BASS fisherman

He is also in the fishing hall of fame. If that is what it is called. I can't remember.

The worst time I ever missed some bass was last summer. It wasn't a single bass I had missed that was a toad, it was several smaller ones that I had missed that started getting me irritated. I had just bought a Poppin Scum frog and got to try it out on a local lake that has some good bass in it. I was fishing what was basically slop, but it had alot of pockets in it. I'd cast the frog out and pop it a few times and pause it. I ended up getting three good blow-ups, and I'd wait untill I could feel the fish on the line, and then I ripped lip, only I didn't actually rip lip. I missed all three bass do to the crappy hooks and the design of the frog. Maybe the weeds played a role in the misses too, I don't know. At the point when I missed all three of those bass, I was ready to heave the frog into the water without a line tied to it, but right then I decided to try a trailer hook on it. At first I rigged two trailer hooks, one off of each bend in the main frog hook, but it weighed the tail of the frog down to far and gave the frog horrible action. I removed one of the hooks, and angled the remaininng trailer hook more towards the center of the frog. On the next cast I had another blow-up, only this time I caught the bugger. He wasn't much weight wise, but he sure meant alot after missing those first three.

Nice job dude! Were you shore fishing, or in a boat? I have gone fishing I say atleast 25 times since it has gotten cold here in Pa, and can't catch a cold. Not even any bites. Atleast any that I know of. I'd set the hook every time I thought I had a bite, and nada. Looks like a nice fish. Better than the ones I am gettin'.

Welcome to the forum!!

I like In-fisherman, and Bassin' as well. If anyone is looking to subscribe to In-fisherman, they do a thing online and you can get a year subscription for $12.00.

One of the mods, or maybe Glenn should start a marina for Bass Resource.com. I started a Marina for the bass club I'm in called Holiday Park Bass Busters. Everyone is welcomed to join my marina and I can't wait to see you there. I don't think this would be advertising, because we aren't selling anything.

Come on LBH, everyone knows it is spelled sponsership.

Glad to have you grace us with your presence Mr. Hannon. It truely is an honor to have you join us.

Some people on this forum may think this is harsh to say but I think it needs said. If you do decide to take the easy/cowards way out of life, make sure you do it right and completely. I had a great friend who tried to commit suicide by hanging himself. I suppose you could say he was lucky because before he died, his mother found him and saved his life. Well, what is left of it. He is now a vegitable who can't do anything for himself and is bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He tried to kill himself over a girl too. Just think of all the people you will let down with your death, and all the oppurtunities you will miss out on. You won't ever get married, watch your kids grow up, which includes a whole other list of things to look forward to. Like everyone else said, your 17. If you don't relize it yet, your going to have to deal with rejection all your life. From girls, potential employers, and several others. As my dad would say "buck up, and deal with it". You got too much to live for whether you know it yet or not.

I got the same message when I tried to build a Marina. I sent an email to the webmaster as well.

My SN is BASS_fisherman on that site too. Thanks for the instructions guys.

I signed up, but can't figure out how to add everyone to my buddy list. Fluke, can you help?

Bass Madness: Bigmouths, Big Money, and Big Dreams at the Bassmaster Classic by Ken Schultz I want to get that book too. Looks kinda good. I like the IN-Fisherman line of books. I have the LM, and SM books. They have tons of information in them. I also got the Chicken soup for the Fisherman's soul believe it or not. Good book that brings back alot of memories, and makes you laugh. I like Ike's book too. It gives you a good insight into what the tourney fisherman goes through.

Went to Dicks last week and they were having a sale on Lucky Craft pointer 78's. Not having the money for one I passed them by with not more than a thought of "I wish I could afford one of them thar lures." Well this week at our shop we had a few big jobs, and the money came in. Today I went back to Dicks and got me a real Lucky Craft pointer 78 in Nishiki color. I wanted American shad, but all they had left was one in Nishiki. I finally paid more than 10 dollars for one lure. I feel like I should hear angels sing when I open the package, which I have not done yet. ;D Now if I can just catch some bass with it. >

The weird part about the story, other than me fishing all around and over the car, he was found exactly 3 years after he was last seen. And the guy who found him and the vehicle was practice diving. He is a rescue diver, and was doing some cold water diving practice. On the news he said the visability was only 6 inches so he literaly ran into the car. He switched a light on and seen it was a car. He exited the water and called the police. 3 years to the day, and found totally by accident? Pretty amazing coincidence IMO.

If I find that the bass are fairly active, I will use a 3/0 gammie and a 5inch watermelon flake senko in daylight. At night I like the black with blue flake senko. If the bite is a little tough, I will scale the hook down to a size 1 offset shank worm hook, allowing for a slower fall. If that doesn't work I'll try a wacky rig which I still use the size 1 hook for.

I recently found out that at the exact spot where I shore fish on the Allegheny river, a man's car with him inside, was found. I have fished the spot many times, and have most likely lost a rig or several on his car. Is that creepy or what? I've heard of guys finding bodies while fishing, but to know you have been fishing around a mans last resting place is just creepy to me. Poor guy but atleast IMO he is in a better place. Missing Plum man found in river Kristie Linden Staff Writer Wednesday, December 6, 2006 A three-year mystery was solved this week when a Plum man's body was found in his car at the bottom of the Allegheny River. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner's officer positively identified the skeletal remains as Myron Simon, who was 50 at the time of his disappearance in December 2003. Simon's car was found near the Marina Boat Launch in Tarentum. Simon drowned and the medical examiner ruled the death a suicide. Simon was a faculty member at the Boyce Campus of Community College of Allegheny County where he taught physical education for 28 years. He was last seen alive by a student on Dec. 2, 2003. His body was found on Dec. 2, 2006. Plum police had been searching for Simon's car, a 2002 Saturn sedan, and Simon's family was offering a reward for information on the vehicle in the hopes that finding the car would mean finding Simon. At the time of his disappearance, police searched Simon's house and found nothing out of the ordinary except a note from Simon indicating that he believed himself to have a terminal illness. He had been diagnosed with depression. Plum Detective Ken Farmerie said Simon's bank records were investigated and remained untouched from the date of his disappearance. "There was no sign of him whatsoever," said Farmerie. "We got calls and leads, but they were dead ends. We talked to his co-workers and they all spoke highly of him. He was well liked. "There was no foul play suspected from the beginning."

If interested on the topic, go out and get the book called "1984" written by George Orwell.

Welcome to the forum!

I would like to extend my most sincere apologies to all members of BassResource.com who had seen my post about the rods. It was done in poor taste, and wasn't well thought out. I hope those who I offended can find it in their hearts to accept my apology, and will accept me back to the forum. The post was out of character, and will NOT be repeated. I really like this forum not only because of the valuable info, but because of the great members. I never should have insulted everyone the way I did, and again, I am truely sorry. Andy aka BASS_fisherman

I think Frabill makes a good net. I think they have the rubber ones too.

Idon't have a lab, but I do have a cocker spaniel. I can't wait to take him out on the boat next spring. I think the dog will be in awe of being out in the boat on the water. It is a whole new environment to explore.

Puke, thats funny stuff! GMAN, where did you order the plastic mix from?

Here ia an excellent article that beats all the others. I was going to copy and paste it, but #1 it is copyrighted, and #2 it is about 40,000 words. http://www.ncfish.org/2001/april/archive1.htm

I came across this stuff doing alittle research: Hanging up on zealot's call for change by Adam Broder I have a question for all the zealots of the world. Where has basic human compassion disappeared to? It seems that whenever people get together to support a cause, priorities get misplaced, and they lose sight of what is supposed to be most important to them. People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals is notorious for these actions. Last June they created Unhappy Meals, a boxed ad meant to resemble a McDonald's Happy Meal, which depicted animal cruelty on the outside and contained toys of Ronald McDonald with a bloody butcher knife on the inside. Were they out to inform people about the harm caused to animals, or were they out to mentally scar certain children for life? Last August they erected billboards in Milwaukee depicting New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani with a frowning milk mustache and the words, "Got Prostate Cancer?" I've come to consider the following explanation as a possible rationalization: If they'd go to such extremes to get their point across, it must mean that they equate the harm caused to animals in daily commercial society with the harm that is caused to Giuliani, his family, others with prostate cancer, others who drink milk, dairy farmers and their industry. Even if you could show that these were equal, all this amounts to is a juvenile "two wrongs make a right" conclusion. It seems to happen often where the fight for change turns inward so that good people with good intentions do bad things. Even on this campus we're not safe from it. That's why the story on page 5 of The Daily Illini on March 20 about the Progressive Resource/Action Cooperative caught my attention. A rally and march took place in opposition of the recent Board of Trustees meeting concerning the Chief. Along the way, the protesters passed a fraternity house. According to the story, a protester gave the middle finger after a fraternity member expressed some harmless words. Now the finger itself is harmless as well, but not very nice. And while a simple middle finger doesn't even stack up in magnitude to some of the stunts PETA has pulled, it's similar. It's an expression of anger. And when anger results from the willingness to add love to the world (by removing the Chief, a racist symbol), I can't help but see an inconsistency. The last time I wrote on certain issues, one of the letters I received suggested that I do more research. So I went to the PRC's Web site to view its mission statement. Sure enough, the following line was there: "We strive to establish more just relationships among all peoples and the environment." But only a few hyperlinks away was a poem titled "Too Many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians" with the following line: "I'll bet (the Chief) has one huge thingy, the mother raper." I don't care how you try to shroud these words in poetic justification or literary bologna. Words like these do little to establish more just relationships with Chief supporters, who do happen to fall into the category of "all peoples." And I can't even begin to comprehend how the PRC's anti-rape initiates are consistent with such words. Perhaps the biggest harm that zealots from any group inflict is upon those who are on their side. I'm sure there are many people who support PETA's mission to ease cruelty to animals but see its extreme measures as being destructive to the cause. If only the people who create such mayhem would realize that most people are willing to listen to their ideas, maybe they would stop relying on shock factors to bring change to our society. Adam Broder is a senior in commerce. His columns appear on alternate Thursdays. He can be reached at opinions@dailyillini.com. And Also this Rather than merely hurl verbal javelins, he chooses an active response to the idiocies he encounters, leaving the landscape littered with embarrassed democrats. He writes about several of these incidents in his book. When Gallagher decided he'd had enough of the idiocies peddled by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), he pulled off one of his inspired stunts, which got attention not only here but in Europe as well, and left PETA looking like the idiots they are. It began with one of PETA's more bizarre campaigns a drive to get 18- and 19-year-old kids to drink beer instead of milk because they say that milking cows is too upsetting and uncomfortable for them. Gallagher writes that PETA kicked off an outdoor billboard and magazine campaign spoofing the diary industry's slogan "Got Milk?" by replacing it with "Got Beer?" and went on to place the "Got Beer?" ads in college newspapers and university communities. "It was as if they never heard of the nationwide epidemic of teenagers who drink, drive and die." Noting that he is "extremely sensitive to the devastation alcohol wreaks in America," Mike went looking for a way to beat PETA at their own game. "I announced that I would buy a cow that was scheduled for slaughter, broadcast its execution' on my radio show and donate the beef to the homeless." Faced with this challenge, PETA went berserk. After all, Mike explained, "a lot of hungry and needy people were going to be enjoying nice, juicy steaks and hamburgers from the slaughtered cow." Mike's idea of broadcasting a cow's death "really drove them wild." He encountered a panicked PETA spokeswoman during a broadcast and enjoyed her shock and dismay. "How can you sleep at night?" she shrieked. "Have you really given any thought to what the final moments of the cow's life are going to be like with you and your microphones there." Gallagher kept his promise and broadcast the execution live, announced somberly after the steer's death, "We are now going to feed hundreds of hungry people throughout the Ohio Valley." The stunt got wide attention, "spreading the message that many Americans abhor the shock tactics of the animal rights nuts," he wrote, noting that hundreds of needy, hungry people got choice, Grade A beef.