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Looking at pictures of fish in Tennessee, where I am, it looks like a cross between two fish. The only other fish I saw with the head going up before the eyes is a River Chub. So my guess is a River Chub Spotted Bass Hybird, that's my guess. Or maybe he just keeps running into a rock or a wall.

If your fishing from sure I might stay away from diving crankbaits because when they are diving to the shore they might be getting hung a lot on timber, weed, or other things under water and there's basically no way to get them unhook. Unless you go out in the water, in a boat you just go back and pull from the other side to free it. I would look at plastics and jigs if your fishing from shore. I would also try using a minnow and a bobber. I have caught numerous catfish like that. When fishing from shore, try to get to a place that not a lot of other anglers aren't. Like if it a public fishing area the fish are getting lures throw to them all day so they might move over to the side of that area, or could learn not to bite what everyone else is throwing so you would want to throw something different. I wouldn't be going out buying everything is sight because it is made for bass fishing. Some are made for deep water or are good in a boat but not from shore. You might want to go to your local fishing store and tell them you are completely new to fishing and that you are going to be fishing from the shore. Ask them to pick out 5 of their best lures to use and ask them to tell why they picked that lure. Yu don't have to buy anything. I would do that to all or a couple of fishing stores in your area. You should kind of see a pattern or give you an idea of what you actually need and how to use them.

I was in the local fishing store, trying to find my favotite lure that I just lost the week before, and I saw this new buzzbait. Well new to me. It's the new buzzbait with the ticker. When the blades move they hit the metal ticker to make a noise, I'm guessing to either bother fish to strike or makes more noise so they can find it. Has anyone used this type of buzzbait, and how well does it work? I'm guessing this might be a good lure for night fishing, but before i buy it I wanted to know if it was worth it if it even works. I didn't want to buy a lure that was only going to sit in my tackle box.

I undered guessed. I used the hands in the pictures to guess the length and girth. I think I did pretty good. 1- 2lbs (it looked about the same length as #2 without the girth) 2- 2-2.5lbs (didn't think it weighted less then #1) 3- 2.25lbs (looked longer then #2) 4- 3-4lbs (looked to have some girth) 5- 5lbs (looked bigger because of the pic) 6- 5lbs (thought was about the same as #4 just holding it at a different angle) 7- muskie I had no idea, and I've never caught one, so I didn't even try to guess.

Their might not be balls of shad going around, but their still might be bait fish grouped together. Not like the balls of shad but you can still find some bait fish all together either by wind blowing them in a certain spot. You can try going to google videos or youtube and try to see if you can get some advice of other people or shows.

It's to hard for me, I would say high 4 low 5ish, but if it felt heavier then other 4-5 that you have caught then it was bigger. But without weighing it you don't know for sure. Next you forget the scale, measure the lenght and the girth, and then you can go online and find out a rough idea of his weight. Either it's still a nice one.

If you can see them, they have already seen you and the boat. I would say they are swimming fast by you because they see the boat and are swimming fast to get clear of it. I have heard that the clearer the water the more realisic bait you need to use. Have you tried reeling in the crawdads, maybe try to give them a real action and not just let the bobber do the work. Or maybe change it up to a worm, they maybe getting caught on the same things so they learned not to go after that, so something new may get them to bit. Which direction are you fishing? I would get far enough away that they can't see you, and then throw to on top of the drop off and reel it to the drop off. Or hop the worm to the drop off.

You might to make sure you have the hook placed in a better way to hook the fish. Maybe the hook isn't out enough or can't really hook the fish well and your just pulling it out. Are you sure you are getting bites because if your dragging a worm on the bottom. Sometimes you think you are getting a bt but it is just going through some brush/grass. If you are using a 10-12 inch worm, downsize. Spinners and crankbaits I usually get no bit or they are on.

I like Bassmaster and Bassin' the most, but those are mainly for bass fishing so if your not into bass fishing then those wouldn't be the best for you.

I could try to look for drop offs, that may be deeper in normal water level but aren't as deep in the shallower water.

Even during day light, light only does so deep. In darkness, dark colors are best because of the contrast. In the dark you only see shades or grey and black, so that's why black, blue, and purple work best instead of yellow, pink, etc... Go someeher tonight where you will be in complete darkness and put your hand out in front of you. You might not be able to see your hand, but you can make it out with the contrast of the background. A black, purple, and blue stand out because the bottom is most likely brown. Bass can hear the vibration under better then we can, and it's not just the rattles in crackbaits. It can be the water being moved around it, of course the more noise it makes the easy for the bass to zero in on it. When you move the jig, the water around it is enough to help him find it if they are close. I haven't tired it, but they now have little rattle tubes that are made to stick in a plastic to give it a little bit of a rattle. They have a point on one end so you can slide in into the plastic. You can try that in water that they can't see it as well. In clear water you use colors because they can see it and helps them get to it, but if it's really clear sometimes you have to use more realistic colors. I hope that helped you, if not I'm sure some other anglers might give some better advice.

I would try different lures if they are just looking at the lure and not taking it. You can also give it a twitch when the fish are looking it. That might be enough to entice them to take it. They also might not be taking it because a lot of other anglers are throwing the same thing. They learned not to take that certain lure. They also might not be hungry and are just chilling there, so you would have to use a lure to get a reaction bit then. Lets see what others say. I would try a white spinnerbait (willow blade), a sliver spoon, or you might want to try using a lipsless crankbait (lime green with bb's for the rattle is my fav.). I would reel it in and plause for a moment. You could also try using a brown worm on a jig. That might give them something different if they are use to the craw.

Here is one I caught that was about 13inch and it was about 1.25-1.50Lbs. His is a little bigger (a little longer looking, not fatter) then this one, so I would say 2Lbs or so.

I catch and release so I can catch them again some day when they are bigger. I think everyone catch and released then you might have that problem, but if everyone took home then their would only be small fish you are catching. I think it is a certain balance. I think with this past years heat that the oxygen level was more of a worry then food.

My best lure has been a lipless lime green cranckbait with lots of little balls (pelets) that make the rattle. I actuaaly lost it this weekend, but after catching 2 on it.

I have tired to do that a couple of times with the long rods, adjust your throw when your use to throwing it a certain way. I usually lose my accuracy too. I just switch to a certain rod, but I know not every boat made, equiped, or have room for numberous rods.

I guess it depends on your casting. If you aren't to far away from brush, cover, shore, etc... then a shorter stiffer rod maybe easy to throw the lure under a tree or to a certain part of the brush. While the longer rod maybe be better to throw a lure out farther, if you were going to run a lure along the grassy/lilly pads, along the shore line, etc... So it is up to if your close to your throw or maybe trying to cover more water. I prefer the longer ones for casting crankbaits and spinners, so I can cover more water, and then use a shorter one for plastics so I can center in on a certain area, but that's just me.

You might want to check with your home insurance, sometimes that might be covered because it was on your property. Not always, but usually if your car gets broken into the home insurance will cover it too because it is in the driveway. And if yours does cover it they should be able to repalce all $1500 worth. I always take my tackle and rods out and put them in the shed when I get home. If you don't have a lock on the carpartments I would get some.

The good thing is since you released him you might be able to go catch him again and maybe he has gotten bigger since.

I just a article about this and they said basically it is 1. - Vibration 2. - Flash 3. - Sound 4. - Color Color is mainly only the case if it is clear and shallow depth, as in only a couple of feet below the surface. Because once a lure goes down so far it loses it's color and you only see shades of gray. black, and a little white. So even if it is a pink, yellow, etc... it will look balck or light gray not the actually color. I wouldn't look at color at much. Mainly vibration because the fish can hear it and focus in on it even they can't see it. You also need to remember that fish can hear better in the water then we can. It doesn't have to be a rattle making a vibration, but it can be something like the tail on a worm or a wobble. Fish can sense and hear the motion as it goes through the water.

As I know of the humidity doesn't do anything, but the actually temp. will. I read in the last of 2nd to last Bassmaster magazine that some where in Texas, I forgot where they said, that the lake producting some big bass, record size. I think it is that it makes if hard on us humans.

The color red and green are used because they don't dilate your eyes so you can still see at in the darkness. Those colors are used so you can see enough, but not as much as a white light. Kind of like if your inside in a well light area then go outside in the dark it takes you a moment to adjust to the darkness. Red & green lights are to give you enough light to see without effecting your night vision. A red and green light won't attrach bug either. For a light on your hat, go with the white light. I haven't seen a red or green light bright enough for hats to really get them. I actually have the seasense red/white combo light in my boat, and how my boat layout is, that's all I need. It uses 1/10 the power, and I've gone out at night from 7pm-3am and I still had about 50% battery left. Using that kind of light the red and white does make a difference. The white is bright and I can see very well, but I can't see much passed the light because of the brightness. The red light is still bright (not as bright as the white) but gives me enough light to see in the boat to move around, unhook fish, change lures, and I can still see what's around the boat (shore, trees, etc...), and it doesn't attrach bugs. That is the only red light that is bright enough, most aren't. If you think about getting it, a guy at Bass Pro took one out of the package and hooked it up to one of the batteries to show me how bright it was. It was only about $20 and it is simple to hook up. Pick a place to put it and hook the Black to a neg, and the Red to a pos. wire.

I always wondered about those bubbles I see sometimes. I've never seen as much as Johnnydel. But sometimes I'll a couple of bubbles coming up.

Now did you make her get the hook off too? That's why I don't take them with me because they just complain.

Mainly finding them.