George Welcome

Neither bother the fish - 192-200 for detail 50 for deeper depths

I always say - shinners is just another bait - they sure can produce though. Congrats Russ!

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Largemouth bass comfort zone is 25' or less. Remember, this is a fish that lives by no rules so could they be deeper - yep, but not commonly. Down here in the sunny south, 12 feet is deep.

My suggestion would be to talk to people in your own state: http://www.mdc.mo.gov/teacher/myeducator-search.html Click on the county and that will give you the person to contact.

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Line: 50# braid will work just fine. Hook the shiner in front of the dorsal fin and be careful you do not go to deep. Hooked behind the dorsal fin puts the hook too far back and will account for more misses. The hook, which is designed for shiners is a Kahle - depending on shiner size a 4/0 or 5/0. In order to hook a bass the hook has to dislodge from the shiner, so your success will be greater with the Kahle hook then with a circle or octopus hook. Where you place the hook depends on what you want to shiner to do. It is important, but not near as important as the timing needed to actually hook the fish. Key to hooking is having a direct and tight line to the bass, and this is a balancing act. Ideally the bass will grab the shiner and swim away from you tightening the line as it goes. When you have a tight line, cross the bass's eyes. There's a bunch more to this, but that should get you started. For someone just beginning with shiners a 50 to 65% hookup rate would be pretty good. It is not a laydown method of catching bass.

Float size: as small as you can get away with. We use balloons so that we can control the size. Hook location depends on what you want the shiner to do - dance on the surface: hooked in front of the dorsal fin. Towed or swim down: hooked through the lower lip and out a nostril. Swim down and forward: hooked just in front of the anal gland. The decision to free-line is determined by the cover you are fishing next to. Little cover you can free-line. Lots of cover you need a float to keep the shiner out of the cover. However if the cover is floating having the shine swim down and under the cover will get you big fish. We also C-rig the shiner and split shot the shiner. Experiment!

Most states would consider a rig such as you are suggesting illegal. Another thought: spinner baits are reaction baits, not feeding baits.

"Bass DO NOT school. " A school of fish moves in unison, and live together. Bass swim and feed together, but in groups more accuratly called aggregations. They do not coordinate movements, but do prowl an area at the same time. Their feeding efforts aren't coordinated, and they don't remain in the same group. Therefore, bass don't exhibit true schooling behavior." The above is 100% wrong!!!!!!

Best of luck!

Dancin gals - Ha!

Alrighty then: you have teased and taunted those that can't make this gathering quite enough - move it up above where the elite can view it and us peasants can go about our business. 8-)

Short on theft: Bike stolen - middle of the night, no witness Kid caught riding bike - claims found in the woods Prosecutor - did you witness theft, answer no Charge dismissed

This link might be of help: http://www.indianabass.com/

The largemouth bass is the largest member of the sunfish family. The striped bass is a member of the temperate bass family, which includes white perch and white bass.

Funny how names come down the pike: Black sea bass are really bass. Largemouth bass are not bass.

March is "hot times" on the old Marsh. Not a good time for me to be roving the countryside. Have a great time out there.

Common Names - black bass, Florida bass, Florida (or southern) largemouth, green bass, bigmouth, bucketmouth, linesides, Oswego bass and green trout. This is my understanding for the term "black" bass: A series of black splotches extend laterally along its side, forming a horizontal line to its tail.

5/0 hook: you have something to look forward to because you probably will get hooked by one. If you fish often enough you definitely will.

Let's just think about the survival aspect for one minute. If you get hooked in the leg does it decrease you chance of survival? They will more than likely do quite well.

The presence of bait fish jumping and swirling about does not always indicate that bass are chasing them up. What kind of bait fish? If in fact bass bait fish, what size bait fish? Next time you see this occuring try downsizing you bait.

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SFWMD Conservations areas 1,2, and 3. Yep, in the glades, sort of: 1 & 2 are fishable - 3 is good for froggin.