KU_Bassmaster.

I found a few around the boat ramp the other day at one of my lakes. They were a dark green on top, light green on the sides, and had orange/red coloring on the tip of the pinchers.

What else is there??? ;D

I'm with Skwerl on this one. The spinnerbait. Hate it and have no confidence in it what so ever .... and it's not for a lack of trying. I can count on one hand how many bass I have caught on a spinnerbait.

Well #1 is to have fun ......... mission accomplished 99.9% of the time After that I am always trying to learn something new about the lake I am fishing. I think knowing your lake and catching bass go hand and hand.

It's not "mine", but it's what I use: 2005 Trailblazer with the V8. Can't tell my boat is back there either ........ but I also am either towing a 14 ft Jon or a 2 man bass boat. ;D

Good luck!!!!! We will be awaiting the results.

Food for thought ..... ;D. I would say it probably would take more enrgy to digest that chesseburger vs. one jelly bean ........ but consider how much energy you would use to chase down the amount of jelly beans to equal that one cheeseburger. The biggest factor to consider is that big bass are LAZY (yes that's right, all caps). They want to get the most out of each meal for the least amount of work/energy.

No I meant courteous. Come to think about .... when I heard about this, it had to do with non-boaters backing in boaters trailers/boats at tourneys. I could see how baoters make get upset if non-boaters back their trailers in and short out their lights. But then again, I would also think it's the boaters responsiblity to unplug them before he gets in the boat if that bothers him.

I kind of look at it this way ..... suppose you are a big fat old LAZY bass. You want to use the least amount of energy for the most amount of food. Are you more likely to use energy to get a jelly bean or a big fat double cheeseburger?

I've heard people doing this too, to be ........... courteous?? I am like Ben and have never disconnected my lights either. Maybe I am overlooking something. Can someone please explain.

Over a period of time, a big bait will CONSISTANTLY catch bigger bass than a smaller bait. That's not to say that a beetle spin won't catch a big bass every now and then. I am a firm believer in the big baits = big bass theory. I would say if your dead set on catching that double digit bass and don't mind catching a few less bass (remember fishing for big bass is a mind set) double the size of your baits you normally use. You mentioned jigs and plastics. Go out and get some 1/2 oz+ Jigs with some nice chunky trailers and some 10" worms.

Ahhhhhh husker ........ a location would be nice. ;D ;D I assume Kill Creek. That 3 lber is a GODD quality fish out there. I've only seen maybe one bigger and that one being the unofficial lake record and the very first fish I ever caught out there .... just shy of 6 lbs. I noticed when I was out there earlier this week that the average size fish seemed to be getting closer to 2 lbs. I mean we only caught a couple of those fish where you wonder how the heck that tiny bass even got that lure in it's mouth. Unlike the past years when it seemed like every other fish was that way. Give that lake another 2 or 3 years and she should be putting out some nice quality bass. I just hope not too many people find out about it.

That's a good way of putting it.

6/8/06 - Kill Creek It was a sore thumb day ........ actually two thumbs. We put in around 6:00 and took out around 11:00 (only because of a stupid dentist appointment >). Water temp ranged from 77 to 80. I started the morning off throwing a chartreuse shad Sammy. Caught one on my very first cast. This is usually a sign of bad things to come, but not today. I worked the Sammy on the north side of the lake, near the swimming beach, around all the grass mats. Went to the south side of the lake and caught a few there was well on it. My buddy started out with a Pop-R, but was unsuccessful with that. I think they wanted a faster moving bait. When the sun peaked up, I hit up the "leafy" grass on the south side of the lake near the grassy area where the bike trail ends. I threw a black Horny Toad and caught quite a few buzzing it over the top of the grass. My buddy threw a senko around that area, but had no takers. After I got done fishing the leafy grass thoroughly, I switched up to a wacky-rigged senko and my buddy switched up to a T-rigged power worm (motor oil) with a 1/16 oz bullet sinker. We fished it on the outside edge of the tree line on the south side. He absolutely started tearing them up with the power worm, while I was only having a few hits with the wacky-rigged senko. By the time we reached the grassy area on the south side again, I switched up to a YUM Wooly Hawg Tail on a Spot Remover jig head. I was still catching a few while my buddy continued to tear them up on the power worm. So ended up switching to a Zoom finesse worm (watermelon w/ red flakes) on the Spot remover and I started tearing them up as well. We continued fishing these set ups until we left. We were fishing them on the outside edges of the deeper grass mats (10-12 ft) on mainly the north side of the lake between the swimming beach and dam, but also in the very SW corner of the lake. I am pretty sure we could have caught bass all day long doing this. Some Key Points: About 9 am the sun came out pretty good and I looked down and I could see a log that was in 13 ft of water. This was the clearest I had ever seen this lake. That prompted me to pick up my spinning reel with 6 lbs test and started making longer casts. I think that was key. It could also explain why the preferred my quicker moving Sammy opposed to my buddy's slower moving Pop-R. So we caught huge numbers, probably somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 or so between the two of us. We caught several over 2 lbs, but maybe only a few that would have pushed three pounds. It was a great day and good for the ego as well. ;D Kind of makes you feel like those bass aren't so tricky after all ........ until tomorrow

3 lbs - Fun 4 lbs - Getting There 5 lbs + - Big

I hear that. I usually hit it up one time a year as well. Never catch much if anything, but yet something tells me to go out there once evey year. So far I have stayed away. I think this year I might hit it up in the fall. Never fished it then. I am either headed out to Kill Creek or Gardner in the morning. I will be sure to post results.

Well Raul ...... I prefer to think positive I land 100% of the bass I catch ...... Raul is right though. If you knew how many times a bass inhaled your bait and spit it out without you knowing it, it would probably make you sick. I highly recommend the Bigmouth video series. You'll find those bass are trickier than you thought. If the numbers above reflect "known" bites, then I would say everybody is pretty close. But also like other people have mentioned, it's really hard to put one number on it. I know for a fact though that my number is right on. ;D

6/6/06 - Leavenwoth County State Fishing Lake Put in about 5:30 am and fished to about 10:30. Between the two of us, we caught 14. Water temp was 73-76 and crystal clear. I caught 6 on a black Horny Toad buzzed across the tops of grass mats (sparse) until the sun came out and then that bite disappeared. Caught a solid three pounder doing that. My buddy caught 6 on a 5" junebug Dinger all fished on the outside edges of the grass mats in about 5-8 ft of water. Then I caught another two on a 6" watermelon Dinger wacky rigged on the outside edges of the grass mats. We were going to C-rig the main lake grassy points, but the T/M battery ran out of juice. (South wind was blowing pretty hard).

Already done that too.

Exactly!!!! At no time does that ad say anything about sex. We are the ones that automatically relate an assumed naked body to sex.

And honest!!! ;D ;D I thought it was humorous the first few times I saw it (I guess I have serious issues) and now I think it's getting old and stupid. Do I think it's offensive ... absilutely not. What's the difference between that and going to the pool/beach and seeing some guy wearing a speedo.

I thought I would start this thread so we can help each other out. My hopes for this thread is that it will be ongoing. After you go fishing, come in here and post your results ... good or bad. What worked, what didn't, lake conditions, etc. As much or as little detail as you would like. I figure that for those of us who can only get out one or two times a week, it could give us a good starting point. Like for instance, I can only usually go out during the week and others only usually go out during the weekend. So I know a lot of us fish the same lakes, so in theory we could have fishing reports for various lakes in the area that are a few days old.

Exactly .... freshwater that is.

Deeper Grass lines. Easy ...... "The bass are in the grass"

I don't see a problem with keeping a few small bass every now and then. It's when I see people keeping bass that are 4+ lbs that gets to me. Those bigger bass are responsible for producing off spring every year. I also don't think it's right to keep any size bass during the spawn. Even the small males play an important part of guarding the eggs/fry from predators. Now that being said, you won't hear me saying anything. If your within the legal limits, there is nothing anyone can really say. The DNR dept. must know a lot more than we do. So if they say it's OK, then I guess I am mildly OK with it. Still won't see me keeping any. If I want to keep some fish (VERY rare) their are some much tastier fish out their IMO. Poor Richard's is right .... SLOT LIMITS IS WHERE IT IS AT except I don't think any big bass should be kept. My slot limit would be something like 15" to 35" ;D ;D ;D