Hattrick7

I tied on a fluoro leader with mono and man the sensitivity is pretty amazing. Was using a t rigged worm, set the hook, and right when the bass jumped it shook the hook. I had another one on and then it came undone. Is the hookset a little different than a mono line?

Ashley Judd in her prime. I don't think I'd do much fishing though.

Freshwater just what nature provides most of the time. Saltwater stuff that only sounds good at higher volumes (ACDC, etc)

Big Bites stick worms in green pumpkin. I got a bag of 25 for 5-6 bucks on TW. They have a little slit where your hook comes through so you don't have to skin hook it.

It was probably about 2 1/2 years ago in my community lake where I live and fish almost everyday. I had no idea what I was doing. I bought this really cheap suspending minnow from Matzuo or something where you get two for one. After several weeks of trying I finally hooked into a pounder if that and from there I'm a hopeless bass addict.

I would go with the MH. I think you'll want that extra power in your back pocket. I have the 7' MH and it handles everything from weightless senkos to 3/4 oz jigs. I like the power that it has and sticking bass isn't an issue especially if your fishing baits on the bottom. I've read comments about the broomstick feel but I think it's plenty sensitive enough. I wouldn't use it for crankbaits though. It works but I prefer more of that parabolic flex of a medium power rod.

Hags Tornado Senkos Pit boss Brush hogs

Thanks for the input. I also have a single tail grub as a trailer but I don't think that would make a difference. Super fun bite though!

I'll give that another go. I did vary the retrieve but going slow it looked like the entire bait was under water unless the rod tip was almost vertical.

So got my buzzbait, tied it on and fished it for a little. I'm not sure it's supposed to swim this way but when i reel it in the prop is on one side and the weight/hook is on the other side. The bait swims straight but it's sorta lying on its side. I'm wondering if this is normal. I thought the weight/hook was supposed to be directly underneath in line with the prop. Went to a local pond and stuck one. Had two more bites but missed the set. I'm thinking it's because I don't have much experience with the bait but also thinking that because the way the bait is sorta swimming on its side that can mess up the set.

Try Owner mutu light wire circle hooks. I use a #4. I use them for fishing calicos with live chovies and for the 75+ I've caught I think there have been maybe 2-3 that weren't hooked somewhere around the mouth/lip.

Action definitely makes the logical sense. I wish I would of had a brush hog in green pumpkin just to see. But in all honesty I do believe it was the downsize of the bait that ultimately got the strike. So with that I'm now more inclined to start off with something with more bulk and keep downsizing until I get bit. Whereas before if they weren't biting on one or two I'd assume there just wasn't any bass around.

Great now I'll probably have spend even more money on tackle.

It's kinda interesting to think that the bass sees one bait go by and passes up on it because of either the color or look of the bait and then slam another one just because it's different and now what they want. It's like a guy going by with an hor dourves tray.

So t rigging a blueberry brush hog and thought for sure I would get bit. Nothing. Slip on a green pumpkin stick bait and bam nice little 3 lber nails it. I've had success in the same spot with a black stick bait and would naturally assume a black brush hog would do the trick. When t rigging, how many different colors and styles if plastics do you typically go with before moving to another spot or throwing another type of bait?

Your confidence in the bait is all but destroyed. I would try and find a small pond where there's minimal pressure and just get bit. Even if it's a small one it'll really turn your confidence around 180 degrees. I've found that there are ideal spinnerbait conditions and maybe not so ideal. It usually seems when there's some cloud cover and a little chop is when i normally get hammered on it. If your fishing from a bank, make sure your fan casting. Even parallel close to the bank. I usually put on a single grub trailer for added action. The thing about spinners which is cool is that you can really fish it at different depths. I would try a slow retrieve at different depths. Making it look like an easy meal is usually too hard for the bass to resist nailing it. Good luck you'll eventually get bit!

I've been using this bait from Hags called the tornado I think. It's ribbed the whole length. They say that the bait is supposed to float. I use it on a t rig and it's been a great bait so far but don't really care if it floats or not.

So I was able to go fish the lake during my lunch break. Went to the exact same spot I caught two a few days ago. I was between a two hour window from the previous time to today. Second cast hooked into a nice one. Good for him he shook the hook. Several cast later hooked into a small 2lber. That one looked just like the one I caught there the previous time. Of course two times isn't enough to call it a regular pattern but for the bass to be biting at the exact same location gives me at least a little hint as to their movement patterns. I've fished that same spot close to sundown and nothing. It'll be interesting to fish that same spot during a similar time and weather condition to see if they will be there again. I would have to speculate that the bass go there because a) they get what they need food wise they're comfortable there c) part of their regular movement pattern For #3, I don't know if you walk the bank or fish it from a boat, let's say you do find bass and get them to bite wouldn't it be theoretical that bass would be holding all along that breakline up and down the lake (given conditions are constant eg. food, water quality, etc)? And then once you do find the location where bass are holding and biting, coming back to that same location at different times during the day to see if they are still there. Of course actually tagging and then tracking bass would be ideal for several different bodies of water would be an interesting study.

Digging this thread! There is a video of a fish biologist that gave a lecture at a BassResource.com road trip. He had a lot of intersting knowledge. He said that 90% of the fish are in 10% of the body of water because of factors such as temperature, ph, oxygen, etc. Alongside the obvious is food source, bass and other fish must be instinctively tuned to understand these factors in order to survive. It somehow has to know or a mechanism of knowing where the optimal conditions are. Given that bass move and we may not fully know why other than the obvious food source it seems logical that based on current weather conditions especially wind would somehow alter a lakes "sweet spot" for these bass? It's intersting to watch an four day tournament and many guys say the same thing. "I was slaying em here for the past three days and now I can't buy a bite." So did they move because the food source moved or did they move because the water condition at that point in time was just not the best? If the theory of deep, shallow to feed, deep again is really true then wouldn't the bass typically be at the same location on a regular basis given that the food source is consistent? I've noticed the little lake I fish all of my bites are 15' from shore and in. I've gotten one bite on a spinnerbait further out but that was it. Other regulars tell me that they have gotten bit further out. So that leads me to believe that the first breakline is where they relate to. But what if that breakline is fairly consistent around the whole lake?

Wow you guys get fancy with em . I just take the label off and then roll them up in the original bag.

That doesn't sound right. It's possible that the metal thing may not be sitting flush and interfering when you go to tighten it. I think that part is really to give you the clicking sound and nothing more.

Same here except the camera since I always carry my phone fishing. I usually eyeball it and mysteriously the bass gains a coupla pounds.

I dunno but I'd definitely say she's over 3lbs . This might help if you have these measurements. Geeez...sounds like a playboy model. To determine the weight of a largemouth bass in the absence of a scale, the following formula based upon linear measurements of the fish is a reliably accurate method of calculating its weight: L x G x G W = ----------- 800 L = Length [in inches] from nose to fork in tail G = Girth [in inches] around fleshiest portion of body W = Weight of fish in pounds

If you're mainly C&R the first thing you should do is crush the barbs down with a pair of needle nose pliers. Even if you do gut hook the fish chances are good that you won't rip out most it's guts or other stuff trying to get the hook out either down the fish's mouth or through the gill method. If you use live bait you should definitely try using circle hooks. I use them dropshotting and they work like a champ and they always hook either the side or roof of the mouth. And with no barb the hook does minimal damage.

And there it is thank you sir