Jar11591

When using ribbontail worms or any other slim-profile bait I usually use a 1/0-2/0 straight shank offset worm hook. With creatures, flukes and thicker baits I will use EWG. Always Gamakatsu, just personal preference.

Looks all too familiar. I don't know how in good conscience people can just litter like that. Different type of human being I guess. Do THEY like the look of their own garbage, or do they just never come back? Some things I will never get.

Ah gotcha. But still that's pretty interesting. Amazing that they lived through being frozen solid.

Read through all those, just couldn't find anything too specific. I saw a lot of words such as "small" or "shallow". That's all relative. I scoured the internet as well. Everything is pretty vague.

Now I don't know too much about winter kill, so I have a few questions for the people who do. What about an 18-acre pond with a max depth of 7', heavy weed growth and a small dam on one end? Should I be bracing for winter kill at this pond?

Now that is spooky. Especially because when I used to use shiners, they would die if I looked at them wrong lol. I wonder how they could have survived. It has certainly peaked my interest. I'm gonna do some research.

I am a couple hours east of you. If you ever fish the Adirondacks or Albany/Schenectady county let me know.

I usually go with a lizard, brush hog or hula grub. Pretty much anything I would T-rig, I will also C-rig.

Try it. Can't remember last time I had an improved clinch knot fail on me.

Last summer, a buddy and I just launched on a small lake, right around dawn. The short channel to the lake had some fog, but nothing too bad. When we got to the main lake, different story. The fog was so thick we couldn't see a foot in front of us. We were literally in a cloud. We were so worried about not hitting the left shore, we almost hit the right. This lake has a somewhat unforgiving shore, but luckily we saw it at the LAST moment. To be honest, it was pretty scary. Once the fog cleared up we had a good laugh.

I got myself one of the rubber worm binders because I was having the same problem as you. Now I take my tackle bag AND my worm binder. I've found that when I keep them in a box, the colors will bleed out of them and they get deformed.

I use the jointed Jitterbug a lot. It's deadly, especially after dark. I've never changed hooks, mostly because Arbogast lures make it a challenge to do so. I usually just run mine on the edges if surface vegetation. Any topwater that I use on vegetation will be a frog.

1. Get good fishing with jigs and spinnerbaits 2. To catch more and bigger fish than last year 3. Win the "biggest bass pool" that my buddies and I started

Pflueger President 2500 Shimano Sedona 2500 2 St. Croix Bass Mojos Countless soft plastics Countless hard baits Fish Finder Rod Holders New net New tackle bag

There is a pinned topic at the top of this forum called "Rod Selection: The Basics". It's pretty helpful. I normally roll with 4-5 but probably more this year.

It is so frustrating seeing the trash that people leave behind. It's sad too, because I think people like us who don't leave trash are not the majority. This needs to change. Now that I have a small boat, I don't see as much trash on the bank, but I do bank fish occasionally still. The place I go to is just filled with broken glass, beer cans, food wrappers and cigarette butts. It's sad.

I hate it when people say "oh but everybody leaves trash so I'm going to as well." That's how people justify it to themselves. Just pick up your trash! If you can carry it in, you can carry it out!

Nice! Now I wish someone would turn the ice off like a light switch. lol

I bet it made his day!

This really looks like the most fun anyone could ever have! Awesome. I've looked at the pictures of these bass probably 15 times already.

Average depth 111' and max 283'? Wow! and only 19 miles long. Very surprised to here its Michigan's longest inland lake.

Black Lake

This will be my fishing partner this year. She's a 4 year old border collie mix, and she is terrified of fishing rods! But I will break her of that before we take to the water.

I always keep hand warmers with me if the weather is cool or rainy. Nothing ruins a day of fishing like being cold, or in your case frostbite. Congrats on getting your rod and reel back! That's funny.

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