BossierBassHunter

Thanks a lot man.

If you added a little red on the gills of that King Shad it would be absolutely perfect. Even without it it looks amazing.

Hi everyone, I recently found my grandfather's old Abu Ambassadeur. He died back in February and this reel has TONS of sentimental value attached to it. So, I would love to start using it, but I want to know as much about it as I can. Sorry for the bad pics, I had to use my webcam. Can anyone tell me like what gear ratio, line # and capacity, and what type of rod and technique it would be good for? Also, I would love to know what year it is from if there is anyway to find that out. What I do know: It says No. 5000, AB.URFABRIKEN SVANGSTA SWEDEN, and the serial number on the reel seat is 287621. Thanks everyone. If there are any other pictures you need to help I can take them

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At my girlfriends house, they stocked their pond with like 1/3 bass, gills, and cats. The bass and catfish populations are excellent, but the bream are very scarse. Although, when you catch one it is almost guaranteed to weigh over a pound. And I dont think they went through the DNR or anything,

That's just because a lot more people know Shreveport than Bossier. But now, people don't care, so they don't want to be from a dirty old city like shreveport, haha. I'll be going out for some more jig fishing soon and I'll update this thread with any big guys.

I keep my rod tip up, pointed at the lure with the line semi-tight, and give it a couple small pops. I either feel them when i pop it, or the line moves a little bit.

I decided I should probably learn how to fish a jig. 1. because of all the big fish pictures I've been seeing. 2. It's getting cold, and they are good cold weather lures. Anyway, I was throwing a little 1/4oz jig with a zoom chunk from the bank. It was a lot easier to pick up on the bites then I though it was going to be. So here they are, nothing big, but it got me hooked on jigs. I'll be buying a proper flipping stick here soon. First ever jig bass: Second ever jig fish, and it was a big one, lol: Another small one: Biggest, gave herself away striking at my jig topwater when I was reeling it in, so I threw it back and got a hit: Then, I hook into something nice and it wraps up my jig in some wood so I lose it and have to start throwing texas rig.

ok.....so we know who is going to be the first to lose it...lol

no freaking kidding. The one that I run into most are the spiders up in the limbs that hang over the water. Real fun when you go to get a bait un-hung and spiders are dropping in your 10' pirogue.

He doesn't. I always get skunked.

yeah, I'm in louisiana, I'd give it a go. I just wouldn't want to be the one that lost the Lucky Craft. I could start us out with a Sebile Crankster if anyone wanted to use that.

"hell yeah" But what I say normally after I set the hook is "Crap" because I miss them.

Way to go. IDK about everyone else, but I felt like it was really poor character to pull out that jersey like he did.

I won that sebile cranskster on here. At first I didn't like it, but now I really do. It's really well made, casts like a missile. It doesn't have all that much body wiggle though.

I keep my tackle selection to a minimum, so I don't have much stuff that sucks, but...... 1. Banjo Minnow (do I need to say more?) 2. Rat-L-Traps 3. Suspending Jerkbaits

Is BassPro ever going to carry these things?

where in louisiana are you wobble?

the swim senko has lots of tail action, I just find it super hard to rig straight

I would be scared to go swimming in the place you caught that fish from. Based on the picture, I would safely assume that if you gut hooked him you could climb into his mouth and unhook it, whilst having plenty of headroom.

15.97lb is the LA state record. if I had my own scale and weighed it and it was over that, I would bring it in for an official weight. Say whatever you will, but to me, I think getting a state record (or world) is the ultimate achievement in fishing, and if one fish has to die so that I can get my name at the top of that list, then so be it. Think about it this way: if you get the world record and release the fish, maybe someone will come along and catch the fish when it gets bigger and beats your record. I'm kidding, lol ;D ;D ;D This fish here, I gut hooked it, it was bleeding bad, and I didn't know if it was going to live, so I gave it to a guy that looked like he could use it. It was probably 5 pounds or so, and I don't feel bad at all.

i wacky rig plastic worms with those hooks that have wire guards on them and I have been doing just fine

I take pictures of every fish I catch, and list what bait and color it was, I'm hoping that after a while i'll be able to narrow down which baits and colors are producing the best, that way I know what my "default" will be when I get out somewhere

People are going to get kinda mad at your for this. however, don't listen to them, i think it's cool. If you look at the alternative (killing and eating them) I don't think that living out its years in a life of luxury getting hand fed is all that bad.

They're called bait