sammy1

well i have never fished the ohio river, but the colorado river should be no diffeent. when we fish there, especially the main river channel, you should look for eddies or calm areas that are protected from the faster moving water. this is where bass will set up to ambush what ever comes by. second if you can find backwater lakes, those should have fish. in river systems, bass are almost always structure oriented so the best way to go after them would be a spinnerbait and a pitch bait. flipping should get you some bites and make sure to use a 1 ounce weight to fight the current.

they rae deadly when there is alot of pressure. i caught a nice 2 pounder on one last saturday and the worm held up great. the best tip for the worms is do not over work them. just the slightest twitch of the rod tip and the worm really shakes. just drag or bounce the bait down the bank and pause it at times. if you can find them use the jig heads with the weed guard. i have had better luck in the 4.8 inch size in watermelon pepper.

frogs will work anywhere. just ask dean rojas. he won the b.a.s.s tournamnet on lake oneida last year throwing frogs around trees and docks. they are great because you can work them fast and make tons of casts hitting every thing possible. i fish them here in the san diego river and have caught many good size bass throwing it around roots and rocks. best technique is to try and get the frog to work back and forth just like a sammy or spook. you can even make the frog spit water. i prefer the spro frogs. hope this helps.

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throw a fluke. you can fish it real slow with occasional jeks. or if the are active you can work it near the surface. riggeg wedless on a 5 ought hook you wont snag and will allow you to fish all kinds of cover. if the fish arent shallow you can still throw it with a weighted hook.

1. ghost minnow 2. chartruee shad 3. white chartruese back 4. red black back 5. lavender shad

1. ghost minnow

when the bite is tough i prefer a reaction innovations smallie beaver and when the fish are more active i upsize to a zoom trick worm or roboworm 6-7 inch fat straight tail worm.

if our boat has a locker bar it could deter a thief. they wont want to spend time scrweing around with trying to cut it and will just try and move on to something else. i said aluminum in my firts post and meant to say steel. the eye bolts my dad used are real thick so it would be real difficult to cut. taking your tackle out would be the best solution but it ca be such a pain to unload 10 boxes and 15 rods everytime.

spooks are best when its early and nice and calm. color should not matter too much. i personally prefer to throw it around rock, sand and stickups. experiment also. try putting a chartrues feather on the back treble to get more strikes. dont be afraid to throw the spook back over an area you just tried. sometimes a different angle is all it takes.keep walking the dog and it will pay off.

happens alot in vegas during the us open and other finals tournaments. my dad built a system of using four eye bolts and screwed them into opposite sides of the boat. two for the front and two for the back. then he took a fairly thick piece of aluminum from work and cut two slits in it to slip over the bolts and then he just masterlocks the bar shut. really tough for someone to break into that. the drawing is not great but its the general idea. ___________________________ lO_________________________Ol

3 inch=smallie beaver(dirty sanchez or pumpkin black flake) 4 inch=roboworm in blue crawler, morning dawn and peoples pro staff 5 inch= yamamoto kut tail(natural colors) 6 inch=roboworm in prizm krawler and trick worm in Ruby color senko and ika in black with blue flake and watermellon red fluke in blue glimmer color 8-10 inch=old intimidator plastics in jalapeno color

here in san diego we get the peta freaks all the time dressing in fish suits and putting hooks in their mouths. they do demonstrations near san diego bay. morons! i have never dealt with one personally but here the san diego city lakes are ridicoulous. last month i was kayaking and worming this point with another boat. these four chicks come paddling by in their kayaks and pass right between me and the other boat. one of the girls actually bumps the guys dropshot line and freaks out. luckly one of the girls passed on the outside and me and the boat decided she was the smart one. that same day my dad was fishing in an American Bass West tournament and early in the morning a bot came right by my dads probably 10 ft away. my dads partner pitched his ika into the guys boat and the guy got all ticked off and said, you think you own the lake! the guy kept on going but it was still a d**k move.

make sure to use a 3 inch tube. i also like to use a skinny bear finnesse jig in the smallest size i can get away with. drag it real slow. remember if their short striking it means you have got to downsize or even slow down.

whats been hot for me lately is reaction innovations smallie beaver in dirty sanchez color. i have been shakey heading it and been doing well. they are perect for the reac inno. screwed up jig head and also can be t rigged.

you cold use the lizards for alot of other techniques. first you could throw it on a smaller shakey head like 3/32 or 1/8 and work it on the bottom real slow. second and what i would do out here in california is split shot it in shallow water. drag it real slow and let the lizard float behind the weight. the same would apply if you were using it to carolina rig. a four inch lizard would be great to have if you need to downsize from the larger 6 inch size.

for me buzzbaits are simple, white with blue or white and chartruese.

i use a small plano box 10"x8" for my small four inch worms, there are 8 slots so it helps in keeping my colors selection tight. i just take them put of the bag and pile them into each slot. for larger worms i usually keep them in their bags and keep them in a larger box and organize them by brand. for plastics such as senkos and ikas i keep them in their bags in the front pouch of my tack bag for quick reach.

pro line jigs in brown/purple or straight brown with a zoom chunk trailer.

smallie beaver for me as well. cant beat the colors and they are very durable. i flip them a ton at the san diego river and the colorado river. my favorite colors are black, watermelon red flake and spring break

i find color to be extremely important, especially here in the west. a good example occurred last summer, i was float tubing the san diego river and was fishing a spot that i have caught fish before using a zoom trick worm in black w/ red flake. this time i decided to throw a 7 inch roboworm in grape color. i fished it for a few casts for nothing and switched to the trick worm and caught three fish in 10 minutes. from that day on i throw nothing but black with red flake in the river. the reason being is the water at the river is always a little dirtier and the black color i feel shows up better than most other colors.