Bluebasser86

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

You know the spot, it was loaded when we were there last too.

Bass aren't smart enough to know if a fish is supposed to be in the pond with them or not. All they know is it's another fish that they can probably fit in their mouth, which is all they need to know.

Never used lamb but I tried deer liver once and they wouldn't touch it. Cut bluegill is really good.

I recently purchased the Yo-Zurich that @smalljaw67 is talking about and it is a really nice bait that I've caught several nice fish on already. It has a really unique sound.

Yeah, they're awesome baits. Very durable and affordable and they catch all sizes of fish.

Okay, had to check mine. I was wrong, there is no tail flange like I thought, but the ribs absolutely go forward instead of slightly back like the Keitech. How is that going to effect the action? No idea, but it's not the exact same bait, although it's very close.

Yes it does. New tires, brakes, and rotors this year should have it good for awhile too.

I'm still getting used to it, but it's amazing. Being able to tell that the brushpile I'm fishing is a hardwood or a cedar blows me away.

I see what you did there. Not a lot of picture taking going on in the rain, but I had to get it out for my new PB from the kayak.

It's a wake bait for sure. Fish it very slowly across the surface so it leaves a "V". Flat calm days usually seem to be the best time to fish them for me.

What the bass here lack in size they make up for in numbers. This is the home of the Ned rig (and Ned Kehde), who strives to catch 101 bass in 4 hours in a trip, or 25 bass an hour. That is an attainable goal in some of the lakes in this area, but you might not catch a limit of fish over 15" or a single fish over 18" in all those fish.

I'd think the opposite. There's food there, probably a good chance a bass is lurking in the shadows below that log for one of those gills to wander off and get a little too close.

Are there not carp in ponds in the south? They're in about every body of water around here and every body of water I've ever fished in.

My Tundra is closing in on 100K miles, just getting broke in.

I use a steady, straight retrieve mainly.

They aren't in my boat from about May until October. Jerkbaits and muddy water don't mix. I've tried them in our clearer lakes and to say the results are lackluster would be an understatement.

You get 1 more bait for $.20 less with the Strike King, that's a pretty big difference if you use a lot of them.

I go with the old school brass and glass.

I catch lots of them on swimbaits and traps. They're fun if you can get them to eat topwater like spooks. Jerkbaits work really well in the spring and winter, along with A rigs. There isn't really anything out there you can't catch them on occasionally though. Live shad are about the surest way to get into some though.

Looks like a blast!

As long as the bass eat other fish where you live, then they'll eat big swimbaits. I catch them on big swimbaits here in NE KS all the time and our population of bass over 18" is terrible.

I like 10-12 pound Big Game