el_jewapo

I've caught some big bass in the heat of the day. 90% of my fishing is done when I get off work at 4:30-dark. I have had good success with catching some of my bigger bass in deeper water when I first arive at the lake before the temps start to cool down. I haven't caught many big bass in the early AM.

The weirdest one I can think of at the moment was just last week. I had just reeled in a cast and had about 3 feet of line out, I had my jig dangling over the water and had my other hand and on the trolling motor when the tip of my jig trailer barely skimmed the water and a 3 lb bass jumped up and nailed it! That was pretty cool.

I'm with scwildbill on this one.

I'm a believer in a full moon increases your chances to catch a big bass, I missed out on fishing this one though. I've been sick.

23" 7 lb 2 oz. Caught on a deep diving crank bait.

If I go in the morning I usually fish from day light to about 12 or 1. If I go after work I usually get on the water about 5:30 and fish till dark. All this is subject to change depending on how well the fish are biting. Or on a big lake, sometimes I'll fish all day.

I'm going back to pork, I've been using plastic this year and not having much luck. It's not really the plastics fault, I just have confidence in pork.

hahahaha ;D

I was fishing with a buddy this year who fell in while peeing, flipping the boat in the process. I won't mention any names. ;D

i personally would fight the fish like normal, reeling the backlash up. i've done it before. none of my reels have anything that makes them hang up on the retrieve when i have a backlash, just trying to pull it out. no need for hand fighting the fish.

I assume you don't have very much to fish with as of now if 5 dollars is a big deal for lure shopping. If I didn't have any bass lures and only 5 bucks to spend, this is what I would get at Wal Mart. 1. 99 cent chartreuse/white spinner bait. 2. bullet weights. 3. worm hooks, 3/0 the cheapest I could find 4. whatever bag of worms you can afford with the rest. I'm pretty sure you can get that list for just about 5 dollars. If not, try to find a dollar store like Freds. Some of them sell fishing lures. You should be able to find cheaper stuff there.

what does that do? stir up the plankton and such and attract fish?

There sure are a lot of people that don't know about that. It's an important fact to remember. The big ones know that if they use all their poison in one bite, they'll be defenseless for a while. Big snakes will give warning bites some times with no venom injected. The smaller ones just let it flow.

Ah, The dreaded bass thumb! The only cure is more bass fishing!

that's a great idea! i fish a lake that looks like a jungle when the water is down and you can't see any of it when the water's up. i'll give that a try.