BucketmouthAngler13

wow, Jbass, those are some great lures! Do you sell them?

alright thanks for streightening that out.

I am thinking of getting a 6'6" Med. St Croix Premier for christmas. I was looking around several sites for more info, and one said it weighed only 4 .oz! Is it really that light?! or was it a typo? Becuase if it is that light, i am defanatly getting one. Also, i know this is a extreamly dumb question, but how is "St. Croix" prenounced? Thanks Matt

when baiting a crawdad/minnow trap, what is the best bait to use to catch the craws? I had a minnow trap before, and i cought 1 craw on some bread. But is there somthing else that works better? Thanks Matt

hmm.... i might give that a go.... What type of material should the rods be? metal? wood? any where i can get more information? Thanks Matt

Same here, Stewarts being the best.

The other thread "how do you hook live craws" got me to start thinking about trying this bait, but i dont know how to fish them... do you drop shot them with a long leader? or just throw them out there weightless? Thanks Matt

cool, i never knew he liked to hunt.

i usualy fish a small pond and a small natural lake that is 24 acres

In the winter, I injoy skating on small ponds. Ice fishing never was as fun.

i'm not sure what "good" is.... but i can pitch anywhere from 10-15 ft. Longest pitch was with a jig, which was close to 30ft.

i get tetnis every 10yrs. I leave all cuts open, and let them air out. (inless they are really bad. the i put antiboitics on them for 2 days.)

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same thing happend to me a couple weeks ago. I had a SPRO Frog on, and a real big bass hit the lure. The line must have been nicked and i didn't know it, becuase it snapped on the hook set. It is inportant to check your line after every few casts. because it can get damaged without yoou knowing it.

thanks, your too kind. and BTW i learned most of everything i know about bass fishing from Bassholebuster14. Dont you just hate that? i've lost more lures due to that than to fish. another danger is stretch damage. you cant see it, but if your line has been under enough stress for long enough, it will be weakend badly.

exatly. sometimes when a bass gets of it wasnt your falt at all. But there is no excuse to line snapping. If you do your part in keeping your tackle right, you'll have alot more confidence when fighting in fish.

I release everything. Bass, catfish, even snapping turtles. I say, "Leave the wild things to the wilds things, and they take care of themselves."

When i first started bass fishing, i was quite carless. If my line was nincked, or my knot wasn't good, or my drag set wrong, or somthing like that: I would just think "who cares. i probaly wont catch a fish on this lure anyway." Well, over time i lost many lures to snags and many fish due to bad line or knots. But since i couldn't afford lures often back then, i started being more carfull for my wallets sake. Earlier this summer i lost some big bass due to bad line, and i started being much more carfull for the fishes sake. Now days if i have bad line, i cut it off right away. If my knot isnt perfect, i try again. If my drag is set wrong, I set it right. If my hooks are dull, I sharpen them. If my hooks are rusty, i change them ASAP. You should always be ready for the record bass, becuase you dont know when he will hit your lure. If anything with your line isn't prefect, it will snap much more easily than you think. As soon as i started be extra carfull, I started getting most of my lures out of snags. My line completly stopped snapping becuase of big fish. Sharping hooks meant less fish lost, and much better hook-ups. Drag settings right mean you can land 5lb fish on 2lb line. Believe me, i save alot of money and alot of fish. If you are not carfull, you will regret it sooner or later. So to those that need to know: If it isn't perfect, It isn't good enough. Not to long ago i was using a crankbait, and i noticed the line was nicked. I said "I'll take just one more cast, then i'll change the line." In the beggining of my cast, my bail acadently snapped shut, and my lure went sailing through the air. That mistake costed me $6, and it could have costed me a fish of a lifetime. The sad thing is I could have easily prevented it. When i got my PB of 5lbs on my line, i was able to fight him in slow and steady, becuase I knew I had my line and hooks in good condition. I'm sure glad i was ready when he slammed my buzzbait, becuase he was ready to fight. Anyone else lost big fish or exensive lures due to poor line/lure mantenice? I'm sure everyone has. I know i have lost several great bass..... I guess I just had to learn the hard way. Tight lines and knots! Matt

I cought a 21.3" largemouth bass that weighed 5lbs. I once saw a 9.8lber that was only 23". It is a well known fact, you need both the length and girth to get the weight. length alone doesn't cut the cake.

i think that is OK, but if they ban anglers becuase their urine has to much who-knows-what in it, i think that is going to far.

how much does it cost?

mine would be to have a cabin by a nice sized lake that is loaded with monster bass. and i owned the whole lake so that no one else could fish it. i would stock it with 8" trout for a year, then 12" trout for a few years, intill i had the biggest darn bass you ever hope to see. (and would have lots of money so i wouldnt have to work at all, and have a tracker, and a Steez combo or two, and a great big dog, and a rifle with lots of deer, a reel with digital braking, and all the egg nog i could drink. )

yup, makes plenty of sense. thanks alot. Matt

thats what i thought. thanks

What is the difference between these two casting methods? I can do them, i just would like to know the proper term for the way i do it. Tight lines Matt