T-Bone

I've never used it myself, but my friends loves it on his boat.

http://www.bassedge.com/products/show/Cook%27s+Go-To+Tackle+Storage+System http://store.ebait.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=Cooks&Product_Code=TSS

Senko- Texas rigged Culprit worm- Texas rigged with screw-in bullet weight Manns Baby 1-minus

Snag Proof Bobby's Perfect Frog. I've had it for only 2 weeks and about 20 fish and counting. ;D

My friend mentioned it to me today and I was wondering if anyone had tried this before. I've heard of it before but have never tried it before. Any thoughts?

Plastics for me, definitely. I use them all year around anyway. ;D

$20 from ebay, so it wasn't a total loss.

Well, a friend and I took his canoe out fishing in a pond on some land at his grandparents house. We have fished this pond before and usually only catch bass under a pound. We have been told that there are some big fish in there, 8+ pound, but we have never caught one over 3 lbs. Well, when we got out there it was seeming like we might catch a bunch of fish because the bass were exploding on the top of the water and the last time that happened we caught one on every other cast. But this time we were out there for well over an hour with not a single bite. We were both throwing buzz baits next to structure with no luck and the fish hitting behind the buzzbait. So we decided that we should try something slower. I put on a devils horse and he put on a heddon torpedo. Well they wouldn't even give my devils horse a look but my friend caught one little bass, which was very small. I decided to throw on a pop-r and low a behold I caught a small one. Well, it seemed like our luck was turning around. But then it we hit a submerged log which for whatever reason we didn't see and it flipped the canoe. So there we are soaking wet with it still being overcast and only about 8am and it is still on the cooler side. Well, at this point we decided to go back to the truck and dry off a little to try and prevent from getting sick. As we are paddling back something catches my eye, I don't know what or why, but something told me that I should cast next to this downed tree. I cast out and poof birds nest. So I dig out the birds nest and begin my retrieve then out of nowhere a big swirls engulfs my lure (still the pop-r) and I set the hook. I begin to fight the fish and keep him away from the tree and after a good fight I manage to get him to the canoe. When I pull him out of the water my friend and I are shocked at the size. This was by far the largest fish we had ever pulled out of this pond. It weighed just over 8 pounds! It was so wonderful to finally pull one of the big fish out of there that we had heard so much about. I would have taken pic but my camera went swimming when the canoe flipped. :'( So yeah it was a good day, minus the canoe flipping and me losing my camera. T-Bone

I can't really say that I use one brand over another because once they are taken out of the package and put into my tackle box I tend to forget which brand it is. I buy which ever brand has what I am looking for when I am shopping, so I have at least 5 or 6 different brands in my tackle box at any given time. :-/ Plus, if it works I don't care what brand it is. ;D

I've seen several motors that size around here in southern louisiana going for $600-750. I did see one going for $850, but that was a '07 model.

I figured this out a few years ago when one of my favorite ponds became plagued by people, i guess once some one discovered that there were fish in there. Well only one half of the pond was fishable from shore, therefore that half had become very hard to catch fish from. So I wading through the water to the other side and let me tell you the fishing was fantastic! But, I stopped doing this at this particular pond when it became hazardous to my health to do this.(stupid alligator! >)

I use a tackle bag because I can easily switch the lures that I am bring by switching out the boxes, depending on what type of lure selection I need. All my boxes are setup with certain lures in them, for example I have one that hold my hooks and weights for soft plastics, one with crankbaits, one with jigs, etc. Of course that this doesn't include the rubbermade box i carry around with me that hold my soft plastics. :

LOL. I had the opposite effect a couple weeks ago.

Gee, I wish the bait monkey was seasonal for me. My wallet can't take much more of this being around all year long stuff. :

I say alert the authorities, because breaking the law is breaking the law. If the first guy brought one guy then you can only suspect that he will bring more.

This is going to be a hard question for me to answer because the t-rig is by far my favorite presentation. If I had to choose one that was my go-to bait, I would have to say either a culprit ribbon tail worm, brush hog, or fat ika.

:oThat a big one!

I prefer the challenge of catching fish on artificial lures, but reading that article really brought back memories of when I was little and all I could afford to do was go dig up night crawlers to go fishing with. Good times. ;D Thanks for the good read.

This would be similar to what you are looking for I think: http://www.fishmatepro.com/Livewells/BaitKeeper12.aspx

I have used both and personally think that you can't go wrong with either choice. But, if I had to pick one, I would go with the curado mainly because the curado line of reels has served me well. ;D

Usually a jig or a worm either rigged carolina or texas. Though last year I was catching a bunch on buzz baits, of all things. ;D

My hardest fight would have to be the time that a friend and myself were out fly fishing for red fish in Venice, La and I hooked up with a tarpon, we weren't using heavy tackle, so at that point the fight was on. I tangoed with that fish for like 2 hours but I got him in. 8-)

I've had one for about a year and so far haven't had any problems with it. It cast fairly well. I find that it is real good for fish thick grass and weeds, works real well if I need to muscle the fish out.

I've had bad experiences with motorguides just not having thesame power as minn-kota using the same lb. thrust. Plus, minn-kotas are much quieter.