chris090981

I plan on taking a trip down to Florida from Michigan next week . Rodman Reservoir seems like a good lake to possibly catch a trophy largemouth . Anyone know what the best boat launch for me would be . I got a bass boat . I’ve read some of the launches are sometimes un-launchable . Also any advise on where to go or not go .!? Was reading lots of stump fields . Any advise is greatly appreciated !!! Thanks in advance ,Chris

Anyone ever bass fished there ? Planning a trip in late April for bass . I've never been there . Any tips ?

I can get underneath it . I just did 2 days ago using washers so its more support and lock nuts . It was solid until I hit 10,000 3 foot waves . It's a newer z7 so I don't want to mess it up worse . Unreal how brutal Lake Erie is .

Recently fished a tournament on Lake Erie . The waves were brutal and made the holes that attaches the motor to the bow bigger causing the motor unsafe . Is this something I should take to the professionals to fix ? Or would JB weld fill them holes in ? Thanks

Pros / cons of both and which you have ....

I have a nitro Z7 that I'm taking the lowrance's off for the hummingbirds I took off old boat . I have a HB 998c SI , a HB 858c DI and I'm buying a 3rd HB for the flush mount dash . Also getting Minnkota Terrova trolling motor . Wanted to put the SI on trolling motor , the DI at console and buy the 798 SI for flush mount dash but I guess you can't have the SI on shoot thru hull . I really want to have SI at trolling motor but I need it at dash too . Any suggestions ? Thanks for your time fellas ! Much appreciated ..

All of my rods are $200+ except for my senko spinning rods ! Look no further than Walmart online ! Daiwa Megaforce 6' m rods . I cannot find a more expensive rod that compares to it for the situation . I've tried ! I use it for skipping docks . The 6' rod gives you a very accurate cast . I have 1 reel for skipping docks and I just bought 4 rods in fear of them discontinuing them . You won't regret this $20 purchase . Phenominal rod

Anyone ever use these rods ? Looking to buy a few but would like some input . Thanks

Anyone have any of these ? ThInking of buying a few . Reviews would be appreciated thanks

I have all shimano citica reels with quantum KVD rods .. Is there a better setup I could be using ? Reel ? Rod ? Line ? And most importantly jig ? Thanks

If you dream of fishing the classic oneday fish em if not then don't

You need to get your mind right before you go there 1st off ! You need to research online as much as possible . Just look at the previous reports from march for the past 10 years or so and go from there ! I'm confident in any lake I go to . Drop me off and blind fold me because I'm not there to not catch fish !!! Figure it out and go for it !!!!

That's exactly what I'm getting at . I'm seeing 22 and 23 year olds winning these things and there's gonna come a time where I won't have it anymore . Its not rocket science . I've had days i couldn't figure it out and I've had days where no one could touch me . It's a right time right place thing and the more of these opens you fish the better your odds !

Yea I was referring to gas , lodging time off work etc ... The 1250 entry isn't much of a difference from the 350 to me . It's the time outta work and all the rest that adds up to the majority . I've fished bfl's everstart series etc so I'm pretty familiar with how it goes . But I'll kick that co-angler thing around . Thanks for the advise

Yea I see where your coming from but I can't see spending around $1200 per tourney fishing co-angler and playing the beat the bank game . I did a lot of tourneys when I was younger as a co-angler and 9 outta 10 of them beat banks . And if you get on with someone good theirs not many leftovers . And when I out fished the pro , well that says everything , we weren't on fish ! I appreciate all the info though ! It's such a great sport !

Now are these opens setup to where you have to fish all 3 ?if you got lucky and snuck a 1st in and missed 1 outta the 3 would you be inelidgeable for the boat and classic seat ?

considering fishing a northern open this year. The only thing i'm skeptical about is my 1988 Basstracker . It sat in a garage for 20 years then i bought it 3 years ago .. The boat is sound! 18 foot though ! Anyone ever fish these ? Any rules about old boats ? It has 150 merc , and a kill switch ! Any help is greatly appreciated !

Lately i've been really concentrating on being more precise reading a fish finder .. I've always been extremely good at estimating .. But with a fish finder , I'm not sure what i'm estimating distance wise .. Is there some sort of formula i could use on estimating exactly where them fish are ? Ex... Let's say my transducer is mounted in the back of my boat , I have a hummingbird with a 5" screen , There's 1 fish on my screen and it happens to be on the rightside of the screen , Therefor the fish is almost off my screen , Is there a way to guesstimate how far that fish is behind my boat ? And how far to the left or right of my boat's position could it be ? Thanks for your time !

Yea , Bass is good eatin ..... If you live in a tent ! :-/

Stratos 375 , I'm kind of looking at it like i'm doing better than most with a college degree being a salesman in this time and day ... The more i make , The more i'm able to fish ! There are more roads to take now then there were then in the fishing industry .. Ex: A.B.A weekend series could run you 5000-10000 with a possibility to make the classic .. Flukes do make it sometimes ( like this year) .. But let a versatile angler through those doors , And look out ! Everybody's got their own season and strengths .. Live by the sword, Die by the sword ! For those of you who have a certain strength , Set it down and learn something new ! You will never succeed until you do !

Try a 3 inch swimbait .. Storm or berkley ! You don't need the real expensive ones ... A 5 pack for $3.50 outta do the trick .. Try a rattletrap as well .. I say swimbait and rattletrap because it will be easier to reel up hill and not get snagged !

Norman speed clips to change fast moving baits quicker .!? Yay or Nay ? Reason i ask is i read an article on a pro's website , But $ talks ! So i'd like to get some opinions from some average joe's !!!!!

Her name is Wells(Pam Martin-Wells) If you are going to use her for an example please get her name correct. I know she will appreciate it. o.k sir ! Will do !

Pam Martin West took 22nd place in the Bassmaster Classic on Lay lake this year .. Beating out names like Boyd Duckett , Randy Howell , Alton Jones and Denny Brauer ! She did have an advantage of knowing that lake very well ! I wish my woman could fish ! I wish she could cook too ! hahah

Do you keep every fish you catch ? Show and tell kinda guy huh ? Well keep showing and eventually your local lake won't have any fish reports to tell about !