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I dont have problems with my bait balling up anymore because i learned to peg it. I just wanted to know all the different ways others peg their worms. I still dont believe that some of you have never missed a fish because your worm has balled up. I just dont believe it. I think its happened to KVD , Rick Clunn , Larry Nixon and everyone who has ever fished a texas rig .

Peg the lure . Theres a lot of different ways to do it . I use a heavier weight than most people and fish the worm a lot faster than most. A 6 inch worm I'll usually have a 3/16th ounce weight sometimes 1/4. I'll slow down in cover but I like to work the lure way past the cover. Bass dont just hunker down and stay put. They roam around the cover and I catch a lot of fish once the bait leaves cover or even before it. People will say Im doing it wrong , but even the pros all have different methods. Larry Nixon and Bill Dance two legendary texas rig fishermen , have different philosophies . Nixon uses heavier weights and fishes faster than Dance. At least thats what he says . I usually peg the sinker with a bobber stop in cover but if I'm fishing away from cover , I will adjust the stop about 6 inches in front of the worm.

Craws .

The river I fish is farm runoff brown and there are some nice fish in it. Texar rigged craws , buzzbaits , poppers , and half Senkos account for most of the fish. I just go casting at whatever looks good , ripples and holes .

Ive used spinning gear for pitching. It will pitch farther than a caster. I dont utilize then enough .

When hooking bass on the side of the face , its time to try this .

I consider them topwaters .

Most of my crank-baits were manufactured at a time when hooks were just an afterthought . So I have to change hooks. Some baits just have bad designed hook hangers. Two of my favorites the already mentioned Rebel Deep Wee R and the Rapala Fat Rap are approximately the same size and both are medium divers but I use different hooks for each.The Deep Wee R is a great fish catcher but the hangers are too close and I put the short shanks on those and other baits with the same problem. With the Fat Rap the hangers are farther apart and I can just use regular and less expensive round bend trebels on them.

Good article.

You need to share your secrets so they can sell more and grow and develop other products .

I use short shanks on baits that the hooks are to close to each other and are prone to tangling . Rebel Deep Wee R is a good example. Otherwise I use inexpensive VMC round bend or Mustad round bend trebels.

I bet you thought you had a giant bass. What a thrill it must have been . I only caught one channel in my life on a top water. I was throwing a buzzbait at night and missed a humungous strike. I quickly fired back and the lure got smashed again. I thought I had the Missouri record bass on. It was a channel maybe 10 lbs.

OK , one lure that I like to use when bites are hard to come by on high bluebird days is a small Rapala x-rap. I usually use three twitches then pause.

Topwaters are usually out. Other than that , I just go fishing.

I walk the rock bars , wade and even take midnight canoe trips. Its no more difficult than fishing lakes. I think the small river I do this on is perhaps a little larger than the ones your fishing. I also dont use cranks very often .

I use to walk the banks of the Mississippi river and fish rip rap banks. Id cast the H and H spinners upstream and reel them in fast enough to feel the blade turn. They were killer lures. When a barge would go by , especially one going up river , huge waves would bang up against the rocks dislodging crayfish and baitfish. Largemouths , smallmouts , walleye , and whites would take advantage and feed aggressively. Thats when the h and h really shined. They were cheap too, so I didnt mind losing them in the rocks.

I put the hook on upside down , every-time and have to redo it. LOL

On the Ozark lakes I use to catch lots of fish on bluffs with Texas rigged Jelly worms. I havent been to any of those lakes for years . Like the video shows, the bait has to drop straight down. On my home lake , which is always stained to muddy , bluff fishing is tougher but I fish them the same way.Top waters can be good on cloudy days . Chuggers can work well on sunny days with a lot of wind.

Texas rigged craws are what Ive done the best with. Top waters work well . Night fishing is good in the summer.

I always used them plain. I liked them in current .

Good or bad. Years ago I drew a partner for a small one day tournament who had his neck fused together . He could not move it at all. He had one "Fishin pole" a spincaster with about twenty foot of line that he could not cast and maybe two lures.It was early in the year and cold . I caught a keeper on a jig and pig and loaned him one. He could not cast it so he imitated me the best he could , lifting and dropping the lure straight up and down directly under the boat. We were in shallow water and he caught four keepers and won the tourney. I tried copying him but could not catch a fish. I have put others on fish before that have won tourneys but I could not take any credit for this one .

An article states its average depth is 20 foot. I recommend too just put in a lot of depth finder work , looking for irregularities , cover , and fish. Might as well troll a crankbait while your at it. Watch for seagulls. They put me on fish a lot. Even if the gulls are sitting on bank they will be close to the places where game fish hit baitfish . Lots of people dont like searching for deep water fish but I enjoy it .

I dont know which bass is my personal best. Ive caught quite a few in that 7 possibly 8 lb mark but not one that I can say is my biggest ever. So I will tell about my biggest this year. July , raining , fallen tree , Lunker Lure . Not much more to tell. Handheld spring scales had it at 7 and 3/4 .

Is it silted in to the point where it is just a few feet deep ?

LOL. I did the same thing once when I was young. Its not a very good idea. Edited. I misunderstood . I thought you ran across the pond leaning on the boat to spread your weight. Your way with the rope is pretty clever.