Bluebasser86

I've got a 6' Avid UL that is an absolute blast to trout fish with. It fishes small spinners, cranks, and jigs very well but sometimes I have a hard time setting a hook with a spoon for some reason. I think it's just such a light rod that it just can't bury the hook on a long cast with a spoon. Only problem is it's not a 2 piece but they do make a 6' 6" and a 7' UL in a 2 piece.

I bought all of mine either on sale or from guys on here that were basically new. I love each one of them and I'm hoping they last like the B's did that are still on the front line in my fishing attack team.

The Citicas are good reels for sure but after a couple years I like my curados better.

I flip big worms once in awhile if the timber doesn't have too many limbs and they're one of my favorites on pole timber. I have had several fish grab my bait after I casts it over a limb, landed some, lost most. Most of my bites on the big worms are on the intial fall instead of while I'm moving the bait like when I'm fishing a jig.

I believe the difference is that some circle hooks are offset and some are in-line. Offset circles tend to have a bend at the eye and if you look at the hook from the back the hook point will be off to the side of the hook shank. If you do the same thing with an in-line circle hook the point will point directly in towards the hook shank. The offset ones are popular for setlines for catfish around here but the in-line ones seem to be more popular for wacky rigging for bass. I don't personally use them for bass so I can't swear that is 100% accurate. I've seen lots and lots of bass missed on circle hooks on wacky rigs fishing tournaments so I just stick to wide gap finesse hooks.

Us posting is the easy part, dads like you taking time out of their day to share this wonderful sport with their kids is the most important part! Good job to both of you

Sounds like a great day! Days that that make all the tough days worthwhile.

I'd go with a spinnerbait or rattletrap. Dirty water so you want something with thump,vibration, and flash to help attract active fish so you don't waste your time fishing a pond with no fish in it. Plus those baits catch any size bass so you won't be limiting yourself quite as much as you would be by throwing a 7" swimbait.

If it is just one bass blowing up on a bluegill or shad it's possible they might have caught what they were chasing and are too busy dealing with that to worry about your bait. If they missed their intended target though, you should be able to throw a fluke, spook jr, or weightless tube just past the boil and fish it fast. Make it look like a baitfish that was just nearly eaten and is trying to get away, if the fish is still there and still hungry you should get a fast strike.

Mine usually calls me once or twice while I'm fishing, usually without much to say. Then when I get home and she doesn't want to hear about my day fishing and I already know everything that happened during her day so we don't have much to talk about and that makes her upset. I swear that women just can't stand for their husbands/boyfriends to have fun without them. It sounds like my wife is pretty similar to your's Clayton86. She get's bored very easily and just doesn't get along with other girls because she thinks they're all out to get her. My saving grace is that I have different days off than her, so while I'm on the lake, she's at work. Her only one request is that I be home when she gets off work, which is usually not a problem.

Finally got my camera up on my favorite stand. Sat out for a week and got quite a few pictures with some pretty decent deer. This first one I think is the same bad boy I got a picture of last year.

That's not at all what I was expecting but still made me laugh.

New Guinea. Beautiful country, nice weather, and google "new guinea bass". That's reason enough for me right there!

How do shows like The Kardashians or Jersey Shore get on TV? I'm guessing there is just enough people out there that don't have lives of their own but the world may never know.

Sometimes they seem to really be in schools on that lake. I'm sure it has a lot to do with the clear water, lack of cover, and lots of shad. Flipping the weeds is a good tournament technique out there but not really much fun since it's just a yank and they're in the boat. This cool front should really start to turn them on out there! Don't know why I never posted my big smallmouth on this thread. She was 20.5 inches and 4lbs 3oz. Caught her on a shakeyhead in about 10 feet of water on the bank straight across the lake from the marina cove.

They are a decent reel for the money but you will be doing pretty good if it lasts a season or two.

I believe balsa is a little more fragile and buoyant than cedar. So if you're cranking through heavy cover a balsa crank may back out of limbs and rocks better.

Black/blue, sapphire blue, blueberry, purple, blackberry, black, and GP.

Fish them like a regular senko, they are a lot alike. I like a 4/0 EWG hook for mine but you should be fine with a 3/0 also.

Very few lakes with true perch in them around here. I caught a couple walleye fishing in Canada probably similar size to that one. They are good eating though!

Fishing with my friends or my dad wouldn't be nearly as fun without some good natured ribbing and story telling. I can talk and fish at the same time without getting very distracted from either and I don't feel like the talking turns the fish off very much.

Just do what I did and drop the Iphone in the lake!

Supposed to be a little cooler and on the front edge of a cold front so you may do really well. Flipping a California Craw Rage Craw into the water willow was best for me Wednesday night. The guys that caught the big smallie said they were fishing deep but didn't say how deep or with what. We got very few shakeyhead fish. My biggest smallie of the night was on a 5/8oz Jewel Jig in watermelon red with a GP twin tail trailer. They should be chasing shad first thing in the morning again, especially if it's cloudy and calm.

I'm with ww2farmer except I don't use the smallie beavers on a T-rig, just a shakeyhead. For the bigger beaver baits a 4/0 Gamakatsu EWG superline hook works great for me!

Nice fish G! That flathead needs to eat something! Looks like it should have been more like 15-18 with it's length but not much girth. Did he come out of a place that normally has good current? That might explain why he's long and skinny like that. I never have understood why people say they're so ugly, I think they're a great looking fish!