texanbassangler

Hey, I'm thinking about upgrading my TM to a 55 lb thrust, and I'm wondering what battery I should buy so that I can fish with it all day? Nothing too expensive, just needs to run for a solid 4-5 hours. Thanks

I've never heard of that... doesn't seem like it would make sense though, warm water is less oxygenated, so I would think it would be BETTER in the morning :-??

Thanks, the replies are great. I think a t-rigged worm or a buzzbait it what I'm gonna try next.

In 5 feet of water? It's HOT here, do you think they'd be that active?

I fish this little pond every now and then that has a big clump of reeds in the middle. Half of it is in lily pads and the other half is in open water. It's around 5 or 8 feet deep. How would yall fish it?

Roll your skirt up, reel up the slack, and slam your rod back like a man! lol Seriously, though WHO sets the hook with a 'smooth steady force"? :-? The fish would let it go when it detects a pressure in it's mouth

Certain areas are more likely to hold fish than others. Try to find submerged grass points, any surface vegetation, or structure like rocks or humps. Bass will relate to anything that is 'different". They've even been known to be attracted to where bottom composition changes. It sounds like your bait choice is pretty good, but if you want to, try live bait once; you'll find out if there are fish there. Another common mistake is not working the lure properly, for example fishing a worm too fast. Bass have never seen a real worm going 50 mph, and neither should your lure. On that note, bass are very active in the morning, and most guys are gonna throw a topwater bait, especially in the summer. Since you can see the bait, it's almost impossible to work it wrong and it's a very fun way to fish. If you can find some hydrilla or any other type of submerged weed with about a foot or so of water above the top of the weeds, throw a topwater in and see what happens. Hope this helps

I have a Fishin' Buddy 120 on my Sevylor 12' inflatable and it works great. It twists around, but the Side Imaging is not really like the one on some higher end fish finders. It shows cartoony images of fish and gives you a reading in feet on how far away they are. I've never had any luck using it and turn it off while I'm fishing. It works great, but one word of caution: I use a 30lb motorguide TM on the back of my boat, and it pushes it around pretty fast, but the fishfinder starts to vibrate at top speed. I can only imagine with a smaller boat and a bigger motor like you have, that this effect if going to be much greater, so you may have to pull it up out of the water when moving, especially if you ever put an outboard on it.

I fished there when I was down in FL this spring. There's a bunch of small bass in there, maby a pound at most... I've heard of guys talking of big fish in there, though. Also, from what I'm told there's no gators in the lake, but I could be wrong.

If conditions are right, put them on a buzzbait or a ultra-vibe zoom speedworm. both just require the user to reel, and the strikes are explosive and numerous.

Senko or a t-rigged crawbug bait.

I've had gators go for topwater baits. I've never actually hooked one, but they've held onto it all the way back to the boat! The farther west you go, the less gators you see, but a few lakes around here have them.

Haha, I'll bet Dixon is crowded. You should see Fork this time of year, though. I tried TriggerX and only gar hit them. I was using the "bass" stuff so, I don't know what the deal was. I got them from Sports Authority, and they don't even carry them anymore, so I don't think they were a big hit. Of course, that's just by the "scent'" aspect of them. I'm sure the actual "bait" is just as good as many other lures.

During the spawn, you want a bait with a large profile; to make the bass feel like her nest (or her) is in danger. Therefore, when I'm bed fishing, I typically upgrade to large baits, depending on the size of the fish. Obviously if it's a 2 lb buck, he probably won't go for a brush hog on a jig, but mabey the sow will. (btw, here's a good bed fishing tip: if the buck is super agressive, let him eat it, but don't set the hook, just gently pull it out of his mouth. If the sow is close, she'll think he can't do his job and this infuriates her, so she comes over and inhales it.) Any other time of the year, I'd just fish it t-rigged through the pads or laydowns.

Yeah, that's why I wanna make sure I can get him on some fish. He doesn't go out that much with me or go fishing much at all, so I wanna make sure he'll enjoy it.