KU_Bassmaster.

d**n Raul ..... I couldn't even sneak in here before you. Just a little ol' .... 10 lbs 8 oz.'er

I haven't personally .... but I have heard they are JUNK!!!!!

Well that charm has already been on one hell of a journey ........ coast to coast. Pretty cool!!!!!!!

I'm with you guys as well. I am 100% C&R and although it does break my heart to see a fish like that killed ....... He did nothing illegal. So what can you really say???? All you can really do is bite your lip and maybe inform of the benefits of C&R (especially a fish like that). Since he did nothing illegal, that's all you can really say.

OK .................... How 'bout them Royals???!!!!!! : ;D Boy am I glad football season is just around the corner.

I usually get skunked at once a year and it's normally in early spring.

It's at the bottom of the of the lake :-? : :-X :-/ ;D I am heading out this weekend. Hopefully I can get some footage to you.

That being said ............... I have read a couple of articles and my experience has supported what I have read. Bass can see MUCH better than we can in the dark, but it takes their eyes quite a bit longer to adjust. When a bass feels insecure about its surroundings it will hug tight to cover. So around sunset the bite will tend to die off. I have found that around 1 am to 3 am to be PRIME TIME and 3 to sunrise to be good. This theory also might explain the mid-day bite. Their eyes might take that long to fully adjust to the light. :-/

There are many sites out there that are area specific. Before I went on a fishing trip last year I posed a question here about some Lake Fork info. The site was still fairly young (not as many members as now) and I didn't get much of a response mainly because nobody was from that area. Somebody did give me a link to another Texas forum that helped me out big time though. They narrowed down my place to stay, places to eat, place to rent a boat, what to expect, etc. You did however had to put up with a lot of "junk" they you don't have to put up with here, but there were some genuinely nice people that helped me out. But now we have Matt_Fly here for all your Lake Fork info. He all but opened up his Lake Fork Bible for LBH, Hawg_hunter and gang. So yes there are probably some other sites out there that might be better suited to ask specific questions about certain areas or lakes. But as a general fishing forum, there is no place like home. There are sooooooooooooooooooooo many great people here that are willing to share their knowledge and pass it on.

I like Davy Hite. He has a silent confidence yet you can still tell he LOVES what he is doing. Meaning he is not afraid to get excited about catching a big bass.

Like this ;D ;D ;D

No need to show me that list Reel_Mech. I have a note card with all the records with me at all times while fishing ........ just in case. Like I said also, it really chaps my butt that my high school Biology teacher holds the KS record largemouth. What's even worse is that he was crappie fishing. >

Maybe ;D ;D Like I said, this is something I have been thinking about quite a bit these past few weeks. I go back and forth and can't really give a set in stone answer. :-/ But like you said, things might be a whole lot different when/if you are actually holding a state record fish in your hand. And senko77 ..... I hope you would.

I guess I am a bit suprised at these numbers. I thought "yes" would be the majority, but not by this overwhelming amount. I still don't know what I would do, but slightly lean towards "no". Of course it's easy to say that right now. I guess it would be different in everybody's situation. There are a couple reasons I lean towards no. First, most of the bodies of water I fish on a regular basis are less than 1000 acres and the majority of them are under 300. They have just about all the fishing pressure they can handle right now as it is. If I fished HUGE bodies of water like CJ mentioned I might be more apt to go through with getting it certified. Next, bass fishing here in Kansas is just not the big of deal like it is in the southern states like Matt mentioned. You would probably get a small article in the paper and maybe a small clip on the news and that's probably about it. I don't really think their would be much of a monetary gain. If I lived somewhere where that might be a possiblity, it could probably change my mind. And yes, if it was a WR of anykind I would submit it.

This is a question I have been asking myself the past few weeks or so and I can't come up with a conclusion. On one hand I think it would be cool to make your mark on the record books, plus it would be GREAT to de-throne my high school Biology teacher who holds the Kansas record for Largemouth. : But ......... That fish is sure to get some publicity and the lake you caught the bass out of will surely have fishing pressure sky rocket .... possibly ruining your favorite place to fish. A double-edged sword. :-/

This is going to be great. MR. GYCB himself. One thing though ....... I believe you only throw 6" Senkos ...... Right?? Me too (6 or 7 inch Dingers). The only time I throw 5" Senkos are when wacky rigging. So I might suggest going to pick yourself up some Dingers in 6 or 7 inch vareity. That's where it seems to be a little more difficult to get some with the smaller on-line companies. Another thing you will find with the knockoffs is they don't fly off your hook like the GYCB Senkos (VERY frustrating). At one of my lakes, the bass are gorging themselves with some big shad right now. Lots of the fish I am catching have tails sticking out of their throats, so I have been throwing a lot of the GYCB Senko (7" in the 239 color) that I bought in the bargain bin at Cabela's last year for about $2 a pack. Lots of them end up flying off the hook during a cast. I have NEVER had that happen with a Dinger or any other knockoff.

No. Read the last line of the article

If you are not having fun fishing, then by all means take a break. Fishing shouldn't be something you have to struggle to get up and do.

I agree that fishing in the cold weather sucks WAY more than the extreme heat .... that is on us physically and mentally. But fishing, well actually catching, is about the same if not a tad easier in the winter IMO. That is if you can find them. They will be less scattered than they will be in the summertime. Summertime they can be shallow and deep and everything in between. Winter time it's pretty easy ..... they are deep. But many of us, myself included, can't stand the cold and don't have the paitence to locate them. I could spend darn near all day trying to locate fish in the heat of the summer ...... just did it last week with temps approaching 100. Put temps in the 30's and my fishing trips are pretty short. The cold conditions are way tougher on us than it is the fishing is what I am trying to get at. If they only made baots with heaters. :-? ...... safe ones

Here ya go ..... http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jsp?rid=&indexId=cat20344&navAction=push&navCount=3&cmCat=MainCatcat20166&parentType=index&parentId=cat20344&id=0031286

Way to get the important stuff in there. ;D If the boatmonkey, the bait monkey's evil cousin, had anything to say about it you better make room for at least a 22 ft. boat. ;D

Got that here too as I type. Highs for the next 5 days are near are at 100 with disgusting humidity and heat indexes over 110. Yep .... I am going to be a hermit this week.

Exactly!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It's all your head. That being said .... it SUCKS to be out there in the cold. I can spend all day out in 100 degree heat. It would suck, but I can put up with it. Put me out on a lake in the 30's ....... the trip won't last long.

Awesome video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! When I saw the Bigmouth movies, they changed the way I fished soft plastics for the rest of my life. I honestly think by watching those movies, you will catch more bass on soft plastics. It's incredible how they can work their way around those hooks ........ sometimes 8-)