Gatorbassman

When I do find a nothing bank with fish on it there are some things that I look for to discover a pattern and perhaps find another bank with the same production. The first as Chris mentioned is the wind direction. The second is the angle of the bank. I have found in the past that if can find another bank whith these two things in common with the first then there is about a 90% chance there will be fish there. Structure close by is alway a bonus.

Man that is SWEET. I can't wait to see what happens. LBH, I sure wish we could hold it here at Lake Varner. It's that big bass, trolling motor only lake sinko77 and I always talk about. My buddy caught 3 over 8lbs there yesterday.

You took the words right out of my mouth. This is the most important rule of sight fishing. You have got to stalk them just as if they were standing on the shore looking in your direction. Stay low and move slow and don't cast a shadow into the water. Don't wear bright colors. Keep your rod low when you cast.

I use Eagle Cuda fish finders on my Jon Boat. The run 89 to 120 bucks at Wal-Mart. They have been great.

I just got it out of mothballs. It is still in fairly good shape. Come on down. Oh, and Russ, for the record, I am a Conservative Againstacrat. I will always vote against the worst person. I would never limit myself to party lines. That's just dumb.

Now that's great. Congratulations man.

Set goals at the beginning of each year and post them somewhere where you can read them every day.

I will give an open invitation to any of you Yankees who what to catch bass this winter without having to cut a hole in the ice. And yes Russ I will even fish with a Democrat. ;D

Biggest bass - 8lb 2oz Heaviest 5 fish limit - 25lb 11oz Biggest accomplishment - 180 days on the water, skunked 3 times.

Chris to. Man what is the world coming to? The most deserving getting the job. That can't be right.

There are a few things to take into concideration when you feel a fish. The biggest thing being the size of your bait. The longer your worm the longer you wait. I use worms from 5 inched to 14 inches. My rule is one tap for every 4 inches of worm. Now if your line goes slack and the fish is swimming towards you, it will generally have the whole bait in its mouth by the time you catch up to it so set the hook as soon as you feel the fish. (If you do have a fish swim towards you this also means that there are other fish in the same spot. Make another cast to the same place as soon as you can.) Now for most any other lure I say, first tap the fish grabs it second tap the fish has it good third tap the fish dropped it

I have most of BPS DVDs they are pretty good if you look past all the product plugs.

That's great. I couldn't think of a better person. Great choice. Now to Russ I just want to say. "You suck-up" ;D ;D

[glb]CONCENTRATE!!![/glb] Pretend you are the bait. Concentrate on everything the lure does. Concentrate on every cast and every strike or missed strike. You will feel more and catch more fish.

Matt, You know that some of the best fishermen in the world don't fish profesionally. They are right here telling the things they know to those of us who need to know.

Down right amazing. I love it. Great job LBH. Glenn, Thank you for all you have done.

Oh yea don't forget those pocket. Not the ones that the Bait Monkey digs into.

Now don't forget the other types of points. Besides points of land there are points of cover. Say you are moving down a bank with an obvious weedline. You see a spot where the weeds come out a little farther then the rest. This is a bass magnet. A point could be a bush or stickup that sticks out a little farther. Bass love these because it is a great ambush position and it is also the closest cover to deep water where they feel safe. When bass migrate out of deep water to feed they will more than likely make contact with shallow cover at these types of points. Then they will disperse out into the surrounding area.

Yea man, the ones on terraserver just so happened to have been taken when the lake was down almost 14ft. I zoomed in and copied almost 20 miles of shore line and have a great catalog that I used for that extra edge. I've been offered big buck for it.

Can't wait to hear Raul's answer to this one.

I agree with Will but I would like to add a new #1. 1. Confidence 2. Cover to be fished 3. Bait Profile 4. Color 5. Temperment of fish 6. Scent 7. What the bait is made of

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not a good use of great tackle money.

When you think bass fishing can't get more fun. You find this site and it adds a whole new level of enjoyment.

dang man I was just about to, when I glanced at what you wrote. I will be yo-yo'ing a Super Fluke Jr. on a white swimming jig head. I guess it means I will have to start fishing in socks.

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