fisher of bass

dont know if this is irrevelant, but i live in nh and the lake i fish is really murky and i used a white spinnerbait silver blades and i caught 4 smallies,switched to a white jig and caught 2, 2-3lb largemouths, just thought it was weird never used white before and it worked.

ok, so i bought some swimbaits,but there really nice i said, my wife found out i spent some money on some swimbaits, what reel would you use for a 2oz. bluegill lure? i have the new curado e5, johnny morris elite 6;3 johnny morris 7;1 , and a diawa viento all baitcasters, the reel is going on a 7-6 okuma swimbait rod, thanks everyone.

since i first saw these, i have been checking your website 4-5 times a day checking to see if they were for sale, i got 4 of these bad boys, i cant wait to use them, i never used a swimbait before, i may even put one of them above the fireplace, they are that nice ;D

which way should you hold your rod for a good hookset, with the eyes facing down towards the water so all the pressure when setting the hook is on the eye, or with the eyes facing up so the pressure is on the rod?

Thanks for all of your opinions everyone, i have narrowed it down to 2 reels, the symetre and the stradic 2500 mgfb, i just have to do a little more research on both, but right now i am leaning to the stradic, again thank you for all youre opinions

hello, i used the shimano spirex last year and i like it, but i hate when i set the hook there is no instant lock because of the quickfire system what reel does everone use that is as good as the spirex but doesnt have the quickfire. thanks

may i suggest a 1/4oz spot remover, just take off the weights, they work great in nh

very interesting, gonna try it, i remember back in the 80s my dad used to use a brick soaked in kerosene for lobsters and the traps were always full.

i fished my first tourney today 7-1:30 around 7:45 i caught a nice 3.5 lb largemouth sweet beaver c-rigged, but he was bleeding like a stuck pig, i mean my hands and boat were covered with blood and big clots to, i decided to cut most of the hook with my diaganol pliars and release him, and he swam away slowly but still alive, hoping the fishing gods would take care of me later, my partner wasnt too happy about that and after fishing another 4 hrs before my next fish neither was i, there is a 8oz penalty for a dead fish, during weigh-in 3 people brought in dead fish and you can hear the whispers in the crowd about the fish being dead, what would you have done?

X2 green mirror

how about the brbr rig, brian reeves bass resource rig. lol ;D

thanks brian, was reading this thread last night, my buddy and i tried it out this morning, it works, 2 smallies 2-2 1/2 # each and 3 largemouths thanks again 8-)

are there any coves? personally i would be chucking a spinnerbait along the shore and fishing fast, do you have a windsock to slow you down a little? if not i would use my anchor with a lot of rope, hopefully it will be a straight north or south wind so you can fish one side, windy days can be a blessing sometimes, imo goodluck

thank you for all the info everyone, probably gonna fly down mid aug to check it out, my wife is also considering georgia, i told her it doesnt matter to me as long as its warm in the winter and i can fish most of the year 8-). i am done with the cold, 4 years ago i got a hip replacement. a metal hip and the cold do not go good together, again thanks everyone.

maybe they were watching the red sox,yankees game and were practicing the wave. lol j/k

my wife and i live in nh, we want to move to a warmer climate, i want to move to a town that has some nice big bass, anybody know of any lakes and the towns they are located in. tia

manns hardnosed lizard 1green pumpkin 2watermelon red flake 3 junebug cant wait for the rage tail lizard

great story, sorry to hear you lost her though, looks like i know what doing this summer, sounds like you are on a mission. ps would that have been a state record??

i have never caught anything close to 7# but i would suggest 1. big black broken-back [jointed] jitterbug 2.either ragetail shad or frog 3.buzzbait with trailer hook if the bass short strike i would follow up with a wacky rigged senko, just my opinion. good luck

glad you are ok and nobody got hurt, reminds me of last year, my buddy from mass and his wife came up to nh. we decided to take my 16' boat out, the weather channel said chance of rain 30%, yeah right we thought, we went out, not a cloud in the sky 45 minutes later we start catching fish after fish, then the heavens open up, the winds picking up we hurried to a cove and tied off to a tree and waited the storm out good thing there was no lightning,one of the scariest thing i ever saw.

thanks for the feedback everybody, my wife and i went out, i only caught 1 bass on a shaky head, no luck on the tmack i did downsize on the hook using a 5/0 ewg but no luck, but we did rescue a boater with his two daughters, we were fishing and my wife saw a boat that was smoking pretty bad and a guy waving frantically, so we went over to investigate, his fanbelt had snapped causing the motor to seize has to tow him in, pretty funny my 1986 16' mirrocraft towing a 20' bayliner,

my apoligies i thought i was in fishing tackle

my wife and i are going fishing tomorrow around 9am, was thinking about throwing the t-mac 11'' t-rigged with the new 11/0 hooks with 1/4 oz weight i just got, fishing around docks, semi weedy between 4-8'. never fished a worm this big will it work or is it just good for nights? tia

that is awesome, i remember when my son was little, he never caught anything that nice though, congrats nice fish

i have the same reel and i love it, may i suggest keeping 4 of the brakes on while learning to cast with a 1/2 oz plug, then once you get used to it go to 2, i also had the dial on 6, and the knob next to the handle kinda loose, once you get used to it she will scream,