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Had the best day of fishing in a long time . A five fish 21lb limit . All on Spinnerbait . 15 inches visibility, 56 degree wter temp, shallow on wood. Heres a 5.1, 4.11 and 4,1. Also had two 3.14's.

Last week I caught bass by slow rolling a spinnerbait on steep rocky banks with parallel cast. Just let it settle a few feet then retrieved it slowly . It can be pumped if needed , just experiment . Its a pretty simple and effective technique and keeps the bait in the strike zone for most of the cast..

Late spring through fall in Chara algae . They are one of the few lures that will go through it .Other than that never . I miss so many bass with it that it only gets thrown where other lures cant go.

Spinnerbaits , crankbaits, jigs , Texas-rigs. I like to cover water "junk fish" the banks, creeks, coves and use whatever lure does a good job.

I thought that was a pencil popper.

I picked the two Drews so had two in the top ten and the winner.

I had to keep searching all the Bassmaster links and finally found one that worked .

I have poppers , I'm referring to a pencil popper . They are getting used at Lake Murray in the Bass Elite tourney and last year at Table Rock I saw the owner of the cabin I was renting had one tied on .Yeah, I was checking the rods on his deck out. I've never used one .

That was the most exciting landing of a bass I ever seen .

I prefer a silent model or a one knocker most of the time . My favorite Red Eye Shad is a silent one but the weight has become loose . It has a very subtle knock .

Never used one. I thought they were more of a salt water deal . Clue me in on where and how you like to use them .

If their crushing lipless baits I'll hit as many stumps as I can with it then go back through with Texas rigs or jigs. Lipless are not my first choice in wood though .

Ish Monroe said Fujita has five livescopes mounted , so he can now see all the way around his boat. I'm not in the anti-livescope crowd, is this fishing?. I would like to see some kind of limit placed on the number of units one can have .

Diamond file on Leatherman for me too . It usually just takes a few very light strokes to get the hook back to a grab your thumbnail sharpness.

Her strategy is to pick different anglers than me.

My wifes team is at 99.6 percent.

I took a young cousin and were set up on a point . I tell him to cast this direction , thats where the bass are . Dont cast behind us. Its 40 foot deep and nothing there . So he proceeds to cast out in open water and catches a 4 lb bass, largest of the day . So I gave no more pointers the rest of the day and at least out fished him badly numbers wise.

Well that sucks.

Usually I push it all the way through to create a channel and then back it back in, with the point buried . I'm constantly experimenting . Been trying to barely skin hook on the side but that creates a lot of line twist .

Took the big boat out for the first time yesterday . Caught 10 bass . The first five were over 15 inches with three over three. The next five were under . All on spinnerbait. Water temp 59 to 65.

I did the DNA testing and started searching online for family history . There are two books about my family . One is a family tree that dates back to 1600 Prussia/Germany . One has stories . I found the Revolutionary war pension record of my G-grandfather x 5 .He was a minute man and served three terms about a month each time . He was one of them who crossed the Delaware . I have lots of old pictures posted on Facebook and relatives from everywhere friending me to see the photos . Its pretty interesting . Heres one of my Great Grandfathers.

Whatever bait is chosen , it will not be much good if it cant be presented in the places bass like to accommodate. I choose lures by what will work well in those spots and that I can effortlessly and efficiently cast. In public waters here a 6 lber is a nice fish and any lure category can catch one . I dont even own a combo that will cast heavy lures well.

I wish I had a pool to tune all my crankbaits once and for all.

Fishing in one inch of visibility can be tough but fish are sometimes caught . Fish shallow and tight. This in my top producer for chocalate milk colored water.

This lure , specifically, has accounted for several Large bass from emergent timber. Good luck finding one . Its a Rogers Big Jim, silent model.