aceman387

When the spinning reels first came out they were made here,now they are made in china like everybody else.

I fish a few strip pits here in Illinois and my favorite soft plastics are a 4" wacky rigged watermelon yum dinger, yamamoto shad shape worms in watermelon and shad color. I like to texas rig the shad shape worms weightless on a 1/0 ewg hook and toss it near some cover or along the shoreline and let it float down slowly. Drop shotting and small robo worms work great in gin clear strip pits,try using those shad shape worms on your drop shot also. I have good luck using the bps brand triple ripple grubs in watermelon rigged on 1/8 jig heads and just throw it out,let it sink and reel back in,sometimes mixing up the retrieve for a different look. You might hear people telling you to go with all greens and browns but i have caught bass on all kinds of colors from bright pink and black to one of my favorites a blue fleck colored berkley power worm. I have seen other anglers in the pits by me catch bass on spinnerbaits,swim baits, rattle traps,jerk baits etc. I don't know if you peg you worm weights or not but i find it helpful pegging the worm weight to the worm with a rubber bobber stopper,It will come through the weeds with less hang ups. I like fishing the tops of the humps and ledges in the early morning and then parking my kayak on top of them as the sun gets higher and casting out to the deeper water.I look for humps,ledges drop offs,anywhere shallow water leads to deeper darker water.

I am going with an angry Pacu....lol.

I think you will hear some negative feedback coming soon on here but i haven't had a problem at all.I fish mainly gin clear strip pits and quarries so i bought them for their longer casting distance. I bought one of the bass pro shop versions and i prefer the U S ones i have.

I have had three of their spinning reels for over five years now and i have never had to do a thing to them besides lube them. I bought one because it was something different and i liked it so much i bought a couple more later on. I use them everyday.

They are a tropical fish and wouldn't survive the winters here in Illinois.

I solo it most of the time in my kayak because my wife is not much of a bass fisherman. She prefers fishing for crappie or perch with a slip bobber on the rare occasion she does fish. Her sport of choice is bow hunting.

One hungry little guy...lol.

I know of an old guy who caught one here in Illinois (Maple lake,for some of the Illinois guys)I thought he told me it was 18" long. He said it put up a heck of a fight. He caught it on a slip bobber and a worm.

Do you peg your worm weight against the hook or let it slide freely? If I am fishing in thick stuff I like to use rubber bobber stoppers to pin my weight against the hook to minimize weed problems.

I think its pretty tough to outsmart bass when your approaching a shoreline.I think the best thing you can do once you get close to shore is slow to down and fish like a heron does,slow and stealthy.

I bet he has aged considerably since i joined 5 years ago. I am sure my earliest posts must have driven him to double up on his high blood pressure medicine...lol. Fear of another long mike beat down has improved my spelling considerably. Long mike i owe you a guinness at the next road trip. p.s my punctuation still needs some work. Be patient with me...lol.

It looks like a nice serene spot for a kayak or a canoe.I love exploring places like that in my kayak. Nature Rules!

Welcome by the way! Is this site addicting or what....lol

I love bottom contact fishing with a high end rod, i find it meditating. My favorite fall lure is a 5/16 oz black & blue jig with a zoom u vibe craw trailer.

Try typing that in on the search on this section. I could be wrong but i thought Darren m who posts on here often has one.

I was confused by the name. I think you will love those jigs.I researched them during the winter and i couldn't find anything bad about them.I almost bought some but i have so much tackle inventory lying around (soft plastic,jig junkie) i was afraid i wouldn't get around to trying them...lol.

Yikes thats cold! Pretty soon all us will be dressed up like the kid in the christmas story movie who can't put his arms down to his sides...lol.

I never heard of cam head jigs. Where did you order them from?

I was loading up my dog (female vizsla) for a run this morning when I ran into my next door neighbor who was out walking his dog (male afghan) he told me his wife came home from work last night and took their dog out for a walk when she came upon a female friend and stopped to chat. He told me his dog must have got bored with their lengthy conversation or maybe he didn't like the topic because he raised his leg and started peeing on both of them. I thought it was funny story so I wanted to pass it on.

It sounds like you don't have much of a variety of lures. If you go to the top of this page and look under the fishing article heading and then go to lures,you should see an article entitled six must have lures (i would post a link if i didn't suck at computers) I found this article helpful when i got back into fishing. It will give you a basic variety of lures that hit all levels of the water column. I found it helpful. If it makes you feel any better i went out and wasn't very successful today either (dinks) there are so many variables when it comes to fishing,you have to hang in there and put your time in out on the water. I can guarantee if you keep at it and do your homework (reading this site as much as possible) you will become a better bass fishermen. This site has some of the best fishermen you will ever find,they taught me al lot over the years.

I was wondering how stabile do you feel with your elevated seat if the wind picks up while your out? A stupid newbie question but do guys with elevated seats bring their regular stock seats with them and swap them out in case they get caught out in a front? I apologize for straying a bit.

Sitting. But i am working on my balance for standing.

I was wondering how late into the year do some of you go. I always vow to keep fishing late into the year but i always seem to switch back to shore fishing once the temps did below 45. I guess i could buy a pair of hip waders to keep from standing in the cold water when i am pushing off. What do the rest of you do? As far as colder weather apparel goes i own a bass pro shop qualifier outfit that i use for shore fishing in the cold how would something like this work for a kayak ? too bulky? What do you guys wear when your kayak fishing in the cold temps?

I love meeting new people and talking to them. Some of the nicest people i have ever met have been fellow bass anglers which got me thinking of a new investment opportunity for Glenn. Since this site is one of the most successful on the internet (probably 2nd to porn...lol) that Glen should consider building a development for us aging and retired anglers to where we can live amongst ourselves and fish together. He could build this development in a warm southern area that has a high percentage of double digit bass.I thought a good name for the new village would be Bass resourceville. I thought some of us members could open up fishing related business in this new community for the aging bass angler. I could open a bar so all of us would have a place to go and hide during cold fronts.What else would you like to see in Bass resourceville ? Are you considering this idea Glenn? ....lol.