RiverFisher13

The front is what often gets associated to fish being turned off. But really what is important to look at is the barometric pressure. After a big jump up or down fish will be sluggish do to the affect on their swim blatter. Once pressure has re-stabilized fishing begins to pick back up. The reason this is import is most fronts will effect the Barometric pressure, though some do not there for having no effect on the fishing.

I've never seen one hit a snake. But i caught this smally with about a 10" one hanging from its mouth.

What do you guys use to clean tarnish off of you blade?

I would focus on hitting up the edge lines where shallow water turns deep. They should start staging from deep to shallow for the spawn. And with the recent cold front think slow.

Looking to take a trip in that area around spawning time. Can someone give me some water temps for some bigger ponds in the area?

f its a nice one, ill give a little woot. Nothing like ike, but just a little hell yeah or something like that. But for most its just a "fish on" and thats it.

my old man and me went out to the river this weekend for the first time. Ended up bring in three but here is a couple pics of the biggest two.

Im in.

I don't know if putting in the gravel will help the spawn, but it will probably get more fish to spawn in one location, which could be good or bad depending if the people fishing know how to handle a fish on nest.

im in the 5% club for LM, trying to get there for small mouth.

I think ive seen maybe one episode that didnt have KVD on it. But it is one of the best. two other ones i watch religiously are north american fisherman and anglers edge (love the linders)

I have never put in any, but i will through in my 2cents. PVC's are very nice since its hard to get hung up on, but they dont decay. You may think thats good because you can fish it for years. But if you put in organic piles, as it brakes down, small things will feed on it, which brings in bait fish, which brings in bass.

A truely inspiring story, with tons of benifits coming from it. Good luck don.

The flyer had their brand of a a-rig on the front cover, saw it right after i read the ban BASS put on them

Where im at ive never herd of a smally over 5lbs. The rivers are just to small and i never get to go up to erie so i would have to say a 10lb large mouth would be easier. Which makes me laugh to type the word easy with 10lb large mouth, haha.

as long as you quickly return the bass to the water there is little to no harm done.

As with any technique, it take lots of practice. Don't get discouraged from a bad outing with them, if you don't have confidence in what you're doing, your catch will suffer greatly. When i fish them i retreive it allot like a spinner bait, occasionally ripping it and letting it free fall for a second. I have found i get most of my hits on this free fall period.

I am really interested in this, does anyone know where to get one?

I buy most during the winter. I will buy plastic all through the season and will pick up a crank if its something i dont have and a need for it arises (which means i kick my self for not having it before)

When it comes to spawning, what water temps should i look for, and what kinda areas will they bed in?

They're thick im my local river, though its hard to find alot still closed because the d**n coon love those things. They are really tasty if you know how to steam them.

I just started fishing some with a float last year and this will deffinitly be what i do for spawners this year. It allows you to keep the bait in the face without being right on top of them with you boat.

I dont have much experience in the matter except once at my cousins pond. He had explicit rules for his renters not to keep any bass, fearing they would destroy the population. Well he went out there one day to find one fishing with a stringer full of them. Worst thing is a turtle had started to eat what been about a 4lber. ticked him off enough to tell them they were no longer aloud to fish the pond.

just lie everything else, it depends on condition and forage. tubes can mimic both shad and craw so just look around and see what is abundant and try to mimic how it moves.

If your not blasting the music or pushing allot of bass there is probably more disturbance in the water than what your music is adding. But im with most of these guys, i love the sound of the outdoors.