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I thought the formula was length x length x girth / 1200 ? Girth plays the biggest part of a large fishes weight. Not trying to argue,just letting you know a different or possibly better formula. Maybe that formula you listed will suffice if girth measurement is not available. Nice fish dude! Looks to be at least 7 lbs with that kind of length.

That's a friggan toad dude! Look at the mouth! Looks like a 10, if not then i'd say it's close Yeah, you prob heard it a hundred times but if you don't have a scale try to take 2 pieces of line and measure the length and girth of a big fish. You can then get a a pretty close estimate.

^^ Your talking about dropping spoons through the bait schools? I have been curious about that. Haven't tried it yet.Like I said though it can be all or nothing in a situation like that.Sometimes they get real funny about what your throwing in there and especially the size. Spoon may give me another option. 8-)

The 7/0 too big for a 12"? I use them on a 10" Power Worm and they are perfect. I know it's down to personal preference but I like my worm to have as much hook as possible without affecting the action. Thats just it.Preference. That hook is way too long IMO and eats up too much of the worm especially on a 10 incher. I can't see any reason to use the 11/0 unless one were to throw a 16 inch worm with the diameter of a soda can But the bottom line is they are excellent hooks and your hookups will be darn near perfect using them.

I use them on 14 inch worms. They are okay for 12 inch but a little big.

Do I sense a hint of sarcasm here? You can find those by the thousands around here as I'm sure you already know. ;D

Thats kinda cool. I never seen anyone set up camera like that.

x2 so many different baits will work on it.I have thrown any and every style bait I've got including frogs and have caught fish.Leader length,water clarity, and overall fish activity can dictate the effectiveness. If I HAD to choose one it'd be a real toss up between,paca craw,senko style bait,or fluke though.

Unfortunately the bass can get real zoned on the bait when this happens at times and can be tough to catch even when you clearly see them busting the crap out of the bait. My top picks for these situtaions are in no particular order: -Lunker city 4-5 inch finesse shad http://lunkercity.com/ rigged weightless or with a tiny belly weight.Looks more like a shad than a zoom fluke,but flukes still work,especially white or smoke.Work on top or subsurface or the slow painful sinking death. -Surface poppers,especially the Rico -Small swimbait like the Tru tungsten 4 inch. -White or smoke 4 inch grub worked top,bottom and everything in between. -1/8-1/4 spinnerbait,silver willows,usually burned -1/4 oz rattle trap type yo-yo'd and dropped through the pack of bait or burned under the surface. -Zara spook puppy,chrome,white,or clear. -A spoon seems like a good choice as well but I have very little experience with those in my neck of the woods. Sometimes you got to sit in one spot and wait. Never fails if you chase them down they will 100% sure start busting behind you and vice versa.Go for extra long casts and avoid casting and landing directly into the bait schools.Spook the bait,spook the bass.

Junk! All the screws broke off of mine.Get the Picasso shakedown instead,the screw is titanium. I also recently started using the owner twistlock.Its a great head with a centering pin on the spring.

Soft swimbaits like the yum money minnow.If you got wind then a buzzbait would be a natural choice along with buzz frogs.Topwaters morning and evening.Any places where the grass is sparse or you can see alleys then rip a rattle trap or a floating jerkbait. You mentiones a fluke,well try a trickworm as well unweighted or weighted with nail in tail,work it like a soft jerkbait.Lots of options if you know the fish are there. Oh, almost forgot since it's been so long since I fished a place like that. If they are acting finicky use a light mojo rig with a slender barrel weight or tungsten bullet and your choice of finesse worms,flukes,small ribbon tails,floating tube. Just swim it through the grass.

Yeah, I was still there when they tore down Terrace. I worked at Village Inn for 3 yrs when I was in high school and still never got tired of eating the stuff.MY heart is probably going to explode early in my life from living in Barberton.

Theres lots of options. But the quickest easiest thing is a can of corn. Throw out some chum first. If you really want to be dirty(and a little cheap )chum the area often,even if your not fishing there. The carp will always be there waiting for a handout.Another really cheap thing to do is take a can of cream corn,poke it full of holes,tie to a rope and toss it out there.Then proceed to fish around it.

Grew up eating it that way my whole life in good old Barberton Ohio(Barbertucky).It is a town tradition there, and is famous all over.They serve it with hot rice,fresh cut fries,and vinegar sugar cole slaw. God I miss it, and have even tried to get my relatives to overnight me some. Maybe Bass Brat will chime in. He knows what I mean. Deeee-licious!

Yeah what he said. You also have to realize that these baits DON'T really walk and glide as you would with a spook type bait. The nose basically just turns left and right making the legs dance wildly which attracts the fish. Use a lot of slack in the line and short sharp twitches with the wrist only.As long as your getting the body to turn left and right then your doing it correctly. Also instead of a straight downward twitch try using a little rod "english" and go down and to the side. After playing with the bait a while you will see that different rod angles and degrees of twitch will give it different actions just like any topwater.These baits walk just fine without tearing the legs all to hell like everyone seems to suggest IMO. I have never found it any easier to work by trimming the legs all up. Remember too that the walking style isn't the only or best way to work it either. You can deadstick and twitch to just barely make ripples in the water,move forward and repeat. A chugging style retrieve is where you make the bait surge forward slightly. The body rocks like a boat and appears that it is trying to jump through the water. Chug 2-4 times,pause,repeat.

x3 cloudy days rule. Sunny days are the pits for topwater unless you are fishing the right kind of cover ie:cool shady spots under overhangs,lily pads.

lmao. I use 2lb dia braid. The small diameter is just as important to me as the sensitivity. x2 Since switching to a braid mainline, it is like a whole new world. I understand the sensitivity in braid is nice, but I don't use braid for anything but musky. I feel like I am tossing rope out there, even with a fluro leader. Confidence thing I guess. It is either 12 pound mono for most situations (have even caught a 43'' musky on it, no leader) or lighter if I am using spinning gear. I know I will get lit up for this, I just don't see the need unless fishing for money. Then maybe it is 20pound big game. To each his own... :-X LMAO=small rope. Yep.To each his own. I can't stand to feel like I'm fishing with a rubber band with no sensitivity only mushy feeling. It boils down to the fact that I fish braid mostly for everything. On the flip side, if your used to using mono all the time then braid seems too weird.

Nice 1 Catt...

what does that change make the bait do, never actually heard of doing that and cannot seem to picture what it would do? I think its used to displace more water when moving the bait, but I'm not 100% sure on that. With the cupped face forward on the sinker it will kick up more debris/sediment on the bottom while slowly dragged,kinda like scurrying dads do.It's an old trick.I havent' done it in a while.

X2!!! ;D My buddy thinks everything is a bite and I can do this multiple times on a single cast and then deny that it was me doing it if he asks.

I take a piece of a foam ear plug and stuff it inside and rig as usual. PS. I like the way you got the sinker reversed on that rig. I forgot all about that trick.

Nice catch dude, WTG!

Yeah ,what do you mean sinkers? These frogs are perfect right out of the box they never sink : Must just be our imagination.