Avalonjohn44

I'm going to a pond in my area today where the bass did not spawn until the beginning of June last year. Going to see if this holds true for this year too. That same pond had a second period of spawning at the end of the summer, something I've never heard of before coming to this board.

Something that Hank Parker does that the many other shows will not do, is tell you where he is fishing, as well as the duration of the trip. If Hank is fishing for five days in CA, he mentions it in the show. If he is on a three day trip with his sons in Georgia, then he lets us know. Bill Dance doesn't ever tell where he is, or how many days the trip took. Most others don't share both peices of info either.

Tore open my own scalp when casting overhead with a long leader. Also broke my foot jumping rock-hopping to a better casting spot. The scalp hurt more, but the foot kept me from fishing longer. It's kind of a tie.

I live near you and I have only caught two fish on a chatterbait so far. They will probably be going on Ebay soon so I can use the money to buy something else...

$94 Today... Most ever at once? $400 at BPS in Orlando...

Yeah, that's a good way to clean a pond out of big fish... Support those fish with two hands. As for the formula, I guess just from your example it doesn't work. I don't know of any formula that would be as precise as a scale because bass are different. Some have big bellies, some don't, some are short but squat, some are long and thin... Until all bass are exactly proportionate, no formula will work.

When the bite is on, I see no difference in senkos or dingers, or anything else. When the bite is tough, almost all the knockoffs fail - That's when senkos and tikis rule the day.

Cool, thanks guys. I think Banana seed might be the closest thing I've seen yet.

I used to be able to find worms in a color I thought was called Yellow Pepper which was simply plain yellow (not chartreuse) with black flecks. I am having trouble finding the color anyplace anymore. Anyone know any soft bait companies that carry anything in yellow/black? Bass Assassin has some, but not a lot. It's even hard to find just plain old yellow these days. It was a great confidence color for me. Help!

Bandit 300.

A muddy/murky little pond is a perfect place to throw a pink sluggo - I have had excellent luck with it when the river gets a little muddy too.

Sometimes I don't even get one fish on a senko...I love watching my senko fly off my hook and sail an extra thirty feet away.

Floating Trickworm style: Bass Assassin Charm Assassin Yellow Pepper Charlie's Worm High Floater Pearl Charlie's Worm High Floater Watermelon Pepper Zoom Trick Worm Pumpkinseed Zoom Trick Worm Black Zoom Trick Worm Pink Traditional 7-7.5inch: Powerbait Tequila Sunrise Powerbait Junebug Powerbait Pumpkinseed Powerbait Black/Gray (Shad) with red glitter Senko Style: Gary Yamamoto Senko 5 and 6 inch Pumpkinseed Gary Yamamoto Senko 5 and 6 inch Cinnamon (brown with red/purple glitter) Gary Yamamoto Senko 5 and 6 inch Moss Gary Yamamoto Senko 5 and 6 inch - Black Wave Worm Tiki Stick Pearl Wave Worm Tiki Stick Smoke Wave Worm Tiki Stick Baby Bass Yum Dinger Bumblebee (black and yellow) Strike King 3x Zero Bubblegum Other worms: Gary Yamamoto Kut-tail White/Silver Fleck Gary Yamamoto Kut-tail Black Zoom Finesse Worm Cotton Candy Zoom Finesse Worm Watermelon Seed Zoom Finesse Worm Pumpkinseed Zoom Finesse Worm Lime Shad (unsure if that's the actual name) Powerbait Finesse Worm Camo Reation Innovations The Flirt 4.95 and 6.95 inch Watermelon Gold Reation Innovations The Flirt 4.95 and 6.95 inch White Trash Color Creatures/Craws: Powerbait Beast any color Kinami Nories Bug Moss Kinami Nories Bug Red Shad Powerbait Sabertail - Black Powerbait Sabertail - Pumpkin Powerbait Sabertail - Green Pumpkin Netbait Paca Craw Watermelon seed Netbait Paca Craw Pumpkinseed Jerkbaits: Sluggo Shad Sluggo Bubblegum Sluggo Any other color Sluggo SS Yellow and Pink Zoom Superfluke Shad Zoom Superfluke Green Pumpkin Frogs: Zoom Horny Toad White/Brown swirl (unsure of the color name) Sizmic Toad Pumpkin w/ Pearl Belly Sizmic Toad Black Sizmic Toad White

My scalp, a seagull, all sorts of trash, my sister, my wife, my brother, and I actually caught an old sunken boot just like you see on the cartoons.

I bought a ton of these from the discount bins at Dicks. I have only caught fish on the Nano Crank and thier Spinner baits. I bought several types of minnows, broken backs, divers, floaters, jerks, a funny looking thing called Bog Hog and a weird looking mouse bait. Never got a nibble on any of it. The lures were pretty brittle too, two of the jointed minnows came unhinged on a snag so I was left with the front half of a lure twice... The lures look nice, but weren't even as well made as those cheap Renegades which are sold on the bottom shelf at walmart. I sold everything except for the Nano crank and the Spinnerbaits on Ebay. Funny thing is, if you can find some Matzuo spinnerbaits, grab them all up. They are great. They have a cool head, a great skirt, and a blade with a hologram finish that matches the skirt and head. As cr@ppy as the cranks are, the spinner baits are great.

My friend and I like the shaky head technique, and want to try it with more than just a few worms that float (trickworm powershake etc). My buddy said that he heard people use hypodermic needles to inject a bubble into soft plastic to get one end to float better, so you can stand up a lure like the tiki stick and use it shaky style... They use a lighter or glue to seal the tiny hole. Anyone tried this at all?

Is the hook exposed, or at least resting in that little groove some frogs have? If so, maybe switch to a bigger hook?

The great thing about living in VA is that you can carry on your hip, perfectly legal. Just the sight of the gun on a hip is detterent enough. I am not a small guy, but like another poster said, there are always some drunk campers, or poaching types (usually illegals in my neck of the woods) that just won't be happy unless they are messing you. I've had my tackle kicked over, been surrounded, had a guy repeatedly try to snap my rod tip while his buddies laughed, rocks chucked at me, trash and cigarettes thrown at me, etc. A few times I was able to just back away and get out of the situation, a few times I had to cast a rattle trap at somebody's face before being able to flee. Ever since I began carrying openly, I have not been in one situation, people just pass me by. Another thing to remember, pulling your gun out and showing somebody (even if justified) can be considered 'brandishing a weapon' and it can get you arrested. Say you show your pistol at some threatening idiot, and he leaves. He can easily get to the parking lot, call the cops, give them his story (in which he did absolutely nothing wrong of course) and guess who gets arrested, gets a court date, and possibly even their firearm confiscated? YOU. So be careful, be smart, be alert and use self restraint. The idiot(s) that would mess with you when fishing are the same spineless toads that will not hesitate to lie to the police to get you back... And we all know how knowledgeable, unbiased, and fair the courts are to people brought up on charges of assualt with a gun or brandishing or whatever, don't we...

I got a catfish on a blue rapala jointed minnow. I was bank fishing a stream. The stream had partially undercut the bank and the big bluish catfish darted out and rolled on the bait, taking right off the surface. I fought it up and down the stream, he was a fatty, he snapped my line and I lost him.

Lunker City Salad Spoon

I've seen a lot of carp swimming upside down. Can't ever figure out why. Time to google it.

I am still waiting to catch my first bowfin. I will be fishing the chicahomny in southern VA this year, and my friend promises me that I'll catch my fill of bowfins. I can't wait. I don't know what the 'punting' thing is all about, but I don't like the sound of it. The fish, even if an invasive or introduced species, doesn't know it's not supposed to be there.

If you're just a beginner: Three bandit 100s - Chartreuse/White, Blue Scale/Chartreuese, Rootbeer Three bandit 200s - Rootbeer, Chrome/Blue, Baby Bass Two bags Tiki Sticks 1 Pearl, 1 Pumpkinseed One Terminator Spinnerbait Green/White One bag Powerbait Worm Tequila Sunrise One bag Powerbait Sabertail Green Pumpkin One Mepps Fury #3 Red And with whatever is left over, buy some assorted jigs. If you already have all that stuff and more, and still feel the bait monkey acallin', then your only hope is sinking your money into: 2 or 3 Megabass Type X frogs on ebay ($50 will get you 2, 3 if you're lucky) or 2 or 3 Megabass Cyclones (same deal as above) or 1 Megabass Ito Vision 110 - they're running about 30 or 40 on ebay...

I like the red hooks, but not if fishing deeper than 10 feet.

So you pretty much slow crawl the worm? Also, what about using a trickworm for this?