Super User 5bass Posted March 24, 2008 Super User Posted March 24, 2008 Are you guys done with this thread yet? Quote
Super User Bassn Blvd Posted March 24, 2008 Super User Posted March 24, 2008 I never tried real snakes for bass but I often use wild/stray cats for shark fishing. We hollow out a piece of stirofoam that slides over the cats head and can be fastened to the body to keep it from drowning. 1st we chum for the sharks with cut up bonita and other junk fish. When the sharks arrive, we toss out a kitty and then it's game on. Hold on tight. We don't hook the cat with the 12/0 hooks because it hurts them while pushing it through their thigh. We rubberband the hooks to them instead. We go through about 7-10 cats per trip. if this post is true, you're a pretty disgusting human being. if not, you're pretty funny. x2 If someone can use live snakes then why can't I use live cats? I mean where do you draw the line? But yes, I was kidding about using cats. I would never consider a cat for bait. Puppies are much better. Quote
Super User .dsaavedra. Posted March 24, 2008 Super User Posted March 24, 2008 Are you guys done with this thread yet? my thoughts exactly : Quote
Super User Micro Posted March 24, 2008 Super User Posted March 24, 2008 Are you guys done with this thread yet? What!?!?!?!? This thing is just coming to life! Quote
BassinAssassin171 Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Ok first of all, it was gettin down to bout 12 degrees down here for a while (VERY cold for GA). We had a pretty cold winter this year, and I DID see a few of the bass when they exploded out of the water... not cats Quote
preach4bass Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I think it's pretty believable. I fish in a small, overstocked pond from time to time, that sounds a lot like the one BA describes. I went to that pond the other morning for a couple of hours when it was in the upper 30s/low 40s, and my father-in-law and I caught 40 (all 12" or under). I got tired of catching them on lizzards, so I put on a Pop-R, and, sure enough, I caught one on it. Later, I tried to catch something bigger, and tried a 12" worm (that honestly lookes more like a snake). I caught one on the big worm too. So, I think it's pretty believable that in a small, overstocked pond, a bass would hit a plastic snake on top in cold weather. Wierder things do happen in fishing. Quote
Super User Micro Posted March 24, 2008 Super User Posted March 24, 2008 Maybe it was one of them grass carp. Quote
SimonDM17 Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Bass will definitely hit a snake...I think it's a real "big fish bait" if you're trying to find a bass willing to eat it, but I've seen it be a d**n good reaction bait. The guy who makes slammers, Mike Shaw, also makes a swimbait snake...it has some pretty incredible motion. If I fished warm water with some rock/wood shore cover (snake areas) and I had the gear for it, I'd throw a snake... Also, someone mentioned earlier in this thread that watersnake bites seem to bleed and bleed. There are a few kinds of watersnake (I know there's one in the Northeast that looks like a coral snake, but with a different color order, bigger and a more triangular head) that have an anticoagulant in their saliva, so you bleed like hell. That said, I love snakes, and they seem all right with me. Although I was bitten by a garter snake once...that was really weird. Quote
SV1000 Posted March 24, 2008 Author Posted March 24, 2008 Pretty interesting video with an artificial snake. Who makes this bait? http://video.aol.com/video-detail/15-lb-13-oz-bass-caught-in-nc-on-this-snake-lure/209153847 Quote
Low_Budget_Hooker Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Doug Hannon-Bass Professor http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?board=doug_hannon Quote
Blue Streak Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 This has been a very interesting and informative conversation and it has got a lot of people talking, including the mods. It sure beats looking at somebody's tackle or listening to what the ever loving bait monkey brought home. Quote
low_pro Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 my gosh... I about peed myself when I saw these... great post Quote
jrhennecke Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 my gosh... I about peed myself when I saw these... great post Too funny! Quote
=Matt 5.0= Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I would not recommend rigging a snake this way..... Or this way.... Quote
=Matt 5.0= Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 However, this is perfectly acceptable.... Quote
Tokyo Tony Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 I have seen bass goin after snakes on several occassions... so I took the SAFER.. thought slightley more expensive... route: Doug Hannon's Original Fishing Snakes. I haven't gotten to use them much yet, but I tossed 'em on a clear winter day at 38 degrees and I was gettin hits on topwater! Mr. Hannon? Is that you in there? ;D Quote
Kevenater Posted March 25, 2008 Posted March 25, 2008 That snake on pic is funny as crap!!!!! I HATE those commercials....but they do what they're supposed to, I'll NEVER forget their product...although I'd prob never buy them because of the commercials lol. Quote
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