Matt Fly

LBH, I was gonna suggest you put Glenn and all subject matter experts on the opening web page, but after seeing all the areas of expertise offered up, I don't think you'd have enough space for beverages, repairmen, and pike/muskie etc...LOL ;D ;D ;D Thanks for the offer, I have some good pics of my fish, but I like your idea, a year of pics with my fishing buddies and daughters.

One of my partners is married and his wife his director of a labor and delivery dept. All he is required to do is do the normal house chores, cook, clean and outside chores. No laundry duties, he has been relieved of that responsibility long time ago. He ruined a load of her scrubs. So I'd have to say find a sugar mama whos gonna buy you a nice diesel truck and a boat and instead of watching soaps, he fishes. She allows him one credit card, which she pays in full at the end of the month. We fish everyday we can, the ones shes working on anyway. Yep, become a housewife, sounds good to me.

max-n-MN, No malice intended on my part, just having fun with you. Keep on postin!!!!!

Is an octopus hook the same as a treble? I'm not familar with an octopus hook.

No. Does that answer your Question? Maybe in the other section. I believe this is the General Bass Fishing Section. And it doesn't sound like the other guys are trying to be a pike/muskie pro staff member either.LOL

Thats cool, But the subject of today and next day and next day is bass fishing, I believe muskie and pike belong in the OTHER catagories. hello! As I STATED!

The older generation has paid their dues, You really think KVD, Clunn, Bauer, and others alike reach into their pockets for entry fees. The reference towards pulling bigger sponsers and atheletes applies mostly towards players with salaries. You want to start charging gate admission on tournament day? That will help the prize money out. Not all Fortune 500 companies want to give a milion dollar donation for 5-15,000 spectators and small TV audiences. Not profitable! Its not like the NBA, NFL, Nascar, Its not one of those sports yet, believe it or not. It is to me, but I'm only one out of millions. Ike, He's loud , he's good, he's young and market able. If I was selling a fishing product, why wouldn't I won't him. He has one of the biggest followings on water, and I haven't seen Ike run to the cameras asking for face time, seems to me, they follow him around giving him face time. Besides, he's getting paid to do a job. Promote products. Thats just smart, good business. Even his own products. KVD is getting paid or compensated for his air time. Do you think he's not going to promote it? We try and do the same things as biosonix, we add rattles, beads and weights for c-rigs, modify our buzz baits for less splash, noise or more. We just aren't spending 600.00+ for the noise. What can I add to my arsenal for that kind of money. Excuse me, I think the Bait monkey is knocking at my door!!!LOL

I include hitting (public) ramps at certain times of the year as part of my pattern. I Would check your local and state laws that apply. A sign might have existed for a long time and been removed for some reason or another. (destroyed) Sounds like you were on somebodies grassline and blocking no one. Keep on Fishing!!!!!

Slow rolling a spinner bait allows you to feel the bottom contour and cover. Whats different in dragging? Sounds like you are slow rolling.

Mud_man Good on you, I hope you got somebody off the couch or a young un off the street with your gifts.. I try to give a simple tackle box to a youngster every year. Next year I'm not giving my hellbenders away, last 2 tackle boxes had a few in them. A nine year old girl and 7 year old boy each had there personal best off the white/ blk hellbenders this year. The girls was about 4.5-5lbs and the other was a 3.5lber. Not bad for first timers. May the bassin gods be with you!

Folks, when I ask for advise, I consider everyones opinion to be valualbe. Its up to me to decide which, and how the info is to become useful. This is what makes this a FORUM and not a chat room!!! Glenn, This has been the best forum I've been on. The wealth of info that gets posted and shared with others is a testment to guys who post on the site. I guess the TFF (texas fishinforum) is a lot of the same anglers competing in the same waters who will not share a thread of info. Very tight lipped!!!

Conversiving with my two older brothers about the wig washing last night, I was reminded of a dove hunting trip long ago. Late evening, we had been shooting some dove at one of my dads tanks, we had one more dove to retrieve before dark and the wind died down so it wasn't making land fall fast enough. Being a bass fisherman. I told my brother that there was a rod with a lucky 13 tied on in the truck. He went to fetch the rod, mean time the dove disappeared a few seconds, came back up, it did that a couple more times. My older brother got back and saw it happen, he said a turtle was probably messing with it. Sounded good. He made a couple of casts at the dove. His second being the closest yet. He reeled it closer to the dove, snagged it for a second before it was free. His third cast hit behind the dove a few inches. The dove has gone under again, this time a little longer. He waited for the dove, and it floated up again after being down a little longer. He made a couple of twitches to get in position to hook the dove when the water errupted around the dove. My brother successfully landed a 5lb lmb on artifical bait, only artificial bass in his 57 yrs.

The best time of the year to learn a jig is now. I left all my other tackle at home when I decided to become more profficent with one. I was tired of catching a good limit, but missing the money due to not having a quality keeper. My goal is to catch a limit quickly, then I try for the kicker usually with a jig. Jigs catch bigger fish consistenly.

If your surface temp is still high, you probably have something chasing them up. You know what the rule is: match the hatch, a fluke or grub might work.

This year, the double digit has eluded me, but theres been a steady diet of 7 and 8's this year. The crank and spinner has accounted for 80% of those. My (the majority) deep fish have been suspended most of the post spawn thru summer. Plastics haven't been getting the bites this year. Thought I was in a slump, but the fish haven't set up like years past. The swim bait will put me over the top before this year is over.

Shad Master has part of the equation correct, Keep mamas honey-do-list current. GIT'ER DONE!!!!!

I guess we need a few tournaments to decide whos book smart and who knows how to apply it. Whos the Rick Clunn in the bunch???? PS, Max-n-MN, This is a bass forum and pike and muskie expertise not needed in this section. LOL!!!! Glenn are you getting advice from Dr Phil while watching Oprah???Your response sounded like what Dr. Phil might say to us?????

My theory on swimming a jig: its a presentation not normally seen in a different zone. Swimming a jig has been around way before the hype. Ever fish deep docks and watch the jig fall back (swim) to the boat. Its not normal swimming jigs thru schooling fish, but a white jig swam thru is a different look, approach, technique. Now a jig is not only used for thick cover but open water also. This time of year I like a white jig with a white grub as my trailer, ribbon tail gives it more action and vibrations.

What is a slump? Not locating fish, weather changed, or hooking up on a few and not getting the job done (fish in the boat), bunch of hits and no hooksets? Not feeling the softer bites? Not catching them in the ole honey hole like normal. Sometime the answer is not above water(you) but what is going on under the water! (Raul can help you on that) I don't believe for one moment that we all go out ever day and kill'em. We all have bad days. A few days in a roll might make us fish out of our comfort zone the next time we are out. My jig bite is not well for this time of the year. Am I slumping? I thought i was, my friend told me that the grass line i fished last few years didn't come back like it has been, the fish aren't as piled up in that area as in the past. When you put pressure upon your self, you don't have as much fun, and thats what its about. I'd rather be in a fishing slump than slumped down in my easy-chair!!!!

NOt my catch!!! I'm 44, and a few years back I had learned that in the early 70's my dad and brother were fishing on Amistad with my Step mom. Funny I never heard this story until my stepmom passed away a few years ago. My dad actually caught my stepmoms new wig on a cast that swipped it right off her head and into the water 6' in front of the boat. At that time neither dared laugh , but they both admit to having to hold the laughter back as she was highly ticked off. But it was a diffenent story now, it can't be told with tears coming so hard from laughing. I do believe a fight came after the boat hit the shore cause my brother had told some of the family at camp. Camping was miserable after that. My dad replaced the wig, she never stepped foot in the boat again. The moral of the story is: It was my summer before I went into the second grade, I got to do some plugging as my dad refers to crankbaiting back then. in her place in the boat. Been fishing for bass ever since, If I had known that I could have move up in the pecking order, I'd burned that wig long before that.

CBedo, I left Austin late 2000 after my daughter graduated from John Conally High in Pfleugerville. Lake Austin has some of the best grass and big bass to be found. I usually only fish night or fall due to the wake boarders and pleasure craft on L. Austin. I fished Fayette alot, won alot of money out of Travis. I fished in a Buster Brown club (mostly UPS drivers) associated with honey hole. I fished the rest of the Highland lakes also. I have been living 45 minutes west of Lake Fork since 2003. Regardless of what is posted, Fork is coming back since the die off in 2000, I fish as much as possible, I'm off at 3pm and gone in a flash. You never see a late day post from me. I fished BassChamps at Travis this year with a guy from Nebraska whom I never met before. We caught 38 fish in the same holes I fished in 2000 prior. Just missed the money, no kicker. not bad for not being on what i still call my home water since 2000. I want to fish the 2 tournaments coming to Travis in 2006 on the central Trail of BassChamps. Know of any one willing to fish let me know. HOOK'em!!!!!

Blanked, I spent 15 yrs in the navy out of San Diego. Great fishing in the area, too bad you can't fish them in the dark, sunup to sun down only. I did learn how to light line finesse fish in 40ft of clear water. I concur with the others as green pmkn/watermelon is about 80% of my day time blue bird sky use. Early morning or shaded areas I like watermelon candy until the sun gets up, red flake, gold flake later, 2 ft vis. I like blood worm colors, red shad, plum colors, redbug, anything purplish red. Conroe during the spawn, wht-wht/chart. spinners, anything plastic during the spawn that allows you to see your worm if possible(bed fishing). Not all patterns are the same on the east texas lakes, I have had a strong pattern on Toledo Bend and found that Sam Rayburn is on a totally different color even though the two have similar conditions. Also the water clarity on those 2 lakes change as evident by the 3 fishing reports given uppper, middle and lower always being the clearest.

great post ernel. Just want to add a couple of thoughts. On my area lakes, the shad are in 100's of small pods (schools)during the summer. When I start seeing the pods growing, I know we are a very short time away from the massive migrations into the creeks. We are currently about 85 degrees on the surface, no cold fronts yet, but the shad schools have grown from last weekend to labor day. Temps and cold fronts don't always start the migrations. The days (sun light) are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. I'm already finding fish moving in and out of the creeks, just not the shad. A Third of the way back is right on target. When the birds leave the main lake and are seen in the creeks, that a good sign also.

If thats the only problem I was having is torn up worms, I'd be happy to know their biting regular. A regular soldering iron works great on repairing or making 18" worms. The tears are the products of bass warfare. A drop of super glue will stop the sliding up line, although I'm not sure about introducing an odor to my set ups if it leaves a smell. A good thought to think about later. I have caught 15 cats 2 bass on gulps. And leave that Gulp pack unsealed and your whole investment is down the drain. I don't carry them anymore.

From So. Cal. to Tex. there is a commorant problem,sometimes called water buzzard, this bird dives under for minutes at a time and is a fast underwater swimmer. This bird, predator of all fish, can eat 1.5lb fish with no problem. We regularly catch bass with spots, gashes, cuts, punctures and sores. This year the TPW passed a law allowing commorants to be harvested (killed) protecting our fisheries. It was about time. Does SC have these menacies?