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if there is water current, there is a good chance that fish will be there. they need room to swim, so keep that in mind. a baby brush hog works for me often. I toss it in the current, and the current will carry it. I feel their strikes most of the time, and thats how I know to set the hook.

thats a lunker in my book

drainage pipes are great after a rain. they gather up there waitin for free food to come by. I was fishin my test pond yesterday, and it started raining. had been off and on. and after the rain passed the bite was on. best thing I can tell you is head out in the rain. as long as there ain't no lightning, it may pay off.

this is true.. :-/

great posts fellas. I think I'ma go out today and make some casts with some cranks... its been a week and a half since I went fishin...

live bait, lol. thanks for throwin it in there. I am going to try live crayfish some day with the stictching method. I got to find crayfish somewhere here in NC. maybe stock my pond with a mass amount of crayfish after I get the bass out. gotta find 'em first. thanks for the post RW. I have got to get a depthfinder! I want to fish for big bass, but I don't know what type of structure is where and what kind of structure is there.... :-/

sounds like a great idea man. and its big of you to think of someone else like your lil bro. I don't know about anyone else, but I'm quite selfish... it would have still weighed on me. perception is 100% of life. changes situations from good to bad, bad to good, and I believe it also changes the outcome of those situations. if I don't think I'm going to catch a fish, I won't. I will half-*** it and give up quick. if I think I am going to catch a fish... I try harder, longer and much more thorough. all about perception. great to be aware of at such a young age.

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great question... no such thing as a stupid question... write that down. lol if they are in big balls, bein chased, you will see them breakin surface. sometimes looking in the water, I'll see some schools of baitfish just swimming around. however, if you see one or two baitfish, I would imagine there are more in that area. take it for granted there may be fish there. however, I'm no expert on this so I'll let someone else answer to this better.

Like I said, lip the sucker after he's netted. you might have done us all a favor for this perfect example. so it wasn't all bad, lol

hah. I got them. I don't use 'em on jigs though, just texas rigged. maybe I needa put 'em on a jig and see how that goes..... 8)

y'all got a link for this jig?

well, thats what fishin is like for me here in NC. well, the 3 local lakes are closed at 7:30, and open around 7 I think. the main one I fish, only allows their boats on the water, so you have to rent a boat in order to fish, and the only other place to fish along the bank is on their dock. >

actually, there is no super hog, my mistake. its just a baby brush hog. anyhow, http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.SearchResults?cmid=TOP_SEARCH_GO that is what a brushhog is... made by Zoom

a super hog is a version of the brush hog. there is the brush hog, baby brush hog, and the super hog.