Gatorbassman

NO you don't have to be a member to get in. Come and enjoy. Those who want to eat dinner on Friday night. Just check back here on Wednesday night and we will have a place picked where we can meet up and have dinner.

I might stop and fish those two sandbars and the little pocket on the north bank of the top bay on the right. Other than that. I would have to see a topo map.

Looks like KY Lake. I see two major stageing spots.

I use left hand spinning reels and right hand casting reels. It's a very common thing. Go to your tackle shop and put a casting reel on a rod and see what you think.

If I remember right. Last year the water was very high. It was high enough for the fish to go to the other side of the brush and they were nearly impossible to get to by boat.

Sept 9th 2006 - 9.98lb Largemouth on a 1/16oz Mojo Rigged Zoom trick worm. #1 offset worm hook and 8lb Fluorocarbon Line. It was in a tournament with Senko77 as my partner.

Here's an article written by Triton Mike. Snaking a Crank in heavy cover by Triton Mike "Snaking a Crank in heavy cover" One of my favorite search baits by a long shot is little cranks to unlock the fish patterns on the water.. Why?? For several reasons. They are small and compact and are attractive to smaller fish as well as the occasional bigger fish. Secondly, I can cover quite a bit of water quickly to search for fish. Thirdly, I can vary the depth by several feet depending on where I hold my rod tip and finally I can cover both open water and THICK cover alike effectively for reaction strikes.. What?? Did I just say THICK cover?? Yes, I don't know of a better way to cover alot of water as well as structure faster than reeling a crank through the thickest cover on the lake. I like to throw cranks in over and under and around laydowns and snake them over every branch and trunk I can find. But, I do use slight modification along with a little technique combined in "Snaking a Crank" through heavy cover. One of the best ways I have found to avoid getting hung is when you start to feel the crank load up on a limb and it is getting close to coming over I immediately stop reeling and use the rod tip to feel the crank over the limbs with my rod tip high around 10 oclock and work it to 12 oclock. I have found over the years that holding the rod tip high vs sideways or low has a little less chance of getting the bait snagged. This technique coupled with a soft tip rod to allow "give" so that if the crank does stick on the limb it is not buried deep and sometimes you can snap it off by picking your line and snapping it through the rod to dislodge it. Second thing I like do to make my cranks more weedless (as much as I love gammies ;-( ) is to clip off the front hook of the treble that is protruding outward if you have the treble hook up against the belly of the crank. BUT!! I don't just clip it off completely as you will see in the enclosed picture. I clip it off and bend the remaing part of the hook outward. By doing this the remaining part of the hook helps deflects the crank and its back hook off the structure to avoid hangups. To see if I have the correct angle I like to run my crank on the side of a desk, table or even my finger to see if the hookless part snags the table or if it catches it. If it catches I bend it outward more and vice versa. Also this seems to give the crank a little more bounce off the structure as well as getting the rear hook over as well. This is creates a good reaction strike as well. This should definitely help you "Snake a Crank" through those laydowns and hook fish instead of the cover. I still hang up while using this technique, but not near as often. Like the old saying "You ain't fishing if you ain't snagging"

Dom, words can't describe how proud I am of you. Truly awesome. Congrats my friend.

We will definitely do that. We will also use that time to make sure everyone has a boat to fish out of the next day.

It all depends on the presentation I want and the jig I'm fishing. Sometimes I trim them to as short as one inch. My favorite jig has a skirt that extends three inches beyond the hook and I never trim it.

My favorite tackle shop is the classic Ma and Pa shop. It's in a very old house and it has several stools and old chairs where we spend most of our time trying to throw each other off of the real pattern. It only caters to tournament anglers. It is wall to wall tournament tackle. The owner (Ron Sutton) is a tournament angler and is the classic "handshake is better than a contract" type of guy. When I go in and I might not come out for hours. Oh and it's 120miles from my house.

I was planning on going to Barkley one day. I might as well make it Thursday. I'm in. Unless I'm on some big fish........ Then all deals are off.

I've tried several times to get in touch with the marina and have failed every time. I guess they don't want my money.

I think that's a great idea I can't wait to see that. I love my 18.5ft Triton Aluminum. It is a great boat and I have made a few upgrades to make it fish like a big boat. The biggest upgrade was the Trolling Motor. It came with a 45lb motor and I bumped it up to a 74lb. I might go up to a 90 before to long. I love fishing in the wind and I'm not going to let my boat get the most of me no matter what it's made of.

Ya'll have a good point. In the old days they used the Sears and Roebuck Catalog to wipe with. I would think that Bassmaster Mag would be to slick.

They have a small campground.

There are 850 articles on this site and new ones being added all the time. Who needs to pay for a magazine?

You can burn anything. It just means retrieving very fast. The art of burning a spinnerbait it just that, an art. Matching the right weight with the right size willow leaf blades in order to burn in just under the water without breaking the surface.

Brent, You can still contact him through his forums.

The owner has some health issues in the family that are taking up most of his time and he had to drop something in order to take care of them. You can't blame him. You gotta take care of family first.

I saw that this morning and almost cried. I'm glad I made a big order last year or I'd be screwed.

Welcome to the forums. What size is your boat? If it's a 25hp or less you can fish lake Juliette. It's just north of Macon. This is one of the best bass fishing lakes in the state. It's got big Largemouth and Huge Striper. Here's a striper I caught there. There's also Lake Tobesofkee.

I love Daiwa Reels and I've never heard of one. Do you have a picture?

What I'd like is a place that dumps a big pot of Low Country Boil Crawfish in the middle of a big table and we all dig in.

I don't see any boiled crawfish on their menu. :-?