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  1. Catt replied to slawdawg's topic in Fishing Tackle
    Cinnamon Pepper Neon/June Bug Laminated (Camouflage)
  2. I'm very narrow minded in my color selection when it comes to jig; I use only two different colors Black & Blue and Black Neon. Now trailers are a different subject not in colors but in kinds of trailers. I use Gene Larew Craw Worms, Zoom Swimming Chunks, Zoom Super Chunks, Double Tail Grubs, NetBait Paca Craw, and various others.
  3. It depends on what you mean when you say I would still like to know if any Southerns have had any luck using these methods. While I haven't read "Big Bass Zone" by Bill Siemantel, I have read every post both here and elsewhere by Fish Chris, Mattlures, fourbizzle, Randall, Doug Hannon, Bill Murphy and others. Catching big bass is not so much about lures as it is about where you search for them and like Fish Chris once posted here it's about mind set. Not all big bass are caught on big swim baits as everyone will attest to; below is a list of Double Digit bass I've caught so far in 2007 and not one was caught on swim bait only because I wasn't throwing them. Lacassine Wildlife Refuge: All caught on a 9 worm 10.37 lbs 10.63 lbs 11 lbs 3 oz Toledo Bend Reservoir: 10 lbs 3 oz: 7 ½ Worm 10.061 lbs: ½ oz Jig-N-Craw 10 lbs 10 oz: 7 ½ Worm 12 lbs 8 oz: ½ oz Rat-L-Trap
  4. Worm/jig bite Ok let's see if we can shed some light on the subject of feeling a worm or jig bite; many people say the two are totally different but I believe they are very similar. Worm/jig: with these baits the bass will simply flare its gills causing a vacuum which moves water and your bait into their mouth. With this bite there is very little if any line movement thereby not much is transmitted to your rod tip. The art of feeling a worm/jig bite is a fine combination of watching your line and feeling for unnatural sensations of what your bait shouldn't feel like. Some times you will feel that classic Tap, some times you'll only see line movement, some times your line will simply go slack, but some times there will only be a feeling of heaviness that is almost like your line will not move. The bites where the bass moves after inhaling you bait are the easy ones to feel because there is line movement, the bites where the bass simply inhales your bait and just sits there are the hardest to feel. Feeling a worm/jig bite requires keeping a certain amount of tension on your line while at the same time keeping a certain amount of slackness in your line. To the average angler this makes no sense at all but the worm/jig angler it makes total sense.
  5. Marques Colston New Orleans Saints http://fansided.vodpod.com/group/show_video/220808-marques-colston-commercial
  6. Bumper stickers Prozac: Sometimes you feel like a nut, Sometimes you don't Success: Is what your boss achieves through your hard work. Christian, American, Heterosexual, Pro-gun, Conservative, any questions. T-shirt from the National Bee Keepers Association has a large cartoon bee: Be Healthy Eat Your Honey Everyday! Black LSU T-Shirt has huge pair of red anger Tiger eyes Does not play well with others Seems others have a problem with loosing
  7. Catt replied to tritz18's topic in Fishing Tackle
    Gene Larew
  8. Over the past 35 years I've participated in 70+ tournaments with 27 wins all but 13 were won will anchored on deep water structure. It is easier to pick apart structure anchored than constantly fighting a trolling motor. You can anchor deep while casting shallow or anchor shallow while casting deep; you can also work 360 degrees around the boat without worrying about drifting off the structure. What if the area is not holding fish? Then I aint gonna be fishing to start with I can also work just as many productive spots but simply pulling up anchor and moving; it aint that hard.
  9. The weight is far extra casting distance, simply hold your rod tip straight up & reel; I've done this many times with a ¼ oz weight.
  10. The Husker are playing solid football but they must step it up another notch by cutting down on turnovers. The Tiger's offence knocked a snot bubble (598 yds) in the nose of the team that has boasted the nation's top-ranked defense each of the last two years.
  11. Any new to me vehicle is sweet and even more so when it's a truck
  12. What many people fail to understand with slow moving baits like a Texas Rig, Jig-N-Craw, Senko and others is the bass doesn't have to chase it down. This is especially true when flipping/pitching the bass will simply inhale the bait without ever moving and there will be no line movement at all. You almost have to have a sixth sense about you when fishing these baits making them a little more difficult to master. I can assure you that if you are relaying solely on visual line movement you are missing a tremendous amount of bites. This is magnified ten fold with double digit bass they'll simply sit with the bait in their mouth and will be the lightest bite you'll never feel or see.
  13. Just like all chain stores not all of them carry the same models of a particular product; we don't carry the 3901, we do however carry the 390 and the A391 Xtrema2. I know this for a fact because I sold a 390 & an Xtrema2 last night. Academy's web site show numerous items our store doesn't carry; it shows Academy sells Mercury outboards we don't because there is a boat dealer in the area which sells Mercury so according to Mercury there can only be one dealer within a certain sales radius. The web site also doesn't show the Marlin 336 in .308 which we have 5 in stock, it doesn't show that we sell Bushmaster A3 Entry Carbine & Camo Varminter.
  14. Catt replied to hardhead's topic in Introductions
    How Y'all Are
  15. I tried that once with a 60 lb Cobia (Ling) didn't work to will, took the skin off to the meat, aint tried it since
  16. Excuse me but I sell Beretta 390's at Academy & we buy twice as many as Wal-Mart; Academy is the #2 gun retailer in the nation behind Gander Mountain who also sells Beretta 390's. Why would a manufacturer like Berretta or Minn Kota put their reputation on the line by selling less than quality products on any market?
  17. 4 strokes also require tune ups, timing chains adjustments, & other routine maintenance all requiring down time.
  18. I do the same thing with a Texas Rigged Worm with a 1/32-1/16 oz weight
  19. I fish jigs a lot at night and what I do is what y'all should be doing all along feeling the bite. While there is nothing wrong with watching your line there are more times your line will not move than times when it will move. With a Texas Rig or Jig the bass are not moving as with spinner baits or cranks so many bites the bass will simply inhale the worm/jig and sit on it not moving an inch. Learn to weigh your bait. Explanation: if you can go to a swimming pool, pond, or creek any where with clear water where you can see your bait on the bottom in 5 to 10 of water. First pitch your bait about 10 to 15 yards on the ground, close your eyes a shake or hop the bait. Feel what the bait feels like in no water (I mean really learn it). Then pitch it out in the water and do the same thing. I can feel the thump of a Texas rigged worm with a ¼ ounce sinker as hit bottom in 15 to 18 foot of water. If you can't you need practice! Now you are probably asking yourself what does this have to do with feeling a fish bite. Well if your bait feels any different that this, drop the rod, reel the slack, & set the hook! And yes I can see my line at night under certain conditions but I mainly feel my bait
  20. After whipping the #1 defense from last year 48 to 7 if LSU aint #1 I don't know who is
  21. Many people fish deep offshore structure by trying to stay in position with their trolling motor which I think is a waste of time; anchoring is way more productive. When anchoring a boat on deep offshore structure you must account for the length of you boat and which transducer you're reading. Matt we will fish this place again and hopefully in the near future
  22. Peacock Bass now that's a real test of your tackle
  23. Yea a buoy will mark the spot but what do you do next?
  24. Man there has been some close calls with members dodging the bullet lately and here's mine. Last night I was cooking supper and my wife had placed a 10 quart heavy glass bowl on the stove because it's too heavy for her to reach the top cabinet where it belongs. I had just place a pot on the stove to boil some water and turned the burner on high and then starting making tea in the coffee pot next to the stove. I walked about 10' to the pantry to get the tea when there was a huge explosion scaring the crap out of me. I turned around realizing I had turned the burner on under the glass bowl and it had exploded in the hundreds of pieces flying all over the kitchen. Had I not walked away to get the tea I would have been standing at the stove and it wouldn't have been a pretty picture since glass had bounced off the ceiling. Thank you lord

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