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I finally found the new show and they have videos of trips to Lake Fork that can be purchased and also TV programming schedules. http://www.alloutdoorstv.com/about.html http://www.alloutdoorstv.com/products.asp?category=Videos http://www.alloutdoorstv.com/schedule.html

Hallsville has a small bass club that I think meets on Tuesday, but I will have to check to see when and where it is held. I believe that somebody had posted earlier on here about the meetings so you could look in the past posts if your interested. It has been a while back. I'll check with a friend of mine that I think belongs to it Monday. There are some open weekend night tournements on Lone Star and Gilmer lakes at least through the summer months and I'll check on those too. This was the post I was refering to I guess it is the same club. Bass Fishing Forums / Bass Clubs / Hallsville Bass Club on: Jun 15th, 2005, 12:42pm Started by bassfishinbrad | Post by bassfishinbrad For anybody in the East Texas area looking for a bass club here's the ticket. The Hallsville Bass Club is a friendly competitive club that enccourages family: father son, father daughter, and others. We fish most all Texas Lakes. For more information contact me at bradmoughon@letu.edu Fishers of Men also has several tounements on Lake of the Pines. http://www.fomntt.com/division.php?id=48

I've known several people that have had catfish ponds and the fish can sense when they are heading down the bank or clang a metal object to call them up to feed from a pretty good distance away and they will begin to surface. The catfish have been conditioned to respond like that because of their anticipation of food so it seems reasonable to me that they could pick up vibrations and relate it to a physical danger for an adverse effect. True, they probably do make a lot more intentional noise and even calling them or walking much harder then you normally will while fishing, but they seem to be able to sense their pressence. I have also seen where they will not bite if you are standing on bank or where you can see them in a boat.

You might try KLTV.com or Barry Hansons East Texas Angler (same reporter) here in Tyler. I don't know if they have any vids that can be downloaded but they do a regular report online that includes Fork and the East Texas Angler is a weekly show that covers alot of lakes in this area. Might be worth a shot at least for a lead. I believe they used to have some videos at Honey Hole Magazine that would have included Lake Fork, but since they sold the tv rights, I haven't been able to find much about them except for their sponsering of a few tounements lately. It was my understanding that who ever aquired the show was still going to do programing again, but I haven't been able to find any of those so far, although I haven't done an extensive search, either. They always used to have a very informative program that covered Texas lakes and rivers back when Dean had it.

Last time I saw or rather heard that happen was when I snagged a friends rod durring a cast and slung it out out of the boat and into the lake. ;D We were night fishing and heard a splash, then later found that the rod was missing. I'm not sure this really counts though.

I am pretty sure they will feed on the little bass, but we have an real nice local zoo with an aquarium exibit that has a local freshwater display and they have both gar and bass in together, both species are trophies to say the least so the size may be a factor.

I know I probably would need a permit for zooalogical exibitions also scientific research, medical purposes and breeding to sell, ect. I just am presently unaware of a regulation regaurding keeping one in a tank for private purposses here in this state. There maybe one. :-/

Bass aren't considered endangered or exotics and native to my state, so what Federal law prohibits me from keeping one, since I am unaware of a state law? I can introduce them into private water and harvest how and all I like. True I need to buy a licence for some animals species here like deer, lions and aligators but a permit is easily obtained. I can see where I would need one for a snakehead, since they are not native and present a problem to the local fisheries. Just curious.

You might check with Earthworm, I was looking around on his site earlier today and I believe I saw something about Kistler rods.

I carry one with me, but have only used it a couple of times bass fishing, it works great for crappie and catfish though. Mine is made by Minn Kota and rated for a 18' and pretty much a basic rig. I have added floats and weights to it so it will open faster also snaps to disconect it in a pinch and still be able to go back and find it later. A lot of the water we fish is way to stumpy or covered in thick weeds for it to work properly especially now that it no longer rains in this area. I hope to pick up an extra one when I ever find one priced right (cheap) for more drag.

I'm not sure I would rather drag one of those over logs or sandbars over a Jon or canoe, but to each there own. It looks to me like you could mount one on it, especially if you can split the hull and install a thru the hull transducers. I wonder if you might not get too much disturbance that close to the jet useing a transducer that mounts to the back of the hull. Most of the riders I see don't keep one in the water jumping around enough to use one. Ever thought about getting a portable finder and just takeing it when fishing?

At least 2,500ac for the scenery, I like the larger ones until the weather gets bad.

Even though this might be considered more for the vehicle then the trailer I like to have plenty of spare fuses and electrical tape. I also carry a small votage meter, but I guess those would be more of a tool then a part. A 12v tire pump has come in handy a lot of times.

The first plastics that I first remember were a pre-rigged purple worm by Creame complete with a little propeller, and fished C-rigged. Some of the others many I no longer recall the manufacturers, but one I really liked was made in Louisiana and was a ribbon tailed worm called a Baby WaterMacasin that we fished unweighted and snaked though lily pads with great results in the summer. Mister Twister was really hot for a while when they made the scene. It seems like Bass Pro Shops first catalogs came in a magazine (Texas Bassing or something of that nature) that I subscribed too and consisted of only a few pages and may have even been a mail order club you joined at first. Some of the crank baits that come to mind were a thin fin, river runt, hellbender, Devil horse, carrot top, and the revelutionary Big O. 6:1 was smokin' for a baitcasting reel and Kingfisher was a choice boat. Lake Fork was still a couple of creeks and the first true "Bass Rig" that made a lasting impression on me was an 18' silver/red metal flake Skeeter with a massive Mercury Black Max (115hp. I think) and about a 30 lb. trolling motor probably Shakespere at a boat show when I was 15 or 16 that was absolutley "It" for the day, with a whoping price tag of $18,000.

If you are useing just an air infuseing type pump it might not hurt to still try to change out some of the water periodicly. As I understand it amonia can build up in the water that just adding air doesn't remove. That is why I try to use both types of pumps when I can't use the boats areator. Supposedly some of the amonia evaporates as it sprays thru the air.