fishinyank

That second picture has been posted on this forum before, except whoever posted it said it was from europe. Tremendous fish either way.

Tubes, then a toss up between crankbaits and inline spinners (I never grew out of these, and I never will!!!)

What happened to the good ol' bar graph or pie chart? Man Id love to read that thing if I knew how! I avoided all things technological while in school so if you could maybe help with how to read it. What do the numbers represent? And whats a position score or rxn? Sorry for the weak mind but but when it comes to anything computer oriented, my mind couldnt hurt a fly!

I voted time on the water- but thats both by myself and with others, particularly my great grandfather and his fishing buddy steve. Although I fished with my great grandfather only once that I can remember, its from that morning I gained my first real fishing knowledge. He took my father and I to the edges of weed covered flats, and had us fish hair jigs tipped with perch eyes down the drop offs. He was the only one who caught fish that day but I learned alot by watching him. Years later as a pre-teen I went back to those drop offs and caught my first bass BY MYSELF. Steve, my grandfathers long time friend, took me out a few times since then, reinforcing the basics in me. The majority of what Ive learned since then I stumbled on by myself or read on the internet, but its all thanks to Grandpa Red and Steve.

I guess all I fish is light tackle, I've never fished over ten pound line for bass. Ive never found it nessecary up here in NY where a big largemouth is six or seven pounds. Besides, lighter line allows better action in your lure, and is harder to detect by the fish, etc, etc.

Do you guys have a prefered titanium leader? I've seen some on cabela's. I want to try some. The Tooth Proof brand says its knotable, so maybe no need for snaps? I like the sound of that.

Ill go if I can get the day off work - weekdays are best. I live in Binghamton NY so that cant be too far away. Besides, I haven't been to a Cabelas or a BassProShop (I know, Im deprived) so I would love it.

Ive been itching to take the plunge into LC lures as well. Tell us how you do with it.

What ever amount the ole lady will let him pay! Honestly though, what ever amount a fisherman can afford or feel comfortable paying for a combo. Like most things, you pay for what you get, then the law of diminishing returns sets in.

Oh yeah, I forgot. My opinion about metal guitar solos is something I share with another famous guitarist. In fact, I borrowed the idea about the weedly wee guitar soloist (I did add a few of my own clever observations to it) from this same guitarist's book. If you can name him, you win major cool points....and a new car!

Id say big carp too....probably hooked her in the tail. When that happens they are like ten times stronger. If your lucky enough to get your lure back there is usually the tell-tale giant carp scale attached.

OK OK Im a little interested now. As I said previously, Ive never used them, and they look they'd have the action of, well something like a Pikie. Maybe Ill give them a shot while fishin for Pike/Muskie. If i threw them for bass up here in NY thats what Id probably be more likley to hook up with anyway!

Ive been known to listen to Pantera from time to time and DD was a fine guitarist, but I've always thought heavy metal solos are super cheesy. They often go like this: WEEEE WEEE (gutarist bangs his head a few times) Weedly Weedly Weee (sparklers go off on stage) Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly Weedly WEEEEEE ( guitarist places instrument on hip with headstock pointing towards ceiling, crowd seems to love it) Weedly Weedly Weedly WEEE WEEE WEEE (bangs head one more time as back curtain is raised to reveal a 25 ft tall fire breathing beast, crowd goes bezerk) Weedly WEEEEEEEEEEE Now I know this is a slight exaggeration, but really, were's the melodies? Weres the musical ideas? I know you can weedly wee 30 times a measure, but can you slow down and actually make me use my mind? Sorry, I'm not trying to ruffle feathers, I just wanted to vent. As I said, I do listen to Pantera and other metal bands every so often, but I usually fast forward thrrough most of the solos

I know RoLo, just havin alittle fun ;D But really whats the difference between a Pikie 3000 (jointed) and a big swimbait besides about $80 and a fancy paint job?

Okay, so this isn't a very serious post, but why are they called swimbaits? I mean, I havent used one, but they look like crankbaits to me, just bigger. If this is the case, then muskie anglers have been using swimbaits for years. Im confused: if swimbaits swim, than what do crankbaits do, and if you crank crankbaits, how do you retrieve a swimbait?