Felix77

SMB Tend to be much more curious and aggressive than LMB. With that being said don't be afriad to try erratic moving baits. Fast twitching jerkbaits, swim a tube aggressively, burn a spinnerbait etc.

This is my 2013 fishing goal! It's all about the drop shot for me.

x2 - I had a hard time believing that they would come up from 30 feet + for a Spook until I saw it for myself. I even went as far as to estimate how fast a SMB takes to get from 30 feet deep to the surface. It's less than 2 seconds! Yes I researched how fast a bass charges and estimated it out ... I know ... I'm a Geek.

How much did that CB cost? Maybe just time to get a new one.

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Apparently they are very good eats. It's a method I see promoted as to how to help get them out of the South Florida waters. Timely because the next episode of Bizarre Foods includes these fish ... check it out. http://www.travelchannel.com/video/dcs-slimy-snakehead-fish

1) Strip all the rods of old line 2) Clean the reels (oil, lube etc.) 3) Inventory the tacklebox. Make a list of things I need. 4) Set fishing goals (new technique 2013 is the Drop Shot) - Add to the list I need 5) Visit sportsman shows or similar events. - Buy some stuff. 6) Place orders online or visit BPS, Cabelas, Gander Mountain to hit their sales 7) Order my stuff 8) Respool my reels (march ish) 9) wait for the lakes to thaw. I am out on the banks on ice out and striper fishing in early April.

Same happened to me last year. Each time I would cast out my finesse worm I had a bird or two chase it. I never thought one would get that close to it. One did and ended up tangled in my line. I reeled it in, clipped off as much line as I could. It went flying before I could finish so it had a small stream of braid flying behind him when he ran away.

Finesse worm on a shakey head or TRig. Drag it and drag it some more.

PM me with your address. I was just at a sportsman show in the area and have some brochures which might help you. All about fishing in the area.

Kids are home early and the snow is consistent. Expecting about 8-12" here. If it holds true then the worst is yet to come.

Has anyone used the product with any success? If so, under what conditions. I'm wondering if there is value in the UV spray on. Thanks

At least 20lb PowerPro for me. It works. No need to change if it works in my opinion.

Hard to argue with the pro. I would suspect this is the same around alot of lakes. Especially the smaller ones. Catch and Release is a great thing but most people don't read the fine print which states that you can keep some which are of legal size. I think that bass isn't the tastiest of fish so that is part 2 of the equation. Kind of tasteless in my opinion.

Seems really grey and ultimately it's left to the person(s) in the boat to make a judgement call. In the case of a co-angler this is where morality takes precedence to the rules. There's nothing stopping a co-angler from dropping a like and letting drag regardless of what the boater is doing with the trolling motor. More and more like golf where players enforce their own rules. I have to say this was an interesting one. Thanks to all of you for your feedback.

If you are talking about the Havoc bag I think you can hold more. It hold's 4 3600's comfortably. I spent the winter reorganizing the bag and now I have 3-3600's 2-3601's and one of the 3500's on top. It still leaves plenty of room in the compartment inside and the two outside for worms. If it goes I sale I might buy another one just to keep it for when this one goes down. So far it has lasted me one solid season with no signs of crapping out on me. Thought it wouldn't last because of the price.

Have you tried the Havoc bag from Dicks Sporting Goods. I think its 30 bucks or so. Plenty of room for soft plastics and 4 3600 boxes. I use it for tournaments and love it!

So far it's a 9lb Pike and a 5.89 Smallmouth.

I use a uni-uni knot. Caught my personal best on a 10lb Braid to 8lb FC leader on a shakey head.

The difference with long-lining is that the intent isn't for the trolling motor to move the bait to catch fish. In this case the intent is to move your bait with the motor. After looking on other sites it looks like this (long lining) is a very touchy subject because while the intent isn't there the crankbait is obviously moving.

What about the trolling motor? Wouldn't that be considered "under power"?

Sweet ride ... I want one!

I am expecting about a foot of snow this weekend. Perfect time for me to browse through my collection and prepare a care package for them. Their address is on the link I provided above. In case you don't want to go there it's Major Steven Roy Andrews Fishing Outreach Program Inc. c/o Joe Kowalski - President 60 Sunset Road Cheshire, CT 06410

Guys, I picked up a magazine at BPS and read an article on a technique referred to as "Dragging a fluke". Now I understood dragging to mean slowing reeling or moving the rod slightly to cause the bait to inch it's way back to you. Not according to this article. Here's the quote about the technique. This is after the cast and let it sink to the bottom part which I assumed everyone would know ... "He doesn't reel it. He doesn't hop or twitch it. He simply holds onto his rod as the breeze pushes his boat and his bait scuffs along the bottom. That's it!" I thought that would be considered trolling. This is an article about a technique used on the Elite series so it must be legal right?

Found them on sale at BassPro. Going to give them a shot this season.