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1. Dropshot 2. Neko Rig 3. Shaky Head in that order at least 4 to 5 passes both ways with each rig.In the Spring use a 4 1/2 " Roboworms in Green and Purple Colors. Use some Shad Colors (MORNING DAWN)also. If it's this time of the year use "Summer Worms" that are 7" or longer. Try Wackey Riging these worms too.

Ranger Z175 Fiberglass At 17'6" and a 90" beam, I will say that this boat feels a lot bigger than what the specs say it is. It has a large front deck with a great deal of storage for this size of boat. Although it does not have a center rod locker like the Z117 had, I like this layout much better because of the tackle storage and step cooler. There is still plenty of rod storage with 10 rod tubes and the ability to store up to 8' long rods inside. The rig in the video is powered by a Mercury 115hp Command Thrust 4 stroke. My personal choice would be the Ranger Z175 Fiberglass. More bang for the buck and a much better resale value. http://www.***.net/showthread.php?t=654385 Ranger RT188 Aluminum Nice boat with good interior layout. Hull design is fairly old school, not much deadrise and no reverse chines. Transom is straight down with no set back. The ride will get harsh if you push it in rough water. It will also tend to break loose or drift sideways in a tight turn at WOT. http://www.***.net/showthread.php?t=654187

You may want to try using Spider Wire Stealth Glow-Vis Braid http://www.spider wire.com/spider wire-line-superliner-spider wire-stealth/spiderwire-stealth-glow-vis-braid/1360933.html... When using a Nucli-Eye/ Black Light your Fluorescent Line will show up under black light... Without the use of one, many pickups would go unnoticed at night. Use "Glow Sticks" in the Chartreuse Color on the front deck and back deck. They give enough light to let you see to tie your line and change your bait and not loose your Night Vision...At night I concentrate on "Main Lake Points" as well as some of the "Major Points In Creek Arms," A favorite Night Bait is a 6- to 7-inch Black/Blue Ribbontail Worm on a 3/0 hook with a 1/4- or 3/8-ounce Tungsten Weight...Jigs work well also with a 10" Senko crawled very slowly on the bottom... Berkley Power Worms, work very well. You may use other worms too as long as the bait has a Swimming Ribbonlike Tail. The need for a Nucli-Eye/Black Light is the way to go.. With out one many pickups would go unnoticed at night. Regardless of pound test the use of Fluorescent Line will show up under the Nucli-Eye/Black Light. Black is the color that I use the most for my night time fishing, at times I will use White or Pearl..

Quick answer is "NO"....You don't want to become a spot fisherman.. Try using Seasonal Patterns to Locate Bass. By Jim Ratley http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/seasonal_patterns.html

I don't know if this answers the question, but it may add some insight to the question. By J Floor Anthoni (2000-2005) www.seafriends.org.nz/phgraph/water.htm Water is a substance which is 800 times denser than air. As soon as light enters the water, it interacts with the water molecules and suspended particles to cause loss of light, colour changes, diffusion, loss of contrast and other effects. A photo taken under water at one metre distance is not unlike a telephoto above water at 800 metres distance, both looking bluish while lacking contrast. The way light changes under water is responsible for the typical under water 'atmosphere' and it offers creative possibilities not found on land. This chapter shows how light changes as it enters the water. It also discusses techniques to reduce unwanted scatter in photographs and how to restore colour. http://www.seafriends.org.nz/phgraph/water.htm

These early 2000 520 Rangers are some of the best boats Ranger has built! http://www.***.net/showthread.php?t=718044 If you can find one in good shape and are a little handy with tools you will have a great boat at a tremendous savings. A lot of 5 to 6 year old Rangers out their at good prices, just have to be patient and keep a Sharpe eye out for them.. Good Luck...

I keep reading this article over and over. http://www.richz.com/fishing/articles/dropshot.html Each time that I read it I gain additional fishing information. I know that it's a old school link, but I feel that it has improved my "Dropshot Fishing" Please give it a read you may gain some dropshot knowledge. Great fishing Drop-Shotters... The link that I have posted covers dropshotting Vertical and Horizontal. I hope that it helps you...

Kayak Fishing, Areas At Roosevelt, Apache Lake, Saguaro Lake, and Canyon Lake. There are plenty of great motorless areas. Just paddle across the channels and battle with the waves. There area group on Facebook with a lot of great people. You can find it by searching for AZ Motorless Anglers on Facebook.

I've float tubed Patagonia, Parker Canyon and Arivaca. You don't have many launch point options at Arivaca as you can only drive into the lake through the main road and hiking with the float tube is tougher than just launching at the ramp (when the water is up) or at the southwest corner of the lake when the water is low (like it is now). Once you've launched just start fishing. The lake is small enough that you can cover the entire shoreline two or three times in a day from a tube. Try fishing right in the middle of the lake too. Best bait is a baby Brush Hawg, Green Pumpkin, Texas rigged. Cranks anywhere where you don't get weeds on the hooks on every cast, or frogs. A lot of skinny fish with big heads here. At Parker Canyon you can launch at the main ramp or the cove on the northeast corner of the lake. You can also launch at several places around the campsites. I've caught bass all over Parker Canyon so no one launch site is better than any other. Fish the weedline. Best baits are brown/green senkos and crawfish-colored cranks with a stiffer rod to shake weeds off the hooks. Some do well on spinnerbaits as well. You'll catch a lot of 12 in. fish here. Patagonia has a few launch sites. The Marina cove by the boat ramp. The other boat ramp nearer the camp grounds. Walk your tube over the arch bridge and launch west of Marina cove. The swim beach or the cove just east of it, both are on the eastern edge of the camp grounds. I'm not sure, but I think you may be able to launch near the dam, too. I'm not good enough at fishing Patagonia to recommend any spots. That lake is really tough for me. Feel free to PM me when you figure this lake out as I'd love to know.

You may want to try joining one of the local bass fish clubs in the Phoenix area.

Summer Bass Fishing 65 Degrees And Warmer | 1-20 Feet Deep As Upper Lake layers warm, Largemouth and Smallmouth Bass typically go Deep to Cooler Waters. In Summer, Bass only come to the Surface to feed, generally before Dawn and after Dusk, though Bass will feed on the Surface anytime their food is there. When Bass are on top, use Buzzbaits, Propbaits, and Whopper Ploppers In the Black Colors for Windy conditions. When Bass are deep, fish a Spinning Reel size 2500 or 3000 with 14 lb. Yellow Color Braid with a Fluorocarbon Leader using 6 pound and 8 pound test. Dropshot, with Small Plastic Worms. Best are 6" to & 7" Robo Straight Tail Worms. During the Summer you want to use longer worms to achieve slight movement at much deeper water depths. Best colors are Green Pumpkin, Green Pumpkin/Candy with Red or Purple Flake in them. Crayfish colors such as Morning Dawn, Watermelon Candy with a Pearl Belly. You can cover most waters with two to three Green Colors and two or three Shad Colors. As for Dropshot Weights I personally use Tungsten Dropshot weight by Reins in 1/8oz to 1/2 oz.... All Tungsten Weight are not all the same, Reins have a much higher % of Tungsten in them, and the more Tungsten in the alloy they are much more sensitive. When you are casting a Dropshot, pull the rig until the weight catches onto something and then start shaking it. Use the Pencil-Style Tungsten Weights because even if you get hung up, you can rip it real hard and you generally you wont lose the weight. When you fish Open Water, Vertically Jigging the Dropshot use the Bell-Style Tungsten Sinker, 1/8 to 1/2 ounce. When fishing Vertically shake the slack in your line while keeping contact with the bottom. Also fish off Rocky or Brushy Lake Points.

Looks like in the Salt Cedar Trees in Roosevelt Lake, Most likely the Salt River or the Tonto Creek Areas. Roosevelt is feed by two separate river systems feeding into the lake. I fish these areas all year long, both are Great and Summer Winter Time fishing locations. Roosevelt is feed by two separate River Systems feeding into the lake. Smaller Aluminum Boats are much better equipped to push thru the Salt Cedar Trees. Flipping and Pitching is the way to fish all year long in these areas. The Salt River once flowed freely from the higher elevations around Phoenix as it ultimately made its way to the Valley of the Sun Greater Phoenix area. Roosevelt Lake was created in 1911 with the completion of the Roosevelt Dam on the Salt River. At the time, Roosevelt Dam was the world's tallest masonry dam at about 280 feet high and Roosevelt Lake was the largest man made lake in the world. In 1996, modification of the dam increased its height to 357 feet and expanded the lake's water storage capacity by 20%. The lake had a multi-purpose of flood control, generation of electricity and harnessing the water for irrigation. The dam, lake and its water distribution system turned the Arizona desert into fertile agricultural land. Tonto Creek is a 72.5-mile-long (116.7 km)[1] stream located in the Mogollon Rim area of the state of Arizona on the north edge of the Tonto National Forest. The closest town, Payson, is 18 miles (29 km) away. Tonto Creek is a stream that flows year round, starting just below the Mogollon Rim, at the northern edge of Tonto National Forest. The creek continues its descent through the Hellsgate Wilderness area and eventually into a wide valley in the Sonoran Desert. It continues through the desert and into the north end of Theodore Roosevelt Lake.[2] The facilities are maintained by Tonto National Forest division of the USDA Forest Service.

papajoe222 please check your messages in regards to fishing in Mississippi.

Hello plumworm, Please check you messages in regards to fishing Lake Guntersville in March 2014.

I am looking to where I can buy a new Dean Rojas Tour Edition PT Signature Seris Rod. (Model PCT706FDR) Thank you.

In high water fish will hang tighter to structure (ledges, boulders, trees, stumps, etc.) and at times in higher flows the telltale signs of these pieces of structure won't be visible on the surface--there's no way you'd know that they're there unless you saw it in lower and clearer water conditions. Inside seams are always a good bet in high water conditionsthese areas that are often a slower speed than the main current provide resting and holding places for Largemouth Bass. Fish are looking to get out of the heavy flow so sharp corners or bends that have a well defined inside seam (often times these places will have an eddy circling back around as well) are great places to find Largemouth Bass under these conditions. Drop-offs that go from shallow-to-deep are also locations anglers should commit to memory and target during these times. Situations with these characteristics will create eddies along the stream bottom which can also serve as resting places for Largemouth Bass in less than ideal flows. Searching out tributary mouths and confluences with the main river can be well worth the time in these conditions. Seeps or sources of clearer and cleaner water can provide Largemouth Bass the opportunity to get out of the high and dirty water (which irritates their gills, among other things) and in to a more comfortable setting. Hope that this information is helpfull...

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Try drop shot with super lines. Credit to my fishing partners for showing me that. Either Fireline or Fusion tied directly to 6 foot long 8# fluorocarbon leader using a double uni-knot. I'm very careful tying that knot so as not to get the super line twisted up with the leader. Each line must wrap around the other and use lots of spit. Then I superglue it. No problem going thru the line guides. No problem breaking off fish at the knot either. (You can also use a very small salt water swivel to connect the leader.) Either super line deals a lot better with line twist, gives me better hook sets because they don't stretch and that's particularly useful when drop shot'n deep, and the sensitivity is unreal. I use a Fenwick Techna AV 6'6", Med power, fast tip with either a Shimano Stradic or Sahara. I also use the Owner Down Shot hook and Texas rig the baits. 90% of the time I drop shot a 4 1/2" & 8" baits (Robo Worms) with a nail point embedded. The nail make it show up better on the graph.

SFC_AL, I bet that you can use a boat like this in Wisconsin. Come and pick it up if your are interested in buying a great boat.

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