NateFollmer

it look slike he's mounting it! where are his pants Oh you deserve a BAZINGA for that comment

Last time I was in Florida I was walking across an old wood bridge and I thought I saw a walking hand... No, it was a HUGE tan spider... I hate Florida now because of that!

I use braid with a flourocarbon leader... I KNOW, I KNOW flouro sinks. I'll put on a mono leader if the topwater bite lasts, but I usually only hit the topwater window for maybe an hour or so. Usually between the braid and the lure floating, thats enough to keep the flouro on top for awhile (sometimes I even coat the flouro with dry fly spray and it floats that way ).

I have a HUGE topwater plug that looks like a turd with a mean face... I forget the name of the thing. It was from BPS... I think it had Pappy in the name? It has huge ball bearings in it. My wife was joking with me and told me to get it... and the stupid thing catches fish! I'll try and find a picture... EDIT: HERE IT IS! I have the gold and black one (going left to right, it's the second one). http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CFPage?storeId=10151&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&mode=article&objectID=28690

They claim we have Black Widows here in Pa. I haven't seen any yet, but if I do, I will be moving to Maine HA. If you think those are bad, you should see some of the 'fishing' and wolf spiders that like to live near my favorite fishing spot. They dive in after minnows (and they can stay underwater for sometime). I saw one once that looked like a mouse with 8 legs. I'll take a snake any day over a spider...

Well, it's a good sign that fishincop was getting some bites (and fish) The bite should be picking up soon. Once the striper start coming out of the depths (which is usually once all the pleasure boats quit flyin' around everywhere), they spook all the baitfish into the shallows. Should be hitting the lake around the perfect time!

Comes and goes in cycles. What is the smell... smell like? Is it fishy? Rotten? Earthy? If the weeds and grass start taking over an area, they will hold onto smells. I wouldn't worry about it.

Sounds good. I will probably be there around 7. You might get yourself a Muskie on topwater (they usually start getting more active around the middle of Sept. depending on the temp). I'm usually out for the first light too, but not when I have to drive an hour

Nice! My son has a 'Cars' rod, he loves 'casting' the little rubber wheel that comes with it... I push the bottom and he throws it out pretty good, but then he won't stop trying to cast. He won't reel at all, he just loves to throw the plug, then run after it haha

Yep, tried them, tossed the unused ones in the garbage. You know if you twist on the lock and that piece of plastic they pop out and you can use them just like regular slip weights... Stupid New Yorker HA just kidding!

AWESOME! Nothing like taking kids fishing! Especially if they are catching I can't wait until I can take my son fishing. He will be 2 in Sept. I tried taking him this weekend but he was more interested in getting in the water than fishing...

I watched someone hook a duck once and reel him in... Then the duck attacked the crap out of him HA (he was being mean to the duck anyway, he deserved it). I nailed a bat once on the river. THAT was fun... I freaking hate bats and hate them even more when they are almost in my lap...

LOL Well speed, what time do you think we should meet? I don't really care when.

Ah, thanks. I thought I was missing something because I never heard of it until I saw those weights. Maybe I should go buy the lot and hope it really takes off They had 1/8 and 1/16 oz. I didn't rip any heads, but I could see how you would if you used a large weight.

That's a fish silly! And holding that fish is one odd looking gentleman... I think the real question here is: Would you get it mounted?

No Idea haha. I was thinking maybe 8am? That will give some of you people that have to drive pretty far a decent sleep

That's what I like about them! Also, the painted ones (don't know if you used them), hold up a lot longer than any other painted ones I have used (the finish that is). That may not matter to some people, but it does to me I never tried the Eco-Tungsten ones (the site sponsor) so I cannot speak for those.

Sort of off topic, but do you guys use those weights with the twist locks on the end? I think they call it Florida rigging? I bought some a Dick's because they were on clearance for like $.40 for 6 (1/8 oz ones). I don't really see why they changed the name to Florida rigging because it looks like Texas rigging (unless I'm missing something). Anyway, what I'm getting at is, I 'pegged' my weight by just using these weights and it seemed to work out pretty well. Any disadvantage to these vs. pegging a weight with a rubber band or toothpick?

Another nail biter poll I haven't found any tournaments yet so, we should be ok on James. I don't care where I fish, as long as it isn't from Seven Points HA paangler- Sucks about the fishing, but it should be primetime by the time we get there!

Crap now boatnik cant bring his magic grass... Just kidding. Haha he is going to kill me one of these days!

No issues with Peg-Its, rubber bands, or even toothpicks kinking the line. Look at it this way, we peg beads to 4# fluoro for steelhead fishing. If it holds up to a 15 lb. steelhead in sub freezing, then it will be fine for bass. If your line is breaking, its the cover, not the rubber peg. I think they meant the line would kink when you pull the loops back through the small hole in the weight, not get kinked by the rubber band itself.

Yeap haha nah, are you riding with me or are you bringing your boat? You can fit with chrisbass and I, we should be ok haha

You could just put the rubber band on the line, then keep doubling over the rubber band until it creates a tight ball around the line? Then you wouldn't have to pull the line through the weight like that. It would probably take a lot of wraps, but could be done

I want to learn this knot so bad, but it never comes out neat and tidy like it's supposed to. How many wraps are you using each way for say 10 lbs fluoro to 50 lb braid? I'd go with 6 or 7 up, and 6 or 7 down. With say 70# braid and 20# fluoro, 4-5 each direction is sufficient. x2. It's easier if you wrap once, then move your fingers up to pinch the wraps. Like this: Warp, move and pinch, wrap, move and pinch. Once you start going back down, hold the tag end of the leader and the leader itself (hold it from the opposite end) and just do the same thing again. It's easy once you do it a few times. I have done it enough that I can tie flouro to flouro (for my fly fishing tippet, which it 3 lb test.) It's harder with two flouro lines, because the wraps want to pop out and go straight again!

What a bunch of crap. Any boob could follow a guide around a win... If I was that guy, I would just feel wrong (well I never would have done it to begin with). Would you want to be "the guy that won with a guide"? People don't care about self image anymore, it's all about the money! If I ever become a well known angler, I want to do it because I did it all myself, not because someone else held my hand! I think the self respect would be better than any fame or money you could make... But that's just me!