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Gut it, remove the head and tail and then wrap it in some aluminum foil with some butter and lemon juice and put it right in to a fire for a couple minutes. That is my favorite way to eat trout. The meat just pulls right off the skin. I like it better in the fire than in the oven.

One thing I have noticed is the night-bite is far far better during a heatwave than during a period of average weather temps. I night-fished a lot last year and I caught a lot of nice fish. But when i night-fished during a 90°+ heatwave, I couldn't believe the average size of bass that i pulled out. I have read that bigger bass feed more at night, but I didn't expect to be catching bass all night with a 4lb average, several a lot bigger and none smaller than 3.

Ever since I was 5-6 years old, Ive been addicted to the adrenaline rush that comes from having a fish on the end of your line. And even when I'm not catching, there's always the possibility that I will catch the fish of a life-time at any moment. Its relaxing, its outdoors, and its great stress relief. It can be exhilarating and relaxing at the same time. I fish because I can't think of ANYTHING I would rather do.

I'm just getting started with BPS

Jigs and spinnerbaits. I plan on devoting a lot more time this year to these techniques. Gotta hone my skills.

Black jitterbug, black brush hogs, salamanders and senkos. The BIG bass come out at night!

I remember a few years back i stopped at a tackle store and found a whole section of DTs with that hook, but they were red. I picked one up, but don't know what happened to it. I don't think its a manufacturing error.

Dear Raider, Why did we just get an ice storm in mid-March? Signed, Cabin fever may be fatal

Bottom line: it's another thing to blame a bad day of fishing on!

The most economical jerkbait (and best all around IMO) is the Matzuo Phantom Minnow. I think it retails for $2.29 and it has more action than any other jerkbait on the market. They aren't very durable though.

Amelia Aerhardt must have been flying it. Jk jk. But in all seriousness, whatever happened to it is probably not what they are telling us on the news.

Oh yea they still have the algae bloom. Every summer it turns to pea soup just like you said. Awesome lake to fish though. The bloom doesn't seem to effect the fishing.

I've never noticed any increase or decrease in success from those calendars. I don't plan fishing trips around those calendars, but I do usually check out the days that I already plan to fish.

7' MF with 6-8lb fluoro or mono, throwing 4-5 inch senkos, hulagrubs, smaller cranks and jerks is how i fish for smallies....Oh yeah, and the Chugbug.

My favorite jerkbait is a Matzuo Phantom Minnow. It's really cheap, but it darts around better than any other jerkbait I've used. It sells for like $2.29 or something. I don't see Matzuos in stores a lot though. For crankbaits, my favorite is the Rapala DT-6, and i didn't just jump on the DT-6 bandwagon. It has always been my favorite. Been killin smallies on the DT-6 for years.

I will as soon as I dig them out from their storage spots.

I use smaller lures when fishing for smallies. Equipment differs as well due to different structure type that smallmouth prefer like rocks, islands, humps and slightly deeper water. You don't have to use heavy line either. 8lb will work all around. Smallmouth IMO are way more fun to catch than largemouth. They fight twice as hard and you're not constantly picking weeds off your lure. You may get snagged once or twice though.

Thanks a lot. I found that it goes 2.4-3 meters lol. So i think that's 8-12'.

Here it is. Can anyone ID this cb?

I would, only there is 2 feet of ice on all the water still. This is more from an organizational standpoint, a result of cabin fever.

I have a few old crankbaits that aren't in production anymore, or are unidentifiable, and i want to know the specs on them. Is there a way to determine approximately how deep a crankbait runs, besides the obvious option of testing it out at different water depths to see when it hits bottom? I know as far as lip sizes go, its generally the bigger the lip the deeper the dive. But is that a definite solution, or are lip shape and angle a factor as well? When i purchase new cranks, i always save the part of the packaging that has the depth on it to avoid situations such as these. Also i know line type also plays a role in diving depth, but I'm wondering solely about the baits.

2 1/2" Storm Chugbug in Tennessee Shad color.

This is great news. I have always thought the law meant no more than 3 rods per person on boat, which makes it really hard to choose which setups to bring with me. I wish I had found that out earlier.

My biggest goal this year is expand my number if confidence-baits. I want to start getting better at techniques like jigging and jerking.

Really? I sure hope that's the case because it's tough deciding which 3 setups to take with me. I'm gonna have to check in to that. I really hope you're right.