BucketmouthAngler13

Same here. I was fishing the other week, and some guy my age claimed his sister cought a 8lb bass in some lake. I was like, "Cool..... : good for her. Here is a picture of my 5lber i got last month."

yes, 5ft is short, and ugly sticks are HORRIBAL for plastics. The reason you cant get your hook sets in sooner is becuase you cant feel when the bass first picks up the bait. You need to feel the instant they bite, and set the hook pronto. You cant do this, however, inless you can feel them taking it. If i where you, i would go to dicks tomarrow, and buy one of these rods, in 6' 6" mediem heavy action: Berkly Lightning Rod $30 BPS Tourney Speacal: $40 Fenwick Eagle GT: $50 Pfluger Trion $50 BPS Bionic Blade: $70 If you can afford the Bionic Blade, then get it. If you cant, a Lightning Rod will work good. But what ever you do, do not fish plastics with a ugly stick. Matt

Im going to make another one as soon as i can get some more spinnerbaits. I'm still looking for good wire that is strong and thick. And i dont think this idea will work good with buzzbaits. Frogs dont school together. However, it would create more noise and action, so maybe the bass will still hit it.

I would think if his face was blue then he must be terribly sick. If i where you i would go back there and fish for more pickerel, see if you can catch one that is simular, and get a closer look and some pictures. Use rapala orrigonals and spinnerbaits, they work great.

What length rod are you using? And if your getting hook-spits on plastics, try sharping your hooks. You can get a hook hone for a couple bucks, and it makes all the difference. Much better hook sets, which are a must for fishing plastics.

:o :o :o Thats one messed up pickerel! Maybe someone dumped those pills that stop diarea in the lake, hence blue-in-the-face fish. And no, i have never heard of a blue pickerel. All the ones i catch are green. Prehaps it wasn't a pickerel? maybe some type of hybrid.....

OK here are some questions about lures that i have wonderd about... 1. Every says their Rapala DT's lips are always falling off. Falling of on cast, falling of from structure, falling of in their hands, falling off everywhere. I have yet to own a DT, and if there lips are as fragile as people say they are, i dont think i will waste the $6. My motto is, Always be ready for anything. How can you be ready if you cant even trust your lure? If i get my first DD bass on, i hope and pray it wont be on a lure with a weak lip. Becuase i'm gunna sue rapala if i loose a huge bass becuase of their crummy lure. What do you think? 2. Wacky rigs. I tried it a few times, but never got any bass. I've done much, much better rigging my senkos texas style. What situations are wacky rigs better than texas rigs? 3. Sure Set Hooks. I love how they look but i'm afraid i'll snag it. My friend puts sure set hooks only on the rear split rings, and normal trebles on the belly splitrings. It look to me like this would reduce snags a good amount. Do sure sets work better? Do they snag more when fish structure and the bottem? Thanks Matt

I use 12lb line, on a 7ft mediem rod. I put a bobber about 4' up the line, then a small splitshot about 2ft under that. I tend to use a smaller hook, so it doesnt weight the shiner down. I catch alot of nice crappies and pickerel this way. It is fun to do while you are bass fishing.

If i where you i would never go close to rapids with a pontoon. That is just baddness waiting to happen. Matt

How long does a $5 bottle last?

For rivers and small lakes, a canoe does just fine. I use a 14ft and it is plenty stable. Never come close to tipping. I would like one of those pontoon boats, though. They seem like a east to use portable craft. Also, you might want to check into kyacks. They have some nice fishing ones.

Ok, if you want to go into using scripture. I'm not sure what the refrence is, but i know that it says "Be good stewarts of your earthy posessions." God gave man the right to govern over the fish. The includes for them to know when to kill and when to not kill. "There is a time for death, and a time for life" If there are 20 bass in a pond, let that grow into 50 bass. If there is 2 turtles, let that grow into 5 turtles. Once the pond gets to its limit, then they will ballence eachother off.

Snakes are not quick enough in the water to catch most fish, exept for the sick or dying ones. And even if they DID catch fish and eat them, SO DO YOU. Saying you should kill animals becuase they kill fish, then you go ahead and kill fish, IMHO, is being a hyprocite. Listen, snakes eat fish, fish eat snakes. Turtles eat fish, fish eat turtles. YOU eat fish, and kill turtles and snakes, and they get nothing back! This can not only damage and slow down the ecosystem, it can ruin it! dont get me wrong, it isnt WRONG to kill fish, turtles or snakes. It IS wrong, however to do this when it can do damage. If YOU dont need to kill any animals, then dont do it! Diferent species will kill eachother, and they dont need your help! I hunt deer, i hunt boar, i hunt racoon. These species need to be hunted, due to over population. This is becuase their natural preditors are few and far between. However, fish, turtles, and snakes all prey on eachother, so they keep eachother in ballance. In small bodies of water, where there are low numbers of these speices, is is wrong and bad for the ecosystem to kill them. However, in very large bodies of water, such as the ocean, Kill some fish (tuna) wont hurt their population, and it will help feed hundreds of humans. Killing 5 pond bass will hurt the population and will only feed a few people. Why do it when you can eat other fish, such as tuna, and do no harm on the enviroment? Matt

Okay, 1: Ever had a stringer full of fish and seen a snake swimming up to them? Enough said 2: Snakes eat eggs alright. FISH EGGS! -And don't say "why not remove all the crawfish, they eat eggs," because you sure can't use a snake for bait. 3: If I catch a fish between 3-5 lbs, I'll eat it. Jeez, don't tell me you never eat tuna! God gave them to us for food (and sport). Plus, one hungry stomach is thankful I do. Back to turtles, they are NOT endangered, saying you can't kill them is like saying you can't hunt deer or kill bugs that kill trees or mice that make holes in your wall. 4: Considering the tone and nature of some replies, I see that some of you must be affiliated with Greenpeace. I think I'm gonna be sick. 1. yes, snakes eat dead fish. that is just another reason to not kill them. And yes, you could use snakes as bait, as large bass eat young snakes. 2: Consider a pond campaired to the ocean. Taking 20 bass out of a pond could ruin it. Taking 100 tunas out of the ocean wouldn't even dent the population. Yes i eat tuna. No, i dont eat bass. (usualy, i have had it before) 3: Turtles are NOT indangered, atleast not the ones around here. I never said the where. I'm saying you SHOULDNT kill them, becuase there is no good reason to, and becuase they are a major part of the enviroment. 4: In NJ, there are NO natural predators to deer. There for, in order to upkeep the enviroment, there has to be UNNATURAL deaths of deer, caused by humans. If there wasn't 50,000 deer killed a year in NJ, then there would be a extra 1,000,000 deer every 5 years. In ten years it would be One Million by the fith power! 5: Yes you should kill trees, for farmland to feed humans/animals. No, you shouldn't kill trees in large portions. My point is, you CAN kill turtles, fish, deer, bugs, mice and any living thing. But, you SHOULD'T do it more than you should! bass eat: fish, young snakes, young turtles, crawfish Snakes eat: fish and bass eggs. and young birds, wich protects bass turtles eat: sick bass and sick fish, wich protects ather bass and fish. crawfish eat: bass and fish eggs Fish eat: Waste from all above speices Take out ONE of these speicies, and the whole thing callopases. If bass eat more crawfish, then there will be more turtles to eat sick fish. If bass eat more turtles, then there are more crawfish to eat bass eggs You see, they all keep eachother in ballance. If there is a pond with 3 turtles, 40 bass, 200 fish, and 5 snakes, you shouldn't kill ANY of them. Killing one turtle means a 33% decress in that speices. If there is a ocean with 1,000,000 tuna, then killing 200 of these will not harm the tuna, and feed thousands of humans. God gave them all for all themselves food, including us. Killing too much of one thing is wrong. If there is too much of one thing, say deer, and there is nothing to keep it in ballance, then humans should kill more deer. However, bass, snakes, turtles and fish all keep eachother in ballence, meaning there is no need to kill them. Bottem line: If there is a pond with 5 turtles, it is WRONG to kill them. If there is a lake with 1,000 turtles, then it ISNT wrong to kill SOME. If there is a ocean with 10,000,000 turtles, then it isnt wrong to kill ALOT, as long as the population doesn't drasticly decress. Matt

Yes i was trying this on the first model. the two lower baits where willow bladed, and the top one was colorado. However, the tagles where accuring during the cast. Once the baits got in the water it wouldn't tangle. And remember, the purpose of this rig is to have any many baits as possible as close to eachother as possible. Matt

Yeah it seems to be busted. :-/ This was one of the last inamges taken before the screen went black: http://212.227.92.102/img/12366/pd453571_s.jpg

thanks matt, i always wonder what made the wind blew. Before now, i thought it was the clouds sneezing. I figured, The reason why there wasn't as much wind at night was becuase most of the clouds where asleep. ;D Matt

That stinks. I once left my nicest spinnerbait near i was fishing, by a sidewalk. I go away for a few minutes, come back and it is gone. I cried. :'( (lol i didn't cry, but i felt like punching that person in the nose)

In NJ you are allowed 9 hooks each line. Matt How do you find information that is state specific like this? obviously, i checked NC G&WL site but no luck www.njfishandwildlife.com Yesterday i tested the first rig. It didn't tangle much at all, maybe 2 casts out of 15. Yes, it was somewhat difficult to retrieve, but it was doable. The spinnerbaits swam near eathother, and it looks Sooooooo awsome. I only got about 15 casts with it, becuase i snagged it on some line and lost all three spinnerbaits. :'( I hate that snag. I have lost tons of lures on it. Someone threw in like 50lb line and it got cought on the rocks, making it inpossible to get lures unsnagged. I didn't exept to catch any fish. I using below the dam where the current is extreamly fast now, and i doubt there is any bass in there. But oh well, i will build another model once i replenish my spinnerbait supply. I need to use a stronger, thinner wire. Got any ideas? Thanks Matt

The baitmonkey is this creature that follows fishermen around, where ever they go, constantly using mind powers to force them to buy tackle. Ever wonder how you or someone else could spend $200 on a rod or reel? That is becuase the baitmokey MADE them do it, they didn't really want to.

I bass fish becuase: I dont have the stuff to musky fish, and dont have the money to get it Carp are awsome, but they are somwhat borring to fish for. Catfish are awsome, but there isn't much good catfishing around. Bass fishing takes alot of skill to get them on the line. Where with catfish you just throw out some liver and hold on. Bass look the coolest. And the #1 reason.... *drum roll* Bass are way better than all those lame fighting boring old no-good wimpy jumping stupid looking dowright nasty species! CAN I HAVE A AMEN?!?!?!!?!?

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Tubes and spinnerbaits are working great for this part of NJ. Probaly changes from body of water to body of water.

I cant stand people that kill things becuase they "think" they are bad for the inviroment. I dont know of a single living thing that is bad for nature's system. God made them with all of nature in mind, and every speices benifits the enviroment. Why kill snakes? they dont eat fish. They eat the eggs of birds that DO eat fish. If you want the fish population to be better, then it makes more sense to leave snakes alone than to kill them. Why kill the turtles? They clean up the carcusses of dead fish, keeping sickness at bay. If you killed all the vultures, there would be more dead things lying around than living things. The same goes for turtles. Also, turtles eat the sick or dieing fish, keeping the sickness from speading. I am proud to say i have never, never kept a fish i have cought in my life. If i catch a turtle, i do the best i can to remove the hook, and back it goes. If i see a snake. I watch it, and leave it alone. If i catch a fish, and it is dying, i throw it back in. Some hungery turtle or bass will be thankful i did. I say, leave the wild things to themselves, and they look after eachother. Matt

the above picture is why i want to live down south. btw awsome, AWSOME fish ryan.