joshholmes

hey glenn i found a new problem and i was hoping you could fix it. i was watching a video with my headphones and it wouldn't let me adjust the volume. it was either full blast which was way too loud or completely off. by the way i love the new site. thans a lot glenn

first off your gonna have to get a tough rod though. 20-30 lb braid with a 6'-7'6" meduim heavy rod. just catching a 2lber in heavy cover with a light rod is near impossible. As for baits fish swim jigs, finesse jigs, stick baits, superflukes, creatures,swimbaits, spinner baits, frogs and even some squared lipped cranks. for most of the soft plastics you need a heavy pegged tungsten weight weighing atleast 1/2 an ounce. flip or pitch the bait into little openings and let it rest for a few seconds. then start the retreive. also be very cautious as many of the hits with creatures or stickbaits will come right on the first fall. make sure you use offset shanked hooks but not ewg offset shanks. The traditional worm hook slides through weeds better than an EWG. slow roll spinnerbaits around the edge of cover and give the tip an occasional jerk. this causes the line to temporarily go slack and make it look like the bait is dying and struggling to swim right. For swimbaits use the bulkier baits like the yum fat money minnow. these provide a more visual bait to see through all the weeds. If you throw the swimbait into thick cover hop it off the bottom as you would a jig.

did you bother to ask any of them the last time they caught a bass in it?

http://www.in-fisherman.com/video theres a video here called smallmouths in space that explains fishing a stick bait under a float. its under the in-fisherman category

oh and i had a mink chase down my husky jerk last week at the waters edge. luckily it didnt bite it

my uncle snagged a 2.5 foot snapping turtle with his crankbait and tried to unhook it with his bare hands. i dont even have to tell you the rest

ok ill try that. thats just when and where if had the best success

definitly inner city limits with mike iaconelli. he rocks

how do you even know theres bass in their then

maybe thats because there might not be a tomorrow for them

one method i found was to take a black and brown tube that kind of looks like a bullhead and cast it behind the bed. then creep the tube along towards the bed remaining contact with the bottom like a bullhead. then jerk it onto the nest. always works

Reading an old book by jerry mckinnis where he told me how to fish a jig'n'pig for smallies and how he explained the huge fight they gave. went out the next day only 10 years old casting a storm swimbait and hooked a 20" smallie. ive been hooked ever since. ( by the way its nice to see another kid here, im 13)

maybe hes a giant like shaq

exactly what i was thinking. jigs and sticks. if you still have trouble then throw a lipless crank behind the dropoff then kill it right around the drop off for a reaction strike

trust me man even when your fishing off a bridge with a good pair of polarized glasses youll be amazed at what you can see. i used to fish off bridges when i was younger then i bought a $25 pair of sea striker sunglasses and i could see everything off the bridge even in a fast stream

oh and i just remembered something. lure color is one of the least important things in fishing. the reason why we all talk about color is because we allready know about techniques, equipment and lures which are more important than color. In the words of my fishing hero jerry Mckinnis " the wrong worm in the wrong color fished the right way in the right place will still get plenty of hits"

not exactly. what your often trying to match is the bait fish. Bass arent going to see a root beer colored lure in rootbeer colored water. the reason these colors seam so common is often bass become accustomed to traditional minnow or shad lures and will strike something that sticks out. You cant go wrong with the color firetiger. always works for me. also for the spinnerbaits white, red and chartreuse are the best colors. as for blades, stick with the smaller colorados. just make sure they have the dimpled surface as this makes it easier to slow roll. but remember colorados are best for more agrresive fish. when fish are shyer use a willow or tandem combo. for deeper diving lures dont use red as this color dissapears the fastest in water and turns into gray. once again use firetiger or hot orange

thanks everyone

hi everyone my name is josh and im new to this website. i know a lot about fishing and hope i can learn even more here. i fish in new york and Massachusetts for LM SM , pike, pickerel, walleye and perch

you want the bait to fall slower. any extra weight will kill the action. this best works on structureless flats where SM are roaming for food in the pre and post spawn

small rebel minnow or 1/8 oz. husky jerk or floating rapala

heading out on a lake without checking the weather report in a leaky canoe. lets just say 20+ mph winds pushing you the wrong way down the lake away from your dock and your favorite spot with no cup to bail the boat out, no trolling motor and getting stuck in a rocky area don't go together well

3.5 in. yum money minnow, zoom brush hog, 5 in. yum dinger, yum mighty bug, kvd spinner baits, rapala husky jerk, 3.5 in. brown coffee tube