J Francho

Ranger pioneered them? News to me. I own an Xpress, and I've got quite a few tournament kills in it. I also run a 22' Bullet, as well as a couple fishing kayaks. It all depends on the water.

I'm at work.

I've seen some similar activity. A REALLY fast moving bait sometimes works. Other times it just scares them, or they ignore it.

We're they fishing from the shore?

According an elite series pro I;m aquainted with, it's probably even less.

It shows three casts, flip, flip punch, and pitch.

This help? https://youtu.be/RYIs_xkhgEY

A curly-que with braid? Who knows. Two things, I don't use braid for spinnerbaits. Pickeral can slice through braid with not only their teeth, but the gill and rough scales over the gill plate are abrasive as well. OK, three things....I don't generally spend $9 on spinnerbaits. Not even my custom made ones cost that much.

Yep, largemouth too. You can find pics of them carrying the fish in big milk tins. Pretty wild!

Flunked out of college three times. Biology, environmental science and fish farming. I'm a database/business intelligence programmer now.

I love the bird story.

How hard would it be to try all four? I'm assuming you own them all. My bet is either 2 or 3 would be the two best.

If I liked a certain kind of fishing, I'd be looking at a setup geared for that like.

Black

Northerns spawn in creeks at ice out. For us, that means late March or April. Bass, more like late May. At any rate, pike aren't usually shallow, unless there's an abundant food source, so that's probably the reason. Northern pike will drive bass off their spots, so again if all your catching are like, I bet there are few bass around. I do quite a bit of northern pike fishing, and I'll say this: I rarely encounter bass pike fishing, and if there's some, they're usually smallmouth. I definitely run into more pike bass fishing, though that's usually from guessing wrong about a spot.

That's a bit presumptuous, don't you think? There are plenty of detail oriented anglers that don't need fluorocarbon to achieve great success in fishing.

Just found an old favorite in iTunes. The Quintet from Massey Hall. Man, they were good. Dizzy, Mingus, Bird, Bud, and Max. Only recording of them all together.

Run to the hills! Nicko is a beast.

Honestly man, take whatever makes you tick, gets you to flex your brain. "Law" encompasses all scholarly disciplines, and no matter what, critical thinking is a must. Work that brain out and you'll do fine. I wish you luck.

Law? Do they offer sleazy dealings and over billing in high school?

It's all how you fish it. Some guys are better at getting their baits through weeds than others.

I've never understood the innate fear of northern pike bites. Pike and bass' preferred stomping grounds rarely intersect. Pike are cold water fish, whereas bass are more temperate. The exception is prespawn (bass, or post spawn for pike) and late fall. In other words, if your catching pike, then you aren't in the best spot for bass. Now that's not 100% true, but wherever pike predominate, there's been very few bass. Presumably the bass were eaten, driven out by the top predator, or just don't prefer the spot. Anyway, I digress, but I do have a Fatty that has caught many bass and a few tiger muskies, but has been alive for what seems like forever, lol. It's toothpick rigged on an open jig hook.

I'd rather people talk more about similar baits. There's a limit to how much Keitech the Internet can handle at once!

Honesty, what baits are you talking about?

Having one of each is the most versitile!