bassinbob54

awesome fish..were you slowrolling that bait or what...thanks

no wonder i wasnt haveing any bites i was fishin them like a jig..thanks for that info

awesome there Dad

wow nice fish..cant wait till we warm up

nice fish..i'd say 3.5 lbs

nice fish there..can i ask how you fished that chatterbait i cant seem to get bit on it..thanks

i agree Deb..welcome aboard

welcome and congrats on your new boat

welcome to a great site...enjoy

yea thanks again this is the best fishing site out there and its because of all you guys shareing great info and haveing a few good natured laughs..

yep..your hooked big time....lol..so am i

i pulled up early one morning on my best spot, quietly lowered my trolling motor as i made a long cast with an instant splash a bass nails my lil sammy just as i touch my foot to the pedal an power my trolling motror the thing flies off the mount into the lake...my foots still on the pedal keeping the motor from falling farther in the water and at the same time the fish is pulling, jumping and demanding my attention...i landed the fish before i salvaged the trolling motor, thats when i knew what my prioritys were...

He wastes very few seconds in non-productive actions. ..........that pretty much says it all and its why he outfishes everyone else

my dad too..started takeing me as soon as i could sit in a boat as he and my mom cast away for hours at a time and soon i was right there beside them, and still at it over 50 years later...

ditto on what jb said..jerkbaits are the way to go if theres no jig bite in 45 degree water

i dont have any superstions...dangit wheres my fishing shirt?!?

the best show i ever saw was a 30 minute performance by Jason Quinn a pro from south carolina and he talked about the baits , reasons for useing them , showed his ability to make just the right presentation..no commeralized stuff at all and at the end of the show they said that he caught over 70 fish during day the show was made!! thats totally awesome and i wou;d watch shows like that for sure

It's like the little boy who wanted to go fishing in the 100degree heat and his dad says they wont catch any fish and the lottle boy answers "but pop, it aint the catchin that counts , its the goin!..couldnt agree more

and dont forget the jig thier deadly in deep water and shallow

yea i agree , just go and then deal with the conditions..thats fishing

thats funny because Hank fishes this lake im talking about and he usually fishes the extreme upper end , actually he fishes the river..but on the catawba river we get real red thick mud often after hard rains and at 1st i can run down the lake but after a couple of days the mud moves in and of course i go back to the upper part where it may or may not be any clearer..i dont know how to tell if its muddy all the way through the water but it sure looks like it is..heres a pic after its cleared up 50%...http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/bassinbob54/thelake004.jpg

that happened here too after all that muddy water flooded the lake , they dropped it like 4 feet exposeing what little wood we have here so fishing shallow was a lot tougher..what i did was work my jig mostly around rock. I figured if they cant find wood then they'll go for rock instead and thats where i got my bites

nice fish there have you noticed that jig fish seem to run bigger? i have and heard others on here say the same thing..good job

took a year off myself once and it did wonders for my passion for fishing..i really didnt think i missed it untill i started back and then i realized how much a part of my life fishing really is..just my 2 cents worth

hey i got my 1st jig fish 2 weeks ago and already it feels like my go to bait..been catching bigger fish on the jig i noticed