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This is absolutely true. One who exercise regularly and his/her body composition contains more muscle can be trim and, yet, weigh the same as someone who is obviously overweight due to the higher density of muscle as compared to fat. However, I would think most bass would be similar in this regard as they live similar lifestyles, if you will. I don't see bass pumping iron in the lakes I fish. I think the contents in their stomachs would have more of an affect on this, as George stated. Measurements should only be used as fair estimates, not as a replacement for actually weighing the fish.

I thought the same thing, Shad_Master, but there wasn't any "gunk" in this case.

http://bassresource.com/bassfishing/fishcalculator.html This is the link to the weight calculator in the Tacklebox menu from Bassresource.com. Hope this is useful to you.

I hear they're going to try Pujols as a closer. He does everything else for them. :

Thanks for the kind words, Roger. To clarify, I wasn't promoted. I've been doing installations and support. This was just a much larger one.

Having a 15 foot great white shark on lite spinning tackle. Really, I would like to be on a secluded pond/lake surrounded by forest and Ozark mountains (They call these hills in Colorado), and catching a five bass limit in the 30 - 40 lb range with maybe a double digit bass to boot.

Yesterday evening I fished a pond that I've fished a few times this summer. It's a large pond and it is fed by a creek and, according to the owner, a couple of springs. The deepest water is near 30 feet. The water is usually fairly clear, but yesterday it was murky, almost to the point of being muddy. There hasn't been a big rain to speak of, in over a month. Usually, the fishing is great at this pond for size and numbers. Needless to say, the murky water slowed the fishing drastically. I was wondering how it became so muddy. Could this muddy/murky water be a result of the pond turning over? We have had some really cool nights in the upper 40s and lower 50s over the past couple of weeks though the days have been mostly 70s with an occasional 60+ thrown in. I thought the air temperatures would need to be cooler than that to make a 30 foot deep pond turnover, but I'm not an expert on turnover. Any ideas?

That's beautiful, LBH. You're making a big difference in a lot of people's lives. That's how success is measured in my book.

basser89, Very few field techs in our field make more. The Cisco VoIP stuff is very difficult and without the engineers, most, but not all of them, would be lost, so our base pay is much better than theirs, but we are salaried and they do get overtime. The success rate for the CCIE Voice certification is only 3 percent on the first attempt. And, relatively speaking, there aren't many CCNP/CCVP certified Cisco engineers, of which, I am one. So we do Ok. But enough about that. Let's talk fishing. My PMS is subsiding.

Cart7 is on it. I have fished only a few times the last couple of winters, but I'm planning on getting out and braving the weather more this winter. Gotta break out the spoons.

It's good to be back. I thought I'd get a conversation going about work interfering with the most important activity known to humankind. (Well, let's leave sex out of it.) I'm sure alot of you have experienced the same thing at one time or another. When I'm not fishing I get irritable, kind of like PMS for men.

I'm actually not a field tech. I configure all the servers, routers, and switches at my office. I then ship them to the sites. The field techs have to rack 'em and wire 'em but that's about it. Once the equipment is in place I vpn into the systems for anything else that is needed. The Cisco AVVID VoIP systems require alot of configuration before and after they are racked. Customers often decide after the equipment is installed that what they originally asked for isn't what they want. Then there is after cut support. Yeah, I prefer fishing.

The Cardinals are going to kick butt and make the series. Then they will sweep their Americn league opponent . . . . . . . . . . . Oh, sorry. Daydreaming again.

I've had a difficult time even getting a look-see at what has been going on with the forum lately. Beginning in early August I was assigned as the lead engineer on a data and voice over IP network installation for a company with 90 plus sites in Florida, Texas, and Colorado. I've been working long hours and through the weekends to get this cut over. I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. I didn't realize how much I would miss participating in the BassResource.com forum. It's good to "mingle" with other like-minded fishermen. I've been able to make a rare post now and then but that's it. Last weekend was the first time in over a month that I was able to get out and fish. Just wanted to let you guys know BassResource.com is special and it's good to be back. 8-)

I've caught a couple of 6 lb'ers on Rapala original floaters, and quite a few over 5 on the large Zara Spook. I think that you will catch more smaller fish if you're fishing topwaters fast because they are more likely to strike quickly due to their aggressive instincts.

This is like poetry to my ears, Cart7.

At Smithville Lake, north of KC, fishing 12 - 20 feet is deep. Fishing Table rock in Southern Missouri is another matter due to the extremely clear water where the bass will hang out in 30 - 40 foot depths (and sometimes deeper) in the heat of summer. It all depends on the characteristics of the lake I'm fishing.

I used to never weigh my fish unless it was close to my personal best. Now I'm interested in seeing what my best bag of five would be, so I weigh them if they are near or over 5 lbs. I usually can determine if a weigh-in is necessary by eye-balling them or by measuring length and girth, so I do measure the dimensions of more fish than I weigh.

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It definitely sounds like the hook isn't getting set good enough due to one or a combination of the following: your hooks aren't sharp, your medium action rod doesn't have the backbone to sink the hooks, or your hook-setting technique could be improved. If the bass were pulling the tail you wouldn't feel the fish fighting after you set the hook because you would pull the worm out of their mouths.

6.9 lbs on a black 7.5 inch t-rigged Culprit worm I've caught others over 6 lbs on the following: Rapala silver/black original floaters, Rapala SR7 SD shad raps, Zara Spooks, and on a green watermelon black flake t-rigged weightless Senko. I don't remember which ones were the second and third largest.

Yes, indeed.

Very good essay. I have to agree with his conclusions.

I like to stand but sometimes I don't want to be as visible to the fish when fishing clear water, so I'll hunker down. I don't know if this makes a difference, but it doesn't hurt. Also, my boat is a small bass boat so when I'm in choppy water I'll sit while running the trolling motor to avoid falling out of the boat.

This happened to dirt bikes in the 90s. Even thought the two stroke was lighter and more powerful, they were unable to meet EPA requirements. You can still buy them for motocross but that's about it.