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happy birthday!, i see youre in frankfort , im not to far down the road from you.(willow springs)

i bought one about a month ago ,cortez shad i think it was called .i used it early in the morning before sunrise on a high pressured pretty clear forest preserve pond by my house. one time out i caught a couple dinks on it the second time out nothing, before it fell apart while reeling it in.for me this is a pretty heavy lure by the time you add the tail ,i wasn't impressed with the quality of it and told them so in an e mail they responded and said send us back whats left of the lure( all i had left was the blade) and they sent me one to replace the one that fell apart and one for the shipping .so they at least stand behind their lures.

i would e mail them and tell them what happened. i had a booyah boogie bait fall apart after a few casts and i e mailed them . they said to mail back what parts you have left which was just the blade and they sent me back 2 new ones.

she has that look on her face like she wants to say , YOU ARE NOT GOING FISHING ! unless youre taking me of course.

another vote for the mcoy mean green.

great posts pitchinbass,. im glad your on this site your posts are real informative for all of us learning newbie bass fisherman. thanks, and keep the posts coming.

i share your frustration, i have been skunked the past 5 times ive gone out to this forest preserve lake, and i know its not just me because i havent seen anybody else hauling in anything either .this morning i got out there a 4.30 am .i rigged up this top water lure i read about somewhere else which the fisherman said was to take any decent sized top water lure take the back treble hook off and attach a piece of fishing line 12 to 20 inches to where the rear treble hook was and put n a senko wacky rigged so when your jerk the topwater the splash attracts the fish and the fish goes after the senko .i fish from shore and not a hit on it .now its 8.30 am and im home and crabby from getting up at 4am.

punctuation or spelling not perfect ,its fine with me .we all got stories to tell, some interesting ,some funny.that's why i look forward to reading this site.thanks for sharing yours.

i always use senkos eve though this past winter i bought some jigs and have never taken the time to try them this summer , shame on me because after seeing these posts i see alot of you guys catch have great success with them .i plan on educating myself about them.

i was reading an article in the paper a couple days ago where used car dealers were saying this program is driving them out of business

my love handles tell me im a big fan of cake and ice cream .

hope you have a quick recovery. in the mean time since you cant fish i would plop a lap top on youre chest and explore all the areas of this site there is so much information at youre hands you will be a better fisherman when its time to get back on the water

the past couple of weekends Ive spotted groups of smaller bass around 12 inch hanging out together. the water i fish in is crystal clear strip mine pits and since the bigger bass aren't around i have been targeting these groups of smaller bass . its pretty easy to catch them by throwing small 4 inch watermelon worms at the group. its like feeding frenzy among the group to see who can grab the fake meal first.usually i can catch one after another before they catch on . the question i had was are these small groups of bass like a pack of hyenas or wolves that are working together for food or do groups of bass like this generally hang around together?

i had a question on charging my marine battery i use for my trolling motor. on my days off i will go fishing in the morning say 6am to 9 am then come in do some work around the house throw the battery on charge for3-4 hrs and go back out fishing till evening and then charge it again when i come in at night is there such a thing as charging to much or would i be better off with just letting it sit in the afternoon and charge it just at night. my boat is just a 10 ft pond prowler and most of the time i just use the slow speed so the battery never really gets real drained i guess was wondering if i was shortening the life of my battery charging it too much some days

i love this site myself ,i hop on it first thing i the morning at check back on it a few times during while at work I'm on it so much my wife always says are you on your fish porn site(p.s. Ive compared my fishing catches last year to this being my second year fishing and Ive gotten much better all because of reading posts from some of you great fisherman.this site is the best.

i was thinking about one myself a couple months ago and when i looked on bass pro shops website at the time it got favorable reviews. .

you guys are killing me with this great article .i just stumbled upon it and have to go to work in like 2 min, wont be back to read it for a few hours . I'm hoping time flyes today

any chance the new owner would be willing to rent to you ,at least until you get your money and can buy your own house.

i would avoid any coffee or cigarettes or alcohol close to bed time also avoid eating any big meals before you go to sleep.try getting on a regular work -sleep routine and take up walking for exercise i would avoid watching an fast paced stressful type TV shows to close to bed time also. maybe you could try turning off everything in the house close to bedtime and just read with a lamp on usually reading will make you drowsy.

my wife and i started coking on cast iron skillets a couple years ago after seeing some report on 60 minutes that something like 90 some percent of us have Teflon residue in our systems from cooking in the Teflon coated pans.

i have been hearing this for the past two years because a fishing friend of mine an older guy always has some kind of rhyme or quote when ever we don't catch any fish ,personally i think they are excuses and the real reason we don't catch fish sometimes is because were still learning how to become good fisherman that and the fact he never changes his lures hopefully some of the other better fisherman will pipe in here for you.

having not fished for a long time i wondered if stress or fatigue would effect sensitivity because alot of times i will go fishing right from work and after a long day my focus isint there and like Catt said about fishing at night i have tried closing my eyes as I'm reeling in a rubber worm or jig as i reel in slowly . I'm improving .most of the time i fish local forest preserve lakes that are packed with people and you re stuck in you re little casting area i didn't want to look to goofy looking like I'm sleeping standing up but I'm trying alot of what you guys said thanks for the responses , this place is the best!

i had a question on hand sensitivity and was wondering is this something one is born with or is it picked up or learned i mean does one get better at feeling the fish with time being put in on the water or basically you got sensitive hands or not. case in point right know i have a st croix legend elite 7 ft medium action with power pro braided line and i don't really notice any super sensitivity for the price, is this because i haven't fished a long time ( 2 yrs) i have had this rod for a couple months my first high end rod or its because I'm not blessed with sensitive hands .

you could also go to a library and look at back issues of consumer reports or car and driver and other magazines for free.

some tips over the years Ive heard from customers that have had things stolen from them .if you have one of those mega stereos in your car and you drive round with your windows down your advertising to everybody to come follow you home to see where you live so they can come back later and steal it from you. another tip i heard is when you buy the latest plasma TV or computer don't put out the empty box out front of your house to early before the garbage man comes because somebody may spot the box and come break in it happened to a customer. i had another customer had his car broke into because even though put his GPS in the glove box out of sight he left the suction cup bracket stuck on hie windshield that somebody spotted and figured the GPS must be in the car somewhere