Brian Needham

i been known to work up a good grinnel/drum bite before...

I cant take part in the "pic contest" if I order more jigs , then the bait monkey wakes up and then the tail spin starts all over again. LOL Bassisaddicting......if you get pair with me, no worries, cause my friends that fish with me are screaming "hey a**hole, get on the trolling motor, I flipped that tree 8 times already."......speeding up is something I am trying to do. which is one of the things, even as a boater, I am looking forward to see: How other people fish. I fish alone 90% of the time. So I greatly welcome seeing how other attack laydowns,points, ect, ect.

look kid, I am not going to be rude........I will say, if that is you in your avatar then most "buckets" have been fishing more than you been alive....maybe you should talk to them and ask how they are doing, how are the fish biting.....ya know show some respect. I fish some lakes here around me where the old black farm hands will ask to hold your boat rope while you park ..... and you know what, you let them do it and you give them a few bucks. Its called RESPECT, they give it so you give it back to them...its always PLEASE , SIR , and THANK YOU ..them to me and I to them.......on the bucket deal I have caught catfish on jigs or chatterbaits before and kept for the sole intent to give to a bucket guy......... they were THANKFUL, not cause someone gave them something cause they havnt caught jack crap in 3 days and were hungry!!! you need to get off your elitist attitude and be thankful for what you have......... I mean you got sponsors right kid? I would hate to know that company is giving you stuff knowing you are sabotaging other fishermen instead of promoting the sport you say you love. END OF RANT.........

some catch and release guys go way to far......I mean some of these "bucket fishermen" have been doing it for 40 years, and I have RARELY seen a bucket type catch any amount of numbers to harm anything. I like it when they take out crappie....means more for my bass to eat. I do lots of bluegill fishing too, and if I catch 50 "filletable" then I got 50 in the box.... I then bring them to my golf course and "feed" my bass and release them ..... big 3/4 pound bluegill too. unless people are breaking the law, many "boaters" should mind their own business.

what inch size? I throw the 7 inch ones on a 1/4 oz megastrike shakey head on a 742 dobyns with a core 50 reel(12#)..... I will drop shot with 4 or 6 inch robo on a 702 finesse dobyns with a core 50 (10#)........anything lighter will be on a spinning gear.

I guess that's my issue with the SDJ, something must be wrong with it since it needs to be "doubled".....hahhahahahhahahahahhahahhahahahahahaha

only with the proper insurance release forms....

I would trust my life to anything the USCG says I should. I got $40 jobs from bass pro........If I intended to wear one all day I would go with the mustang. I guess I am a little old school and like to "trust" all the padding on the older style ones, and I only wear one while under power.

phil, that is VERY true, I find it hard to believe 1 amp bigger fuse will kill a livewell fuse. Traveler has a good point too, make sure your pumps are clean. if the wiring is good, there is something causing your pumps to pull too much current. disclaimer: DO NOT run a bigger fuse cause I said it. Yes, me personally I would do it. But I am not telling anyone else to.

the BPS XPS is pretty good stuff and economical too. Hell the best fisherman in the world gets paid to tell you its good!! LOL, I have used it and it is pretty good line all jokes aside. that being said, not much if anything beats tatsu.

improved clinch. really any knot will work, cinch down slowly with LOTS of spit. Tie whatever knot you can make PRETTY. pretty, perfectly stacked knots don't fail.

unless someone has a good reason not to, I would put in a 5 amp and call it a day.

I have given away 2 falcon boxes cause it really didn't do that well IMO , and forget footballs in the thing. I now use the deeper 3700s.

least you aint gotta worry about people gettin on your spot right? LOL this trip is gonna be FUN....

since we are all gonna be in one place and all.......would anyone be interested in doing a "bait swap" type deal? I know am overloaded in some rage craw colors/ roboworm colors and such and would be neat to trade for some other productive baits that yall use around the country... just throwing it out there. or I might even give some stuff to whoever fishes with me. Kinda of embarrassed with the amount of stuff I have for the length of time I have been fishing.

oh no! RIP Mr. Hannon

note to self.........do NOT fish down current of zip pow, LOL

Capt. bob ss = $80 Tourn ss = $110 TP ss =$130 my earlier statement on the comparison of the line was based on bang for the buck, and the TP really cant be beat IMO. but if I didn't have much cash I would stick with the $80 ss , which can be had for around $65 if you look. really you cant go wrong, it is just my preference if you are going to step up, you might as well step all the way to the TP, for not much more $$. different strokes different folks.

glad I am not the only one that thinks that. I have NEVER gotten a bite when I see carp in the general area.

I have had a few old timers tell me, "you have to be miserable to catch fish"....meaning hot, cold, windy, rain ect ect.

I don't think the tournament ss is that much better than the normal SS, where as the TPss is light years better than the tournament ss .

I think Doug Hannah also says most huge bass he has caught has been 10am to 2 pm as well. I swore I read it somewhere but cant remember where.

if they are in the water they are over populated, you just don't know it yet. they are truly worse than locust.....they breed, destroy, and move on.

are yall holding a "scroungra" club meeting at pickwick during the road trip by chance?

I got it on all my set ups this year. I used it last year on a spinning rod, I used 10# and it was great. This year I am using anywhere form 10 to 20#, depending on the rod. I use backing so I get 3 spools per main spool to defray the cost. Everything I have heard is it last a long time too so I am excited to see this year. memory is a none issue with some KVD