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Sirius stock has made me a lot of fishing money. I have been shorting (betting against in hopes of a stock losing value) this stock since I turned 18 in november. I started shorting at 25 cents a share and now its at 7.4 cents a share. Its true sirius is filing chapter 11. This doesnt mean it will go out of business they are just rearranging their assets. In fact the stock gained 35% today despite bankruptcy talk. They continue to take on overwhelming debt and keep purchasing loans that they probably will not be able to pay off. What all this means for you (I assume the majority of the people reading this aren't stock investors) is that the price for a subscription will probably steadily increase in the coming months. If they don't raise prices or Sirius-ly cut debt and if the recession continues (it will) then you can say bye-bye to satellite radio as you know it in 2-3 years.

That pic and a short story about it was in bassmaster a few years ago.

palomar

Use all the techniques stated here. Let the bass tell you whats working.

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I completely agree, but do you think that Spro's new lure would be any better?

Wow, cool pix.

Its an unfortunate part of fishing. I caught a nice 4 pounder this may off of a spawning bed on one of my "secret" : bed fishing lures. I hooked her deep and caught a little bit of her gill. She swam right off so I thought she would be fine. I found her the next day floating right next to the bed, because of me. I felt sick.

Yes it does but I cannot see any difference in the kicktail and the Spro other than the paint job.

welcome Where in Illinois do you fish?

I have been wondering about vicious for a while now. I might try it in the future.

I was flipping through the new issue of bass times this morning (which was way late, again) and I saw a full page ad for a new lure named the BBZ-1 Shad, by Spro. The ad said it is "the most realistic swimbait on the market." It is a hard plastic bait with four jointed segments that supposedly swim very naturally. That got me thinking to when I just got started bass fishing. It was five years ago, and I was twelve years old. I was reading one of my issues of bassmaster and I came across a lure called something like the kick tail minnow. From the same company that makes the walking worm. It had four segmented joints and swam naturally. I was young and naive and didn't know a thing about bass fishing at the time so I bought two. :-[ After talking to some more knowledgeble fisherman at some lakes and ponds, and after doing some research on it for fisherman's opionions via the internet, I realized I'd been fooled and that this lure was not worth throwing. Its sat in my old tackle box next to old rusty hooks and other things I do not use ever since. Then I come across this ad by a respected company (Spro). With basically the same lure as this company chock full of lures that are not at all respected and basically just fool beginner fisherman into buying them. So, will this infomercial-like lure thats been in my old tacklebox for five years catch fish?

Maybe or maybe not. Certainly braided line's visibility can deter strikes. However, some presentations are also effected with braided line. Like a senko would not have the same fall rate and wiggle with braid than it does with fluorocarbon.

I too sand the lip down. But, I also sand down the whole bait until the walls and top of the bait are so thin that I can feel the bait caving in when I squeeze it. It works suprisingly well. According to zell rowland, It makes the bait sound more like a shad flicking on the surface.

6 pound line is considered extremely light in the frog fishing world. If there is any cover around you will definitaly want to up your line size.

A good strong wind for a few days probably wouldn't hurt either.

Ditto- Kalins are da bomb. I like the Watermelon flake best. They have very thin tails with awesome action. Kalins grubs are awesome. They are the BEST grub on the market IMO. Their thin tails are one of a kind and they also have a very soft body.

Yeah, tie the knot slowly, wet it and you should not have too many problems.

Polamar knots are great for monofilament and braid, but it does not work well with Fluorocarbon line. I suggest using a trilene or san diego jam knot. Aaron Martens on Fluorocarbon knots: "Many fishermen have tried fluorocarbon line, but quickly ditched it, complaining that it's brittle and breaks easily. Martens knows the solution. Most of the breaking problems is the knot," he said. "You have to tie a San Diego Knot or some kind of cinch knot, like the Trilene Knot. A Palomar is not good because it crimps the line. It crimps on top of itself and it will break." and here is the link where i got that quote: http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/columns/story?columnist=tipofthemo...

Go with a lighter jig. You can make it lighter by decreasing the weight of the actual jig itself or increasing the size of the jig trailer. Also, I only buy REALLY CHEAP jigs. All they are is a hook with some lead molded on it, a weedguard, and a skirt. They have no built in action and the bargin bin ones definitaly deserve a large slot in your jig tacklebox

I would go with an aluminum boat,18 feet or less. Aluminum is lighter and thus easier and cheaper to tow. Also, it is much more sturdy than fiberglass. I'm guessing that thirty acre lake doesnt have great ramps so you do not want to get a boat that cannot take a few dents.

There are 3 characteristics that any hook I buy must have. 1. It must be extremely sharp. 2. It must not be easily bendable. 3. It must be cheaper than the majority of the hooks being sold. If the hook meets all of those recommendations then I do not care if it was made by owner, gamakatsu, or Chuck's hook shack.

I use Kalins grubs exclusively. They are considerably softer than most of the grubs on the market, and more importantly their tail is extremely thin. This makes for better action, especially when retrieved slowly. I use the 5 inch in the warmer months and the 3 inch and sometimes even 1.5 inch in the cooler months. The great thing about grubs is, they basically just imitate an injured minnow usually. This means that they will not only catch smallies, largemouth, and spots, but they will also catch a lot of other game fish if they are swimming nearby.

small grub. Also, if you want to catch bass and trout on the same lure except a bunch of small bass, because they are the only ones that will bite small trout lures.

I pride myself on being able to catch bass on every bait in my tacklebox. I am not as great at finding bass, but when I do find them I like the fact that I know virtually every lure in my tackleboxes strenghts and weaknesses, and from there I can apply them to the current situation with confidence. I remember hearing zel rowland say once in a video or article that the one of the big things that seperate a weekend angler and a pro is that the pro uses every lure in his box instead of 4 or 5 favorites.