tnbassfisher

I'm strongly looking into one.

I would say closer to 5 1/2 than 6 by the size of the girth. Nice fish none the less.

Well, maybe you've got all of that out of you for the year.

I am looking into getting in the world of baitcasters and wanted a little advice as to which would be the best for someone who is just learning to use one. Also, if I could possibly get some tips on using them that would be great. Thanks

Just buying a bag of senkos and tossing one on a hook and casting wont work, unless your very lucky haha. Read some of the articles, learn what wacky means, learn what t-rig, carolina etc mean and how and when to use these presentations. Read up on how fish hold, where they are, how to fish certain structure, what colors to use when. Then apply the two together, presentation for the structure your working. You will do so much better when you understand the principals and how to apply them. It's very hard, and frustrating to just go out and cast and get skunked day in and day out. Granted if you increase your knowledge, you will catch more fish. When I started my reading / research to fishing ratio was about 5:1 hours. I just soaked up all the knowledge I could, asked as many questions as I could think of and things eventually started to click. When I hit the water, I wasn't even really caring to much if I caught a fish, yeah it would have been a nice bonus but I was practicing the techniques that I had learned and tuning them, adjusting as I saw fit. The pro's study a lake for days, practice it for days then take a month off before a tournament. I started looking at maps a lot, where the drop offs are, running crank baits along the bottom to feel out the ridges and structure, where the rocks were etc. I loved Ike's book especially when he explained the preparations he went through before a tournament. It clicked for me to start this type of study of the water I fish. Hope this helps at least a little. You think that you could possibly send me some links to some good articles to read up on?

Love my Costas!

For some reason when I get the knot wet before I tighten it down it seems to hold better.

I saw a late night infomercial for that the other night, and couldn't resist stopping to watch. But p90x is a great workout. Our school bought it for a few of our football players to lose weight with, and everyone of them swears by it.

LOL, Tennessee has a big target on their back with that new coach of theirs. Hey, give that new coach some credit. He's getting commits from 13 year olds. Do you see anyone else doing that? He also has the hottest wife of any coach. I mean hey, you gotta find something to brag about. Anyways, Go Vols!

Honestly, I have never been happier to find a thread topic on the internet. I have been getting these a ton lately, and can't figure out why.

If at all possibly try and find areas that don't get fished as heavily. Also, try going deeper when it's hot out.

Possibly some of the best info someone could have given for you being shore bound.

That's all that I have found. I've found a creek that I wade on a normal basis, but I can't find much other than that.

I think you are going to pretty much get the same response from everyone, but go with a Rat-L-Trap as a fish finding lure. Then go to a Spinnerbait if you still aren't catching anything.

Well like most young kids, I probably caught my first fish on a night crawler. However, I believe I caught my first one on an artificial with a Rooster Tail. Still use Rooster Tails very often.

This forum reminds me that I was going to go look at a tree the other day for some lures that I have seen people get hung up, but I forgot. Will have to do that within the next couple of days.

I was wanting to know of some good places to fish without a boat in Middle Tennessee.

The Clearance section is where the Baitmonkey always likes to get me.

Look at some Zoom Lizards in Pumkin, Some Rat-L-Traps like stated before Silver with Blue Backs. Possibly some Rapalas

I normally manage to get it hug up before it wont hold on the hook.

Dicks has a large clearance section full of them at the one in my area.

Rebel Crawfish. They will hit them all day long. Also, small Rat-L-Traps.

Not going to lie to you all one bit. I get a little freaked out when I'm around water at night.

Rat-L-Trap

Wade fishing in the creek like I usually do. If a 4" Zoom Lizard isn't catching anything, then I'm tying on a Rooster Tail and trying to catch every fish in the river.