Scorcher214

So today i went fishing and caught 6LM. Yesterday I went with my little brother hoping to get him interested in bass fishing and got NOTHING Anyways, It rained on and off today and and at one point it started pouring and caught three within about 10 minutes on a flick shake. I caught my last one around 12pm an fished for 2 more ours and had nothing. Where do they go, obviously they are still there because I saw one cruising along the shoreline. But when the sun is in the middle of the sky and its the hottest point of the day, what do y'all recommend?

LOL, thanks fellas! I'm thinkin of tossing a craw or jig/trialer and slowly crawling it around over and over again, do you think casting more will make them angry?

So I got out of school and went fishing from about 12pm to 2:20pm. Its been generally warmer this past week also, about mid 50s to 60s. As I fished along the shore, several times I noticed bass almost rolling around with each other. I'm guessing this means they were mating, because I've seen gar pike do almost the same thing, except the bass were staying in the same spot. At one point I saw 2 or 3 bass doing the rolling thing, and I casted a white spinnerbait (which I had caught a few fish on just a week before) and at least 15 times, casted about 5 ft past them and ran it right by them or on top of them, at various speeds and also adding pauses and jerks. NOTHING! I did try a bass colored super fluke with some spikeit and was able to catch one. The one I caught though was a little bit passed were I had seen the mating bass though. Also saw a few cruising bass and was bale to get one with a bluegill colored spinner bait, with 4 blades on it. What I want to know is.... -How long will this last? -Is this the best time to fish of the year? -How do I catch the fish I saw mating? -When I stop seeing the bass do this, will I be able to catch more or is this the best time to fish?

Went to my favorite shore fishing spot last Wednesday for the first time this year. It was pretty windy, about 58 degrees, and sunny. There were very few weeds and the water had brown stain. Usually, there are plenty of weeds this time of the year, but Michigan has had some wacky weather this year. I brought two friends who have never really done any bass fishing before and I was hoping they would enjoy it. Started out with a white spinnerbait by some docks and after a few casts went to another area that was kinda like a creek. On my second cast caught about a 1.5lb bass. Wanting to see somebody else catch a fish, I gave the spinnerbait to one of my friends. About an hour later the friend that I gave my lure to caught a high 3lb bass. He was SOOOO excited, as was I! Then gave the white spinnerbait the second friend to hopefully get him to catch a fish. 2 hours later, I noticed a lot of dead fish. I'm guessing that it is because the lack oxygen. So i tied on a weightless white super fluke and worked it nice n slow, with a few twitches. On my second or third cast caught another nice largemouth. That was it for the day. Quote from one of my friends "Dude, Even though i caught one fish and was just casting around, i wasn't bored, you wanna go again tomorrow?"

Ya, i just use the snaps, no swivel. Great for using cranks and spinnerbaits.

Alright so I used some kvd line conditioner and used a big deep diving crank and fished for a bit. Seemed to do the trick! Thanks fellas!

Well, when there are few weeds,I would think that there is a lack of oxygen. I noticed this the other day when i went shore fishing. I was fishing with a white spinnerbait and was just casting parallel to the shore. When I casted out to the middle I was getting some weeds, I was also getting strikes and catches. But I got neither strikes nor weeds when casting along the shore. Another thing, I saw several fish belly up, living but they were suffering from a lack of oxygen

So I went fishing on Wednesday and left my rod in the car. It got pretty hot today and was in direct sunlight, so I do not know if that could have been the issue but it was fine on Wednesday and today it was terrible! I'm using Suffix elite #12 and before today, it was the had the least amount of memory I've seen in a line. A while ago I got some KVD line conditioner from the man himself and was wondering if I should use that or is it possible that the heat has permanently done some damage? Also, how should I apply the line conditioner?

Well im on a canal off the north channel, but its a canal with current moving through it and as far as i can tell, seems clean to me! Warmth wise, air temps have been in the 60ish area. Not tooooo great =/, but we've been havin some strange weather (thats michigan for ya). Winds have been pretty inconsistent.

Bass season starts on the 3rd Saturday of April. We've had a weird spring this year, it actually snowed in mid april! Anyways, water temp has to be in atleast the 40s, but im not forsure. I haven't done any real fishing yet, just casting off my deck, messing around with new lures. Where ya fishing at? I'm on St. Clair.

I'm on the north channel and usually fish in the bouvier/anchor bay area. But, I was just wondering if anybody was fishing st. clair yet. Seems like we have had a real late winter

Hello from a fellow michigander!

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THAT is pretty funny. Snooty/uptight people annoy the hell outta me.

I take those twistie tie things (like on loafs of bread), strip the paper off, and twist it around the R bend, that way I can use snaps on spinnerbaits. I don't lots of rods, so my spinnerbait rod is my crankbait rod is jig rod etc. They don't tangle on me, not any more than tying directly.

I guess if i had too, i would make the switch to tungsten. The only problem is that i don't see too many spinnerbaits/jigs made with tungsten.

I still gotta do this. I just kinda put stuff in it lol. But yeah mine can hold 4 3700s, or 8 3600s but i finally have too much tackle to fit all into my tackle box and gotta figure out what i want in it and what i dont.

I wish i could pond hop and not catch anything, the lake is still frozen over and not much pond hopping in michigan.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0smzkvb3yA Seriously wish i had done this before i turned 18, there were a few kids i would have liked to have body slammed to the floor haha.

Do you have anything on Sufix Elite ? X2, or siege.

Oh, thats what you mean by thumb trick, i thought you were just talking about keeping tension haha. Ya, I've done that with baitcasters since i owned one. Never had a name for.

I don't think that age plays a part. I m 18 and 2 years ago i was putting together my daiwa regal and lost a spacer...

Can't remember if it was a t-1 or a t-2 (bought it last year). Not crazy about em. I prefer Strike King over everything.

I can vouch for suffix too. EXCELLENT line and i plan on buying it again, after testing to see how suffix elite handles. Yo-Zuri hybrid is also awesome! If you are worried about your hooksets, loosen the drag a bit.