BassMamma1054

When you have no nails, but you buy red nail polish to touch up the red hooks. ;D

Free room Blue grass or classic rock

Frogger ying or yang?

Fried Chicken...all the way! ;D Bubble gum or Chartruse?

Thanks, Muddpuppy. I have some "Sharpie" pens around the house. I'll give it a try.

"i like these red hooks for soft plastics but after catching a couple of fish the pait wears off and it turns gold. " Very true...I've been using them, and as you said, the red comes off after the first fish caught on them. Could be my imagination, but nothing else seems to bite THAT hook afterwards.

Oops! Guess I should have read this before...I did it ALL wrong :-[

Another thumbs up from the Jersey Shore! Thank God, I don't have to drive the GS Parkway to get here! 8)

Thanks, Glenn! I read both articles, and found them helpful. I've been fishing a private lake in my development. I have no idea how deep the water is, but it is stained by cedars. I've had good luck here with "bubblegum" . My son and I will be trying a near-by reservoir soon (also stained). See what happens

Thanks In this area, the lakes and streams are stained from all the cedars, so they have a reddish color to them.

I'm a little confused about this color thing. From what I've read, light colors are best for clear/clean water, while dark colors are best for muddy/stained water. I would think it would be opposite. Wouldn't it be easier for the fish to see a light color in muddy water? It an issue of camoflage for the worm? Please educate me...I'm a Newbie ???

But, THAT'S another web site! 8)

Taking the advice from this thread, I purchased both white and bubblegum. Since the bubblegum I bought did not come soaked in an attractant, I put them in the bag of white which did. The out come was, more strikes and landing of a small mouth on bubblegum....notta on the white...not even a nibble! Bubblegum gets my vote now too!

I just registered with this site tonight, and instead of reading fishing tips, I read this thread. Growing up on the Jersey Shore, I've fished all my life (just about), although mostly salt water. I have 2 sons, and it was ME, their MOM that taught them how to fish. My hubby would take a book and prop himself in a chair while my sons and I would fish. Sometimes I would have them up at 5:00 am to get to a near by lake. Just little sunnies, but we had fun. Times have changed, and now my younger son has turned me on to Bass. Just three days ago, and we've gone every day. Wind, rain,cold. It was so cold the other day, my fingers went numb but we were having a good time. I joined this site to try and learn more about it. So, my point is that it's NOT just WIVES that don't understand...I had a husband that didn't get it either!