OcBass63

What is a Good 25' prop?

I like to skipp and throw Choppers Spider Grups Senkos Flukes and jig and pigs

There is no way every river has bass in it.

Make shure you stock shiners and fatheads and most inportant is the bluegills.

I have never really tried but I am making them in one of my woods classes and i will let you know how they turn out.

Another great lake in northern wisconsin is Butternut lake. I have hade a 7-8lb fish blow up on topwaters but never caught them. This is another place with a 3 lb average but has the potential for a state record. Joe Butcher fishes this lake for smallmouth and catchs huge fish but it is a difficult lake to fish.

I have fished smallmouth all the states and I have found some of the best fishing in Sturgeon Bay. It is a sleeper I agree with Lunker. A 16lb limit happens every tournament but you should check out a group I went with. They caught 27 limits of fish and the winner had 21 pounds and 5th place was 18 pounds. They had a two day tournament that wieghed in 427 pounds of fish for 27 guys. One of the guys has the biggest stringer out of all of the people in the united states. I mean you can go there and catch a 4lb not even fishing.

What is this and how long before it happens to my bait?

I like to use a Black rattle l trap or a smithwick. At night black gives the bait a bigger profile. I also like to find the loudest topwater that I can find.

I catch fish in the rain a lot. I was in a tournament ounce and about 15 miles away there was a tornado. It was hailing out and pooring. But we caught a crap load of fish.

Work a jerkbait slow really slow. You can also use a jig but dont swim it. My favorite bait is a fluke and let it sink to the bottom and just twitch it.

If you really want to catch just cast your bait in there bed either a spider grub or centiped and leave it sit for a long time. But I would suggest to leave them alone

I live in upper wisconsin and my biggest LM was 6# and my biggest smallmouth was just under 6#.

I would go with a figerglass boat. They are smoother riding and they are easy to control. Even thow the scratch easy and you have to take a little more care of them they are worth every bit of it.

I use a 3/0 hook but have found that a bleeding hook worked a lot better than a regular hook.

What pitch prop do you guys use?

I have a Stratus F219 fish and ski. With a 150. When we first got the boat we got it up to 73 GPS. and the was fast. Then we spun the prop and we havent hade the same speed from that boat. So I am thinking it was a different prop.

I would think that they would be in the shallow water during sunny days because the water will warm up and they will be sun basking. I live in wisconsin and I deal with cold weather all the time, And most of the lakes I go to the fish are usaualy sun bathing. THis is were site fishing comes in hand.

What type of Bass boat do you guys like?

Are Jack plates worth geting installed on your boat? and why? Are Hot foots worth the price?