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give the bass something they can see. crazier colors may peak bass interest and get them to come over. sometimes they just want shad.

the other day on my smartphone, i scrolled down to bottom on this forum and hit "full version". it was nice and all but the simple version loads faster. how do i go back to simple.version?

How can a bank fisherman read the water temp? sticking your hand in very shallow water isnt very accurate.

was thinkin of trying vmc ike approved. saw where it has a 3* offset...is that an advantage?

not spending trokar money for it to shred my plastic and get lodged in a branch...

ive yet to try out 12" in camo that i recently picked up

local lake...cant get a bite with any spinnerbaits. at night? 1/2 oz black double colorado blade spinnerbait gets smashed to bits. go figure

tw has large bags of missle d bombs

anyone ever use sunline fx2?

always call anyone when u have an issue! emailing wont get the job done ever...and im a tech savvy 25 yo.

i was goingto go last night to try it but was too tired. maybe tonight.

Ive been wanting to do some fall night fishing and i know fall is good for topwater...but when night air temps dip, will topwatrr still be effective or should i go with another presentation?

dont use fluoro for topwater...ever.

in my experience it doesnt change much. it can turn the bite on as the rain stirs up food sources. topwater isnt a go to rain pattern imo...if its raining hard the bass will have a hard time hearing/seeing the lure!

Anyone do fall night fishing? i went a couple nights ago. ut it was warm. temps suppose to drop off soon.

i left swivel in. didnt want to risk hurting her. ill let nature take its course

So I went to my small local lake tonight (just got back!) to see what I could do there at night. It was a warm day and evening so I was confident fish would be stirring. Saw a couple jump, but couldn't get any hits. I wasn't having any luck with multiple set ups. I was walking back to my truck while fishing with a pop'n image over grassy riprap, when near the shore before pulling it back in, I got shwacked! I wasn't even prepared for it, but whatever had a hold of my lure was trying to get to deeper water, and like mad. I was for sure I had got a hold of a medium sized muskie as the largemouth in that lake don't fight like this! I half heartedly lift this fish out of the water hoping the muskie would pop off and save me the hassle. Well, turns out it was a bass...not just any bass, a large smallie (there was no indication that smallies were in there!). I panic a bit and she still has a lot of fight in her and is thrashing in the air with two sets of trebles in her mouth. Well she pops off and lands on the ground and I put both hands on her (really sloppy and I'm ashamed of such a landing). My estimate (which are fairly accurate) is that she was a 4 pounder and about 20 inch. Unfortunately, my camera phone freaked out from the bass mucus and water, and it wouldn't let me take a picture. While admiring her, I noticed that from her anus, protruded a swivel! Just above that was a small cut (may have been from rip rap). I've never seen such a thing before. So I ended my night on that catch!

Im used to pitching jigs and trigged creatures. what is best time/ situation to use these? should i go shakey head or trig?

picasso are supposedly nice

if im fishing timber i reel down and set at about 1 pretty hard to get them over the cover

topwater fishing always trumps all. bass exploding on a bait is a rush. the trick is to get the bites.... I do enjoy flipping though. hitting your target silently and coercing a bass to suck it in is a treat.

d bomb. /end

I love the wobble. Only fished them a couple times with little success. Haven't given them much of a try though. 1.5 is fairly large. What is the 1 like? Isn't it 1/4 oz? May have to go to mom and pop store and check out their selection of KVDs and try the 1.0 out.

I've caught a couple of them hopping them on the bottom (usually swim up to cover and if no bites I'll drop it down) As for trailer, I don't think bulk is what you want for a swimjig. For pitching sure. But I suppose, some days, the bass may want a slightly beefier look. I'll keep experimenting

i bought soft plastics, punching gear, and a few swim jigs.