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How deep was the fish caught? 2-3 feet Did the lure contain rattles or have hinges? Rattles, heddon tiny torpedo. Was the lure a natural color (brown, green) or was it an unnatural color (chartreuse, orange)? Chart bottom, brown back. If possible, what moon phase was your PB caught during? No idea.

There is a species of red eye bass native to the coosa river in GA and AL. I caught a few when I was a kid, freaky lookin eyes!

Not always the "deepest" but if the water is hot a good place to look is in "deeper" water than youve caught them before...Especially if there's any cover close by. Now this isn't always the case, there are always exceptions. I've seen bass cruise from cover to cover like Sam said. That's what makes bass fishing a challenge , the hunt for the fish.

Tilapia is a cichlid.

Yep, get to deeper water, fish close to structure and fish early morning/late afternoon or night if you can.

Water temp is a huge factor in how bass behave. From schooling in cold water, to spawn, to summer heat. Bass are warm water fish, but if it gets hot enough they'll often move to deeper water or find shade. There are some great articles here on BR on summer bassin you should read! As well as any other season lol

Never had that happen, I have tried to set the hook when my drag was really loose for reasons that I can't remember. As for nasty backlashes... When I was first learning to use a baitcaster I threw a 1/2oz spinnerbait pretty hard down the bank of a pond, and on the edge of the bank was a metal pole. My bait nailed it, biggest backlash I've ever seen. I was mad, spent an hour trying to work it out and ended up cutting the line and respooling.

Looks like tilapia

Man I'm glad this thread was dug up, there's a lot of great info here!

Cool video!

They do, I've had better luck with the baby brush hogs though.

They've been workin for me for several years, I throw em more than any other plastic.

Zoom brush hog or baby brush hog!

Thanks for this thread though, I'm makin a list of places to go in KS!

What Chris at Tech said, plus anything in junebug and watermelon candy!