dodgeguy

maybe your brothers lure movements in the water are like his movements out of water.try a more erratic presentation.

like i said,in shallow water they can see red.

bass see extremely well at night.they just take a while for their eyes to adjust.the bite at night gets good approx 1.5 hours after it gets dark because their eyes have adjusted.

that fish would be 6 if it was fat!!!i kept 1 this year.

THE BAITS YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT ARE FISHED IN the upper water column.red does not fully disaapear depending on water clarity sometims until 15 feet.it actually turns grey.the translucent line disapears quicker than a solid red lure.in other words red lures below 15 feet appear black/grey as do red hooks.so if the water is slightly discolored the grey becomes hard to see.when red is shallow it is visible and can attract bass.

I can do that with my clarus rod BUT i can tell if its empty or full bud light is nasty so i feel a lot of them as opposed to my fav coors light empties coors and bud are for people who don't like beer.that's why they are on the bottom.the sam adams stays up top.

i just bought one.it does get up on plane faster than any other i ever tried.

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cast with your wrist turned in so the handle is up or down depending which side it's on.this will decrese centrifugal force.also if the lure is going down and not out you are releasing it to late.

i crank rocks a lot and you will get hung sometimes.do not pull harder and jam the lure in more.bring your boat around behind the bait and pull it out.sometimes if you are using cranks that float up just let the line go slack and they will float up.a good sensitive graphite rod is a must so you can feel the bait and let it climb up and over the rocks.i generally crank slow and just play touchy feely with the rocks.it usually gets interupted by a fish.

why get so worried about getting skunked in 25 minutes?i've fished 8 hour days with no bites until the last hour.

seaguar invizx

i think you do!!! ;D

it's to fast if it comes out of the water.burning over weedbeds works great at times.

cajun red cast

imho,bass pro rods have the best reel seats.they are never loose.

i've run into loose fitting reels on other rod brands with fuji reel seats.fuji reel seats reaaly don't impress me that much.their guides are the best.the only reel seat i like are the ones on bass pro rods.their seats are never loose fitting.i do agree that if a reel seat is loose the rod maker should fix it and give you a new rod.

i would get a bass pro shops tourney special when they put them on sale for $29.

bails should be closed by hand.most pros do it that way for 2 reasons.the first is they pull out any loops and then close it and the second is you will never have a bail spring failure this way.

when the going gets tough try a small pond.i just came back from one about 40 acres.landed a 3-4,another 3-4,a 4-2 and a 5-4 in 45 minutes on a spinnerbait.i just had enough time while waiting to pick up my daughter at a birthday party.

it's been tough up here in ny also.you just gotta stick it put and find something that works.sometimes when it's slow you think you have to fish plastics slow.but the other night the ticket was deep diving cranks on rocks.nothing else would catch fish.finnese would not catch diddly squat.

titicus 9-7-07 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- fished titicus with papa john again and had another slow night.i caught 4 bass 2 of which were dinks.the other two were 3-3 and 2-13.one was on a 7 inch purple power worm and the other was on a dt 16 rapala sunfish pattern crankbait.john was the panfish king last night.either way we had a good time.the weeds are still really thick and healthy.water temp was 78 degrees. here's the 3-3 followed by the 2-13.

i dropped mine when they signed citgo as a sponsor bass is not what it once was.if your looking for info the internet is the place to go.

fishing has been tough lately.

i'd get a pro qualifier combo from basspro.