Bankbeater

Good Job! Sounds like you had a lot of fun.

I have water maybe 20-30 minutes from home, but it gets a lot of fishing pressure. Mark Twain and LOZ are maybe 2 to 2-1/2 hours away, but I would only make that drive if the fishing was good.

Probably a car flying by about 20 mph over the speed limit down a residential street.

Hey, I'm thinking about getting an S-III how do you like it?

Rapala?

In the past rat-l-traps, jigs, and plastic worms have worked. Lately I haven't been able to get out very much.

You might try a split shot rig or even weightless.

i would try hitting the side of the lake that is getting hit by wind. Maybe with a Rat-l-trap, or spinnerbait.

I will work the bait slower when the temps are colder, or very warm to leave it in the strike zone longer. When the temp is in 55 - 85 range I will work the bait faster.

Cold Dark Wet

Unreal!

Nice bass, looks healthy.

I would say that I am somewhere between the Trophy Hunter, Journalist, Natural, and lockjaw.

Right now they have been hitting a 8" Mann's Jelly worm in grape color.

I would go weightless and let the fluke sink on its own. I wouldn't start moving it until I was sure it was on the bottom.

In this area 5 lb bass are hard to find, but they are around. I would say anything over 6 lb would be a trophy. I wouldn't have a replica made unless I caught one that would come close to a record. Pictures are easier to carry around and show off.

I was in my old tackle bag last week. This is the bag where I keep all of the plastics that I am not currently using. I thought that I smelled something funny so I started digging around in the bag. Found a package of GULP that either broke or opened on its own. That stuff got all over the other packages and it took a couple of hours to get everything cleaned up. The other packages are still sealed but I am going to have to get a sharpie and write down what is in them.

You have a couple of nice smallies there!

Same thing where I fish. The bite is always better during the week when there aren't as many people fishing the lake.

Been there, done that. I like heavy jigs and c-rigs myself.

Learn how bass move during certain times of the year and then learn the lake you are fishing.

About 3 years ago I was fishing around a very small island with only a couple of trees growing on it. Maybe only 90 or 100 square feet total. The spinnerbait I was throwing got away from me when I cast it, and the wind took it up into a low hanging tree limb. I took the boat around the island to get my spinnerbait back and saw that it was hooked in a hornet's nest. I was maybe 50 feet away and was able to pull the bait free. After that I opened up the motor and got the heck out of there.

Welcome aboard!! The first thing I did when I joined was read all of the fishing articles.

Nice bass. It sounds like you hit a school of them.

Nice Looking Bass!!