Bankbeater

Hopefully in October the bites will pick up. The last 3 trips I have caught 1 bass, 3 bass, and 1 bass. They haven't wanted to chase past dawn all month long. The only thing that seems to work is a jig and craw pitched into the weeds growing up around the bank.

I fish with a lot of different spinnerbaits. Some are better quality than others, but there is no way I'm paying that much for a spinnerbait.

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My late father in law was the same way, He could never understand why I go fishing if I release everything I catch.

I've caught musky in three of the stocked lakes here in Missouri. Nothing trophy size, just big enough to put up a good fight. The larger ones give me that look like they thinking "how big of a bite could I take out of that guy".

Over the past few years spinnerbaits have outproduced bladed jigs. I have better luck with Indiana or Colorado blades, The only time I really have good luck with a willow leaf blade is when it is a large willow leaf blade.

If doing something weird is needed to catch bass when conventional means will not work, then do it.

Those are some good looking baits.

Congratulations! Those are nice looking bass.

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I fish alone 99% of the time. A lot of the hard core anglers I know also fish by themselves.

Did you have it sitting near something hot? Being made of plastic, I would think the thumb bar would have broken off if it took a hit.

Dang, that is a lot of bass. Nice job!

There is no sabbatical, if the bait doesn't catch anything it gets retired. The only time I stop using a bait that works is when I only have one left and the manufacturer has stopped making it.

I use a variety of brands, and weights. Most of the time I do not have a trailer attached because I want to try and make that spinner bait look as tight and compact as possible. Spring and fall is when I do the most catching, usually in some sort of vegetation that is starting to die off, or just turning green and starting to grow.

Nice catches!

I was on the water Friday about 7:15. I got off around noon. I caught one dink about 7:30 and after that not even a bite. I'm thinking the fish have more sense than I do in this heat.

I never have any luck casting at bait balls. I would have cast out past the shad and reeled the bait back in off to the the side from the school a bit. Maybe there were some bigger bass waiting to feed on the smaller bass.

I like summer for catching, but winter has to be my favorite season. If the water is not frozen over I can go out and fish and have the lake to myself most of the time.

Baby bass, watermelon seed, and pearl white.

Growing up I couldn't stand vegetables now I love them. I read somewhere that your taste buds change when you get older. I'll eat pretty much anything except Brussels sprouts.

I've been keeping logs ever since I got back into fishing, and there is no way I'd ever remember the details of each trip. Besides the usual information, pictures let me gauge the size of the forage in the lake compared to the bass.

Right now the water levels are dropping in some lakes around here so the grass is closer to the surface. I've been fishing a clear Spook over the top of the vegetation. If there are large clumps matted on the surface, I work a popper between the mats, but if all else fails I will fish with a clear Tiny Torpedo.

Nice looking bass! Good job!

I'm going to say around $225 to $250. I did purchase a new reel that I have yet to use, a couple of reel replacement parts, a bunch of size 6 and 4 hooks, a few baits, and new pair of split ring pliers.