ClackerBuzz

as a kid i did things 100 x's worse than them and still turned out to be one upstanding adult that respects people and animals from all walks of life. so I go easy on kids but when i see an adult doing something like that....

repeat this in a kind manner with a smile on your face to anyone that asks. tell her you're not littering, taking fish, doing drugs, leaving beer bottles etc.

x2 braid all the way.

I had a bunch of 1/2-1oz spinnerbaits laying around that I just modified for deep fishing. i made sure to keep the blades from over lapping like described in this vid. I did it w/o taking them apart by basically use a coffee stir sliced open with a razor blade to add a 1/4" spacer. I wrapped it around the spinnerbait shaft and wrapped braid around it to secure it. then drop of superglue. they slow roll nicely in 20+ft of water.

reptiles=good. I'm a snake guy and feel weird b/c i don't have one at the moment. welcome aboard!

yes you just need to improve ur casting technique. don't be afraid to load the rod tip. let the rod do it's job--ur tip won't break. your rod will perform best with the lure weight in the middle of it's rating (3/8oz lure usually cast beautifully on a rod rated 1/8oz to 3/4oz). casting at the higher end of the lure rating really launches them but you have to worry about backlashes more than breakage. the lighter end will hurt ur body and slice the lure hard like a golf swing. i primarily use Powell rods and have been extremely happy with their tips. you can use a 360 deg roll cast to get maximum performance out of the rod and ur body. keep ur elbows tucked at ur sides. you really should be using ur wrists only. the farther ur elbows get away from ur sides the more sore ur shoulders will be. casting distance is relative to ur conditions. in clear water you want maximum distance. in dirty/pond muck you can literally creep right on top of them. structure fishing requires longer casts. i transitioned all my rods to 7'6"-8' b/c i'm doing all structure fishing now. and i have no problem still using them at ponds or in close quarters. i consider 100 ft a decent cast. with the right set up you can comfortably cast 150 ft. most guys i see at the lake make 50-75 ft casts.

Powell told me the line will be coming out in October. I didn't ask details about price, quality etc

Good prices on Chatterbaits@$2.99, Spro frogs $6.99, S.K. plastics (4" Rage craws are $2.49), and 5" senkos@ $5.99

x2 basically the music is effecting you not the fish. wear headphones w/ ur own preferred music?

I worked at a small business for 4 years that had an HP Officejet Pro 7600 series. It was the most unbelievable work horse printer I've ever seen. I quit the job and need a printer so I bought the next generation (L7680). It ended up being a lemon . The paper jammed all the time and it wouldn't print properly. Two years ago I just walked into Staples and bought a HP Photosmart 5514 for $99 and purchased their extra 1 yr warranty for $15. It's worked fine for 2 yrs. I later realized I voided the warranty by using non-HP ink cartridges. Now a days I just view printers as disposable and keep them in the $100 price range (and there is a donation center near me that accepts them ie fix and re-sells them to low income families). fyi i've been buying quality discount ink from here for 10 years over the course of 9 printers (family+friends) and I've never had an issue. They have great prices, free shipping, it arrives in 3-4 days and they have Memorial 15% off sales etc. And Staples even gives you a $1-2 coupon per used cartridge. http://www.ldproducts.com/?XID=LDnlclose ****I check the replacement cartridge price before buying the printer to make sure it's in $5-7 range.

x2. if i had to guess i'd say ur catching all those fish shallow (less than 10ft of water) while trolling the banks. i'd be focusing on 20-40 ft depts...with a drop shot and small realistic lure (3" grub, 4" green/red finesse worm, 4" wacky senko etc). or a 4" shaky head. less action is better in these situations so don't overwork ur bait. you want it to look as natural as possible. http://www.bassresource.com/mike-iaconelli-fishing/dropshot-tips.html

cast weightless soft plastics in the deepest part and so drag them on the bottom.

i have two ponds with the same issue and I've tried everything. They only thing that consistently catches bass all day is a 1/8 oz Mepp's spinner (or Roostertail). They don't put off a large 'eagle' shadow when over their heads. And they don't kick off tons of vibration spooking them. My ponds have a very healthy population of large bass so I have to change the treble to a 2/0 to 3/0 for better hook ups. Are you in a boat/canoe? If not there might be some giants out in the deeper water that ur just not seeing. Try using one of those blue gill as bait (under a bobber) at dusk/dawn or night. A live blue gill will let you know what kind of bass you got in there:) .Check ur regulation on moving fish b/c it might not be allowed. And read up b/c you might help the tremendously help the bass population by removing some blue gill/baitfish. that's a biology i haven't read too much about but others might know more. Google slot limits and pond management magazine/ and watch bob lusk's videos. I forget if he talks about slot limits here or not: https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-videos/bass-fishing-fish-biology.html

I bet all the beer in my fridge Mike would accommodate requests

usually order from alley tungsten but mike's prices are basically the same so i'm going to go with him next time (as long as he has inserts). i'm only buying weights w/ inserts now b/c tungsten cuts ur line so easily (never had strike king so don't know if they have them but i'm sure someone else can comment). http://www.alleystungsten.com/Tungsten_Bullet_Worm_Flipping_Weights.html

I've seen several videos of guys around the country using white jigs. I know white tubes can be good for smallmouth. There are LM and SM in my reservoir and I was thinking of trying white. No shad present but white perch are plentiful. Just curious who's had success using white jigs or tubes and with which species?

yes bass will hit a frog that is just jerked/hopped. i'm far more concerned with walking the dog with a spook than a frog.

i've used all kinds of racks and finally spent the $250 for a yakima. i did find a nice middle ground which hauled my kayaks and canoes with total security (i liked it 100xs better than the foam blocks). i bought a generic adjustable bar roof rack. but i didn't totally trust it so i'd open all four car doors and run ratchet tie downs over the kayak and thru the interior of the car. it was totally secure and the roof wouldn't dent b/c the rack feet were in the proper place. $45 for the rack plus $15 for tie downs. http://www.cyclingdealusa.com/Universal-Car-Top-Roof-Cross-Bar-Crossbar-Adjustab-p/cb-602.htm

you'll get a lot more suggestions if you provide a lot more information. you don't even have your profile filled in so people don't know if ur in California, New York, Texas or Canada. those are some mighty different fishing states. plus this is a very big question. are you traditionally a shallow water angler? or are you most comfortable fishing 10-20ft. are you a multi species angler or just bass? what techniques are ur strenghts? drop shot, crankbaits etc? would you consider yourself a power fisherman or finesse? is ur pond/lake 20, 500, 3,000 or 10,000 acres? do you fish tournaments or are you a recreational angler looking for lunker? would you be more happy catching twenty 12" fish or one 4lb? is there a topo map of ur lake available, paper or electrinic? if not do you have a sonar unit? what is the primary forage in ur lake: perch, crappie, bluegill, shad? what other species are there: smallmouth, pike, lake trout, walleye, striper? has the milfoil/hydrilla arrived? in coves only, or out on points and in deep water? do you use artificial lures, live bait or both? how long have you been fishing? are you on fresh water...lake, river, brackish? you can see by just this small gimps that it's difficult to make recommendations w/o any info on you or ur lake. at best you'll get broad answers. ps don't undervalue the boat safety advice. it's coming from experienced guys who've already been thru the dangerous situations you're about to sail into.

I'm also fascinated by trolls and just read an article about their psychology. i've seen the same study referenced by many different groups b/c every online community is effected by 'them' (Machiavellian sadists): http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/online-trolls-are-psychopaths-and-sadists-psychologists-claim-9134396.html.

90% of the time it's on time. i rarely receive things late. and often receive them ahead of schedule. why are you anxious to fish or something?

if ur used to catching fish from the shore, just do the same thing from a boat. (i started by skipping senkos under laydown. i got bored after a month). after you get tired of working the shoreline from a boat use a map to fish structure with a 3/4oz jig or deep/heavier search bait of ur choice. cover as much water as possible while always maintaining bottom contact. after ur tired of blindly casting structure buy a sonar unit and ideally only wet a hook when you see baitfish on the graph. the best of all worlds would be a sonar with a map chip of ur home lake so you can follow contour lines and baitfish right on ur unit.

i use a similar philosophy. no point in flushing a good day of fishing down the drain just b/c ur trying to force feed them a spinnerbait etc when they don't want it. i'll dedicate some time and more importantly some key locations to the new lure. but the other 80-90% of my time/day off is devoted to enjoying fishing. time on the water is invaluable for learning a new lure. next best only to having an experienced angler teaching you. more time on the water means the big picture starts to become clear ie where and when to use the lure. and learning not to get caught up in the 'how' of a lure. "I want to learn how to catch bass on spinnerbaits" sounds great. but it doesn't sound so good when you fishing the sentence with "..in the middle of August, in small farm pond, with water temps close to 83 deg and weed growth at maximum". this is a bad time to learn spinnerbaits b/c this overgrown, under oxygenated small body of water is just too hot for the fish to be chasing them. researching the time of year, depth and location of a lure will put you ahead of the curve as opposed to just learning how to retrieve it.

this is why i'm not an engineer