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Happened to my father recently, who was fishing with me from the shore (crystal clear water). He had a dink on the line, and he was letting it run a little right at the bank, hoping it would come off the hook on its own. A lunker probably at least 8 pounds shot out and grabbed his bass, actually ripping it off the hook, just a few feet off the bank. It tripped him out. It was then we decided to start using larger baits at that spot.

Also, recently had my first two-bass-at-once cast with the donkey rig using pearl white super flukes. You should have seen the look on my face.

I like them because I can fish them anywhere in the water column. My favorite is popping them on the surface to make them look like a shad running from something. Creates some explosive top water strikes. I love it when you see a big swirl right around the fluke....hold on!

Hell, when NOT to fish a fluke? However I'm in Florida where the water temperatures stay pretty high year round. I've graduated to the 7" Magnum Zoom Super Flukes and absolutely love them. They seem to attract bigger bass.

I just picked up a couple of packages of the 7" Magnum Super Flukes. Anyone used these yet?

I caught the four pounder in my avatar on a bubblegum pink Zoom trick worm.

I got tired of that same problem and switched to the Panther Martins. They spin every time.

I went fishing last weekend on my small pontoon, and attached my GoPro camera to the front for giggles. Didn't have much luck, only caught four bass, all of them dinks. It's still in the mid to high 80's here and the water temperature is still sky high. I expect it to pick up in November. At any rate, I was reeling in my Rage Tail toad and was just about to lift it out of the water when this bass nailed it, which startled me being so close to the boat. The bass was only a little over a pound, but I thought the video was still cool enough to be worth sharing. Nothing like a topwater strike, especially so close. [url= ] [/url[/media]

Gotta be 30 inches long or better. Just a mind-blowing bass.

It's stories like these that keep us all heading out to the water, rain or shine. Thanks for sharing.

There's nothing like getting on the water just before sunrise and seeing the steam come off the surface. That hour or so is easily the best time of the day to have a line in the water.

He actually dove under the water and grabbed a freed muskie before it could swim away? Never heard anything like it.

Hello everyone. I've been lurking (and learning) on this site for many months, and figured it was time to post a little bit. I'm 36 years old. I was a casual bass fisherman off and on for most of my life, but never really got seriously into it until around April of this year. It's amazing how much better my fishing has become, and how much I've learned just in the past four months. At the beginning, you're just throwing different baits all over the lake. After a while, you start to learn about where to cast, what baits to use, and how to use them. Now I find myself giving other other people advice on how to fish when only a few shorts months ago I was on the other end. Here on the east coast of Florida, there are ponds and lakes all over the place. Fishing is a way of relaxation for me, so I like having as much privacy as possible when fishing. In other words, I don't like pressured lakes and am happiest when I'm the only one with a line in the water. Obviously, this isn't possible on the bigger public lakes. Hence, I find myself driving around fishing some of the most obscure ponds out there. And in Florida, trust me when I tell you there are thousands of them, nearly all of them busting with bass. I'm willing to drive into the middle of nowhere and hike a bit to find a nice spot. There's something exciting about trying to find big bass in small bodies of water that no one ever fishes. Having been stuck on the bank most of the time, I was able to get out on the water a few times with a small inflatable. Recently I purchased a small pontoon, and am looking to finally get it out on the water this weekend. My PB so far is a conservative 4 pounds, 8 ounces (caught in a drainage lake by the freeway) and I'm looking forward to breaking that 5 pound mark here soon. I started logging my bass in mid June. I've caught 130 bass since then, but 84% of them have been under a pound. That probably has a lot of do with the kind of lakes and ponds I'm fishing in. At any rate, great site. I've learned an incredible amount in a short time. Here's a photo of a lovely 3 pound, 13 ounce beauty also caught by the freeway. It's a spot no one fishes but me.