smalliefinnatic
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Thanks everyone, clears up that. But why was this fish so darn fat near the gill instead of the middle? Was it swallowing maybe another large fish?
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So last summer I caught my pb largemouth up north. I was ecstatic...but also confused. Ill start with how I caught it, it was a textbook spot with submerged timber, about 6 feet deep, and knowing the structure of the lake because Ive fished there so many times (I dont have electronics) remembered there was an access to much deeper water! I flipped in a texas rigged venum craw (watermelon candy red) and hopped it around. 2 casts later I was about to give up but I noticed another hole a little deeper back, pitched her in and shook it, right as it fell my line was being pulled and my rod felt mushy almost, like being pulled through mud, so I swang and hooked into the fight of my life. When I landed her I noticed the bass was not widest around the middle...but fattest from the gill about 3 inches down. It looked like she swallowed a bird or something! Also she was only 19.5 in but weighed 5pn4oz!! I checked the scale and its accurate to a tee. My question is do you think this bass was possibly feeding on a small mammal/huge fish while I caught her? And is that the reason why she weighed so much...I mean, ive seen buddies catch 21+ plus in and weighing only 5 on the dot. Thanks
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Forgive my ignorance of the baitcaster style rods because I am still very new to them. But I have a theory about backlash? So basically everyone has told me to set my magnetics up so that my craws/jig n pigs will fall VERY slowly. However; when I do this I always get backlash, I figure because the line is still running out of the bail and I am not proficient at thumbing it at all. So I imagine I could just tighten it so the lure doesnt fall I will cast shorter, but it would be harder to backlash? Either way I cast only about 10ft with my baitcaster at the moment so it would not matter, should I do this to avoid backlash? Thanks!
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HEY, don't pick on little people man. Plus you look pretty weird yourself so relax
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Yea, I find usually most big youtubers have very good cameras/angles though
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I wish man, he's pretty accurate with that setty
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As I mentioned some people are not comfortable with a baitcaster...also I find light soft plastics work with better action on a spinning reel. Not to mention some people cannot afford quality baitcasters, in my situation it would not be wise seeing as I fish like twice a year. If you don't like the video why bother commenting man
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The accuracy---> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqN_xuv4Q5g
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So I just wanted to aware you guys and girls on a video I saw which intrigued me a while back. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyG15eud6PU If you like using spinning reels as much as I do, or simply want an accurate cast for lighter lures you should give this a try. Feels a bit weird but I got pretty accurate after a few days of practice!
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I like a lunker hunt 4 inch tube rigged with a ball head jig for a goby like appearance
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So I was just wondering if 10lb monofilament line would be too heavy for a 2000 series spinning reel. The reel is a mitchell avocet 2000 series, last year I filled it completely with 8lb big game mono line and it casted like a dream no problems at all, I was wondering if 10lb line would cause any issues (casting distance aside).
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I have kind of a stupid question but I figured I might as well ask it on this site because of the great insight I have been getting. I like to fish a lot of soft plastics and have had great success. However; I have seen in fishing videos the angler notes that you must let it fall on slack line. What exactly does this mean? I usually reel slow and allow some line to not be directly tightened while it falls, is this the same thing? Thanks
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One of my biggest largemouth was caught on a 99 cent topwater 3inch popper in some sort of smoke purple tone, as you said, you never know
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So I like to flip and pitch my baits on mono line, simply because it is extremely low maintenance and I do not fish often enough (unfortunately) to drop 20 bucks on like 150 yards of braid! Anyways, a lot of people who I talk to about this ( I use trilene big game) tell me I should be going up to 20lb test around SPARSE cover. Last summer I landed my pb largemouth (5pnd 2oz 19.5inches, fatass bass) on 10lb big game around some serious tree branches and weed cover. My question is, if I could land this bass out of sparse cover on 10lb line with medium spinning gear, why are people shocked when I tell them I flip with 14lb mono on my baitcasters?
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Second this, the pit boss is widely considered to as only a flipping bait for heavy stuff...however Ive used it on a shaky head along rockpiles in a river and caught smallies all day
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Okay so first off I would like to say that I am still relatively inexperienced in the great sport of angling. Last year I began learning to drag tube baits when I found a bunch of them in my uncles tacklebox. I was intrigued and decided to rig them the way they are normally rigged on a tube jig head by sticking them through and popping the eye out. I had quite a bit of luck this way and even landed a solid 4pnd 12oz smallmouth! my pb smallmouth. When I did research online I realized I however seem to be the only one who has fished these baits on a BALL HEAD JIG like this:http://www.junebugtackle.com/jig-head-cannon-ball.php as opposed to a TUBE bait jig head like this:http://www.sportsmanswarehouse.com/sportsmans/Troutsmen-Jig-Head-Tube-Head/productDetail/Jig-Heads/prod9999008466/cat101088 , my question is, is the ball head jig hindering the action of the bait and would I have better luck with a tube jig head? THANK YOU!
