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yep ,easier to switch hooks than to change the way one fishes .

Polarized Amber all the time . I wear glasses anyway so I just buy the ten dollar spring loaded clip ons .

I didnt know there was a med deep wee R

Buzzbait .6.5 foot med rod and baitcaster .

The only time I cast into open water and not target the bottom or cover is when Im casting at feeding bass and whatever I have tied on works ..

I once lassoed a crappie .I landed it and the line went all the way around it and the jig then hooked the line and pulled tight .

All right , what ya hiding . LOL Yeah , I dont want anyone nosing in my tackle box thats for sure .

Northern Missouri here which is a world of difference from southern Missouri , Winter because it freezes and even if it doesnt ice over the fishing is painstakingly bad . Its the only time I expect to get skunked .

I went to Eufala in Alabama and the Dead Lakes in Fla one Feb. and caught fish both places .

The day I caught my first bass on a Texas rig and change my fishing forever came from the advice of a compete stranger .

About twenty years ago , I was catching a lot of channel cats on the Mississippi river . I would keep a limit in the live well and toss them into the private neighborhood pond for the kids . I stocked one to two hundred cats in that pond . Kids started catching them , word got out and then scumbags from everywhere were fishing and littering the place up . It was ridiculous .

I dont have the nerve to look through someones property.

Theres less "bite" with the EWG . I dont know if bite is the correct term but compare the two . On a skinny worm I always use standard offset hooks and bury the point inside the lure old school way . .Thats my preferred way to rig soft plastics , its the most weedless and the hook exits easily . EWG's I use on thicker baits and dont bury the point , instead I skin hook them . The bait must be perfectly straight so I lay the hook across the bait to see which way to rig each hook . I have some weird sickle shaped hooks that are sort of in between and they work best skin hooked .

This is a common theme on the forums . What lure , technique , . Trial , error , knowledge and perseverance effect success more than lure selection . . Bass must be located before they can be tricked into biting .. Theres a lot of things to take under consideration . : Type of water . River , reservoir , swamp... : Season : Weather ":Water temp : Water clarity :Trending conditions . Rising water , falliing water , stable water , muddying water... : Forage : Type of bass . Largemouth , smallmouth , Kentucky ... :: Available cover . Weeds , rocks , timber.... : Bottom shape / structure :Bottom composition .Hard /soft . : Time of day : Fishing pressure :Thermoclne :Current or lack of : and many other factors . Thats a lot of stuff to contemplate in order to solve the riddle of where and how to catch bass , for anglers of all levels .

I really havent used either one much in the fall . Years ago I use to use the Storm Thin Fin twitching it on top during autumn For some reason I have forgot how well it worked . I'll have to see if I still have one and give it a go again . .

I did that in a culvert with a jitterbug , it worked .

Since I retired I started a business , now I get to fish less .

Next time you buy a large bag of ice , keep the sack . They are big and strong enough to hols a bass .

It weighs exactly 5 lbs 1 ounce .

Its easy to get discouraged but once you get on some fish things will start clicking.

.I've had all kinds of success with the Larew Salt Craw as a trailer . Black and chartreuse pincers especially .

haha . , yep ,

i'm in a tournament and I have two lures putting fish in the boat . If one is catching noticeably bigger fish then I'm going to throw it more. If they are both performing equally well then I would stick with whats working and that may very well be too throw the faster moving lure first .Now add laydowns in the equation , I'm probably not going to risk snagging a crankbait and spoiling a potentially superior spot .

I have a vintage Eagle Fishmark 320 that I converted to a portable unit and use it on small jon boats all the time .

Bad part about your fish is it looks like its been on a diet . Ive had the same problem this year , skinny bass .