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big mike in fl - i totally understand what your saying. like i mentioned. i dont even have a clue on how to begin or what i would do. im still trying to get information on something like this. as of right now it seems like im getting some positive response about it. there is a high chance i could be shot down and it go no where. but i wont know till i research it. i have contacted a few places so far but like you mentioned, if it doesnt save any money then whats the use. but then again, if it costs no more than if you were to go the store what are you losing? im still looking into it

what negative thought could be in your head about this?

i have started the contacting process how to get this started over here!!!!! i will let you guys know as soon as i hear anything 8-)

Throughout the years my wife has gotten into the throwing parties part time career. (tupperware, avon, pampered chef, candle lite, etc, etc). i got to thinking. why cant there be a fishing lure party that can be thrown? so i decided to google "fishing lure party" and guess what, i found one. its only in Australia though. why cant there be one of these in the states? how awesome would that be? has anyone ever heard of these? http://www.reel-em-in.com.au/home1.htm another reason to get all of your friends including the bait monkey together!! shop for fishing equipment and drink at the same time

i am in high hopes that some of you long time anglers out there can help me locate this popper lure. i don't know the manufacturer/brand of it. it is made out of wood 2 and the overall length 3 ½ plus/minus. i am guessing it was a lure that you could buy back in the 90's at some time. i am attaching a couple of pictures, hope they will work. need to know make and model if possible.

i think i now know why fishing has been slow in my neck of the woods. i went out fishing yesterday morning as well as this morning and came up dry. prior to making it down to my fishing hole this morning, there was another fisherman that was getting his stuff out of his truck at the same time i was. i asked him if he was there yesterday; which he was. yesterday i saw him throwing a bunch of panfish into his bucket, one after another. this morning when i was talking to him i asked what he was catching and he said that he catches any and all fish and keeps them regardless of what species. what i found out was that he keeps every fish he catches, takes them home and releases them into his own pond. i was cussing him out on the inside!! he takes the panfish home, feeds his bass and whatever else he has to feed with those panfish. he has kept 5lb bass and taken them home and released into his pond as well. i didn't even want to ask if he had a fishing license...................would have been more upset. is this act illegal? i would certainly think so :'(

if only i had a scale to weigh these fish.................... : anyways, i would love to fish other areas but i will continue to go back to my favorite hole till i no longer catch anything. but as for now.....................i will enjoy it for as long as it lasts!!!

i am seeing the term PB bass quite often. i cannot figure out what the PB stands for. :-/ :-[

i am involved with an OHIO fishing forum as well and i posted the same question. they were telling me that it is as well around $100 plus they can also confiscate every piece of equipment you have on you. thats insane. i realize if you try to cheat the system they can do what they want but that would crush my world. :'(

off the wall thought but................. every time out, i wonder how many people i see that are possibly fishing without a license. how common do you think this really is? i have always fished with a license mainly for the fact that id hate to get hit with a fine cause i didnt want to pay the $20 for a license. has anyone ever got caught without one? how much is the fine over what a normal license would have cost? i honestly cant tell you the last time i have ever seen a park ranger or wild life ranger check for peoples licenses. im starting to wonder if they even exist :-/

i understand theres a time and place. no worries. advice fully taken just got back from fishing. i am so convinced that the bomber square a lures have some type of lucky potion on them ;D. i was throwing the 0-1ft crank that i have been referring to and i didnt get a thing. couple hours worth of throwing and nothing. so i decided to throw my famous bomber out, and wahlah, i caught a Largemouth and a really nice sized White Bass. the white bass was the heaviest i caught to date and it was fighting. didnt have a scale but it had to be close to a 5 pounder. all in all, i was out for about 3.5 hours, 2 fish but had fun!!

it sounds like thatgame uses that 6-axis feature. i dont care for that either. we have a wii and im more for the stationary controller (ps3), forget that tilting remote crap

i was wondering about the graphics. i saw it got a 6.0 rating from users on gamespot.com. i saw one on ebay for .99 cents but it has like 6 days to go. if i can get it for not much more than that, i may consider. is it a good game though minus the arcadish features?

Has anyone ever played the Rapala fishing game on PS3?? if so, how would you rate it? worth purchasing?

im going out again tomorrow morning. so ill see what happens. bassin finatic - i have never fished anywhere other than my normal fishing hole, which is a river off the ohio river. (rather small area). i have not tried my shallow cranks any where else to see if they have worked or not. so where i fish, it works for me!

before i answer Raul's response. the 3/4oz bait does look rather bulky/large. will Smallmouth bite this or is this more for Largemouth? the reason asking, the place i usually go fishing has a lot of rock bass as well as Small mouth. havent seen a large mouth at the end of my line, yet I actually have to disagree Raul. more times than none i will throw a Bomber Square A, 3/8oz crank out. to this day i have never been skunked. i tend to think there is a lot of hokus pokus magic in that lure. never lets me down , talk about a confidence bait since i never used "The Egg" prior to this morning............not so much confidence or magic

last night i took a trip to my local BPS. i picked up two XPS Lazer Eye Nitro Extreme, The Egg (see link below). i picked up the Natural Brown Craw and the Brown Shad. (3/4oz) i just went out this morning and used them both, no luck. i have tried very slow - very fast retreive, nothing was working. although these baits have very good action. nothing was biting. anyone else use these or have any luck? http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_51816_100005001_100000000_100005000_100-5-1

my goodness people, you guys are sick!!! 4, 5, 6AM to go fishing. do you guys not like to sleep? as for myself, i'll be up and ready anywhere between 7a-8a and line will be in the water 15 minutes later.

im not sure that i am doing that but i will pay attention next time out and see what happens. i never had this issue prior to last night so something had to have been adjusted some way or another to start now. :-/ ill check the other things in this thread that everyone has suggested and we shall see what happens. maybe it is as simple as re-spooling.

to bemore specific: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_103926_100001001_100000000_100001000_100-1-1?ordProd=Y&CMID=TOP_selectitems#itemDetail model #ETX10HE

MARAUDERYAK - correct me if im reading this wrong but are you saying there was a chance that i could have been slowing down the casting with my thumb without even knowing it? i tried to take my thumb away completely and didnt see any different result. due to habit maybe i still came in contact with it. i first thought that i was throwing a crank that was not 3/8oz as it said. but would the weight really be that significant to effect the casting? i casted a 3/4oz lure as well, and same thing. so i figured that ruled that issue out.

no wind what so ever

line - yo zuri hybrid 12lb test BPS - extreme baitcaster reel - 6:4:1

the main reason i asked this question was because i deal with a lot of top water cranks. the one i am going to buy shortly is the same crank but the 2" version is 3/8oz and the 2-1/2" version is 3/4oz. i know there is a size difference but wasnt sure why one over the other. they both dive 0-1ft

wrb - my thumb never leaves the spool. i let it drag on the line lightly then right before it hits the water i press firmly. dont ever get backlashes when it hits water but line is just loose between here and there. no matter which weighted lure i use it still does it. 3/8-1oz. would the line dressing seriously help this issue?