paangler3117

Best advice I've ever recieved, "take the money you have for gear and buy gas for your boat." Time on the water will make up for less than top notch stuff. Jim

B.O.A.T. -- Break Out Another Thousand! When someone asks my dad where he caught his fish he always says..."In the water!" Jim

Think about some bigger swimbaits too Nate. Storm baits in the 4-6 inch range have worked for me. There is a lot of nice water to fish from a small boat on that lake. Coffee run, shy beaver, aitch, plus the top end above the weavers falls boat launch (thats a little more river up there though!)

That should be cool... Looking forward to meeting you Muddy!!

I say fish, fish on, or some variation! Jim

8 sounds good, but I imagine I will be there early too! This time of year, I am usually off the water by nine or ten! Jim

james creek has places for boats too I am pretty sure. It has been a year since I have been there though. On the left shore if your looking down the ramp. Anywhere is good for me! I was just fishing Raystown saturday morning.. not so good! lol jim

1. cool hand luke 2. almost famous 3. high fidelity 4. jaws 5. boondock saints honorable mention(s) Hud, dazed and confused

I will bring my boat, I have one spot open. I can't do three in mine. james ceek is a good launch can still run to the top of the lake. jim

I would be up for fishing too, I can haul one other person too! (15' ebbtide 40hp) should be great about then. I feel the odds would be good for someone to nail a tiger too! Jim

Great bait for sure! I still think the cordell spot is great too. It's amazing how such similar baits can feel so different! Jim

1997 end of april, 7.12 on a 7 inch original rapala. Shame on me for skipping school! Jim

I always liked the crazy shad better, if I want a bigger bait. the littlest one is a great lure on smaller rivers. I have used a bunch of different colors, and they all work! Jim

Just used it for the first time last week, caught four on it. two nice 3 pounders, fishing a ditch in 12-15 feet. Ran true, wokred pretty good. Jim

mine is named Fair Spanish Lady, I stole it from Jaws. I think you should go with puddle pounder! Jim

My dad made the one I use a long time ago.... maybe 87-88. He bent a coat hanger around a piece of dowl, to make the spirals that the line goes through. He dug a small hole about 3/12in long by an 1in wide poured melted lead into the hole and held the hanger in place till the lead set. (think about a spinnerbait with the skirt bieng lead and spirals where the blade should be). he also has three little brass chains coming out of the bottom, about four inches long or so. tie about 30 or so feet of cord to the wire and there ya go. since we have used it, I can only think of two lures we couldn't get back. Jim

I have two: What two peices of structure should all fisherman be able to identify and fish? If he could only catch smallmouth or largemouth for the rest of his life, which one would it be? thanks, Jim

Those hellgrimites are like crack for river smallmouth! I got a whole bunch of em @ a flea market years ago, and i think i only have one or two left! Jim

i will be trying one this spring. we'll see how it goes! Jim

Moby, I have heard the same thing, but it always seems like the shad rap worked for me in the colder water. I do fish them slow in the spring, i like to bounce them along steep rock banks. By all means, this is just what has worked for me! I do throw them all year long however, just adjust the size to match the forage size. Jim

Mine was in a small pond, march, 2000. For some reason, i didn't right the day in my log. 25 and 1/4 almost 6 on my scale. 7in floating rapala gold w/ black back. It was in the evening, almost dark. Jim

The shad rap has a lot tighter wiggle, and I think in the cold water, the bass react to that wiggle better. You can feel it when you are reeling a bait in. Throw a fat rap, then throw a shad rap on the same rod. You can "feel" the wider wobble on the fat rap, shad rap has a tighter pulse. Jim

Spots are my go to lipless bait. I throw em all the time. I have caught a few on a big O, but not many. The only thing better than a bait that catches fish, is a cheap bait that catches fish! Jim

just south of altoona here, fish raystown from the boat, the juniata, and tribs, and do some pond fishing.

thats what makes it fun! jim