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Been there done that aint going back

Regardless of how you fish a spinner bait run it into every thing you can

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My records go back to 1972, the first they were typed, & then in 1995 I put every thing in Micro Soft Word. Here's a sample February 13th, 1995 Area: Pat's Island, 944 all the way in the back, Hurricane right hand side past Red Bud Cove. Cover: Buck Brush, Button Willows, & Stumps; 3 to 7' Structure: secondary points, creek channels, flats Water Temperature: upper 40s to lower 50s Weather: pre-frontal conditions, sunny highs in the mid 60s, lows at night 40s, winds light and variable. Time: 7:00 am to 4:00 pm Lures: Oldham's Lures Trailer Hitch Jig, 3/8 oz Bream Flashes, Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws Black Neon in 5 with 1 ½ cut off the tail. Texas Rigged Gene Larew Salty Hawg Craws Black Neon in 5; 3/16 oz bullet weight. Pattern: Total: 22 Keepers: 17 Largest: 7.14 lbs (PCM)

Be extremely careful it can become highly additive

Accuracy is in the eye of the shooter I don't play back row; I play in the woods 8-)

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First these rivet holes are now over sized and even elongated due the boat flexing. Second the type rivets required will be either 6061 or 6063 aluminum rivets. Third you will need to buy a pneumatic rivet gun, rivet set, and various bucking bars to properly install the rivets. Fourth you will need some one to fabricate the ribs to the proper contour of the boat. Fifth you will be better off having this job done by welding.

FYI: The male bass will fertilize the eggs and then guard them until they hatch. He runs off all intruders like bream and crawfish that want to eat the eggs. When the young hatch, he stays with them, guarding them for a few days until they are able to swim fairly well and hide. Then he becomes a predator and will eat his own young!

Another one worth repeating During the early 70s on Toledo Bend the Hydrilla started really getting thick and numerous anglers (me included) were basically fishing the matted grass with weightless Texas Rigs & Johnson Weed less spoons, there wasn't many other baits that would work in this thick stuff. At the time I belonged to the Hemphill Bass Club out of the Harbor Light Marina and one of our members started wining back to back tournaments, not just ours but every ones. He was killing us with 15 fish stringers averaging 3 1/2 to 4 lbs. a fish. No one could figure out how he was doing it, we had all seen him on the main lake flats fishing the grass flats like us or so we thought. Finally at a club meeting he revealed what he was doing. Being a diver he had went out to the grass flats & dove under to see what was there, what he found was tunnels, caverns, & caves under the surface matted grass. In of these areas he could see crawfish clinging to the grass stems, they were also filled with schools of bass, mostly large bass. The next question was what bait could get to the bass, the answer was provided by Lonnie Stanley with a ¾ oz. Jig! Who is this angler that jigged his was too many a tournament win as well to the top of B.A.S.S. Texas Bass Fishing Legend Tommy Martin! Tommy's approach to this technique is different from what you've seen, read, or heard. With most techniques you are actually fishing the densest areas of the matted Hydrilla. The focus of Tommy's technique is the outer 15 to 25 yards of the mat; in this area the grass is a little sparser, his simply pitches or flips the jigs to a near vertical presentation. His main objective is to keep the jig in contact with the bottom at all times, something most anglers fishing grass fail to do. When the jig stops falling many anglers believe they have reached bottom, but from an underwater view with scuba gear the jig has only settled on the thick base stems of the Hydrilla. After making a pitch Tommy will strip about 3 or 4 arms lengths of line letting the jig fall near straight down. Then he will shake the jig to make sure it has not stop on the grass stems. With the jig now resting on the bottom, pause several seconds, the shake the jig once or twice with pauses between each. If no strike is detected simply reel up & pitch again moving locations about 20 ft from the previous. Once you get bite quickly kick or toss a buoy marker over board, fish in grass flats tend to school up so when you catch one there is usually more. Circle the buoy in increasing diameters & depths working the jig slowly (I once caught nine 6 lb + bass in an area the size of your living room). You may work 70 yards or 700 yards to locate the fish but when you do hang on! Thirty years later Tommy is still living in Hemphill Texas, still guiding on Toledo Bend, & still fishing the B.A.S.S. tour. The deep grass technique is still catching huge stringers of quality bass with most Toledo tournament wins averaging 5 lbs. So if you've got the patience to work a jig for sometimes hours with out a bump or if you aint afraid of hanging several hawgs back to back give deep grass jigging a try.

Depends on how well you can handle pain? I always play the sniper roll, inside of 50 yards my Tippmann 98 Nitro will apply a noticeable amount of pain, and you will undoubtedly know you have been hit.

I break them the way I plan on using them

Spinner Bait, Rat-L-Trap, & Plastic for all three

Never pass up an opportunity to throw a swim jig or fish lily pads, the bass will let you know what they want.

Way2slow Exactly right

Shrimp Etouffee Prep Time: 1 hour Yields: 6 servings Comments: The French word, Etouffee means to stew, smother or braise. This technique is found in dishes using shrimp, crab, crawfish, meat or game. Through more Creole in origin, Etouffees are found throughout Louisiana. Ingredients: 2 pounds shrimp tails, peeled ¼ pound butter (not margarine) 1 cup diced onion ½ cup diced celery ½ cup diced green bell pepper ½ cup diced red bell pepper ½ cup diced tomatoes 2 tbsps minced garlic 2 bay leaves ½ cup tomato sauce 1 cup flour 2 quarts water 1 ounce sherry (optional) 1 cup sliced green onions ½ cup chopped parsley Salt and pepper to taste 2 cups steamed white rice Tabasco sauce to taste Method: In a 2-gallon stockpot, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add onions, celery, bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic and bay leaves. Saut é' 3-5 minutes or until vegetables are wilted. Blend shrimp tails and tomato sauce into mixture. Whisk in flour, stirring constantly until a white roux is achieved. Slowly add water until a sauce like consistency is achieved. Add more water as necessary to retain consistency. Bring to a rolling boil then reduce to a simmer and cook for 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. Add sherry, green onions and parsley. Cook 5 minutes then season with salt and cayenne pepper. Serve over steamed white rice with a few dashes of tasbaco.

I use Berkley Big Game 15# Mean Green for every technique with one exception of one; a flipping rod which is spooled with 50# braid used in matted Hydrilla.

After carefully considering this whole swim bait idea I've came to the conclusion that the bluegill is the bait for me to try on Toledo since they are an abundant food source. Matt thanks for the tip about the treble hood since I have been concerned with it just hanging out there for every snag around. I have a strong aversion to throwing an exposed hook in the areas I fish.

While it doesn't whip my butt every time it does hold a distinct advantage over me, Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge. The locals call it Lack of Sense because you have to have a lack of since to think you'll win. It has produced numerous double digit bass over the years

I think it's a balance of both, while a good rod casts the bait with pin point accuracy, fights the surging bass. A reels smooth drag systems contributes to landing the bass as well other wise all that would be needed is a Zebco 33.

Johnson Minnow Spoon Gold ¼ oz with a Chartreuse skirt slipped over the hook & glued in place.

Muddy, your dad & my dad understand the value of being united in one common goal (being American) but today the values that made this country great are being tossed aside. I can't speak for what's happening up north but here in the south lines have been drawn and it aint Mexican American; it's Mexican; it aint Muslim American; it's Muslim. This attitude is not Ethnic Pride! I like Ronnie will drop this subject

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