KU_Bassmaster.

I agree. I had a game for Super Nintendo, I think, that was awesome. You had to work your way up from a Amateur ranks and then onto pro. You also had to use your winnins to upgrade your equipment. EVEYTHING!!!! Rods, reels, boats, eletronics, baits, etc.

No problem in my book. 8-)

I got an email the other day that said they had free shipping for 3 or 4 days next week??? I am not really sure of the dates, but I know it was for a limited time.

Where do I start..... ;D One that come to mind was the first time I went night fishing this summer. I had a world record largemouth .................. well at least a state record .............. lol .............. actually I have no idea because I never saw it, I just heard it. I was fishing with a HUGE jointed jitterbug. I hear the loudest attack on a top water I had every heard and the fight was on. Then all of a sudden nothing. I reel in my jitterbug and the whole back end had fallen off. That one has stuck with me a while. I have nightmares about it.

When the water turns hard everybody starts coming back. ;D Welcome Back!!!!

What's the fun in that!! ;D

2, and this one by FAR is the best. The only reason I joined the other one was to get some local advice on a lake that I fished last spring. I only look at the other one maybe once or twice a week.

That's something that's on my winter to-do list

Kim Stricker. Did a quick search, but couldn't find the videos. There is also the Bigmouth video series by Glen Lau. Awesome videos that follow a Largemouth Bass through its life cycle. I am pretty sure that this is where Kim Stricker got the idea to make his video.

LOL! This is going to be so different for everybody. For me it's the spinnerbait

I see it. Is this like a birds eye view.

I can only dream of hotwater right now. ESPN fishing shows or Outdoor Channel Fishing shows

To rig them : I use Gamakatsu wide gap finesse hooks, they also have a weedless hook I use when fishing around some heavy grass. I seemed to catch quantity wacky rigging and qaulity t-rigging them.

Yes the live bait thing was kidding around. When the forum was down Matt_Fly and a guy on another forum got into a heated debate about the topic. I'm with you. A 13 lbs. bass is a 13lbs. bass. If it's going to help the future of a lakes gene pool, who cares how it was caught.

Why didn't I ever have somene like you for a science teacher?

I think that jerkbaits in general are one of those all conditions baits. The only thing you have to find it the right "jerk, jerk, pause" combo. There are days when all you do is "jerk" and others where it's more like "pause.....................pause..........................pause...................pause....................jerk". Jerkbaits are one of the first baits I grabas soon as the ice melts up here.

Yep, it's Bigmoth by Glen Lau http://www.questforadventure.com/bassvideocollection.htm

Hook sets are free!!!! Take as many as you want. Anytime your line does something strange, set the hook. I highly recommend everyone, if you haven't already, find the Bigmouth? video series. I not for sure with that name, but I will find out. It's an underwater camera man that put together a few videos of bass in the natural habitat. If follows them from prespawn, spawn, post spawn, ...... and so on. It also shows what a bass does when it strikes your lure. There were countless times when the cameraman would film a bass striking a lure, and the fisherman would have no idea. Must of the time it was on the fall. Something similar was also on Loudmouth Bass last weekend. It changed my whole perspective on hooksets. Those bass a tricky little devils. It's amazing how a one pound bass can hit a lure and try to rip the rod out of your hand, then a 5 pound bass can hit a lure and you never even know it. I think Lightninrod hit it right on the head. This is the main reason I almost exclusively use baitcasters. For me it seems like I can keep better contact with my bait at all times, including the fall. Why? I have no idea. It's probably just a confidence thing.

[move]CRANKBAITS, CRANKBAITS, CRANKBAITS[/move] It was the year of the crankbait for me. In the past I hadn't really had much confidence in them, but this year I set my mind on learning how to use them. Mission Accomplished ! A lot of people don't think of the crankbait as a "big" fish bait, but it seems like I caught more 4 lbs. + bass on a crank (including a new PB) then all other baits combined. I also fell in love with wacky rigging senkos. I can't remember catching any real good fish with it, but it will definately put fish in the boat. And lots of them. In 2006 ........................ the Spinnerbait .................... some people may find this funny, but I have absolutely no confidence in them what so ever.

It's a smal world. He PM'ed me last night and he literally lives right around the corner from where my parents live and me in the summer. Welcome

Now if we coulf just get a GOOD BIG BASS lake around here we would be set.

I think that program is great, plus it gives you as an angler something to shoot for.

What if was caught on live bait? .................... ;D Just kidding, I saw that firestorm on TFF.

Hooray!!!!!!!

Run baits into them while they are on their beds once they get used to your bait.