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lol, thats sayin alot comin from muddy. ;D

they are also very TASTY creatures, lol. ive never caught a catfish on an artificial before, just on jug lines and bank fishin. cant kill em if your life depended on it. weve had out of the water for somtimes 4 hrs . or more and the suckers are still breathin(or at least trying to, lol)

Not really. It 's a matter of apllication and knowing what 's out there, fish don 't have to be in agressive mood to attack and be caught with a crankbait, you can catch fish in neutral or non aggresive mood with crankbaits if you fish with the right ones. that is why i stated them as a "bird dog", for instances if you dont know whats out there. a crankbait can be a good lure to find underwater cover,(deflection is key here) or concentrations of fish. although i might have overstated by saying it catches only agressive bass, for most fishermen that ihave seen (as for myself) a crankbait is a great search tool.( not saying that this is always true, there are pllenty of die hard crankers out there to dissect this more thouroghly) just my to cents. sorry for not clarifying this earlier raul, my apologies. -j

the summit is a VERY nice reel, but has a one flaw: a very small spool.(at least the one i tested) im debating between a diawa(forgot he name, its the more expensive one with the twichin bar) or a president. im going to get the prez, its only a 100 bux and is a very nice deal for the money. check em out.

clackin rap looks dynamite to me. i never did like the original rattlin rap, just wasnt noisy eough to me. now ive gotta reason to buy some more stuff! (its the monkey talkin, i swear! )

cranks are the "bird dogs" of fishing lures. sure, they can and will catch big ones, but they are ultimatley lures used to find aggressive bass. cast around a crankbait until you find some fish in a given area, and then slow down with soft plastics and really work that spot over. who knows how many tourneys have been won with this method. good luck! -j

its a very subtle bait. ive used some cetipedes before skipping docks, using a 2/0 gammy ewg, with a small nail in the tail of it. when usin a spinnin outfit, it actually falls away from you for some reason. falls real fast with enough weight, fish seem to like that round here. have never fished it wacky though, might go pick up some more now that i think about it. ;D

idk why, but the scales on that fish creep me out. *shuders* nice catches btw.

largie: 21 in(round 5.5 lbs) smallie:17 in. hybrid(biggest fish, I WANT BIGGER) 26 in, 8 1/2 lbs bream: 12 in. crappie: 16 in. channel: 27 in.

big jerk baits have worked real well in the past for me. caught a 9 lb. hybrid on a big husky jerk last fall. some of the hardest fighting fish ive ever hooked into!

i really like the horny toad. i put em in boilin water for about a min. or so, gives the legs better action. horny is my back up for my ragetail shads, can retrieve it at same speed but is more subtle than that of the RT shad. great for more finicky topwater bite, atleast imo.

pflueger summit. awsome reel. i would say a diawa millionaire, but they have been replace by the luna(i would recammend this also, but its out of your price range, lol.)

anyone have any tips on making a wacky rigged senko type worm weedless with a gammy wide gap finnesse hook? tried hooking it through the bait without the barb coming thru, but i lose so many worms by doing this. thanks -j

black power worms used to be dynamite for me, havnt got a single fish on em this year :'( oh well, found a new love, ***, 5 in, wm. weightless tex., wacky rig with gammy 3/0 finnesse hook.

welcome to your new home away from home. be carful, the bait monkey will have permanent residence shortly ;D

good job man, nice fish no matter where ya live. -j

hay chump, ive seen your posts for a while now, glad to see your luck turned around for ya. if it were me i would have given up a long time ago, lol. persitance plays a huge roll in fishing i guess. keep it up man! tight lines!

j-boogie, its a big nieghborhood called mallard point, it consists of 3 lakes, 2 smaller ones, and one big one being around 100 acres. chock full of fish. you can only fish it if you are accompanied by people who live there. there is literally no fishing pressure in these lakes, just the local residents. how is cedar creek if i may ask? ive heard there has been some big uns already bein taken out of there. isnt the lake record largie like 7 1/2 lbs? not bad for a lake as young as it is.

ive got a smaller one, and has been really good to me for the 4-5 years ive had it. smooth, easy drag, and casting distance with this thing is pretty darn good. only bad thing ive had with it is the handle pads arnt great, i put some of those pro grips on it and it feels a lot better. here is a link to a pretty in depth review on this reel: http://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwacvx.html

got some cats, the biggest ones in the avy. set up the jugs about 3:30, went back to a friends house for a quick nap, shower and a change of clothes went and got em about 7 or so. must say, was quite a wake up call seeing those jugs goin bonkers! :olol -j

so recently went out on a night excursion at a little 100 acre private lake for a little jug line cat and bass fishing. truth is, i had never had much luck for bass at night, but the tables turned on this trip . only had enough time to bass fished for maybe 30-45 mins, but caught three doing so. all were caught on a 1/2 oz. rattle trap, one on a tapering flat, and the 2 biggest around some boat docks. 2 biggest: (sorry for bad qaulity, lense fogged up pretty bad on me) forgot to mention, caught em around 2-3 am on a full moon ;D -j -

and you call that lamiglas on sale? lol. no thank you. i hthink im leanin towards the silaflex, cant find any crankin rods on sale. (even though there still cheap) -j

thanks all, ill look into those bps crankin rod. im guessin its like a hybrid or somthing? graphite and glass mix? do they have a good amount of give? im lookin for somthing rather flimsy, but with some backbone. as far as the shimano rod, it just sounds like its expensive. lookin for some input here! lol! -j

chatterbaits with a black, brown, and chartruese skirt, spinners with some sort of 'truese in it, cranks with a brown back, 'truese sides and some sort of orange on the belly. starting to see a pattern here? if all else fails, ill offer em somthing different, like a creature bait or soft stick bait. -j

usually i use a trick stick, senkos just cant take the punishment being dished out while skippin em hard, imo. matched with a m/h spinning rod, 4/0 offset shank hook, and any where from 8, 10, or 12 lb test mono, i generaly get good hook sets, shock absorbtion and abrasion resistance to get even the biggest fish out n' about. also, another bait that is good for skippin, and works really well for agressive fish(at least for me) is a 1/4 oz. rattle trap. its somthin dock fish never (or very rarely) seen before. works great! -j