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Doin fine Chris, hope the same for you! The 1/4 head has a wide gap hook I like and along with the weight of the *, it definitely finds it way to the bottom!

This was our first attempt at Cannoli Cream(home made) not the worse but no where near Palermo's and Court Street Bakery, I think I will eat another one to figure out whats missing ;D

If anyone doubts that this is the spot to get information and ideas they really should stick to pan fishing! Thanks to all, I must say I am getting to the point where my head is hurting!

Tom and Paul,Thank you fellas so much. I am gonna put this on the shelf as I will be here at Elaine's until 1/5/09

For much later on 1/2 loaf of Semolina Italian Bread A few Slices each: Prociutto (DePalma) Mortadella Sopressata Capicola Mozzerella ( wet/goat milk) Provolone Onion/Tomato/garlic Virgin Olive oil and Mondella Balsalmic Vinegar Plus me and Elaine just made a mess of homemade canoli cream!

I did, thanks Paul. There is really very little in the way of peer reviewed scientific data, much less than I thought when it comes to LMB> A lot of what has been written is based on observations, from which more than one conclusion is possible and these guys seem to go for WHAT EVER DATA SUPPORTS WHAT THEY BELIEVE, NOT WHAT IS ACTUALLY GOING ON. I am not saying they are wrong but I have to be careful myself, because I am trying to figure out what all the data in my logs mean, and I have some preconceived ideas myself/ Dr.Catt is looking more and more like it on the money with his KISS THEROY!

I bet RW is right, but I don't see St.Croix as being the responsible party here but the Mook who sold the rod in the first place.

Since most of what I have read, that LMB are ambush predators and that ambush type predators by their very nature do not expend a lot of energy to track down and consume prey most of the time. I buy the strike zone and I will also concentrate my log notes this year to see if using this increases good fish to the boat. I aknowlege that just because you put a bait in the fish's strike zone is no guarentee for a strike, it does up the ante that you will get more hookups.

Notes from July 11 and August 6. : Both days were warm, and in a stable weather pattern. 4pm the bass were hammering a *, stuck onto a pear shaped jig head (1/4 0uce) on the the bottom of a Coon Tail weed bed ( 16 ft of water) and a submerged grass bed ( 12 ft of water) Later that night between 8pm and 1 am, over those same weed beds, during some kind of fly hatch, we noticed a lot of bait fish eating what ever was hatching. We set up over those same 2 areas using 5/8 ounce Jitter bugs and 1/2 ounce Single Colorado Spinner-baits, also in black Both nights were the finest top water fishing of the summer. I guess those beds held actively feeding bass most of that day! Question to the more experienced fellas What is the likely hood they were the same bass, just deeper in the day than at night? Could they be the same bass we were hookimg up to earluer that day?

Hey Tony; If the Bass is a Boston Red Sox Bass, and you throw it a slider, in the Strike Zone, Will he hit then

I prefer night fishing also. I usually spend at least 1/2 my time on the water between 4pm and 2 am, it seems last year.

#1 Cheesecake in the world from JUNIOR's in Brooklyn and a great cup of coffee!

Mostly Clothes, Elaine got me a Nikon Digital Camera with Video. Pics of boat project and bass this season! 8-)

This will happen some day, except for the She Mano part, I break out in Hives!

In MY EXPERIENCE, having learned how to better interpret and use my depth finder, I can see high probable structure, and it has allowed me to put a Bait within a close enough range that this year it brought my catch rate way up! The strike zone was first taught to me by Al Linder's 4 part articles, since I know his abilities and this has already started to work for me, and now I want to fine tune it. It is everyday reality to me, no longer theory in my life. This summer I was fishing with Speedbead, on a body I know with a steady, but not crazy bite going on. He was giving me some lessons in reading electronics and i took him to where I knew a creek Chanel split in some 16 ft of water. He has a really expensive unit, all I see on mine is the split and the creek bed, he pointed out a log that lays just beyond the split. I threw a jig and plastic down and had an immediate fish and he did the same and 2 casts later he hooked up. We knew the target, high percentage bass spot, put the jig right next to the front end of the log, and nailed a fish. Tony: I was a doubter of passing the same bait over the ame fish idea myself.Then I fished at Lake Fork and watched the fellas do it, you could actually see them setting up on a bedding fish for a while and bringing the bass to the boat eventually. I have had sucess since doing this , with fish hugging docks and boat houses, it really does work.

Sorry I am in Brooklyn til 1/4/09!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas Moby..... This summer said boat and I will do just that!

Go to Wal Mart;Buy 1, Shakespeare Grey Rod : Spinning 6'6" Med 14 Bucks 2. Green Eagle Claw Spinning reel ( Blister packed) 13 bucks Find some disadvantaged kid in your area give it to them, say Merry Christmas and walk away and do not tell anyone but your parents what you did

real or fake the rod into the trolling motor is epic Or the runaway trolling motor ;D ;D I perfected that routine!! Ask anyone at the Lake Fork trip in 07

Some left over Aunt Jeanie's Baccala and Scungilli! I am making 2 pans of Eggplant Parmigiana ( all fresh, all home made) for tomorrow I will take a bit on some Semolina Bread ( Fresh from Caputo's on Court Street) and some Manhattan Special, Espresso Soda made only in Brooklyn by the Passaro family THAT"S ITALIAN!!!!!!!!!!!

Sourdough Bread??????????? Mre.Dash Italain Seasoning????????? That is NOT ITALIAN, thats Pizza HUT

Don't gift wrap the family jewels, even for a laugh. Those ribbons cut like razors( Personal Experience)

Thanks fellas, more pieces coming together.

How far from Hazleton are you. I will bnring you a fish in exchange for some of that Chili ;D

Hey Both manufacturers make great reels. I love Flogger but I love bustin RW's stones even more ;D

Hey Fellas; I read this article in the Biology section of the articles. This article seemed to stress the strike zone in relation to the prey and availability of that prey as being the primary concern for the fish in that body of water I have another article by the In Fisherman that talks about "mood" of the fish, that actively feeding ,aggressive fish have a larger Strike Zone and will go a little further to chase a bait. All the way down to non feeding bass, and putting a bait right in front of their noses. What are your experiences and insights with this? Thanks Dominick