uiubassmaster

agreed.

sounds like a blast! watched the videos from the last couple and they look like a lot of fun. unfortunately I have school so I wont be able to attend but I plan to make it down for one in the near future! Good luck guys. Hammer em!

LOVE EM! use them a lot on the river for smallies but also on ponds and smaller lakes for largies. All time favorite combo is black and blue with a blue trailer.

might sound a lil crazy but last year i was messin around trying to make new combinations out of the baits I had and i put a baby brush hog on the back of a Yum Boogie bait (their version of the chatterbait) I took it out on the water and as borat would say..... Great success!

I'm a firm believer in both of these as my tackle box will show....

I appreciate all the help guys, after considering a few different options and talking to my professor, we finally got it narrowed down...... i think...... Im planning on doing my research on the difference between berkley gulp! plastics and conventional plastics. I was able to find a couple threads on here as well as some internet information that should help get me started before i move into an in-depth study. We are planning on performing lab tests on both types to see how they react to prolonged water exposure (bloating, shrinking, deteriorating etc...) as well as some other experiments. Once again thanx for the suggestions and happy fishing!

U caught a sting ray!?!?!? You would be amazed at some of the junk u can pull up from the bottom of the mighty mississippi river..... I've caught a number of usual and unusual things over the years, broken rods mussles a scummy old flannel shirt (luckily there was no one inside it) random pieces of metal my best friend sent a hook through the front of my shin on his back-cast once (d**n x-rap) best thing i ever remember catch would have to be when i hooked a muskrat in the tail, luckily he freed himself boatside while thrashing in the water..... :-/

Although I've been able to keep myself mildly entertained with ice fishing here in iowa, it's nothin like sling baits at fallin tree with a 7 ft rod from the front of a boat..... I MISS IT LIKE A FAT KID MISSES CANDY BARS AT SUMMER CAMP!!!! sorry for that outburst, cabin fever talkin.... ;D

1. Improve on deep water fishing 2. Improve on targeting hidden and offshore structure 3. Catch a new pb largemouth (gotta be over 8 lbs.) 4. SLOW DOWN, pay attention to what mother nature is trying to tell me...... 5. Pay more attention to everything thats going on around me when I catch a fish (printed off some fishing logs, my goal is to fill out 20 of them)

Joined both! what can i say, the groups lured me right in.... :

Couldn't agree with you more! I've gone shore fishing countless times and walked back to my car at days end with pockets overflowing with lure wrappers, used line, broken bobbers, chip bags, and not to mention empty pop/beer cans and bait containers. Makes a guy glad to be associated with so many other fine ethical anglers on a great site like this tho! ;D

appreciate all the suggestions guys, keep em coming!

Good point. I guess I can discuss that with my professor advisor. The thing is I picked the topic and it's titled "environmental impacts of fishing" in which we are to write a paper, give a presentation, and do something "hands-on". I planned on researching several different factors and compiling them into my paper/presentation. The "hands on" portion would come from the lab tests done on the lead weights as well as the conventional plastics. I appreciate the input so far and will talk to my professor to see what we can work out.

O trust me I am a strong supporter of recreational and sport fishing as both a management tool as well as a recreational activity (not to mention the money it makes to support the organizations involved in sustaining our natural resources), but I am already aware of many of the positives, I would just like some input on possible negatives as I feel that's going to be much harder to research and put into words. For example: One topic I plan to cover is the controversy over bed-fishing bass..... I'm just kind of looking for some ideas to get me going because I have 16 weeks to fully complete the project but I would much rather do most of my research early on so I don't push any of the time-consuming stuff off until the last second...

O.K. so here's the deal, I'm a conservation management and environmental science major at upper iowa university and for my senior project topic I chose "environmental impacts of fishing". In my quest to find information I thought to myself "what better place to get core information that from the fishermen themselves". It's a fairly broad topic meaning I could discuss a variety of things (dis-guarded line, chemicals or toxins present in lures, artificial plastics, or scents as they biodegrade etc) I will also be doing a couple of experiments comparing lead and tungsten weights as well as berkley gulp! (100% biodegradable) compared to conventional plastic lures. Any and all responses are greatly appreciated as I feel is going to be hard to research Internet sources since the majority of the information is localized around environmental impacts of ocean fishing. Also if you could put up any links u know of that would also be great. Thank you and happy fishing! Jacob Bruess