Brayberry

I like BIG baits! I feel like it threatens the bass more so they strike quicker and harder. 8 - 12" Lizards are great.

My local Dicks has Jawbone items on sale 5/$10, which includes the Sunfish. I just bought 10 of the Sunfish for $20 total

Bass will spawn on anything they can find. I fish a old gravel pit that the bottom is like a bowl. VERY VERY VERY little shallow water, most of the lake is 20 - 40 feet deep, even 3 feet from shore. The bass will spawn on sunken logs, rocks, misc debris, boat ramps, tires, etc

Bluehead Chub or Horned Dace?

My favorite is a odd one: Hookin them lips by Drastikk Look on Youtube

If you make he drive to Suffolk (about 45 minutes) you'll have MANY more options. Lone Star Lakes (11 Different Lakes on site) Lake Prince Lake Cahoon (also has boat/trolling motor rental) If you go to Chesapeake (1 hour away) Oak Grove Lake Park All the lakes and canals around Greenbrir Mall (miles of water) Northwest River Park

I use the Brush head 95% of the time, I also make my own

http://www.***/outdoors/***/story/1758698-kvd-on-swapping-vs-sharpening-dull-hooks KVD on the decision to swap hooks or sharpen them

Just pointing out that the bait at Allbaba and the Trout Glider are slightly different. The biggest difference is the rear hook hanger, the Chinese one the hanger comes out of the bait right at the body, the Trout Glider comes out at the end of that fin. I've never seen either in person or tried either, just looking at pictures

To name a few not already mentioned Kerr Reservoir and Lake Gaston in Va

This reminds me of a small local pond we have here (Virginia). This pond is about 7 acres, and had great fishing all thru the 90's, where I caught bass up to 7 lbs, and lots of 3 - 5 lbers. Then in about 2003 a hurricane came thru, and caused the lake to have low oxygen, and a large fish kill happened. Practically everything in the lake bigger then 4 inches died. Now since everything in the lake was the same size, the bluegill and crappie had no predators (at least none big enough to eat them). Since bluegill will spawn multiple times a year, and generally have a much higher rate of survival, they took over. Today the pond is packed with bluegill and crappie, but there isn't a bass in the pond bigger then 1.5 lbs. It was electroshocked recently and the biggest bass was 1.38 lbs, and only 3 were found bigger then 12 inches. Crappie and Bluegill eat anything and everything there is, and the bass can't grow big enough to eat the the bluegill. The biologist says there is a large amount of 4 - 6 inch bluegill but very few smaller, so they are just to big for the small bass.

Junebug

I love this thread, and bumping it up to see if anyone did anything new. I trim the skirt to the hook bend and thats about it. I make my own from start to finish, so there isn't a lot to change. I do tie my skirts differently so there isn't anything to cut or trim, which gives off maximum flair.

Largemouth

His son is coming here for a Outdoors Show, so that'll be as close as I can come to meeting him (Hampton Roads, Va)

In my opinion this is the single best thread on this entire site. WOW

You should be able to look at the local city's GIS viewer and see who owns the land. http://www.co.new-kent.va.us/index.aspx?nid=297 Hopefully that'll at least get you a starting point for that hunt club

I wish it'd come back to the Chesapeake Bay/James River. There's so many options and places to go from there, and we haven't had a Classic here in 25+ years

I get all my fur, from Hunting.

Everything I do is not considered normal in the fishing community: I only use mono, 8 - 12 lb test, I've been known to flip and pitch with 8 lb test I cast and hold the rod with my right hand I've never caught a bass on a buzzbait My longest rod is 6'6", but I almost entirely use 6 footers I catch more and bigger bass swimming a jig then casting, pitching, or flipping them I swim Flipping Jigs not swim jigs I catch WAY WAY more fish on Yum Dingers then Senko's I can't catch a fish on any Rapala product, no idea why

Years ago, I had a buddy win a Bass Invitational, he led wire to wire. I read every article I could on the tournament, as I personally knew the guy, and had already spoken with him and knew all the details on the win. Every magazine, including Bassmasters, said he won the tournament with 2 lures, a "unidentified bait" and specific Shad Rap. Technically True, but the unidentified bait they had a picture of and it was obivious to everyone is was a old Smithwick Rogue (not a sponsor), and the Shad Rap (Rapala was a sponsor). The articles led you to believe the Shad Rap did most of the damage and the Rogue just caught one here or there, in reality it was the Rogue that caught all of his keepers, and the Shad Rap he only threw for 5 minutes on the last day just to catch something on it to say it caught fish. After that I never trusted the magazines or pro's. I jut watch what they are doing, not what they are saying

Not hardware, but I always use Jingle Bells as rattles on my jigs instead of store bought rattles. It's a different sound that I think works better, and so much cheaper

P line or Suffix by a mile IMO

I have a clear one. It was a normal one, that I sanded all the paint off. It didn't take long at all. And it's my #1 One Minus Crankbait now, covered in chew marks

I do something similar. I have around 20 3 ring binders, that are labeled by lure (Crankbaits, Spinnerbaits, Jigs, etc), Season (Prespawn, Spawn, Summer, Fall, etc), Locations (Lakes within 500 miles of me, I either go to or want to go to, Tournament Results, etc) and Misc (Lure Modifications, Techniques, Organization, etc). Everytime I read a magazine, I'll cut out the "good" articles to organize into my binders, same with online articles or forum post. I have years worth of stuff in each one. Each binder is now around 4 inches think, and now some have a Part 1, Part 2, etc. At any time I can refer to each one for any info I may need on any subject. To me these are worth their weight in gold.