fourbizz

Now thats exceptional! 20posts a day!

I have fished some 1.5oz jigs, but not footballs. I was punching with them.

Thats drilling a hole. errrr wait.......... I think "boring" is the proper term.

;D

WOW! Thanks all! That bite sure was fun while it lasted! Moving on to new water startin tomorrow!

Haven't fished the 6" enough yet to say, but that bait IS sick!

My family used to own 1400 acres in colorado with a ton of fishable water. Rivers, canals, ponds, afterbays. If anyone asked, which was seldom, we gave them permission to fish whenever they pleased. The many, many people that didnt ask permission trashed the place, killed buckets full of fish. I threw people off bodily and called the sheriff plenty of times. I loathe trespassers. How hard is it to ask? Seriously. I fish a bunch of private ponds out here. Show a little respect and ask. I have never been turned down. If I were, so be it, there is plenty of water out there and ponds dont have really big fish anyway. Soapbox OVER!

The only guys that have ever been worth watching were the Linder's. I dont like watching their new show.

Well I am sure that this will seem like a vague, cop-out answer, but.... Asking someone how to swimbait is just like asking someone how to bass fish. There is no one way. It is a technique that is HUGE in scope. Just about as diverse as "traditional" bass fishing. I, at least, fish from 1foot of water up to 100 feet of water. Surface, mid-column, and on the bottom. You can deadstick, stitch,slow roll, moderate retrieve, and burn them. Twitching, hopping, directional changes, cover/structure collision..... Man I could go on, and on, and on, doing absolutely nothing to help you :-/ Now you fish in florida and from what little I know of Florida fishing in general and what I have seen from your outings posts, we are talking about shallow water, lots of grass, and some docks thrown in. We have 2 waterways here that fit that description pretty well in the California Delta and Clear Lake. I throw a scant handful of baits at these waterways. I do not fish either of them much, mind, but the first tourney I ever fished was on the Delta and was an 82 boat team tourney, we won, swimbaits in hand. I like to relate big baits to traditional baits when I am describing their application to guys just starting out. I'll just relate my key baits for the Delta and Clear Lake. In order of preference. #1 3:16 Lure Company Mission Fish-7" My go to bait. I fish this in two distinctively different ways that I relate to a jig and a spinnerbait. I like to flip it to key spots, let it sink, shake it, hop it. You can do this all the way back to the boat or just target the primo spots and burn it back. Anywhere you might throw a jig, you can fish a mission fish there, in much the same way. My favorite way to fish them, is much like a spinnerbait. A fairly fast, midcolumn retrieve going through and over any cover you can find, this bait is as weedless as it gets. The bites are savage when fishing like this. Bumping cover and ripping it free of grass (much like a ratl trap) really bumps up your number of bites. #2 3:16 Wake Jr. Now this is fun right here. Wakebaits are my favorite way to catch big fish. Now I realize that is an expensive bait, but it is by far my favorite. The MS Slammer, AC Minnow, and Mattlures Woody, are all more budget friendly and get bit too. But regardless of which you buy, the application is same. Think spook. If the conditions scream SPOOK! then big fish are aching to get poked on a wakebait. Just a slow steady retrieve with OCCASIONAL pauses or twitches will get you bit. Obviously the closer you get to the ambush spot, the better, but fish will travel A LONG WAY to eat a wake bait. (got on a bite last year where fish were suspending 25-35ft down over 100, and would come up to eat the wake jr!) #3 Osprey Talon/ 3:16 Rising Son I don't fish these nearly as much as the two above, but they sure do work. If I were to relate them to something, it would probably be a shallow crank. These baits are not weedless, but they run comfortably from surface to about 3ft down. Great for running over the tops of weedbeds or along outside weedlines. A very slow retrieve seems best as the baits tend to roll if you move too quickly. Works well for pulling fish out from under deeper docks that you can skip under, or even parallel. Those are really the only baits I throw at the places that resemble my idea of Florida. As I have mentioned before, I dont believe that the "paddletail tube" and knockoffs are big fish baits at all. Frankly, I think they are a waste of money/time. If I am gonna pay big bait prices, I want big bait results. And as much as I have bellowed it out in the past, I will say it again, have the proper equipment! I know someone who tried throwing an 8" bait on a MH rod when he first started, it cost him no fewer than 15 double digit bass. I wouldnt even be able to stomach 1 DD loss if it was due to my refusal to use the correct gear. Big rod, big reel, big line, big fish, big fun. I dont know if that is any help whatsoever. But if Mattlures or Randall would like to chime in, they could probably help all of us

Calcutta 400TE on an 8'4" GUSA Monster Mag by Alpster Customs. Don't know how much its actually worth, but A LOT!

Way to go brotha! You gotta love that mission fish!

So you are claiming to get 1 or 2 10's a day and that is aweful? :-?

Must be good genes! I need the "win a legend/find good eggs" gene I think, lol!

Didnt get that the first time, but that is HILARIOUS!!!!!! ;D ;D

Wow, that's the last time I defend YOU!!! -Little Napolean Don't be sad! If I give you Italy will you forgive me?

O M G . . . :-X

Thanks guys! I'm lookin forward to sight fishin season. All of these were casting fish, just waiting for the big girls to move up now! Best pre-spawn bite I have ever been on, thats for sure.

The edit modify button is a wonderful thing SEE IT WORKS!

welcome dude! You could be like ^ that guy and just make 4 sequential posts if you would like to up your totals quicker........ http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1206058438/1#1

Well guys, I got on em the last few weeks. I found a couple AMAZING swimbait bites and I worked them hard. I'm not sure how many swimbait fish I have caught in the last 5 trips, but it was way over 50. All on 8-11inch swimbaits and wakebaits. I held off on the the pics because I wanted to wait until the bite was over and not draw any attention to my spots. I had 5 fish limits of 25, 35, 36, 38, and 42lbs10ozs. The last trip was real slow. So here are the pics. 5lb3ozers 5lb4ozers 5lb8ozers 5lb10ozers 6lb0ozs 6lbs4ozs Caught simulaneously on one bait, 6lbs4ozs, 4lbs4ozs 6lb6ozers 6lb7ozs 6lb8ozs 6lb11ozers 6lbs12ozs 6lbs13ozs 7lb1ozers 7lb2ozs w/ a 5lb13oz 7lbs5ozs Different 7lb5ozer with a couple of the sixes from above 8lb2ozer 9lb7ozs 10lbs10ozs What an unreal handful of trips. I gained confidence in new baits, put the custom rod that Alpster made me through its paces, and basically had more fun that I could have ever imagined with big baits. I caught countless 4's and 5's that went un-picced and un weighed. I shook three fish between 5 and 6 off at the boat because there were bass boats in the area and i didnt want to give my spots away. Lost a few fish, missed some bites including 2 that were definitely over 10lbs, one of which may have been really really big. My wrists are shot, my shoulders hurt and I have some of the gnarliest bass palm I have ever seen. Absolutely INCREDIBLE!

That is because it is formulated to irritate and stress the fish, thus making them more "lively" (read: freaked). Garlic is HIGHLY irritating to a fishes gills. Please Release me is formulated to SEDATE, CALM, and MEDICATE! The only ethical livewell additive, IMO. I use it when trophy hunting to reduce the stress on the fish, stop bleeding, and keep the fish from freaking out. If you are going to use Rejuvenade, you might as well just pour acid in your wells. BTW, not affiliated in anyway, but after looking into both products, I find Rejuvenade APPALLING!

I figured you were talking about the "other" kind of bath house. LOL

Only you would go fishing and comment on the cleanliness of the local bath houses, LMAO!!!!!

I bet 4 bizz would use it Only to discourage over friendly Mooks from hitting on me, LOL!