LowCountry_Lunker

I fish some local golf course ponds and there have been some really nice sized bass caught out of them. If you plan on fishing golf course ponds, be sure to get permission to do it, because it is private property and tresspassing is illegal and you can get in trouble. I obtained permission from the residents home owners association to fish. I told them I would only fish in the late evenings and would not keep any fish caught.

I think this would work... RULES FOR DATING MY DAUGHTER Rule One: If you pull into my driveway and honk you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up. Rule Two: You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them. Rule Three: I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose his compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact, come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist. Rule Four: I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a "barrier method" of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you. Rule Five: It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day. Please do not do this. The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is "early." Rule Six: I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry. Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget. If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating. My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process that can take longer than painting the Golden Gate Bridge. Instead of just standing there, why don't you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car? Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. Places where there are no parents, policemen, or nuns within eyesight. Places where there is darkness. Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka - zipped up to her throat. Movies with a strong romantic or sexual theme are to be avoided; movies which features chain saws are okay. Hockey games are okay. Old folks homes are better. Rule Nine: Do not lie to me. I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been. But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me. Rule Ten: Be afraid. Be very afraid. It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi. When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home. As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit your car with both hands in plain sight. Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early, then return to your car - there is no need for you to come inside. The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

I see where some of you shy away from surface lures when fishing in the rain. Some of my best fishing has been to fish a small popper under low overhanging tree branches during a light rain. An old man taught me that years ago. He said that, especially in the spring, the rain will knock bugs off the leaves and into the water. He said that Bass learn quickly how to get an easy meal. This only works during a light summer shower. It has not produced for me during downpours.

6lb 4oz. Private farm pond. Caught on a black hula-popper with a white skirt along the edges of lilly pads.

I wear prescription polarized glasses. I hate taking 2 pairs of glasses with me, so I had a pair of prescriptions made. I own a pair of Maui Jim's that I wear when I am cruising on my Harley.

A baby aligator is the wierdest thing I have hooked. I was fishing a farm pond and was working a jointed rapala along the edges of a weed bed close to the shore. I didn't notice the little critter hiding in the weeds. As I got the lure close to where he was he lunged at it and hooked himself. I reeled him up to the dock I was standing on, lifted him out of the water and removed the hook. He was only about a foot long so I didn't have any fear about grabbing him.

I fish several golf course ponds in my area. I asked permission and assured them I was a catch and release fisherman. I was told I could fish in the evenings after the last tee off time. I have landed some really nice ones from the course ponds.

Thanks for the welocmes guys. Things are getting a little to weird on that "other" forum so I think I am going to take a long break from there and spend my time here.

Hello fellow Bass Anglers. I have been coming to BassResource for fishing information for awhile now, but finally decided to sign up. There is a wealth of information here and I hope to be able to use what I learn here and also be able to add to the forums. Again, I am glad to be here.