FALCON

WELL, I'M FORTUNATE TO LIVE ON LAKE ST. CLAIR SO I DON'T FISH ANYWHERE ELSE EXCEPT WHEN WE GO ON VACATION. THIS FEBUARY MY WIFE AND I WERE IN ORLANDO AND I FISHED TOHO.........I COULD GET USED TO THAT TOO.

MY DAD TOOK ME TO THE DETROIT RIVER WHEN I WAS FIVE AND FIFTY-TWO YEARS LATER I'M STILL NUTS ABOUT IT.

COULD I BUY GAS FOR MY BOAT? MY 250 MERC EFI HAS QUITE AN APPETITE.

FOR ME, WE DON'T GET OVERLY EXCITED ABOUT OUR SMALLMOUTH UNTIL 4#. FIVE# GETS A SMILE AND A PAT ON THE BACK. THEN THE SMALLIES LIKE MY 6-15# GETS A HOLY COW. THIS YEAR MY GOAL WAS TO BREAK THE 7# MARK BUT I HAVEN'T COME CLOSE YET. I'VE CAUGHT THREE OVER FIVE BUT THAT'S IT. BUT FALL WILL CHANGE THAT.

HEY RUSS, I'M DISABLED MYSELF DUE TO SIX SPINE SURGERIES. I'M UNABLE TO HANDLE AN EVENT MYSELF. (DUE TO NARCOTICS I TAKE FOR PAIN I'M NOT ALWAYS THINKING CLEAR) IF WE COULD GET SOME OTHER MEMBERS FROM THE DETROIT AREA INTERESTED I'D LIKE TO HELP. FALCON

I LIVE ON LAKE ST. CLAIR (475,000 ACRES) BUT I HAVE A NUMBER OF HAUNTS THAT USUALLY HOLD PLENTY OF SMALLMOUTHS AND LARGEMOUTHS. ON OCCASION I FISH SMALL LAKES FROM SHORE AND DON'T SEE MUCH DIFFERENCE IN AVERAGE SIZE.

IMO IT'S AN ODD RULE. I USE A NET 99% OF THE TIME. THE 1% HAPPENED MONDAY MORNING, I HAD A 3.5-4# SMALLIE ON MY NEW SHAD RAP WHEN I GOT IT NEXT TO THE BOAT I WENT TO LIP IT FOR SOME UNEXPLAINED REASON. WELL IT WAS STILL VERY FIESTY SO I DID THE UNTHINKABLE AND GRABBED THE LINE.......GUESS WHAT HAPPENED. I CUSSED MYSELF THE REST OF THE DAY FOR NOT USING THE NET THAT WAS 18" AWAY. THEN I HAD TO GO TO GANDER MOUNTAIN TO REPLACE THE LURE. I'LL BE USING THE NET 100% FROM NOW ON.

THAT THEORY WOULD NOT WORK HERE ON LAKE ST. CLAIR BECAUSE I CAN BE IN 8' OF WATER AND DROP THE CUP ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM AND STILL SEE IT.

POWER FISHERMAN ALL THE WAY. JUST LIKE MY HERO KVD.

I USE POWERBAIT 7" WORMS IN WATERMELON AND RED SHAD WITH GREAT SUCCESS. I'VE ALSO HAD GOOD LUCK WITH FRENZY DIVERS. THEY CAST LIKE A BULLET. TODAY I PICKED UP A COUPLE FRENZY FLICKER SHAD (CHARTREUSE PEARL & SHAD) I'LL TRY THEM TOMORROW.

HERE IN S.E. MICHIGAN WE HAVE BOTH. THE CABELAS IS ABOUT 1 1/2 HRS. FROM MY HOUSE AND BPS IS 45 MIN. MY PPERSONAL PREFERENCE IS BPS. NOT ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE CLOSER BUT BECAUSE BPS HAS A BETTER VARIETY. I ALSO LIKE BPS RODS BETTER.

THANKS GLENN, AND ALL THE MODS THAT KEEP BASS RESOURCE.COM THE BEST FISHING SITE ON THE NET. AND THANKS TO ALL THAT HAVE GIVEN ME VALUABLE INFORMATION AND MADE ME A BETTER FISHERMAN. MY HAT IS OFF TO ALL!!!

THE ONLY TAGGED FISH I'VE CAUGHT WERE WALLEYE. I DON'T KNOW IF MICHIGAN TAGS BASS. IT IS INTERESTING TO SEE HOW FAR THE FISH TRAVELED AND HOW MUCH IT HAS GROWN.

I FISH EVERY DAY. USUALLY 4-5 DAYS IN THE BOAT AND WHEN MY SPINE IS ACTING UP I'LL JUST FISH IN MY CANAL.

THAT'S THE PROBLEM, 11:00 A.M. SATURDAY MOST OF US BR MEMBERS ARE OUT PROWLING OUR FAVORITE LAKES WITH A GRAPHITE STICK IN OUR HANDS. I USUALLY WATCH THE RERUNS EARLY WEEKDAY MORNINGS AT 5:00. I ALSO THINK THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN BETTER HOSTS THAN "WESTSIDE" VELVICK AND THE OTHER CLOWN. IMO TREY REID AND ZONA WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER SUITED.

I WENT WITH 50-3# BECAUSE WHEN MY BAJA LEAVES MY SEAWALL I WANT TO CATCH ALOT OF FISH. NOT TO MENTION, HERE IN MICHIGAN A 3# LARGEMOUTH IS A QUALITY FISH. MY AVERAGE LARGEMOUTH HERE ON ST. CLAIR IS 2#. BUT MY AVERAGE SMALLMOUTH IS CLOSER TO 3#. MY PB LARGEMOUTH IS 3-08 AND MY PB SMALLMOUTH IS 6-15........GUESS WHAT I'M GOING TO FISH FOR.

I JUST WENT TO BASSMASTER.COM AND CHECKED THE TV LISTINGS FOR THIS WEEKEND AND AT 11:OO A.M. THEY HAVE "THE NEW AMERICAN SPORTSMAN" LISTED. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF "BASSCENTER" ANYWHERE ON THE PROGRAMMING.

MINE IS A 6LB 15OZ SMALLMOUTH. CAUGHT HER ON A #7 JOINTED SHAD RAP (RED CRAWDAD). MY GOAL FOR THIS YEAR WAS TO BREAK THE 7LB MARK BUT SO FAR MY BIGGEST IS 5.1 (THREE TIMES).

KVD AND GREG HACKNEY.

FOR ME, IT'S DEFINATELY TOUGHER FISHING IN THE COLD. I'LL CHASE SMALLMOUTH THROUGH OCTOBER THEN PULL THE BOAT OUT AND WINTERIZE HER. THEN POUT UNTIL APRIL.

HEY 405Z06, IF YOU WANT ILL-TEMPERED SMALLMOUTH COME TO MY BACKYARD (LAKE ST. CLAIR). IT'S 475,000 ACRES FILLED WITH BIG, MEAN SMALLMOUTH, JUST ASK GMAN. KVD SAYS IT'S HIS FAVORITE LAKE ALSO. I'M UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF PAIN MEDICATION RIGHT NOW OR I'D BE OUT THERE.

FOR ME, FROM APRIL THROUGH OCTOBER LAKE ST. CLAIR. NOT JUST BECAUSE I LIVE ON IT BUT BECAUSE IT'S A GREAT FISHING HOLE. (JUST ASK K.V.D.) THE REST OF THE TIME IT'S A TOSS-UP BETWEEN SOUTHERN CAL, TEXAS, AND FLORIDA.(I'D LIKE TO FISH TOHO AGAIN BECAUSE THE ONLY TIME I FISHED IT WAS AFTER A HORRIBLE COLD FRONT)

NICE GOING NICK!! YOUR MOM SOUNDS LIKE A VERY SPECIAL LADY. I HAVE A FEELING WE WILL BE SEEING YOU ON TELEVISION ON SATURDAY MORNINGS GOING HEAD-TO-HEAD WITH THE LIKES OF KVD AND GREG HACKNEY AND ALL THE OTHER PROS. GOOD LUCK, RICK

HEY DODGEGUY, YOU CAN GET SKUNKED IF YOU LIKE, BUT WHEN MY BAJA LEAVES MY SEAWALL I GO OUT TO CATCH FISH. IF IT TAKES LIVE BAIT TO GET THE JOB DONE, SO BE IT. JUST MY OPINION.

I AGREE WITH R.W., THERE ARE TIMES HERE ON LAKE ST. CLAIR WHEN IT'S TOO MUCH FUN TO GO OUT WITH LARGE SHINERS AND CATCH SMALLMOUTH. MY 6-15 SMALLIE CAME ON A LARGE SHINER. SOMETIMES LIVE BAIT IS ALL THAT WILL WORK.