coryn h. fishowl
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I must admit alien sharks was neat, I had never heard of a frilled shark. I am surprised at the lack of mako, bull, and tiger shark shows, though I actually found shark after dark humorous. At the very least, it did not claim to be a documentary like megalodon did, for which Discovery owes a megalopology.
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Shark week, the week of discovery channels most views has now ended. In the past, for me at least, he end of SW was a time heralding a boundlessly distraught mood. This is the forum for those who must cope, who must criticise, and who must praise shark week, what have you to say about this years exibition. The lack of tears for myself, is due to, in my opinion, the shameful decline of discovery channel from the crocodille hunter, curiosity, wild russia, and extreme engineering to swamp loggers, deadliest catch, finding bigfoot, and Amish mafia. Where once the channel stood as a Titan of entertaining education, it now hemmorages loyal viewers in favor of short term ratings. I reached my peak of rage inducing frustration after watching numerous hours of shark attack shows, and finally, in anticipation had the chance to see a scientifically relevant documentary, and instead watched with gritted teeth a misnomer filled mockumentary called megalodon the monster lives. It features a paid actor who is called a marine biologist, but with little research needed was found to simply be an actor, along with all the other scientists he worked with. It starts with a clip of a boat sinking that has been found by no one else on the internet. This is presumed to be caused by the 60 foot megalodon. The movie then shows photographed evidence, all of which has been examined before and found to be fake, citing it as credible evidence. They cite a carbon dated tooth from 10000 years ago, megaladon is believed to have gone extinct 1.5 million years ago. The only problem with this is that it was never carbon dated, but rather dating using manganese deposits, a method heralded as being highly inaccurate by scientists. All through the movie it is stated hat megalodon could be alive in the depths if the ocean, despite it having been found that megalodon fed on ancient whales, animals which live/travel near the surface, though occasionally diving for squid, as sperm whales do. Once again there is an inherent flaw in this logic, in that we would find dead/massively wounded whales, when conveniently there is only one picture of such a whale that has been examined to be fake. This is entirely disregarding the fact that megalodon would be horribly adapted to the deep, with teeth made to saw through massive chunks of meat, not grip squids andsmsmall fish that are found in deep. Again this is without mentioning that megalodon's massive size would prevent it from living in an area with such little food. Simply look at any expedition to the deep sea or ask any anger, where is the majority of biomass available, the weedy, coral filled, sun, algae, and plankton fueled shallows, or thousands of feet in the deep where there is precious little food and no light save for bioluminescent organisms. Finally at the end of this atrocity which I could never bring myself to call a documentary, a whales was shown breaching, shooting a plume of air and water many feet into the air, to which everyone on board of the ship points toward the animal with no dorsal fin and shouts shark. In the last 30 seconds, while everyone watching this crap is calling every person they have ever met, screaming at them to never to swim in the ocean, there flashes for 3 seconds a warning that some of his may have been dramatised but there are still sighting of a 30 foot shark known as submarine known as submarine off of he Baja peninsula, which has precious little to do with the rest of this movie. Though there were many good shows this shark week, they had to fight ferociously to climb from looming shadow of the crap filled hole that was megalodon, the monster lives. On he upside there were more documentaries of gw sharks leap in 20 feet in the air with seals in heir mouth. So what have you to say about shark week.
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btw you can check forecast a barometric pressure (current, history, and trend) at wunderground.
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worst day fishing >best day at office. That being said focus your efforts away from clear water (the bass will be deep) and rocky areas (absorbs more heat) and focus on murky/stained water. The murkier it is the shallower they will be, because because due to the dark coloration of the water, the first foot or so takes the brunt of the heat bearing radiation. Target weedbeds, they will posess cooler, more oxygenated water with premum cover, especially those with tree stumps in them. Those on points and near ledges are superior at this time of year. Start any trip by working jerbaits at ledges past weedbeds and their sides for those active bass most easily found during early morning /late afternoon hours and on days with low barometric pressure. Tick crankbait over the tops of weeds, (preferably a squarebill, they snag less) burn a spinnerbait over them, and (if it is early, late, at the edges/pockets of lilypads, or overcast) work topwater baits over the tops of them. Absentia any success in targeting active bass would likely mean resorting to t rigged worms, and tubes dragged and jigged through them, (preferable bright or dark colors which are more visible, and with paddletail worms/crawfish tubes which send out more vibration) t rigged jerbaits, or better yet t riggid paddletails (again, more vibration) worked over the tops of weeds, and ripping lipless cranks and reeling spinnerbait through weeds for a reaction bite. Such shoud be enough to elicit a response from all but the most lockjawed bass. Again if any weedbed posses stumps, make it an absolute priority to bang crankbaits off of stumps for a reaction bite, this often is quite successful in murky water. Good luck and tight lines
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one thing i forgot too metion, goto tools at thetop of this website andprint out the fishing log it will help you create a record of fishing trips t see what has worked and what hasn't. for the weather portion of it, youcan egt barometric pressure snset and sunrise time etc. from wunderground. pick up a copy of in fisherman handbook of strategies LARGERMOUTH BASS edition, best d**n fishing book on themarket, and it willl walk u through all 10 seasons of bass fihing, yes 10, it will explaain that too, i'll hit you up later withsome info, gotta go get ona train, but remember, have fun.
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YG gave good advice, a mepps, a tube, some 4 inch worms, 4in (gulp) jerkbaits, crawfish lure (optional)(I recommend havoc craw fatty), apaddletail lure of some sort, double willowleaf, Colorado, and a combo williowleaf and Colorado bladed spinnerbaits, a rat l trap, and bream/shad colored cranks, about 3 r 4 for different depths ( it'll say on package), for shallow, mid, and deep water. Those will go a long way. Don't worry about jis and multiple rigs jest yet, a texas rig, with hooks either weedless or exposed, especially with weighted hooks, will get you trough most situations. The best way to learn about lures and techniques is research, and bassresource is as good as it gets. I personally am twice the angler I was last year thanks to research. If you have any questions you can always send me a message, I'm eager to help. Also if you want advice on what to do in particular situations I'll help you out. I have a crapload of links in my favorites bar, so I can always provide good articles too, that can help. Don't worry, the guys here on bassresource are always eager to help, post more topics for questions you have and send messages to individuals. Somebody will always have nothing better to do (except dream about bass) I'd love to talk to you 'bout hunting, and let me know what state/region you are, it can definitely vary the worth of the answers you get. Welcome to bassresource, as soon as I can log back on, I'll send you some info on how to use what you've already got.
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I have very little experience with jigs and though I hope to visit cabelas soon, I currently have no jigs. What would you use if you were left without; for me, so for, quickly swimming worms, paddletails, and jerkbaits have taken its place.
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- jig
- football ji
- swim jig
- spinnerbait
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What about Mark Zona's personal favorit: any variation of the word chunk, i.e chunker, lil chunks/chunker. That's the only alternate name I rally like, unless it's a huge fish, in which case hog is acceptable. I do agree on the whole small, but quality fish thing, unless you're talking about a smallmouth or an exceptionally pretty bass.
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I know they are environmentally destructive and admittedly destructive, but I find it hard to believe all the hype about their destructive prowess when they swim with larger muskies and alligator gar. WHats your experiance with them, do they they have predators here in the states, and whats your opinion of them.
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MY FISRT HOT THREAD, altuogh I also hate "thinly veiled commercial," if it teaches me something I'm happy. If it weren't for outdoor TV, I never would've learned of GULP, Rapala, and KVD cranks, which altogether admittedly catch most of my fish, but i learned to use them from the shows where they were advertised. Thank your lucky stars for bassresource, where you can learn and read reviews of products hawked at you on TV.
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As much as I love outdoor television, I have my fair share of pet peeves. number two on the list, is when a pro dismisses an impressive fish as small. Perhaps it is because I'm in Northern IL, and up here bass grow slow, maybe it's due to me fishing from the bank, but when I catch a 2 pounder from shore i'm more than satisfied, a three pounder means I'm ecstatic, and a 4 pounder makes my heart skip a beat. I certainly do not however dismiss a fiesty lil uno pounder as a nuisance. My number one, and perhaps more justified pet peeve, is when somebody makes a bad/ lame shot a celebrates. for example watching whitetail freaks yesterady, the chick gut shot a buck and proceeded to squeal, celebrate and preach of her good shot. This is nearly as bad as some "pro," who was knife hunting boars; the dogs grounded him, and the guides took his legs and immobilized the boar, then said pro proceeded to stab the boar in the lung and talk about how hard this quest was. So come on my fellow outdoorsman, delve into your inner david e. petzal curmudgeon, and vent your complaints and pet peeves.
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This is a forum on bass behavoir right now: are they bedded or cruisin the shallows, are they agressive or suspended on ledges, etc... I'm in illinois and i've had a little luck on ledes and points due to the fluctuating weather we've been having, but, given that said weather is stabilizing, my luck is going to schtako. So, tell us where you are, whats lures have been workin, the bass' behavoir, and where the hell you've been findin 'em!!!
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I would go w/ a flouro leader slightly lighter than the braid. For pretty heavy stuff, I have a spool of 20lb braid w/ a flouro leader
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I admit, I woefully underuse soft plastics, most likely due to my having taught myself to fish at a young age. I needed a fast, more interesting way to fish. (I was ten and got bored easily.) Now however, I would like to better utilize them. When do you use soft jerkbaits vs paddletails vs soft craws vs worms vs tubes. Which ones are used for used for what situation as opposed to others. I fish most w/ a t-rig. Which do you rig in what ways for what circumstances? Mostly I use jerkbaits in more open spaces, above and around the edges of weedbeds/stumps. I use soft craws to drag/yo yo along the bottom. I use tubes in heavier cover, and worms for smaller spaces where short casts are necessary (I fish from the bank) i.e. through lily pads, heavy cover, and bluffs/steep areas where vertical presentations are used. I tend to use paddletails as an alternative to jerkbaits, especially in muddier water. I have no experience w/ grubs, or really any soft plastics outside of these listed. Also, which are better search baits and which are fished slow (oviously the got worm there) and how? Rereading this I feel like I total novice. So, I guess this is soft plastic 101.Thanks in advance.
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WHich do you prefer tight or wide action crankbaits and when...and in what cover. How would you tell in store the action a crankbait would have. I have never seen why somebody would want a tight action and as such i gravitate more towards stickbaits than shad crank unless they are sharebills. What aboud you?
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THat depends, has any body heard of ohhh i don't know: Bill heavey, David e. Petzal, Bill Heavey, Phil Bourjaly, Bill Heavey, Bill Heavey, Bill Heavey, Bill Heavey, or Bill Heavey !!!!!!!!!!!!
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I personally love weed beds in summer, and logs/blowdowns in spring. Rocks are great in early morning and anytime during spring due to their absorbtion of warmth/radiation. when it comes to choosing in summer between weed beds and logs, indecision reigns. What about you? what cover do you favor based on weather and time of year.
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