bass wrangler569

Apparently the plague has just hit my area too. Walking through the parking lot at my tournament this morning its seemed like everybody had at least one carrot stix in the boat.

We all pay it's just the terms of the sale that are negotiable. LMAO ;D ;D ;D Or if your that desperate you can head over to the Penn State campus for the weekend, if you can't get laid there then you can't get laid anywhere (no offese meant to any PSU alum/students, I'm a hardcore PSU fan).

Ok, so I have always had the utmost respect and admiration for pro fishermen and I completely consider fishing to be a sport, but I've always rolled my eyes a little bit when I've heard people say how physically taxing it is for pros to throw big crankbaits and jerkbaits all day long. Well let me tell you what, I fished a tournament today and was hammering smallies on 1 oz. pointer 128s all day and I have seen the light. I'm almost never bothered by this type of fishing but for some reason it absolutely kicked my @$$ today. I feel like somebody ran me over with a mac truck and subsequently beat with a baseball bat for good measure! I'm in pretty good shape but if I had to wake up tomorrow and do the same thing for the next three days I would be in a world of pain. I officially have new found respect for the pros.

Check out the smallmouth section of the forum, there should some good advice there.

It depends on my mood. Sometimes I want to try new things or I want some alone time, in which case I want to fish by myself. Sometimes though, some company is nice as long as they're reasonably competent and can handle fishing for long periods of time.

Alright guys so I'm going to France for 8 days on a school trip. We're going to be staying in Paris and Avignon. I leave Friday and I get back Easter Sunday assuming all goes according to plan. Have any of you guys been there before? Any advice for things to watch out for and any what to do/what not to do type stuff? Any recommendations for things to make sure I do or foods to make sure I try? Any other tips?

I'm with long mike. There is funny stupid, and there is just stupid. That was just stupid.

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So let me get this right. Fish can't smell or taste something that can disperse down to one molecule thick??? LMFAOROFLOL X2

Mojo rods are good, but fish an IMX or a Legend Tournament for a day and you'll modify your comment. To get to the original question its a toss up, great rods though. I love my IMX custom. X2 Mojo aren't even in the same league. Definitely go with the IMX, they're amazing rods and like others said, loomis really backs their product. Your probably right, if I could afford an IMX I would have one and probably wouldn't have settled for a Mojo. I fish for fun man, that's it and this rod is fun and a lot cheaper. Also I didn't even say in my original post that it was better than the other two aforementioned rods, I said "I have a Mojo and I love it", why not consider it, so no I won't be modifying my previous comment. Thanks though Sorry dude, I didn't mean anything by it and I woudn't expect you to modify your previous comment. 8-)

It is a plague!!! http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1238178342

more like "brownies"

Alright guys thanks a bunch, that's what I needed to hear. I'm picking up the rod sunday!

Alright guys, so I got a 6'9" parabolic carrot stix last week from a guy in my club who got a big discount on them. I fished with the rod and I absolutely love it. Its not nearly as sensitive as my loomis rods (which I really don't need it to be for cranks/jerkbaits) but its soooo light. Here's the dilemma, the guy still has a 6'6" medium that he hasn't sold yet and I really want it but I also really don't need it as I'm going to build another 6'6" IMX 782c in a month or two anyway. Is there anything that the carrot stix might do that the 782c won't. I really want to buy this rod and I'm looking for some justification for buying it. I really have no other reason other than I want it lol. I'm usually not the type of person that needs justification for buying fishing stuff but I need some reasons this time. They are just so light, and it looks cool, and the price is right, and its orange... So help a brother out, give me some reasons to buy it (lie if you half to ;D).

Never touch the drag during a fight. I've learned the hard way, messing with the drag takes your focus off the fish which is the last thing you want to do during a fight. Set it and forget it.

Not saying it wouldn't work if the worm was really long but if I were you I would just use a larger hook instead of adding a trailer. I agree with shakes, I think it would mess up the action.

Oh haha ok in that case then good advice mon ami!

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Is this forum filled with alcholics and hippies lol? Gotta give you props for the Tool lyrics though, silly monkeys... ;D ;D ;D

Its all about priorities bro. Its just like when you see a guy who lives in a trailer driving a corvette. Some guys I know are low middle-class and yet they have $35,000+ boats filled with GLXs and $250+ reels. Its all about where your priorities are. Some people are willing to trade the nice house for the tricked out boat and expensive gear. As far as the original post, the day I am at peace with the amount of gear I have is the day I know its time to hang up my rods. 8-)

I never noticed a huge difference with sensitivity but I stopped using 2 piece rods a couple years ago. I got sick of them coming apart during casts and fish fights lol.

LOL I'm sorry dude but any bait that I have to boil to get to work properly isn't something I'm interested in . I'm with coldwaterbassin, bass magic and shadalicious all the way.

Big jerkbaits (pointer 100s and 128s) fished very slow with long pauses are my primary producers right now, especially for smallmouth. Tubes and jigs are working well too. I have also had success getting reaction bites by burning lipless cranks.

Everybody is entitled to their opinion but attitudes like that are the reason a lot of lakes have mass quantities of small bass and not a lot of larger ones. In the last few years a lot of studies have come out showing that the high participation of catch and release is actually causing the quality of fish to deteriorate. One of the ponds I used to fish a lot got completely decimated because of a 100% catch and release policy. They called the fish commission in and they determined the reason for the melt down to be the overpopulation resulting from the 100% catch and release and advised taking some smaller bass out of the pond every year in order to keep the population healthy. By keeping some of the smaller bass (15" or less) every once in a while you are actually helping the population out.

The first time you feel a smallmouth hit a jerkbait or a spinnerbait, you'll know what is different about them than largemouth... 8-)