass at the moment. I'm glad more newer anglers are also starting to realize bass aren't panfish that bite everytime everywhere. Bass are strategic in their own right, as Bass anglers it's our job to find out what they want and where they are and how to catch them. I see bass fishing as one giant game of chess vs checkers. We beat the fish in their game by catching them.

Fellow bank angler here, on my local pond here in NJ I've been using a mix of topwater and Texas rigged pitboss and when the temp reaches 90 I'm only using T-rigged and shakeyheads, the fish are either deep or in cover. Try pitching into cover, (overhanging trees, pond fountains and under lillies if your pond has them) the algae and weeds can be a pain in the summer, some ponds get infested with it at the bank but I still cast into them or next to them. But please keep yourself hydrated and cool, if you can buy some HUK UV resistant shirts and pants, it'll keep you cooler, also boonie style hats to keep your face shaded. This can all be found on HUKs website. Also go in the morning or evening, I have the most luck when it's past 6:00 in the evening.

Green pumpkin and some form of a purple flake is all I throw in places with no shad, best bluegill imitation in my opinion

The title really says it all, almost every body of water I go to I'll always have luck in the soft color category with green pumpkin, if it's a swimbait or a jig or a Finesse worm the color just catches fish. What is it with green pumpkin? I've fished stained water with it and caught fish, same with clear water. What is it with the color that gets bass to strike?

How are the bigger smallmouth bass compared to the largies in terms of fighting? We catch smaller dink smallies here in NJ and it almost feels like catching catfish because they don't jump that much. The problem I have and I think Glenn made a video about this, is that I fish Texas rigs and don't give out slack line, in the video Glenn talked about the soft plastic coming close to the fishes mouth and it's not able to get a proper hookset, I believe this is my problem hahaha. It's a tick I really need to work on out on the water fishing. Usually bass I'm able to catch are hooked good in the lip or barely hooked on the side, it's really weird though because you'd think that if the fish is hooked barely in the lip they would jump and the hook would come out, but I've caught some where they'd jump and once I landed the fish they would wiggle and the hook came out on it's own. Bass honestly are weird fish hahahaha I feel like sometimes the fish has more explaining to do than us lol.

Thanks Tom, I'll keep this in mind the next time I hit the water!

If you fish for bass you've seen it happen a million times, you set the hook on a really nice fish and while it's fighting it does "the jump" and it's awesome to see what your fish looks like before you're able to land it, but my problem with this is trying to prevent the fish from jumping, it's rather annoying if your hook comes flying out the fishes mouth and you just lost one. When ever I set the hook I immediately make sure my rod is at a downward angle to prevent the bass from jumping, but sometimes it still happens, (lost two nice fish yesterday because of this) Anyway, how do I prevent bass from jumping? I seem to be doing the right thing but sometimes it still happens. Any ideas?

Yeah I'm glad this heat wave is over, I live in Jersey and it' been brutal over the weekend, hopefully gonna get some fishin in after work this evening, good luck man!

I tend to do that sometimes. I've had luck catsting a T rig into Muck and got results.

Hey all, The texas rig is probably my favorite rig for all around bass fishing and it's very easy to catch largies and smallies on but my question today is what style do you fish the texas rig? Are you a hopper or are you a dragger? When I fish a texas rig I usually let it sit for 5 to 10 seconds then proceed to hop it and let it sink again, then repeat. I've heard other people say you should drag and drop almost like a Carolina rig, what is your guys opinion on how to fish the legendary T-rig?

Yeah, a local spot I've been fishing at stopped giving me results once the heat went past 90, gonna have to slow it down a notch probably use some shakey heads or NED rigs, also what is a good size for a whopper plopper? (Beginner topwater guy here)

If there's no crawdads in your lake I would still fish craws/creatures on soft plastics and trailers, My private lake I have acess to fish has very little crawfish but I still throw my pit boss and get dinks. Now if you're trying to imitate baitfish I would go with a shallow to mid crank in what ever baitfish color. (Sexy Shad, Shiner maybe) on my lake it's stained and only shiners are the main bait fish, (We also have Perch and Sunfish) You said your lake is pretty clear so you can definitely get away with throwing sexy shad cranks and spinnerbaits, for soft plastic colors I would definitely go with Green Pumpkin or Watermelon red flake, they're sleeper colors on clear lakes. Also maybe some white paddletails on green pumpkin chatterbaits would work.

Pop R is a top water right? What about fishing a texas rigged plastic also thanks for the UV shirt advice, any other suggestions like getting a UV face mask?

Wouldn't that make it much more hot to wear extra clothes? Or are they UV resistant?

Know this feeling very well. What do you think it is? Water temperature?