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Got 2 things currently in the pipeline and am approaching a lure designer for a new type of spinnerbait I've come up with. Also I've got something going for new for tacklebox system designed for a specific boat type. But here are a couple of older ideas I've given up on because I don't want to put the effort into them. Depth Finder Video. Try finding a video out there on the web that shows and explains how these things really work. Something that shows a comparison of what is on the LCD screen to what is actually happening in the water (split screen video). The manuals just don't cut it for the new or average angler. Basically a split screen video showing actual footage of what is in the water along side what is represented on the fish finder. RC Boat with Wireless Fish Finder. Using a RC boat with something like the remote control Hmmingbird RF15 incorporated into it. Also a small platform on the RC boat to put your worm or jig, and just give a little tug so the lure falls off when you want it to. You can go under docks, see what is there and drop your lure when you want. Great for shore fishing who want to get there lures out farther, and also for getting into areas that are too far to get your boat into (or restricted areas). Senko Repair Kit. Man those Senkos are expensive and tear so easily. I thought of using something like that ColdHeat Soldering Tool with 2 adapters specifically made for those Senko type baits. (I know there is a Wormizer out there but doesn't do what I'm talking about). The image of adapters I envision is shown below. Home Fish GPS Tracking System. Watching a Bassmaster tournaments on ESPN2, they track individual fish in real time, even showing the location of the angler as he passed over one of the fish (and they even knew which of the four fish it was). They track each fish by satellite over the course of the tournament to show were it went, the depths, the cover, etc. This is obviously accomplished by a very small GPS tracking device tagged to each fish. So how about a home hand held unit which could track pre-caught bass and placed tags on them. And you would be provided with software for your computer so you can track the movements of each fish over the course of time going through a service of someone like AccuTracking. It would be Educational and Informational: You could track the movements of bass to see where they are going and holding over the course of time also showing depths. It will help you to see what bass are relating to and at times of the day. You could find new locations and structure that might take someone months to find the traditional methods. So much more can be learned about a particular lake. It would also be Controversial: Think of the implications in fishing tournaments. Anglers would have to ability to target and catch a specific fish in a tournament. Or even if it was banned in a tournament, they could see where the fish were right before a tournament began (if they couldn't use a handheld unit on the water unit), as long as they have access to the internet through the tracking software. So, if guys are willing to spend $700 on a device which makes the sound of baitfish (BSX Bisonix), think of what they will spend on something like this? If anybody uses some of the ideas I've listed, please send me a couple of complementary ones.

One thing that comes to mind. It takes quite a while to be able to get a feel fishing in high wind and adverse conditions. 16 years doing tournaments and I still am nowhere near where I want to be in adverse conditions. I tend to run and hide in the coves like so many others, but that isn't where the action is usually at.

3" grub in smoke, pumpkinseed and watermelon in the spawn. 1/4 ounce gold Kastmaster jigging spoon year round.

I'm seeing it more and more with many TV shows. Something new works, and they get a fairly decent following. Then the executive brain-trust thinks its time to change the format to increase and expand viewers and impressions. Changes are made and ratings initially surge because they benefit from continued core fans views and a level of new viewers. Then not to long they experience a decrease in viewing by the core fans, which become disenchanted with the new format. Finally, the brain-trust scratch their heads wondering what happened, and blame everyone but themselves for their obvious miscues and the top execs buy into the lame excuses. The brain-trust then leave to take a higher position somewhere else in the organization along with larger pay. Man only in America.

Rapala makes the balsa LC Long-Casting Minnow (freshwater) which features a weight transfer system. It is 4" long and weighs in at 3/8 ounce. It runs between 1' and 3'

Something nice to see on the video would be a group shoot-out or prayer for the BR members who are away from home serving in our armed forces.

From some of the stories I've seen here, maybe a video of the guys attempting to put their boats in the water. Might make for some good footage.

Telling my wife I had to spend $50 for a rod because I broke another one.

Lets face it, Bass Saturday evolved out of ESPN's purchase of BASS. And ESPN/BASS has been running rudderless for almost 6 months now. I really don't know if there is someone out there who has the correct mix of business and fishing savvy, and charisma (other than maybe Ray Scott or Dave Precht) to right the ship because of all the business ventures involved in the ESPN/BASS relationship (Tournaments, Magazines, Federation, TV and Production, etc, etc). There is just so much for that individual, or individuals, to overcome at the present time due to past miscues at the top level of the organization. There is also the problem with perceived longevity both for the individual and BASS itself 3 people have headed BASS in less than 4 years. Personally, I wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot push pole, but I do hope they can overcome their current problems. They do have so much potential, and so much that they can offer bass anglers with the right person in charge.

SPEEDBEAD. Here's another crazy one for PA, although it's just a local one. If some of us get together over the summer at Mauch Chunk, don't use the word tournament to anyone. Mauch Chunk requires you to have a $1 million dollar insurance liability policy for any tournament, even if it's only two people in it.

No feathers ruffled here. Muddy obviously has his own interpretation of what a Mook is. I have always known it to be a derogatory term where I come from. I just wanted to let other people, who might also consider a Mook to be someone who is foolish and contemptible, know that this is not the case with Muddy. He is one of the most humorous, caring, compassionate and considerate individuals I've ever met.

Taken from The Mavens' Word of the Day MOOK It's usually difficult to say what people really mean by terms such as mook, because they're usually used as vague terms of insult. The definition we use in the Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume II, is 'an ineffectual, foolish, or contemptible person'. I know, this covers a lot of ground, but it's necessary. Most of the time, examples of mook are found in phrases like "What a mook!" or "You mook!," which doesn't help us very much. There are occasional attempts to clarify the meaning, for example, in a discussion about the desirability of certain chic-restaurant clientele: "Mooks spend money and can keep you in the black, but they don't make for a very attractive social environment....By Mooks I mean not only outer-borough types and out-and-out greaseballs, but Wall Streeters, unattractive and socially useless Eurotrash, advertising execs and Upper East Siders." (New York Press, 1995). Unfortunately, even something this specific ends up confusing the issue, for it is clear that mook just means 'any disliked person'. So, in sum, there's no way to be very precise about it. The discussion of mook in Mean Streets, in 1973, was one of the earliest examples of the word in its most recent history. The earliest known example comes from S.J. Perelman in 1930, but after that there's a gap until Mean Streets, with the exception of the adjectival "mooky-lookin' blond guy" in the musical Hair. The origin of mook is uncertain, but it's probably a variant of the earlier moke. This word is from the nineteenth century, and originally meant 'a donky or mule', but its main use in the United States was as a contemptuous term for a black person, a sense very common in the late nineteenth century, but apparently obsolete after the 1910s. Moke was also used to mean 'a contemptible person', like mook. Moke is itself of unknown origin, but it seems likely that the later mook is derived from it. I've met Muddy... and I can tell you, he ain't no Mook! He's anything but a Mook.

Look who's talking lol! ;D **** And the word is "grammatical." We're all guilty at times. No offense intended! And in my case, the correct response is That's okay, none comprehended.

I had a friend that guided on the Bayou. He always told me that he takes everyone fishing for free He only charges to you to find your way out of there.

Now, now, we'll have nun of that!

Hey Muddy, just curious Did you often get your opened palms slapped with those long wooden pointers with black rubber tips that the nuns loved to use, or was that just me?

I still like to go out in early spring (mid Apr thru mid May here in NE PA) and walk the bank for those red-eyed Smallies. I also have the problem dealing with lots of rocks. I carry a small 6 compartment storage box. In it goes 2 - 3 ½ silver Original Floater Rapalas to cover the top 3 feet, 3 1/8 ounce Panther Martin in-line spinners in Regular (black & yellow with gold blades) to cover the mid range, 3 grubs in smoke, watermelon and pumpkinseed, and Charlie Brewers 4 Slider Worms in black (all used with 1/8 ounce jigheads) to cover the bottom (cheap and effective because you lose a lot in the rocks). One thing I always do in spring is put Berkley Liquid Powerbait Attractant for Bass on all my lures. I'm almost never disappointed in my spring Smallie outings.

If Glenn's against donations, maybe he could sell GYCB Senkos and Fat Ikas on this site to generate revenues. I know I'd buy them from here (as long as solid black is offered). But then again it might be too much of a hassle.

Also, if a normal lake holds around 250 pounds of fish per acre, comprising 190 pounds of bluegill, 35 pounds of largemouth, and the remainder being catfish and other species, it equates to almost 20 Largemouth per acre (2 pound average fish). So your 223 acre lake has about 4,000 to 4,500 Largemouth in it. That should take LBH about 1 month to hook'em all (maybe 2). ;D

I know where you are coming from being in the back of a boat when the owner is sight fishing. It can really frustrate you. I second the blind casting a Senko technique, and I switch off with Texas and Wacky rigs. I also blind cast Jerkbaits with some success. One other thing I have found that works is when the owner can't get a bedding bass to bite. When he gives up on a fish, I ask him if he is done with it. If he says yes, I pull out my rig I came up with - shown below (also, I use 12 lb fluorocarbon). I tell the owner not to worry about waiting for me, and to just move on. I throw the rig beyond the bedding bass and quickly work the rig back to where the Senko is directly above the bed. The ½ ounce Jig'n'Pig is heavy enough to keep the Senko in a stationary position as we move. I free spool (because we are moving), and lift the tip of the rod slightly (including occasional shakes of the rod tip) up and down which causes a lift and fall action (and shaking action) of the Senko in a stationary but vertical direction. If the Senko fails to catch the bass, slowly bring the rig back, working the Jig'n'Pig through the bed, thereby giving another look to the bass. I think this works at times because the boat is no longer visibly around the bed. I've caught the bedding bass from quite some long distances using this technique. Makes the owner crazy!

7.1 lbs, Beltzville Lake, PA, Early May 1993. At that time you couldn't fish for bass during the spawn in PA. And if the warden caught you even using bass baits, they could fine you. I was fishing from the shore (about 100 yards from the launch) using a 1.5 Charlie Brewer Slider Crappie/Pan Fish Grub in pumpkinseed on a 1/8 oz jig head. I hooked into the big gal and it was quite a fight on 6 lb test, and she made lots of jumps. Three boats came over to see the action as I fought her. After I got her in, one of the guys on a boat was kind enough to weigh her for me on a small digital scale.

LBH, mid April throught mid May is the prime time to get quality Smallmouth at Beltzville Lake (the location for our C.A.S.T. event in September) here in the western Poconos. If you want to come down then to check out the site, I will be happy to turn you on to those red eyed bronzebacks. I'm leaving in 15 minutes to go pick up a 18ft used fish & ski I just purchased... hope the weather hold off. Let me know if you're interested. Beltzville is primarily a Smallmouth fishery, and okay for Largemouth. It's also got real nice Walleye and Muskys.

LOL. That was caught in 1993 fishing from shore about 100 yards to the left of the Pine Run Launch. I had three boats come over to watch the action as she jumped numerous times until I landed her. So its been over 14 years for myself trying to get "one more" like that.

Muddy, Good luck with those river Smallies. Next April/May, how about a trip to Beltzville for some 4 - 5 lb Smallmouth (largest Smallie I caught there was 7.1). I know where they be. You'll need grubs (Screwtail Minnows), tubes and Fin'S Fish. We can check out the location for our C.A.S.T. event then.

Excellent read and the picture is worth a thousand words.