PlasticMan

Wow, that frog rig looks weird. I have not seen a frog rigged that way before. With that hook being buried the way it is, do you get a lot of hang ups or slop stuck on it? My first thought when I saw that was it cannot be easy to swim through the slop. Just curious.

Well, I do not want to get ahead of myself, but if everything goes according to plan, it will be in the East Coventry area. I am keeping my fingers crossed. Thanks for the help everyone. I will have to go and do some searching.

Yeah, I have fished there before. It can be fun. I have spent the past 8 years learning and finding the places up here, now, when I am starting to really discovery the secret spots, my family will be moving. It will take me another 5 years or so to scout. Anything you all got would be great.

Hey all, I will be moving down into Montgomery County, PA. I need to find some new bass waters to fish. For those of you that live and fish down there, what are my choices of places to fish. Thanks for in advance.

Look at the link at the bottom of my post. I have been using these for a year now, and will continue to use them forever. I use them on tubes, worms, beavers and any other soft plastic. I started using them on beavers because I was having a problem finding a good hook to use. Some hooks were too small, others were too big. From time to time, the beaver would not sit straight and it would slide down the hook. I found these and will not look to another style of hooks. http://www.usangler.com/product.cfm?model=Sled%20Head%20With%20Screw-Lock%20Shank%20&manufacturer=Owner&type=Hooks

I had mine strung up with 30# braid. It worked great. No problems.

I was once a member of Ranger Lake. I will say that I have seen more big fish in that lake than anywhere else. However, I have never caught anything quality there. It is a tough lake to fish at.

Ranger Lake is a private club that you can get a membership to. It costs $50 or so. All of the above choices, and also, the Delaware River. Bass fishing in our area is not that great. Not many solid lakes. Beltzville is tough to fish from the bank, or at least that is what I was told. I have never fished it.

I was at Dick's Sporting Goods the other day and rattle trap with a chatterbait blade on the front of it. Man, talk about some crazy vibrations. I thought that the original chatterbait thumped the rod pretty good. I will be trying this bait out this season.

I think if you are primarily a weekend angler I would stick to something good quality, but not something that you will have to refinance your house to own. If you wanted to try a Shimano, start out with a Citica. I would not jump right into the 50mg right away. However, if you have the money to spend I would go witht he 50mg. I have owned a couple of them and LOVE them. They are so light and can sling a mile.

Great point with the hooks. (No pun intended) For some reason people seem to jump back and forth regarding hooks. I have friends that say they will only use Gammies, and another who will use only Owners. Then the following week they are bragging about a different hook. I used to use only Gammies, then switched over to Eagle Claws about 4 years ago. However, I will not pass up a good deal on ANY brand. I think this is a very interesting topic because it explores all of our hidden obsessions and quirks. We all have them.

Thanks for the info. I will be getting in touch with him to find out what he knows.

I have just bought some new ones myself. I will be boiling the older ones to find out if they have an impact.

You might want to consider boiling your Bigfoot in some water on the stove. I have heard that this softens up the plastic. I read on a forum that someone likes to do that because he feels as though the softer frog allows him a better hook set. Now, you may be able to take the legs out and boil them to soften them up, then put them back in. The softer legs should kick better.

Anyone? Any info would be great.