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Go to Table Rock Lake or any deep, clear lake with smallmouths and spotted bass, in the hot months of summer without a light to medium light drop-shot rod. The sissies will be catching all the fish.

I agree that it is the best. All the episodes were originally shown in the months of January - March. Now they just keep repeating the same episodes over and over on television. I wish they would have recorded about 6 months worth to begin with. I've watched them all three or four times. I look forward to next season.

Ouch! I guess I can't argue the facts. What can you say about a team that has lost 100 games or more four of the last five years. But they are playing better this year. Royals fans have to believe the youth movement will reap future benefits. The trouble is, the Royals have been here before, and then free agency takes all of the talented guys away. The Royals have to spend some money to keep some of these guys when their payday arrives . . . . . . Carlos Beltran, Johnny Damon, Jermaine Dye, etc. where are you now?

I believe she was over 5 but not close to 7 lbs. My PB is 6 lbs 15 oz so she wasn't close. She was just shy of the distance from the bottom of my shoe to the top of my knee which is approximately 23 inches so she was about 22 inches long but she didn't have a good pot belly. It's been a bad year for me. I had yet to catch one over 5 this year. Work has not allowed me to have many days on the water. At least that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

How 'bout those Royals??? They are only 15 games under .500 and they aren't in the cellar. Who would have thought that the White Sox would fall to the basement. The Royals have actually played some decent baseball since their slow start. If they would score some runs when Gil Meche is pitching they would be only a few games under .500. I'm a Cardinals fan but I'm a KC resident and after the Cardinals I guess I'm a Royals fan. So how about it? Any Royals fans out there want to comment?

Thanks to RW much more than me. I started using Yo-Zuri hybrid ultra-soft a little over a year ago because of his recommendation.

fourbizzle, I should have spoken to you before I bought my Powells. My first rod from The Tackle Depot was free shipping but that was it.

Wow. What a heavy thread. Misunderstandings are a part of life. They will always occur. Deb, if someone has misunderstood your intent and sent you some PMs due to this misunderstanding, I'm sure your original post on this thread will straighten it out. LBH stated: Well, thanks for straightening that out for us, Russ. Just how many of us have you been flirting with? Just kidding, LBH.

Though I'm sticking with bassboats, I find this to be an interesting conversation. What about rod storage on these Carolina Skiffs? I don't see a lot of room to lay too many combos out for bass fishing.

Good point, Catt. And . . . . . . smallfry stated: One of the lakes I fish on a regular basis is a veritable stump field with trees broken off a foot or two below the surface. The water is stained enough where many of these aren't visible. I believe the composite shaft on my Minn Kota has saved me quite a few headaches. Otherwise, I think you can't go wrong with either of these brands.

My Dad started me out on bass fishing but he was what I would call a lazy bass fisherman. He wasn't one to try out new baits, new lakes, or new techniques. When he found something that worked, he stuck with it. So I learned to fish on one lake, and the lures that worked were Rapala Floaters, Rapala Countdowns, and t-rigged and weightless plastic worms. That was all he used. I learned by imitating him. We did all of our fishing with spincast equipment. We fished from an aluminum boat with a trolling motor. So when it came time to learn how to use baitcasting reels, spinning reels, a powered bassboat, and the myriad lures that exist I was on my own. It took some time to become adept at all of these. I tell you all of this to encourage you. I was fortunate to learn on a lake with a strong bass population and the fishing pressure was below average. When you are learning, you need to have at least one location you can go to and catch fish even when your techniques aren't up to snuff. This keeps you from losing confidence which can really affect your ability to catch fish. If you are learning on a body of water where even the best anglers struggle, I would recommend you search high and low for another place to learn. Don't get me wrong. You still want to fish difficult waters, but the learning process requires some fish to be caught to keep your confidence and enthusiasm. Another point to consider is what is the size of the lake you are fishing? If you are learning on a large lake, your first obstacle is to find the fish, since maybe 90 percent of the fish will be in 10 percent of the water. This requires knowledge in reading a topographical map, knowledge in reading a depth finder, and time to "tour" the lake and find fish-holding areas. Considering the items above, a small body of water with a good bass population would probably serve your needs better in the learning phases of bass fishing.

http://powellco.com/dealer.html Go to the site above and find a dealer. Dealers are located in every state keyed in blue. I usually order from the dealer nearest to me, The Tackle Depot in Wichita, KS. They don't keep all models in stock but they can order what I want and I usually get them in two weeks.

I use a net with a long handle. When they jump near the boat I catch them in the net. This decreases the mortality rate for these fish to nearly zero, since they aren't being hooked and aren't wearing themselves out fighting on the way back to the boat. 8-)

The aluminum boat I was in did not have a livewell. The owner of this pond keeps it on the bank flipped over. I'm lucky the old rickety thing even floats. Anyway, while I was releasing the fish it got me to thinking. Like most have stated, without a livewell, if it's possibly my personal best, I'm probably going to weigh and at least get a pic.

I was fishing today in an aluminum boat with no motor on a pond. The wind was high and even with a drift sock and anchor I was pretty busy maneuvering the boat at times. A large bass took my worm (***, BTW) while I was busy stashing the anchor rope out of the way. Unfortunately, due to my delay in setting the hook, the fish was hooked in the gullet. I worked for a few minutes and was able to work the hook out with no blood or damage to the fish. I released her without weighing her because I had her out of the water for so long. She swam away fine so I was relieved. This fish was not my personal best but it was probably the largest bass I've caught this year. But what if she had been my personal best? And that is my question to you. If you gullet hooked a bass and it appeared to be the biggest you had ever caught, would you take the time to weigh and measure it after keeping it out of the water for a long time removing the hook? I believe I would at least weigh the fish if it was close to my personal best, but that would increase the chances of her death. (Yeah, I know, guilty as charged. :-?) What would you do?

The left-handed ones don't sell as well because they are a minority of the population (12-15%). :

I guess it depends on what the other stores are offering around you. You may be able to find them cheaper online but to make a fair comparison you have to include the shipping charges as well.

If you use Yamamoto Senkos I would recommend the use of O-rings when wacky-rigging. You can use Senko type worms made by other manufacturers without the O-ring though it will help any of these baits to last longer. For a number of people the wacky-rig is a very successful technique and some would consider it one of their go-to choices. I've had a lot of success with it and with weightless t-rigging of these worms.

I also detect tremendous enthusiasm over a female member of the same species.

Sweet. Catching a load of 2 lb'ers is a lot of fun.

As far as I know, there isn't a monofilament made that doesn't have some memory. Braided lines obviously don't have memory. I use Yo-Zuri hybrid ultra soft (bonded fluoro and nylon), Trilene XT monofilament, and I'm currently giving different pure fluorocarbon lines a try as well. (Using Cabelas right now.) None of these lines are giving me fits with memory, including the Cabela's fluorocarbon. When memory becomes a problem I just respool but this usually takes a few weeks to even a couple of months depending on the line. After a few casts does the memory disappear? If not, and if you haven't had it spooled for very long, I'd change brands.

I haven't read it but I've heard it's an interesting read.

Welcome to the forum.

I can't believe the Rangers scored 30 runs! That's unreal. It's the most runs scored by a team in 110 years and the most ever in the American League. Yes, Albert is hot . . . . 5 games in a row with a home run.

I agree. On a small body of water you can watch your success deteriorate when using the same baits day after day. If you wait a few weeks and come back, using the same baits, it's all new again.