Catt

No electronics! First off fishing offshore doesn't necessarily mean fishing out on the main lake. Most trips I seldom get out of Housen, 6-Mile, or wherever. I maybe a couple of long cast from the shoreline or out on a creek channel. Learn to look at the shoreline, not where the dirt gets wet but farther up. Get yourself a map, look at the map & try to find it on the water. Maps show roadbeds, try to find where they enter the water. Be patient & persistent!

Whatever comes on the Calcutta 100A

Flutter Spoon ?

When I first saw " The Ultimate Bass Fishing Resource Guide", I thought yeah right! You got it right boss! ?

Why I love BassResource.com? The members ? We have stepped on each other's toes, bumped elbows, & bruises egos but at the end of the day we respected each other.

Ability & skill vs Hopes & dreams

Old Ball-N-Chain ? Carolina Rig

Electronics have changed, the bass haven't. There are a lot of local tournaments being won without foward facing sonar.

Biggest catch of 2019

I prefer a hand controlled with floor switches. Nothing in the way on the deck & I don't have to stand one one foot.

Catt & Pat are sitting on a little ridge just south of Indian Mounds; full moon is barely on the horizon, slight southerly breeze. I make a long cast towards deep water and start the count down to the bottom. The Texas rigged worm settles down when there's that classic "Thump", drops the rod, reel the slack, and set the hook. Nothing gives, then in a microsecond on my knees, rod half under water. Catt: Yells get the net! Pat: For what! Catt: I think he's heading for the Louisiana side Pat: You gonna land em or what Catt: Aint you suppose to play em first? Finally back to my feet, line singing again, drag slipping, rod all bowed up. Catt: He's headed for Six Mile, if you start the big motor we can head em off. Pat now standing behind me: Want me to pour some water on your reel? Catt: No! just get the gun! Look a swirl just under the surface, a sudden dive for freedom, your mine sucker. Pat with quick move and it's in the net: Took you long enough. Catt falls back into the seat drops his rods on the deck: Dude let's see it. Pat turn on the interior lights: Shoot it's only a striper! Catt sits up, lips it and grabs the tail, gotta be at least 36" Pat digs around in the console for the scales 16 LB 5 OZ. Catt: Slipping it back in, that's a hawg right there. Pat: Don't count it's a striper! Catt: Still a hawg Pat: You're still down 7 to 4, shut up & fish.

It does the soul good to stick something every once & a while. It also helps keep your hook setting timing down.

I know, sometimes I forget, it's Watermelon Red, but Watermelon Red Magic or Watermelon Candy Red.

Mr Twister Phenom Worm

Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Worm Watermelons Neon with the tail dipped in Chartreuse Garlic.

If you would spend some time reading bassresource you would realize the subject of "If ya can't fish a jig through grass y'all don't know how to fish a jig!" has come up on many occasion. My answer about how to *finesse" a jig through grass was in direct response to Deephaven. You got all excited when I suggested throwing both but failed to say anything about anyone suggesting it. You're awfully full of yourself! Have a nice day ?

And yet you keep trying to make about me! You got that right! Why limit yourself to one? Yes I never leave an area without throwing both. Ya don't throw Texas Rigged craw worms?

I have from the time I first joined this site stated I keep a Texas Rig & a Jig-n-Craw on my deck 24/7/365! You wanna think it was about you ?

Yeah I did you just can't accept that "both" can be the answer. Many anglers have no issues fishing jigs in grass, some do.

You answer based on your experience, I answered based on my experience. Sorry your ego got hurt!

Most anglers try forcing a jig through grass which is all wrong, you gotta finesse the jig through grass! When you feel the jig starting to load up in the grass...stop. Release pressure, pull up until you feel heaviness again but apply slightly more pressure, then release, continue until the jig breaks free. You want the motion to be similar to & as fast as working a shaky head, you're just applying more pressure.

The key to grass fishing is to stay as near vertical as possible with either one.

Throw em both ? Both are the #1 & #2 most productive lures in which ever order you wanna put em in. Why wouldn't you throw #1 & #2?

YouTube Greg Hackney, JT Kenney, Seth Feider & others.