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;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D A careful choice of words.... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D I do the same thing, sometimes more than once....

I think you did the right thing just now..... case closed. 32251 has made his case and will seldom find a doubter again. Awesome pics, I for one am jealous

very cool video! keep em' coming

You could have posted your question on here and got an answer in five minutes instead of two years!!! ;D ;D ;D Thanks for the info though....

We have water temps around 90 degrees at this point ( South Florida). Would you say that bass would be more comfortable in 5ft of water with very heavy vegetation, or in 15ft of water? What I mean is do you know which one would hold more of the DO that you speak of, or is the DO in both spots relatively similar? Thanks for the info above I never thought of the DO being very important, I always thought the bass were in certain spots based solely on structure.... a lot of things are clicking right now :-?

Hundreds of years of fishing experience devoured in a single thread... I love this site. Thanks all for the helpful information

Am I wrong in thinking those are close to world record size???? Very nice catch once again Big-O!

Geez don't beat the guy up about it... Sounds like a fun little test that may not be perfect but hey, when is a test of fishing baits ever perfect?

Your giving them a lot of time to swallow it if your droping on a slack line! Try keeping your hand or fingers on the line when it's droping, maybe you'll feel that little twitch when they suck it in, then you can reel up and set the hook before they completely swallow it. Good Luck...

Please explain in more detail.........

X2 Tell those "well decorated" guys to kiss your butt. I would have started casting my lines right across their bow cause that crap just don't fly with me. And if they push the issue I could tell you how to put your oars to good use. To answer your question, NO, a big boat has no more rights than a dingy. Hearing this kind of thing ticks me off so freakin much...... Sorry you had to deal with this crap dang that ticks me off

Useful for big bass: Not in my experience. Where to hook em': Right in front of the top fin How much time til you get a bite: Only time will tell Would I recommend: Nope

More info would be helpfull. Conditions, vegetation, etc..... 2 things I always recommend though; 1. A pop-r for topwater, any idiot could use it and 2. A senko cause it's good for dang near any condition and my grandma could catch fish on a senko. Good Luck!

I watched the "fizzing bass" video a while back and tried it for the first time over the weekend. After a club tourney we had several floaters lingering around the dock. I took an 18g needle a "fizzed" four of them. Three swam away after the fizzing and one continued to float. Seems to work though I will be doing this after every tourny to help em' swim away, and hopefully get bigger for me to catch. Tourny fishers should definately give this a shot. I really hate seeing dead fish floating around after a tourny it gives us all a bad name IMO. Never fails that the biggest ones are the floaters either. Please give it a shot and protect our big ones.......

Nice fish as usual Capt. Where did you put in at?

d**n they worked hard for those fish..... If it's not against the rules more power to em'

You will be fishing in canals and not lakes fyi. The canals are not very wide so it is good manners to slow down when passing other boats ( you will be 10 to 20 ft away). If you can find an area to enter the "flats", I beleive you need a pole/ flag that is 10ft in length, but I am not 100% sure on that. I don't usually go to far into the flats so if I hear another boat or airboat in the area I head back to the canal. The FWC does patrol on airboats quite a bit out there. Other than that, nothing out of the ordinary. Also from your original question, I don't think anyone mentioned but the water is very murky/ stained out there. If I can figure out how I will post some pics from out there so you can see what your in for. Also check some of Captain Shanes posts he posted some pics from out there not to long ago.

Glades hit it on the head with his tips. I've also had a lot of luck with trick worms in bright colors, especially white. Also you can never go wrong out there with a good ole senko. You'll be fishing in some very thick cover... rig accordingly. Good luck let us know how you did!

In 2009, BP had 16.76 billion in profits on 246.14 billion in revenue. That's a profit percent of just 6.81%. So, if BP lowered their prices 7% then they would lose money. 7% of $3 is just 21 cents. So, they can't give you cheap gas. I don't think the calculations are quite that simple. It probably doesn't include the billions of gallons they are storing away either. They are still making billions this year, and at the same time lowballing fisherman with $5000 checks. People they have essentially put out of business are now having to work for BP just to make money. They (fisherman) are making less money than before, and I'm sure they are forced to sign "I won't sue you" contracts. Like I said before, we the tax payers will end up geting the bill, and BP will probably make record profits this year. Of course I don't want to pay $4 a gallon, but what's the difference if I pay it at the pump or in my taxes. It just makes me sick

I can throw weightless worms with my ML baitcatsing gear, but I sure as heck can't aim it. But if you can, more power to you. Raul great post, thanks.

X2 X3 and perhaps some spinners, anybody can work a spinner

I have had 8lb mono snap on me before, and here are the reasons: - The line directly above the hook gets worn down, sand-papered if you will, by the mouths of previous catches. Upon hookset on my next catch it snaps. You can fix this by checking your line just above the hook, and moving it up about 6in if it looks worn. - The line snaps at the hook, where it is inherently weaker. Haven't found a fix for this yet. - The fish wraps around a sunken object and I just pulled to dang hard trying to unwrap it. Haven't found a fix for this one either. In open water with good line I rarely lose a fish on mono. I keep my drag pretty darn tight to so I don't miss my hookset. And I don't beleive fish weight would be so important because an 8lb fish underwater doesn't really weigh 8lbs. Good luck man hope this helps out.

Very nice hogs man.. where did you put in at?