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Afew years ago I kept track of roughly how many bass I caught and had a thread about it. It was over a thousand . I dont know how to find that thread but I'll look. 1400 is a good number of fish. I found that thread. My year total was 1167.

I went yesterday and had a good day fishing from a little plastic one man boat. I met four bass boats on the 200 acre lake. Two of those boats were having a good day too. Those guys knew what they were doing. They were making good proficient cast. One guy was even skipping baits. The other two boats were not catching anything . Those guys were horrible casters. .Lobbing baits clumsily at targets. I see this a lot. I dont know if thats your case or not but it often is with people I see.

I dont know why but the Bomber Model A have been a favorite autumn bait for many,many years.

Oh my goodness.

Had a good buzzbait bite today.Caught between 20 and 30 on a Cavitron. Finally caught a bass worthy of a photo This was the largest , just a hair under 5 lbs.

I have several old ones in different sizes that I never use. I dont even know exactly where they are. The reason I dont use them is they are difficult to cast. I use the Long A Minnow a lot as a substitute.

...this one is going to catch me a lot of fish? Immidiately becomes part of your arsenal.

I had a nice fish in a downed tree with lots of little limbs . I couldnt see it but felt big on the hookset. I laid down with my arm in the water trying to find it and my 17 lb test line broke. It was probably photo worthy.

I have five words to describe my toad fishing "Big swing and a miss."

It seems like an innocent infraction to me. You can talk all you want to the guy in 25th place but just a word to the guy in 26th gets you DQ'ed.

I threw a 1/16th oz beetle spin in water with about three inches of visibility and had a bass charge and crush it from about ten foot away. I was amazed.

I would definately catch more bass with ffs. There are brush piles that I dont know the exact location , I could find them with ffs.

It just depends. Sometimes I'll make a couple of cast and just not feeling it then change. Other times I may stick with a lure for hours. If I get an idea I usually go with it.

Any one reading ever use these? Google it. I use parasite clips a lot to keep soft plastics from balling up when texas rigging. I'm almost out. This might be a good option.

Ive been 5 times since late August. After each trip I'm spent and takes me about 48 hours to recover but well worth it. I'm all loaded up for tomorrow . It will be Winter soon and I need to catch one big bass for the latest pics thread before the season is over.

What works for others doesnt always work for me. I have had too many failures with stout flipping hooks. Losing fish. I use regular hooks when pitching , even in heavy cover. I use a 7 foot hvy rod and 17 lb test mono. My hooksets are not cross their eyes jerks. The fish I catch are usually not that large so thinner wire just performs better for me.

Been 5 times in the last month. Feeling stronger each trip. Not catching anything to brag about but the numbers are there.

I set the hook on fishing line today. Felt good at first.

I had a brand new 1/4 oz black cavitron buzzbait ,today. I caught three on a 1/2 oz then the bite stopped so I decided to give the smaller bait a try but I wanted white. So I replaced the black skirt with a white , tossed it in the lake and watched it sink away. I forgot to tie it on.

Today was a huge improvement. I bought a pack of Zman tubes. Used a 5/16th oz weight with a EWG hook. Dont know the manufacturer or size, probably a 3.0. I Texas rigged it using a parasite clip to keep the tube from balling up . Then I added a bobber stop to the hook slid it up the shank after the tube was texposed,, to keep the lure straight. Caught approximately 30 bass and only used two tubes. I had three fish come off. Two of them I didnt get a hookset. One thing I noticed fishing tubes in wood , More times than not the bass are running with it. I can take a picture of the rig if anybody wants to see it.

Went today and caught about 30 , nothing big, flipping a tube on wood .

I prefer silent cranks most of the time. A lot of the older cranks, which I own, have a subtle rattle. I ike throwing the old crankbaits, there are times where bass choke on them.

For manmade brushpiles I use Texas rigs but go with a lighter weight than usual. Usually I have a 1/4 to 5/16th oz weight but use 1/8 or 3/16 oz in snaggy brush piles . I try not to let the bait go to deep inside to keep from hanging up plus I dont have good luck at getting bass out of brush or beaver dens. I start out by trying to barely tick the piles . After I'm done doing that then I let the lure probe deeper into them.

I dont understand rubber bands? The skirts may be removable but that doesnt mean cheap.

Who makes a thin walled 4 inch tube?