CK14

from the shore....

.....has been kicking out the largies!!! i've caught a 3lb 8oz, 4lb 1oz, 4lb 1oz, 4lb 5oz, and 6lb even my last 3 trips to the lake. i've got a few in the 12"-2.5lb range as well. all on spinnerbaits & brushhogs fishing shallow wood & pads. enjoy the pics!!!!

i was thinking about getting one of these kits for my B-Day and i was wondering if anyone has this kit and if you like it? what would you compare the plastic too? (zoom, yum, yamamoto, etc.). thanks

i was fishing my home lake yesterday and the bass are kind of in the same situation yours are in. they are getting ready to spawn in the back of woody, lilly pad covered bays and sloughs. when the wind would pick up, i'd toss either a white or chartreuse spinnerbait. i ended up getting them on the chartreuse. but a few days ago i got them on the white....so i really don't know. just experiment i guess. but i would not throw a spinnerbait on a sunny calm day, that's when i'd start to pitch a jig & pig.

this isn't a smallmouth but it came from the same lake.....and i didn't think it was worth starting a whole new thread. caught her on a spinnerbait in a shallow slough. water temp. was 55*. should be making beds pretty soon...

first i'd throw a spinnerbait to try and get active fish, then i'd go with a weightless senko/lizard.

B R U S H H O G

i love fishing that brush! nothing better then flippin a jig up into the brush and pulling out a hog

it was 49-50. i went out on friday evening and it was 53, but the fishing was a lot worse. i only got 2 hits and one fish around 2lbs.

sounds like you should get some more of those

tubes: green pumpkin or black/blue flukes: never used them senko: 194 or 913

it sounds like i'm lucky that my dad likes fishing as much as i do

yup, i've never caught anything on a "realistic" looking craw, but i've caught many on craws that are basically half worm, half craw.

YAYHOO!!!!! the smallies are finally in pre-spawn on good ole lake washington. caught 3, missed 2 hits, and lost one in the fight. the fish went 12", 15", and 17.5". the conditions wern't the best out there today. the water temp dropped a couple degrees since yesturday, there was a tourny going on, and the wind was BAD (and i have a smallish boat). so i was very limited on what i could do, only fished 3 hours till the wind kicked me off. caught them in 15'-25' next to bridge pillars on a dropshot. all released.

those are some pigs! good job!

here is another box.

i have 4 boxes, a bag binder thingy, and another bag that just sits on my work bench that is overfllowing with plastics. i have 3 crankbait boxes, a spinnerbait box. here is a pic of one of my plastics boxes. i have many backups of each of these baits in the box. i have at least 10 times more plastics....and i have a $90 cabelas order coming tomorrow :-[

they did the same thing with the pflueger trion, it's the exact same reel as BPS micro lite reel. i have a supreme and it's a great reel. i'm thinking about getting a supreme spinning reel soon...

1.) dropshot, sniper snub, dark drown 2.) dropshot, 4" slim senko or cut tail worm, color 240 3.) t-rigged 3" senko, color 194 4.) 4" twin tail grub, color 194 5.) 3/8oz white on white spinnerbait 6.) 3" tube, green pumpkin 7.) WCCT 4.5" western lizard, lake WA special 8.) hula grub, color 176

i've only used them for tubes so far and they work great! they will work good for other plastics as well.

i've also never had a "great day" for numbers, but the size of the fish is hard to beat

i agree, that's why all of their other baits out catch other brands with "run of the mill" plastic.

i have also found that the YUM frogs like to turn around during the retrieve. and because they sink, i feel like i have to reel them in way to fast. i've found that most bass like a slow retrieve on buzzing type baits, not burning across the surface.

there is a local shop that i go to that is called Angler's Choice. i like them because they have lots of small brands that other people don't have like KGM custom baits, Clearwater, Sniper, Crooked Creek, McCoy Fishing Line, etc. and they also have many of the more popular componies like Yamamoto. oh, and the owners are really nice!

a drop shotted WCCT money worm. just wouldn't be able to stand that thing wiggling in front of me