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No where did I say any thing about price but quality does come with a price; you determine what quality you will accept. Buying one quality rod-n-reel isn't limiting you fishing experience in the least instead it enhancing your fishing experience. I do not buy into this idea that you need a dozen rod-n-reels to be able to catch fish; two quality setups will cover any situation. You can only fish top water, mid-depth, or on the bottom; that's 3 max.

Gives a smaller profile, faster rate of fall, and you can also try a buck tail jig

Excellent at night

Along the Gulf Coast it's hot (90+) from late April through September; I use larger baits and look for vegetation. Grass = Bass

Waters stained by tannic acid which has leached from the leaves of trees. This is common in streams and ponds where hardwood tree leaves fall into the water. Though stained, the water is usually quite transparent. Watermelon Neon, Fire-&-Ice, Electric Blue plastic White, Blue, & Chartreuse spinner bait skirts with brass/nickel blades Chrome Blue back cranks

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All I could think was drop the rod, reel the slack, & set the hook

Shimano Calcutta CT50 Gear Ratio: 5:0.1

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I'm 100% Cajun; well actually Cajun & Irish so I'll argue with a fence post if I think I'm right. The quickest way to end an argument is if you're wrong admit it, if you're right shut up As for our moderators

When I was 12 my dad taught me how to build custom cabinets & in order to build them you must first have quality tools. Yes you can cut $150.00 a sheet plywood with a hand saw or a skill saw but you get a smoother cut with a table saw. Not only will the cut be smoother but you'll not have to work as hard; I don't mind working I just don't like working hard. So buy the right tools for the job and buy quality tools; same applies to fishing

That'll work; I'll meet you at the launch at daylight

Now that's funny right there

Are you kidding me ;D Only death will stop me from fishing

The eyes of a bass go through a night adaptation cycle beginning at twilight and are usually adapted for black, white, and all shades of gray within an hour after darkness. Bass can see color but not at night, color it's self is meaningless at night. Bass cannot see details at night, so don't waste time with meticulously painted or patterned lures.

Terraserver.com or Topo Zone.com has topo maps & aerial photos of most of the world including lakes. Bass relate to structure, breaks, & breakline regardless of the size of the body of water; in smaller bodies of water the size of the structure, breaks, & breaklines will also be smaller. If some one truly wants to learn how to locate & catch bass on a consistent bases they would copy & paste this information along with Matt Fly's thread on bait fish into Mirco Soft Word & study it daily until it became second nature.

Yea buddy, that's some awesome film footage

Raul x2

Jigging spoons are the #1 winter time bait on Toledo Bend Ringworms are my #1 goto bait & they work

Bass must have a visible path of breaks and break lines on a structure from deep water all the way to the shallows; which is where the bulk of food is available to bass. As bass move along a structure they pause or stop at "things"; breaks and break lines on the bottom. It is at such breaks that anglers can expect to make consistent contact with fish as they migrate along structure. This is why a certain stump or flooded tree, dock piling or submerged rock consistently produces bass for anglers. Most of the time such a spot is merely a break or bass stopping point on structure. Find more such breaks on the structure or break lines or even the deep water sanctuary near the structure then you'll find more and bigger bass more often. There can be many structures, breaks, and break lines in a body of water. But only a few of them are so well related to deep water that schools of large bass consistently use them. The search for good fishable structure can be a quick one with much of the work done by simply studying an accurate contour map of the water. Many of the best structures in a lake or river will have large fertile weed beds on them that harbor an abundance of minnows, crayfish and other bass forage. A weed bed a long distance from deep water with no "structure" linking the two will not be as productive as the weed bed on a structure having breaks and break lines near the deepest water in the area.

Muddy you are now a member of Redneck Bubba Fishing 8-) I can officially allow you down south

Now we have y'all thinking in the right direction George & Raul actually added the next part of what I'm trying to convey to the least experienced anglers. Only now I'm going to have to rethink how to take this to the next level. Here's some more fuel for thought Breakline: A breakline can have more than one meaning. It can be another word for a drop-off/ledge, or a point of any quick change in depth. It can also be used to describe the edge of a vegetation line. For example, a "weed break" is the area of the weed bed where the weeds meet up with open water; or, where one type of weed meets up with another. The last example happens when bottom composition changes, as different weeds prefer different types of bottom composition. In rocky impoundments, a breakline can also describe a line where rock meets mud, pea gravel, etc. In other words, the most correct definition for a breakline is "Any distinct line that is made by cover or structure which leads to an abrupt change in bottom depth, composition, or cover transition".

After reading numerous posts and comments it has became apparent that most members here do not understand what structure fishing is. If you are an angler after any species of fish you will need to understand structure. It is very important because knowing what structure is, how to truly identify it, read it, and then fish it effectively, is the quickest, surest means of consistently putting fish in the boat. When the subject of structure fishing comes up many people incorrectly assume you are referring to deep water fishing this is partially untrue. It doesn't matter if you are fishing bank shallow or 40' deep your are fishing structure that is if you are catching fish. Never will fish be found that are not related to structure in some manner; this is why it is said that 10% of the water holds 90% of the fish.

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