kellenMO

Can someone point me in the direction of scrounger style heads with bigger sized hooks? Any help is appreciated!

So Some fish hanging around a brushpile. Humminbird Helix 5 DI/GPS

This time of year (post-spawn summertime). Water temp should be mid 70's. Current pool level should be similar to the second picture which corresponds to the navionics contour lines

Found an area on a lake where a big creek empties into the main river/lake and I believe it's where I'd like to focus my fishing. The lake is very low in the winter and you can see on google earth where the creek runs. I have the pic at low pool, normal pool, and the navionics chart of it. My main question is where would you try first to look for fish? Thanks guys

Making a trip to Kentucky Lake in early-mid June and was wondering about boat ramps and lodging towards the northern part of the lake. Any help/input welcome! Thanks guys

Great read. Hopefully you can bless us with more posts in the future.

It's all about the bite. If the fish slams it, set the hook right away. If he just barely picked it up and it feels like there's dead weight at the end, but realize it's a fish, then give it a second before setting the hook. Remember: Even the pros lose fish

Picked up a 7' MH Moderate for deep cranking a few weeks ago and like it so far!

I've never had trouble with this before and pride myself on not losing fish with a jig.... Back to the original topic: Don't you think a hook with 2 barbs instead of one; or a longer barb would land more fish with a heavy hook set?

The weed guard would not be thick/long enough to stop the hook from getting through the fish's mouth. I make sure of that with my overkill hook sets. It would always be when the fish jump (and yes I tried different retrieves after hooking a fish to keep them down).

Today I was fishing with a jig and had about 4 keepers in a row jump and spit my jig (including a 4-5 lber). Usually I have no problem with landing fish on jigs, but it made me wonder: why don't they make hooks with either multiple barbs or longer barbs? Obviously heavier hooksets would be necessary, but I feel like I do that anyways. Is it ethical/legal reasons or what? Thanks for the input

Can anyone give me a good idea of what a ledge looks like on a topo map? Pictures would be awesome.

Haven't fished there yet this year. Usually start going a lot when school is out during post-spawn and summer time. Usually catch 3-5 fish in the 3-5 pound range on any given weekend. You just gotta find the piles in 10-20 feet of water and find out what they're biting!

Well I am very acquainted with both baitcasting and spinning rod/reels. I have a BassPro 6'6 ML Carbonlie rod/reel combo that I abslolutely love for the smaller ponds and lakes that I fish. But I am planning on getting a bass boat soon and fishing bigger waters. With that I will need to get heavier setups to throw heavier lures.

Hey guys I have some general bass fishing questions. I do not need very detailed answers! What rods(length/action/etc) should you use for different lures and different situations? And what would a bass do through the different times of the year. For example-in the spring they key around shallower places to spawn. Any advice would help! Thanks guys, Kellen

Yeah I've been saving up for pretty much my whole life just for good habit and have about 3k now, with a little help from the ol' man hopefully I'll be out on the water by next spring!

Hey guys, I've been pretty much fishing farm ponds and lakes that are no bigger than 6 acres a lot in my life. I occasionally go to the Lake of the Ozarks about once a year and fish off a dock or fish off my grandparents jet ski (which is fairly difficult to fish off of). I want to get a decent boat and start using electronics to find fish on the bigger lakes. What should I expect if I want to own a boat. Maintenance, insurance, storage, etc? Also what should I do differently on a bigger lake/reservoir that I would do on a smaller farm pond/lake? Any tips would help! Here are a couple pics from my recent fishing trip! First ones about 7.5 lbs, second ones about 4!

Hey guys, I fish some lakes where boat docks are pretty much the only cover that the bass have and it requires a lot of flipping and pitching. However, these casting techniques seem to always give me backlash. And trying to skip a bait under a dock turns out even worse. I am great at normal overhead and sidearm casting, but pitching and skipping always gives me trouble. So I was wondering if you guys had any tips on flipping/pitching/skipping. Is there a special way to tune your reel or what? Thanks a lot

Honestly, I have no clue. I've seen some minnows in there before, but not enough

Yes I agree, but what could I put in the lake that would not over-run it but still provide food for the bass? Some kind of native minnows? Thanks again guys

Hey guys, there is a 4 acre lake on my granfathers farm (central MO) that I fish all the time and I had some questions about managing it. The main problem is the size of the bass: about 99 percent of the bass we catch are 11-14 inches and skinny. I have caught two bass out of it that were over 20 inches. One was about 24 inches and about 7lbs, which is pretty normal. But the other was 25 or so inches and only about 4-5 lbs (on a scale). We have been taking out about 60 small bass (7-12 inchers) a year on average for the past two years to create more food for the bigger bass, but the results have only increased a very little bit. We are going to indroduce more cover for the bass, but what else should we try? THANKS FOR READING. Heres a pic of the 4-5lb 25 incher