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How do you prepare them? Skin them?

Chatterbait setup?? Trailer or no trailer? Pork? Grub? Trailer hook or no trailer hook? What's your presentation?

At dusk/twilite when the bite slows down there eyes adjust to the change in light first before the baitfish eyes do. I switch to a Joe's fly 1/4oz firetiger apache to catch a few more bass before total darkness.

Brakes are important, learning to use a educated thumb too. How to adjust the reel spool to the weight of the lure then put the brakes halfway on and try a cast. Of course the newer more expensive stuff is better. I started off cheap incase I didn't like it.

An empty Ben and Jerry's cherry Garcia signed container if I had one.

But the last 6lb 1oz bass I caught was so exhausted she would of died. She gave my lure a tour of the whole four acre dog leg I was fishing. My point is an older bass we try to keep alive might die anyway. I'd have to let it go.

I been collecting tackle when it's free or dirt cheap. Sometimes it's off the beaten path from the real valuable fishing stuff but it's older or even the early plastics. Now my point is I have a chance to pick up some early Bill dance quantum stuff. Is it worth grabbing now while he's still alive?

Just to add another choice, Mono rubber band. Copolymer is way less stretch over standard mono. I use Excalibur silver thread copolymer.

Go look at fishNSave he has more expensive stuff discounted plus free shipping. Just look.

I started with a $12 Shakespeare baitcaster and a cheap rod. The reel still works today. Try "fish n save" There's a $24 Shakespeare baitcaster. I used them.

Simple most people here don't catch bass. They use a saltwater setup or panfishing with night crawlers. The bass are begging for the right bait. I'm going to estimate there's one bass fisherman out of fifty people fishing. The combo license is $60 I think.

Fish in the evenings. I had a snapping turtle the size of my keep tire hit my line. I dragged it all the way to shore and let him go. He clawed up the bottom all the way in. The cat fishing was awesome that night.

I hear so many young adult Freinds of my son's say they never catch anything. Then we take them fishing. There into fishing after that first bass. If there's kids when I'm catching bass. I stop fishing to teach them. I feel the need to give something back.

I stay upbeat. I stay positive. I get into my zone, my own zip code. I talk with no one. I think fish. I focus on everything I'm doing. I scan the water behind my lure on every cast. I'm in tune with everything. I make use of every minute in fishing. I take my fishing very seriously. My time is limited. Fishing to me everyday is like having that first cup of coffee I need it everyday I got to go.

I already pulled one 10lber out of the ct. waters. I lost three other larger bass. I seen bigger bass up close swim by me. Trust me if I catch and see bigger bass in our northern waters than every state has bigger bass there just not being caught. Be very, very, very stealthy. I'm out in the early am in the dark. I'm so quiet I don't know I'm there. I close my bail on my spinning reel by hand. No noise. The baitcaster click when the spool locks in. That click could transfer down the line into the water. These big bass are spooky and well aware of noises in there surroundings. There tuned in and wired for sound. There against the shoreline feeding on freshwater eels, crawfish, shad, frogs, bluegills etc. Be very stealthy. Handle your tackle stealthy, quiet as a church mouse. That's the key to shore fishing for big bass. Get out there if u have the dedication, motivation and stay focused plus the time to fish 24/7. It takes all your talents and skills to fool these smart big bass. Walk softly your vibrations go into the water. I had an encounter with a bear near my car 100yds away in the dark. He was rustling the brush. Im on a low bridge fishing. I stayed fishing but kept an eye on him. Finally daylite came. Be careful night fishing. I hear weird things in the night.

I would pile all the neighborhood kids in my car and take them fishing. There adults now and never forgot that. My point is take a kid fishing teach him good sportsmanship. Pass it on.

I did struggle with bass fishing. I'm fishing from shore. My son's helped me figure out the bottom structure and layout by drilling holes when the ice was on. Then my whole world of bass fishing opened up with the hummingbird portable cast out fish finder. I use it to learn the bottom structure this tells me what depth, where the flats, deep holes, droppoffs, transition points are. I don't need to find fish. I'm fishing small bodies of water with ancient man made dams that were used for water power many centuries ago. No shore fisherman should be without this portable fish finder. Now it's up to me to fish it I have the knowledge. It's skill in fishing not luck. Tip, we can use any reel and rod but your weakest link is your line. We need to use a quality line. I landed a pb#10 on Excalibur silver thread 8lb test copolymer line. Make sure your drag is set correctly at all times. Change your knot often. After landing a larger bass remember to retie. No action, with any lure slow your speed down. Make it look like an easy meal. It works with spinnerbaits, inline spinners, crankbaits depending on the water conditions. In stained water slow down.

Yup seen it. Freaking Awesome. The dirt bike videos have clips of riding on water.

Online topo maps.

I could buy rod, reel, line some lures under $75/$100 max. My PB #10 was caught on a quantum Wal-Mart reel, Shakespeare rod.

The baby boomers are getting old. I didn't get heavy into bass fishing till 45yo I'm 64yo now. The larger sporting goods places have good buys u can find under $20 rods online. Cheap reels to start out with. EBay??

Springtime / post spawn hard baits. Summertime plastics I throw a mix anyway. Fall hard baits. Don't forget plastic swimbaits in November. It's a tough call do to conditions and were ur fishing..

Computer while fishing hooda thunk it? Unless your not catching anything and your going to the bass resource forum looking for tips? I do my puter work mainly at night when I can't sleep. It's hard to get the bass boat in the bed room. Wait a minute I don't have a bass boat to watch the puter from. Lmao.

Not a new bait. Bring back the BPS / XPS TOP KNOCKER. it's the hottest topwater lure I have ever used.

It did exist but there no longer available. I have a stash of them but can't get anymore.