Gatorbassman

Now that's a great kit. That was a great thing for you to do Alpster.

I went four times this week and didn't even get a gobble. But Spotaholic called me today and had me come over to check out the 22lb, double beared gobbler he shot this morning. One beard was almost 10 inches and the other beard was 12inches. What a bird.

Good question. I always try to tip at least 20% with a min. of 50 bucks.

Nope. I just want to be good enough to be feared at the local tournaments. lol Check out the caption under my avatar. lol

They work great. I have been using them for more than two months now and they keep the bait on the hook. The only problem I have found with them is they tend to bend a little on heavy or braided line when you set the hook on a fish.

1/4oz Spot Remover with a Green Pumpkin Finesse Worm. Mojo Rigged Trick Worm

I have found that the more paint I take off the Rat-l-Trap the better it catches fish. I have a few colors that I take out of the box and rub them down with steel wool to take some of the paint off. With that said. Rat-l-Trap has had a problem with keeping the paint on their lures. It started sometime last year and I have heard they are working on the problem.

Only if I can find a boat. I am totally boatless and it's killing me.

I just added the word "win" to the title. I had to give it a little kick.

That's great Aaron. I am very happy for you. I'm glad I could help you out. How bout some details?

The spawn in your area last for almost two months. Right now you should be able to find spawning fish in the lower end of the large lakes in your area and all over the small ones. You should be able to catch bass that are in all the parts of the spawn right now. (Pre-Spawn, Spawning, and Post-Spawn)

Welcome, You can find out all you need to know about Senkos by going to the Tackle section of the forum and clicking on the post at the top about Senkos. I would also recomend that you check out the Fishing Articles section at the top of this page. Read the ones that are for beginners first. This will have you catching bass in no time. Good luck and have fun, Fluke

WOW!!!! All these high cost reels. If you are looking for a reel to go on your cranking rod that will not break the bank then a great first time reel that will last you for years is the Bass Pro Shops, David Fritts signature reel. It is designed for crankbaits and will cast a freaking mile.

I have tried almost every brand out there and I have settled on Solar Bat with Moss Back leses.

I would venture to guess that it is a G3. Check out his hat.

Right on Tenka!!!!!! That is awesome. What a treat to hear that something I showed someone helped them catch fish. Congrats, Fluke

Pro Model Rat-l-Trap.

Go to this page http://www.bassresource.com/bassfish/bass_fishing_sites.html then click on Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

I am going to have to disagree with that statement. Your opinion is based entirely on your own experiences and I respect that and you are to be commended for taking good care of your fish, but the keep-alive products success is based on many scientific studies and chemical analysis. Some are designed to make the fish look alive in the livewell and others are designed to prevent delayed mortality in bass. There is a big difference between the Sure Life products and the Rejuvenade. Rejuvenade is designed to make the fish active by the addition of natural additives that irritate the fish, causing them to be very jumpy and stressed. The jumping around in the livewell causes injury and stress on the fish. Most of the fish will live for the length of the tournament but after they are released the delayed mortality rate is somewhere around 60%. I have compared fish that have been exposed to Rejuvenade after a weigh-in and I observed that the main parts of the gills were pale and the tips were white. This is caused by the lack of blood in the gills. Please Release Me and Catch and Release by Sure Life Labs is designed to dramatically reduce the delayed mortality. Sure Life has done many extensive studies in witch they have supplied the anglers of a tournament with Please Release Me and educated them on how to use it. Then they collected all the fish from each tournament and transported them to large holding ponds and kept them there for a little over a month. Then they drained the ponds and counted the fish and the mortality rate was 2%. Sure Life Labs accomplishes this by providing an additive that has a mild natural sedative to calm the fish and several other additives that help speed the healing of any hook wounds and sores that may be on the fish. There newest product has an added antibiotic that fights any bacteria the fish might have including Large Mouth Bass Disease. It also boosts there immune system. Studies have also been done on tournament fish that aren't exposed to any additive and the delayed mortality rate is around 50%. So yes you can keep them alive while they are in the live well without the additive but can you keep them alive after you release them? The one thing to remember when using any additive for livewells is to follow the directions. If you don't that's when bad things happen.

The release me will cause them to be be calm and relaxed. Too much will relax them to the point of not being able to swim. I would suggest next time you not add any to the bag. Just use the water that is in the live well for the bag. That should be enough.

Yes you can put to much of the stuff in there. It has a natural seditive and with the right amount it should only take 45 seconds to wear off. When you put to much in it takes a little longer for them to recover from it. But after that she should be fine. How long did you have her out of the water?(Weigh-in, pictures, ect.) Did she eventually swim away?

I asked Randall this question one time and if I remember correctly he said that the fish can use that back hook the gain leverage and pull off all together.

Ben, Welcome to this great site. You will love it here. You will find that this is a very different kind of forum and we treat each other like close friends and family. Take a look at the Fishing Articles that we have at the top of the page. Start with the section for beginners. I try to read that section every Spring. It brings me back to the basics and reminds me to keep it simple. Fluke

Oh man, I could hear and read that story a hundred times and still bust a gut. Muddy you are a great man. I totally enjoyed the short time we fished togeather.

I wear them at work and I absolutly love them. Acadamy Sports sells them for real cheep.