Bazoo

Interesting discussion. I'd like to get a 10 myself. I've not gotten over 5 yet, but I am in persuit. Course... I don't specifically target large ones, I target bass... and I get all sizes.

Nice! I've found a solid 2-3 second delay helps hookups greatly with a fluke. I normally use a 3/0 round bend worm hook. I do skin hook it, but I try to be ever so light with that.

I fish nearly daily, if not it's a 3-4 times a week. But I most often only fish 2 hours or so at a time. LOL, sometimes I get sore from casting! I was in dollar tree yesterday and I was sore and told the woman there and she looked puzzled... I said "fishin!" and she got it.

I have always felt a special connection between fishing and the Almighty. I think it's safe to say God is a fisherman (note my signature). We always joke in my church about me fishing the crystal river when I get up there. We are going to have a baptism day at the river; I reckon we'll be staying a bit longer than the preacher that day!

I don't like going places I can't carry. I've carried so long that I feel naked without my firearm. The same goes for my knife. I don't fly, I don't have a passport. I don't care for concerts or sporting events, so no conflict there. The reason I don't do those things is because I have no need or desire. I'm thankful that I don't have a need to fly. I served on jury duty once. Of course I couldn't carry there. About the only place that I have to go occasionaly that I can't carry is police station/government buildings. In the state of Kentucky, you can't carry in bars, daycares, schools, as well as the other restricted federal places such as federal buildings. But, a privately owned place such as a store, hospital, or church that has a no firearms sign, you can ignore the sign. The law says (paraphrase) that if a person carries in a private establishment that has a no firearms sign they are not guilty of a crime. If found out, you can be asked to leave or to remove your firearm to your vehicle. I was a concealed carry deadly weapons instructor for the state of Kentucky, and as a result, licensed to give all manner of firearms instruction. I let my certification expire about 10 years ago.

Thanks. I am familiar with personality types and how they affect a person's thinking. I had made a new friend a couple years ago on the gun forum. After talking a while he asked me if I knew my personality type. I said no. He said, I think you're like me. He was INTJ. After talking to him about it, with the tests confirming it, I am an INTJ. My wife is an ISFP, almost exact opposites. I have always relied on my intuition heavily. I also have always been "different". So much so that others have commented on it. But learning about personality types and how INTJs think and act explains why I feel and am perceived as different. Learning about it has helped me tremendously in my relationship with others. Knowing what my wife's type is, I am able to better communicate with her, and understand why she does things differently. Part of the INTJ personality is that we/I assimilate information. So I read about a subject, bass fishing in this instance, and learn all I can about it, then I am able to apply what I've learned from many articles and videos into one broad knowledgebase that I use on the water. Intuition comes into play a lot, especially if I haven't had experience in a certain situation. And I often am able to connect with my intended quarry with new lures, techniques, colors, and on new bodies of water.

Thanks everyone. I have good intuition about everything, and I often do follow my gut on colors, technique, and location. Of course, I also read extensively about bass fishing to learn the habits of my quarry. Just today, I went with a color of fluke that I wouldn't normally, and in a heavily pressured spot that I rarely have any success, and was able to get 1 (small) bass. I don't particularly like fishing that spot, but my son wanted to go there because he rides his scooter in the parking lot, so I made the best of it.

I've never heard of coppernose/copperhead bream.

Title says it... do you rely on j tuition when fishing and if so, in what areas? I heard some pros say they do, though I can only remember Jimmy Houston as being one of them.

No offense meant; if you’re hooking yourself then you need to add some other landing/unhooking techniques to your skillset. Grab the fish underbelly before lipping, or grab them by the body after of the gill plate. Unhook with pliers. I say this, and so this but I don’t do this exclusively. I do this when the fish is wild. When they are more docile... and I think I can safely do it, I lip and unhook per the traditional version.

Being on the water, I often relax and enjoy creation. It is a time of prayer and meditation for me, interrupted by periods of intense focused dedication to the task at hand. The same as for being in the woods hunting deer. With that, it’s also a time to bond with and admire a favorite firearm and knife. With fishing I still use my knife, and I build a relationship with my gear, though not as strong as with a firearm. Probably because rods and reels are more fragile and seen more as a long use consumable rather than a lifelong companion.

I haven’t had much success with red or orange crankbaits, though I have had some, mostly on the river. Probably my least confident color.

I’m 40. I had covid bad 4 years ago a s am still regaining my stamina. I can do about 3 hours until I need a break. Get a snack and a cold drink. Then I can go another 3 max. After I rest 2-3 hours I can go again for 2-3 more in the evening. Those double days.... I often run to the river just before dusk.

I fished it again tonight, but only for about 30 minutes. All is quiet and no bass. Had a bream nip at my lizard... cute little guys.

I doubt it's carp because I've fished this pond a dozen times this year during daylight and never seen a carp jump.

I suppose it's possible here that there is an otter. But, the splashes I saw, I saw nothing in the water that night. I haven't been there in the daylight for a while, a month or more. I'll have to go check it out and get some pictures.

I almost always fish crankbaits with a jerk pause retreive.

WILD! Thanks for sharing.

LOL, thanks for the chuckle. I swung by there tonight for bout an hour, no nibbles or kerplunks, nothing. Fished a black culprit ribbontail worm I bought 10 minutes prior at Walmart, a fluke, baby brush hog, and a frog. The boy fished a fake senko, but being he's almost 5, can't say he was too stealthy. The bass probably didn't even notice me with him around though. I've fished it maybe a dozen times previously, one time walking almost all the way to the other end. I didn't make it to the creek though, I forget why now I turned back.

I aint ever seen a yeller bass. Looks alive to me... but weird for sure. Last few trips, I've not taken any pictures. I kinda like it, freeing. Not keeping count, just focusing on fishing. I'll take pictures of anything big or extra beautiful.

Crankbaits aren't too fat for even small bass. But they might not like the speed of them over the jerkbait. What about color? are you matching colors between jerkbait and crankbait? I don't suppose you're using a silver jerkbait and a red crankbait or some such. Have you tried a fluke?

There is a lot of interesting information in this thread, thank you all for sharing!

Worms, I pretty much use all the classic colors and don't have any issues. Sometimes they prefer one over the other. For worms, its junebug, watermelon red, green pumpkin, watermelon, and a handful of others depending. I almost never get bit on chartreuse though. For crankbaits, all colors I've tried have worked to some degree. I haven't yet had a jig bite on a bottom jig. Have had a swim jig fish though. So black/blue for jigs I guess is the one that doesn't work for me. However, I still continue to try.

Have you tried a spinnerbait?

Interesting discussion, thanks all.