Bluebasser86

Launched the boat and didn't get it tied off as well as I thought when I went to deal with my major case of bubble gut. When I came out of the outhouse my boat was 100 yards from the boatramp and floating very slowly in the light breeze. Water temp was right at 50, too cold to swim. No other boats or people and I'd left my trolling motor down because I was going to start fishing right there since it was a small lake. Bad thing about that is it's a very shallow lake and the trolling motor hit bottom about 20' from the bank once it finally got to the shoreline. I tied some short pieces of rope and bungee cords together and tried to climb out on a fallen tree so I could toss my homemade boat retrieval system. Climbed up a broken, and apparently hollow, willow tree. Right as I got to the top a big raccoon exploded from the inside of the tree and landed in the water. I don't know who it scared more but I was really surprised I didn't fall out of the tree. I managed to toss and get the bungee cord hook on the front storage hatch and drug the boat within reach. I always double check to make sure it's tied up well since then.

Looks a lot like a wiper to me. They hit and pull like a truck, for a freshwater fish anyways.

I'd love to catch a shark, haven't ever had a chance yet.

Very colorful little rainbow.

Nice! Still looking for a big walleye myself. Caught a nice 19" saugeye on a yo-yo'd 'trap tonight. No knife though so he was lucky.

Rage Craw flipped into the water willows. It's a rush when the weeds start parting as soon as the bait hits the water!

Just a personal preference, I'd thicken the skirt up a little bit.

It certainly was not the answer today. My first dozen casts that's what I did and didn't get a hit. Then I hit a clump of weeds and ripped it out and got slammed. 8 of the next 9 casts had the same results. I'd rip it up off the bottom and when I was reeling back down to rip it again I'd feel a tick almost like fishing a jerkbait. A couple of them stopped it on the rip and just stopped my rod completely. My wrist and elbow was literally getting sore from ripping the bait out of the weeds and the fish hitting the bait so hard. I started just crawling it as slow as I could and keep it ticking the weeds and picked up several more doing that. There was a older guy that came down to his dock and was yelling across the lake asking what I was catching them. He said he'd lived there since 1964 and had never seen anyone catch fish out there like that. He was keeping track of how many fish I'd caught for me until it started to slow down and he got cold. I was hoping to get 50 before I left but 43 from the bank from the same area isn't bad

I've caught 12 inchers on 6" weedless hudds here in Kansas. The 4" weedless shad is almost like cheating some days.

With a regular bass jig always.

Well I went to Gardner this morning after work to see if the fish had moved back into the south end with the shad until the cold water moves in. I figured I'd make a few casts and maybe catch a couple fish and go home. 2 hours and 43 fish later I finally packed it in. Nothing big but lots of 12-15 inchers on long casts just slamming an Xcalibur one knocker makes for a good time!

Wolf Creek

Don't go if the forcasted winds are over 10mph and make sure you have a comfortable life jacket because you have to wear them the whole time you're on the water. The rip rap by the outlet and then the dam and the islands by the dam and the areas around them is where I've done best.

War Eagle and War Eagle Finesse. Either in mouse or spot remover colors. If I'm fishing dingy water I like a white or chartruese and white Booyah.

In clear water they probably make a difference but in most of the lakes I fish I doubt they make a difference.

Only if I have a very limted time to fish, like I might take one rod with one crank or spinnerbait if I only have 20 minutes before or after work or something. Otherwise I'm going to have extras.

Them gar can really eat can't they! I was amazed how much my two little long nose gar could put away.

Not a problem, going to be awhile before we see good buzzbait fishing again though

Used to have a big 55 gallon aquarium with a flathead catfish that started out as a little 4.5" fish and ended up over 2lbs before I had to turn it loose. Also had a soft shelled turtle the size of a silver dollar and two longnose gar between 6-9 inches. It was a really fun tank to have and watch how they interacted but man it was expensive to keep! It takes a really expensive filter to keep the water clean and it's crazy how much that flathead and those gar can eat! It was nothing for them to go through a couple dozen minnows a day. Thankfully the turtle was happy munching hotdogs so he was a little cheaper to keep. The flathead got too big so I put it back in the lake it came out of and the gar shocked out changing the water one day so it's at my parents house with regular aquarium fish in it now.

http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/13845-guaranteed-to-catch-bass/

Send them to me, I'll dispose of them properly for you Seriously would not go fishing anytime I think they might hit a buzzbait without at least 2 3/8oz black Cavitrons, they just flat out catch more fish than any other buzzbait I've ever fished. Biggest surprise has probably been the Havoc Pitboss. I figured they'd catch fish but not as many as they do and still hold up like they do. The Xcalibur Zell Pop has been another on. I knew it would catch fish but something about it just catches way more fish than other poppers I've fished. Disappointment-Jackall Giron and Strike King Sexy Swimmer. I can be on a good swimbait bite but toss one of either of those two baits at them and they won't touch them. The Giron has great action but it just doesn't work for me.

I don't blame you, I'll hopefully be back next Wednesday myself with the wife. She's been bugging me to go fishing as soon as she gets days off and this week she's off her probation period at work so she gets days off. Thinking I may buy a bunch of minnows or crawlers and just anchor up at the dam and relax and see how many smallies she can catch in a day I'll bet La Cygne is probably rocking for wipers right now around the outlet if nothing else. You could always go to wolf creek too if the wind isn't going to be bad, just make sure you have a comfortable life jacket since you have to wear it the whole time.

I had a member on another forum buy a bunch of baits from me. Should have been there in a couple days but instead took a couple weeks and only one bait was left in the box. I was lucky because it was only a $35 lot so I just refunded his money since I hadn't paid for the insurance and just chalked it up as a learning experience on my part. I honestly think in my case it was an employee theft at the post office. I had a tracking number so I know my priority mail took almost 2 weeks to get a few states away. I wouldn't ever ship without payment either. Online stores don't ship until you pay and you can't walk out of the grocery store if you only pay for part of your groceries.

Especially during hunting season. I had a lady walk right under my stand last year on private land. She walked down the treeline and started poking around my buddies ground blind, which he happened to be in at the time. I heard her scream from almost a mile away when he jumped out where she could see him. He asked what she was doing and she said she was looking for rocks for her garden He asked if she knew she'd walked almost directly under my stand, she had no idea. I can say that a person coming through the tall grass sounds pretty similar and had it been low light and if I was a less ethical person that might shoot at something they can't completely identify, it's happened a time or two I know.

Like a lot of newer country artist I don't consider her stuff to be country music. Even some of the folks that have been around for a long time have started to do more songs that I think fit more into the Pop genre than country. I'm not a fan of hers but she is a talented singer and has done a great job marketing herself and her music.