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honestly when I worked on a sportboat I didn't even fish freshwater. It wasn't until about 5 yrs ago did that change when my oldest son hit the age of 3 and took him bluegill fishing. It just progressed to what it is now. Now he chases bluegill and I fish bass. We each enjoy our persuit of our selected fish and enjoy it. He's staring to enjoy bass fishing but throwing a lure all day for a bite or two isn't his deal yet. But like someone stated above, it doesen't matter what kind of fish it is, I enjoy catching them all. Honestly the best and funnest fish I enjoy catching, a big jack( AJ, Crevelle, or CA Yellowtail) chasing down and engulfing a surface iron.

just think of all the circle hook sponsors they could list and bobber makers.

^completely agree with you on that flyfisher. May only be one that size but it would put the golf course in the cross hairs of many an angler that would normally bypass it. But I do wish njbassman the best luck in catching it. Advice, throw a swimbait 8" or larger....savage line thru floater would be a good start and see what other sizable fish happen to live there as well.

Did they notify you by personal message?

Didn't even know if you posted a review of Savage Gear you would get something. Maybe I'll get lucky and I haven't heard about a 6" line thru but if it's as good as the 8" I'll have a few of them on my wish list.

It can be listed as private waters, but word of mouth will still put it out unless you have the ability to not tell a soul where you were fishing and not take any pictures of your spot where someone can figure it out. Golf courses are touchy subjects when it comes to being able to fish them or not. I have nothing against him fishing there and wish the best, I just would keep it really quite...the less people around you know the better off it is.

I would rather it come through without hanging as easy...it can stand up all it wants but if gets hung up constantly then it isn't doing me very much good. When you get it lined up and ready, I'll take 3-4....will it come in tungsten?

May want to try the G-Lock's, I have a better hook up ratio on them as well as the bait staying more inline and not wanting to come up the shaft.

you do relize the minute you catch and register that fish if it is a record, the press from where you caught it will cause you to loose your spot. Increased pressure from fisherman that do not respect golf courses causes everyone to loose access to them. I wish you the best on your monster bass hunt, but remember once you catch it odds are that will be the beginning of the end of your nice fishing spot. Have a course like that around my house.....now it's not the course manager that runs you off, it's the local sheriff's who use their helicopter to round up all trespassers, impound all fishing equipment, and then write all nice tresspassing tickets with the next time they catch you....off to jail. So my advice, keep your spots quite and enjoy them and don't bring added press and pressure that will cause them to ban all fisherman and result in the above actions of local law enforcement.

Personally, I use leader/topshots on all my swimbaits. Only thing I fish straight braid is frogs and my punching gear. My prefererence and normally only use at most 15 to 20ft of mono or FC. I would use a mono topshot. Will also help keep the bait from tangling in the braid if you twitch it and kill the bait as it tends to glide sideways and may pick the braid up on the hooks....also give a little stretch but not much as you are fishing with trebles and the limited stretch on braid could cause a hook to pull out.

Pepper and River to Sea have the double inline's. Check them out at TW.

Throw a 4" Fat Ika at them. Seems to work really well on S. Cal's heavy pressured spooky bass quite well.

50lb braid isn't an issue, but you will need a topshot of 20-30lb mono or fc. Most fish swimbaits on straight 25lb mono. I have 2 set-ups, one with 40lb braid to 25 mono and the other is 65 to 25 fc and a bit heavier action as so I have 2 different swimbait set-ups without having to change. I think it was stated above, once you start throwing swimbaits and find success with them you start buying more and more. I started out the same way with a 6"BBZ, next step....the 8" Huddleston.

Can't believe no one has suggested Mend-IT. I use this on my flipping baits, as I might get a fish or two out of the SK Rodent's and other soft baits. Take off the damaged bait, put it in another bag, and when you get back home or once it's dry, use some Mend-it and fix the bad spots. Makes them good as new. Do this with Senko's and Ika's, works really well. That $12 bottle has saved me probably $100 in baits as well as those $20+ swimbaits.And also a fan of the Skipgap hooks for my flukes.

Well if you can't get them to respond to a frog, and have nice thick weedbeds, go punching. If they won't come to the top and play, go in and get them. I carry 2-3 types of frogs, may try a different style, slow walk, long pauses, but if they aren't coming up, I just go punching with a heavy punch jig (3/4oz or heavier) and put my bait in some of the deepset weeds I can find as well as holes and hold on.

Anacharis (Egeria densa). Popular aquarium plant native to Northern America...hence not Hydrilla. Hydrilla is from Asia and was transplanted from cuttings in the aquarium trade that made it into watersheds.

why don't you get a crankin stick. I have 2 of them and really like them. Looked at the carbonlights and they didn't impress me although I do like the reels. And the 2 I have both are 7'6" one M and the other MH. The M is a bit whippy and honestly would have rather had a heavier action...maybe I should take that one back and exchange it since it is their rod. The MH though is a great rod and I love it.

Hey Gator Joe, all the pay lakes...Irvine, Corona, Santa Ana (although they wiped it out reduing it) all offer catch and release bass fishing. Santa Ana was awsome for float tubing until the OC Water District drained them all dray. Loved fishing there even though I had to pay but it was 5min away from my son's school. And as long as you throw them back right away I think you're good. They just don't want people culling fish they put on stringers for bigger ones later.

I wouldn't worry, CA is broke. They don't have the money for anything they propose. They can't even afford enough DFG Officers to actually inforce regulations we already have let alone try and take on a new project. I could see them trying to spawn and restock them....but then when they dump them in the lake be ready for the feeding frenzy from the birds and fish.

Have to get through the smaller fish. Try a heavier hair jig or jigging spoon. If their are bigger fish in the school they are gonna be looking for the easier meal, the weaker injured bait that the smaller fish didn't get or was too big and now is injured.

That's awesome. My 10yr old son is a fishing addict as well. He already is wanting me to buy a boat. I'd rather have him at the lake all day fishing then sitting in front of a video game anytime. Sounds like you and your daughter will be sharing lots of memories.

Well replace it, then take the old one apart and clean and grease it....gears get grease....lightly, bearings get oil. Put it back together and see what happens.

Spine the rod by holding it horizonal and bend the tip....support the rod in the crease between your thumb and fingers. The rod with roll to the spine. Mark it. You want the guides on top of spine for casting, bottom for spinning. I've built 2 rods....I found out a lot doing that. #1, it's cheaper to let someone else make it. Unless you plan on wrapping lots of rods it's gonna cost quite a bit unless you plan on physically spinning each rod on a cardboard box while wrapping it and then slowly turning it for a few hrs while the flex drys so you get it evenly. But if it's something you're wanting to get into I'm sure you can find books to read, but most learn from someone teaching them the craft.

Welcome to Urban fishing in S. Cal. It's def tough to be consistant. I would head down the 57fwy and venture into some of OC's city and regional parks. Or invest in a float tube so you can get off the bank at Puddingstone.