zaraspook_dylan2

hey there, im 14 and ever since i was 10, my dads been getting me to do the same thing when we approach a stump- if the fishing is hot, burn a spinner bait by it. If the bite had been off, work it VERY slowly with a worm or jig. i like to rig the worm split-shot, because that way i am able to keep the worm in one place for a long time, and still be able to jig it up and down a bit, in hopes of triguring a bite. good luck

lol thanks a lot for that.... i was looking forward to see a well earned lunker. but oh well, that was hilarious

I personally dont like crank baits to much. But there is a time and place where a crank is a good, productive way to go. I disagree with spending $15+ on a single crank bait. There is many other cranks out there that are cheap ($10 or less), and just as productive if not even better. I favour a Heddon Big-O, for shallow water fishing. I have caught many many smallies and largies on it, and its a cheap bait to. But all in all its personal preference, and whether or not your willing to spend $15+. Good Luck.

Wow thats a pretty interesting question lol. Its already been said, the locals would most likely win, but you gotta think, the pro's are used to fishing new water a lot..

I love fishing in the rain. If you can find em, you can get into some niiice fish.

congrats on the new boat, its all you need to have a great day on the water.

those are a couple beauties.

sounds a little unrealistic to me then again i live in Ontario, where the bassin' isnt near fishing in the southern states.

I prefer a baitcast rod over a spincast rod ANY DAY. Well, when i can get away with it, meaning if the lure is to light i cant use it on a baitcaster and i'll switch to a spincast. About the price thing, just go to garage sales, ebay, stuff like that, to purchase cheaper/used rods. I bought 4 used bait cast rods all in great condition for 100$. If money's a problem, just buy used tackle.

I agree with you, its been put into water thats open to the public. No rules stating you cant fish it.

i dont even know where to purchase molds. where can i do this?

looks good to me, id deffinately try it

if its raining use a dark coloured lure.

try texas rigging them or hooking them by the tail, and fish em' live.

its already been said- Texas or Florida.

thanks a lot

thank you.

yeah i know what you mean, the day after that fishing trip they were out. it sucks when they go by on the other side of the lake, making us recieve the wake - 10 minutes later

lmao!

Hey there. I'm 14 and my dad and I went fishing last year on Rice Lake for the 1st time. We launched off at the west end of the lake, went to about the middle and drifted back fishing the shorelines. We were out for a good 8 hours. We had caught 5 decent bass, 2-3 pounds each, all on a 10 inch worm. It was over cast the whole day with some rain in the morning. Then 3:00 came around. The sun came out, I threw on a spinner-bait and started nailin bass. I caught 4 bass within 10 minutes. One being a 4.6 pound smallie, which is my biggest bass to date. My dad had the same luck to. So we drifted along the shore for another hour or so until we were 100 yards from where we launched. We were still throwin a spinner bait, using 20 pound test flurocarbon, on bait cast out fits. My dad throws his spinner bait 10 feet past this pile of slop..reels it in and right next to the slop BAM. Musky. My dads biggest, he could tell it was his biggest by far, from when it jumped completely out of the water. So he decides to hand the rod to me. im like dad :-/ what do i do im gonna lose this fish. he just laughed at me and said oh well now your gonna know how a musky fights. of course this thing is reefing out line, so, afraid of killing this beautiful fish, we had no choice but to tighten the drag in hopes of getting it in. This is ten minutes in to the fight and we have it up to the boat, and you get that first whiff of musky. To me it smells like blood and steel. Its terrible. My dad reaches in, grabs it by the gills and pulls up this monster musky- 51 inches. I was shaking because i was so excited, but then my dad takes out the spinner bait, (which was just destroyed) and says "ok Dylan, are you ready to release it?" I just laughed and said whatever dad, but he was serious, so i had to gill this musky, and put it back in, my arm was already dead because of the fight this fish gave off, but it was a relatively quick release. she got in the water , was there for about 10 seconds, and took off from my hand. Thats my fishing story. 8-) P.S. Always carry a camera, because of course we didnt have one

absolutely go fishing in the rain. it should never make you consider not fishing (unless theres lightening) darker colours in any lure work. dark 10 inch worms and topwater baits such as a zaraspook (my favourite) are dynamite. BUT- MAKE SURE you have a spinner bait ready to go, any point in that day where the sun comes out is the time for a spinner bait. i prefer a shad coloured willow leaf/colorado blade combo. just remember though, darker colours work best

i love how almost everyone on this forum has a picture of a big bass they've caught. so i seen your picture and laughed.. lol ;D

LMAO thats a good one:D my dad caught his biggest bass with me when we were fishin docks and as he had this bass on the guy comes runnin out saying how we are stealing his fish ;D

i just inherited a tackle box full of tackle, and theres about 5-6 Lymans Plugs, and i was wondering if any one fishes them at all and for bass

i personally have tonnes of success with a shad coloured booyah spinnerbait. i will choose one without a trailor earlier in the day when the bite is on a little more, but when the bite dies down i will switch to a spinner bait with some sort of trailor- i love to put a red feather on it, and i always have a trailor hook on there to. hope this helps