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The only difference is that you have to push a hook through more plastic to get it out the other side, otherwise there is little difference. Hookups should not be a problem, and if anything the solid types should last a little longer.

I have had the best luck like others above, Strike King and roboworms. As a matter of fact the Strike King worms have outfished everything else in my tackle box over the past 3-4 years and I am still using the same 10 pack. It is getting low so I ordered another pack of the same with my BPS "lure" order.

If you think about it, bass had to follow food long before man started blocking creeks and rivers. So some went from natural lakes, up the rivers in the fall and back down in the spring following the bait fish that followed the plankton. Nowadays there are enough dams and reservoirs that most bass do not need to migrate much although some still do. I remember watching bass swim through a few inches of water some years back along a creek to get upstream to a pool below a d**n that had so much greenery year round... and then in spring they went back down to the larger lake. Caught some nice fish in that small pool late fall through early spring. edit: with all this new technology, I would think they could study 100 different locations varying from north to south lakes, small ponds (a few acres) to large lakes (great lakes), natural and reservoir, spring fed, small creek fed, large river fed and so on down the line.

Look at people, many of them sit in one place much of their lives, and others are always moving and on the go. Fish are not much different in that aspect. Some like excitement which is why you may catch the same fish 5 times or catch one with plenty of lip jewelery, others only come out of there house after you ring the doorbell 200 times. On the lip jewelery comment, I caught a 4 lb during spawn 2 years ago that had 2 nice spinner baits, a small crank (bass pro XPS, similar to what I was using), and a half torn senko type worm in bright neon pink... I still have the spinners and crank in my tackle box.

welcome from northwest FL

I have generally found my best bites are always 1-3PM

personally I dislike leaders but thats just me...

don't feel bad, between 2 rod/reel combos and lots of lures and replacement transducer, I am out around $200-250 this week alone.. of course some of the sales were from bassassassin where there was 100 count lure for $3...

I saw that the other day too and it looks like it may work... I have been thinking of making the same thing with a shallow crank, then use the rear hook connector for a second lipless crank... I saw that idea on one of these online videos I watched using 1/4oz cranks... they also tied a 4" trailing line behind it so it looks like one following another. Has anyone here used these though?

The few days before a planned trip, just start collecting lures you think you will need and a few you don't in a single box. Figure out locations, weather and such the day before. Overall, it is better to just enjoy your time on the water and learn what you can while there rather than trying to fine tune and figure out every single tiny detail before or during. Remember, this is going out for fun, not a million dollar tournament. My wife does that with everything and I swear she will end up having a stroke in her low 30s... nothing ever goes exactly to plan, so if you relax some and just run with whatever happens you will have a much better time, more relaxed. I go out to relax and have fun, catching fish is just an added bonus.

I see this several ways... 1) if it was easily erasable marker then get a paper towel and clean it off, no harm done 2) the teacher/principal/school overreacted 3) if it was permanent or carving or something else, then detention or a visit to the principal is all that is needed. Hell when I was in high school anyone caught defacing the desks got detention in the arts lab where they sanded, used filler and repainted the desks (under VERY close supervision) or faced suspension. Good thing I was never caught 8-)

Personally I have never broke off 20-30 lb Power Pro Braid, but I also use mostly spinning reels, not BC reels. For BC the concencus is 50+

Pline CX copoly usually 8-20lb test... I have a spincast I bring along as a backup with 14 lb mono but the reel is on its way out so I only use it as backup. Pline has replaced almost anything I previously used with mono. I even have my main panfish setup with 6lb test of Pline CX

thats pretty much why asked the question here

Have you checked the voltage at the back of the gauge to make sure there is power? Any fuses that can be double checked? Next I was thinking maybe the bobber in the tank may be stuck or rusted (had that happen on an old Ford). I am just trying to think of the various connections but thats really all there is to a gas gauge. Check 12V power to back of gauge and any fuses it may use; if thats ok check the fuel bobber in the fuel tank; if thats ok, then during the switch it may have caught a short and killed the gauge. I probably shouldn't mention it but a neighbor down the street thought his gauge was broken too but someone had just siphoned all the gas out of the tank so it was on E.

I actually took a ziplog bag, put a few lures in there and dumped some used moist coffee grounds in there like I hear a few people do with decent luck... I plan to go out Sunday and although they are still deep they may be starting to move more since the days have been warming up a little lately

did you buy the full pack from his website or the 3 pack from ebay?

The above link http://www.angling-technologies.com/ does have the original posters lake added to it now...

yeah I have caught and lost a few of them in the rivers here... love catching them but if I see too many, I move off to the side and look for the LMB again

here in FL, they dig into the sand and muck and small branches and logs in the water so they are much harder to find

WD = Water Displacement 40 = 40th attempt at this formula. When off roading thats what we used when a distributor or spark plug top coil gets wet and we need to dry it off quickly

Has quantum rods/reels gone up in quality or price since KVD signed on as a sponsor? and BPS has them for $5.29 (1.4 oz), 5.49 (3/8 oz) and 5.99 (1/2 oz)

looks like fun... I have never caught a carp, how do they fight and anything out of the ordinary to watch out for?

you pretty much covered it... check the dropoffs, the grass edges and the docks, try senkos and jigs very slowly, and lipless cranks deeper but still above the vegetation... theres enough people here that have their own suggestions

As I tend to be indoors in the winter more often, I guess I would say summer since they don't mess up my usual TV schedule. I don't watch TV in the summer since I am fishing or busy outside