BassFishingMachine

you lucky sob...!!!

So would you say its better then the old formula? I have the old formula and it has served me well. Your saying I should replace the old formula with the new one? Oh, and its the same type of consistency? A gel type lube?

Hmm, well if your like me and your fishing small local ponds from the bank my advice should do you some real good. First off, my two favorite jigs are Booyah Baby Boo's and Eakins Jewel Jig. I prefer both in 5/16oz. Color would be black/blue for stained - muddy water, or during overcast days/dusk/night. Any shade of green, or brown for clear - lightly stained water on sunny days. Let me say there are two types of trailers. An action trailer. And a lethargic trailer. Majority of the time I'm using action trailers, but on the occasional days where everything seems to be dead calm and the fish are really sluggish, or when the fish's primary food sources are really lethargic, the "less action" trailer I find to be the best bet. But alot of the times I find the fish to prefer the action trailers, so thats what I tend to throw most. For action trailers Paca chunks, and Ragetail chunks are king in my book. Both produce incredible action, and both catch extremely well. Although the only problem is the claws of the trailer tend to rip off after a good hit, or long usage. Paca chunks I find to rip a little easier then Ragetail chunks, but pacas are cheap, so no biggie. Both work incredibly well, so regardless of whether the claws break, I'll continue to use em. For the lethargic trailer I like Yum Chunks, and Zoom Super Chunks. Not much to say about these other then they work. Always match the color of the trailer to the color of the jig. So if your using a brown/green jig, a greenpumpkin or brown trailer would be ideal. If your using a black/blue jig, a black or black/blue trailer would be best suitable... simple. I'd also buy a few 1/4 - 3/8 oz jigs, for flippin in lillypads, and thick weeds mats. You really want to make contact with the bottom, and in these thick situations sometimes a 5/16 oz has a little trouble. But again, you have to find out first, sometimes a 5/16 oz will do it without a problem.

Hey Micro, what you plan to do with those GYCB Grubs? Do you t-rig them and fish them just like that? Or do you mostly use them as jig trailers? I can imagine they'd make a great trailer to swim a jig.

Well thats the thing. I have incredible respect for bass, and I hate to kill them. I release every bass I catch. Only reason I am considering doing this is to help the pond. I would just hate to see it turn into a dink pond with nothin but small fish (is that possible?). Is keeping fish going to help the pond, or do you think my best bet is to just leave it be, and hope the population of big fish atleast doesn't get any worse.

Hey, let me ask you guys something. I fish a pond that I'd say is a dink pond. Its not that I haven't pulled some quality fish out of there, I have caught some 4 - 4 1/2lbers out of there, although its not common. Majority of the fish tend to be 8-12inchers. This being said I have heard that if you take small fish you will help the pond produce bigger bass, because the smaller fish that are eating all the food source before the bigger fish get the chance will be removed, thus making the bigger fish grow. My question is do you guys think this is true? And if so, how many small bass are we talking about removing? One a day in a period of 6months? Two a day in a period of 3months? Two a day in a period of 6months? Is it even worth trying? If it doesn't work out, I'll only be destroying a population of fish. Any clue on how long it'd take before I'd notice a difference in the big fish population after doing this? Its just that I know the lake has the potential to get some more quality fish, but it just has soo many dinks in it, it seems as if the dinks are creating trouble for the bigger fish. Who knows, maybe im just unlucky.

Yeah, I'd use black, or black/brown. Another thing you can try is a all black trailer and dip the very front half inch of the claws into Spike-it chart dye. It would match the chart strands in the jig, and this combo would make a great jig for chocolate milk water clarity.

Lipless cranks kill in March, and in the earliest of spring. I find them to really get a good reaction strike. Definetly one of my go-to baits in the early spring, right next to a hard jerkbait.

I become sick.

I fish water around 1-3feet deep, with 4-5feet deep being the deepest. This being said, my favorite jigs are Booyah Baby Boo's in 5/16 oz. And Eakins Ball head jigs 5/16oz. Favorite Trailers; Paca Chunks, Ragetail Chunks. Or Yum Chunks when im looking for a trailer with little action.

You should post some pics, lucky crafts are always pretty to look at .

Well, your gonna have to get lucky for the guy who posted the vid I am referring to, to find your post, and submit the video. So....if I were you, I'd make a post asking for videos on jig fishing. I think your chances of getting the video will go up a real lot.

Yeah, I probably spent around the same Bronzeback. I bought alot of striper plugs too since I've really been getting into surf fishing lately. I'd post pics, but didn't think anyone would be interested in em.

I remember someone posting a vid in a post like this. The video was great, really explained jigs well. The video was of a man who in the beginning compared a camera to a jig. So to the guy who posted that vid, post it again in here, I think it'll really do this guy some good.

Well, I voted tacklebag because I use it to store my tackle, but I do not use it to carry my tackle unless im saltwater fishing, or on a boat. When im fishing for largemouth, Im bank fishing 99% of the time. When I am serious fishing/determined, I wear a vest, which can hold alot, a standard size plano (which I fit my topwaters,cranks,jigs,spinnerbaits, and so on into that I plan to use that day) , hooks, weights, many bags of soft plastics, bobbers, scents, and what ever else I need. Although when im not fishing serious, and just playin around. I'll bring a small 10-12inch plano, which I can fit a good amount of lures in, from cranks to spinnerbaits, to topwaters, to jigs, etc. And If I need a soft plastic or two, I'll fit a couple bags in my jacket, or pants pockets. This is alot easier/relaxing then wearing the vest all day, but when I want to have a ton of things on me, I wear the vest. I hate carrying around a tackle bag all day, having to put it down, and pick it up again, and having to worry about it when I move down the side of the lake, its just a PITA. I much rather use a vest in this case. Ps. You can see my vest in my avatar .

If any of you guys got any early fishing gear gifts, lets see em! I need to keep myself busy, to keep this darn cabin fever at bay! >

Hey, thought it'd be cool to post some early gifts. This is a order I requested from my uncle, can't wait to fish em!!

As for your question, it is very vague. Please give us more information if you expect us to answer your question effectively. The reason no one is giving you a good answer, is because you don't give enough information to let us answer your question effictively. The title of your post is "March Bass", so im assuming you will be fishing the pond in March? Can you tell us, what type of cover is in there? Do you have an idea, of the water level? As for March, I'd suggest fishing a few different things which work for me in my small ponds in the period of March. I'll list them in no particular order. 1. Lipless Crankbaits 2. Jigs 3. Hard Jerkbaits I fish them as slow as I can. In March the water is typiclly still cold, so a slow presentation is key. If you give us more information, I'm sure you'd have alot more responses.

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Be aware that I fish small lakes/ponds from the bank, 99% of my fishing is this. The water levels are pretty much 1-5feet in majority of areas. That being said, my most productive jigs are: 1. 5/16 Booyah Baby Boo Jig (colors: black/blue for overcast/night/muddy water, and greenpumpkin, watermelon red, or peanutbutter and jelly for every other condition. 2. 5/16 Eakins Jig Theres two type of trailers I use, first would be high action trailers, these are for when the fish are aggressive, or when im looking for a reaction strike, and these are the trailers I use majority of the time. Second would be "less action" trailers, these trailers I use when the fish are just looking for a bait that barely moves, primarily when the water is very cold. But like I said, other then when the water is cold, im using a high action trailer. Some good high action trailers are: Paca Chunks, Ragetail Chunks. Some good less action trailers are: Yum Chunks, Zoom Super Chunks. ps. Remember to match the color of the trailer, to the color of the jig.

Topwaters, Black/blue Chatterbaits w/ doubletail or hula grub trailer. And pretty much all other lures that I would use on sunny conditions, just with a change of color. Black/blue, black, greenpumpkin, firetiger, chartruese, and other dark or highly bright colors.

I've always like straight shank more.

My top 3 creaturebaits are (in no particular order) 1. Yum Wooly Hawgtail {I mostly fish this bait weightless, and crawl/twitch it over the top of thick weed mats. When I come to a hole in the mats, I'll let the bait fall into it, if nothing happens after 6-8secs, I'll bring it back up, and proceed to twitch/crawl it over the mats. I also catch fish just casting it out, and letting it slowly fall, then bringing it up, and letting it fall again, as you would a stickbait. But my most productive way of fishing this bait is over the mats.} 2. Zoom Baby Brush Hog {This bait I fish it pretty much like a jig. I always use a bullet weight with it, and either peg or free slide, depending on the cover. I pretty much flip/pitch/ or cast, the bait to cover, and let it fall on a semi slack line. I'll let the bait sit paused for a good 5-8secs on the intitial fall, as these are when I get most strikes. If nothing happens, I'll give the bait a small hop or two, and then a 3-6 sec pause, feeling for any taps, then I might crawl the bait a few inches followed by a pause, and then another hop or 2 followed by another pause...and so on until I've worked the bait fully back to me. 3. Reaction Innovations Sweet Beaver {I fish/rig this bait the exact same way as I do the baby brush hog. Only difference is I find due to its shape, it slides through the weeds/lillys easier, due to this, Its usually my first choice when it comes to flipping/pitching the weeds/lillys with a creature. (sometimes I'll throw a GYCB Kreature too)

This year I haven't been doing much winter fishing for largemouth, as I get too frustrated. Mainly because jerkbaits are one of my least favorite baits to fish, and I can't stand working them dead slow. Anyway, the only bait I've ever done well with in the winter are jerkbaits, mainly small jerkbaits as I believe the metabolism of the fish slows down, thus the fish is going to be targeting smaller meals (just my opinion). I find fishing the bait "dead slow" is the best bet, what I mean by dead slow, is "jerk..jerk 10-12sec pause..jerk 10-12sec pause". You have to watch the line for any sudden twitches, this indicates the hit. As for the jerkbaits I do well with in the winter, I like 2 1/4inch rapala huskyjerks. I'll probably make a few outings come febuary, due to my cabin fever driving me ballistic. But all in all, I despise winter > :'(.

Theres two tactics I use when fishing the thick pads. #1. Flipping/pitching, I prefer to peg my weights in this condition because I want to be sure the bait slid through all them thick pads and got to the bottom. For the baits in general, I like either jigs, creaturebaits, or tubes. All of these baits work for me in the pads. As for fishing them, I try and cast them where they almost land on a pad, this makes it so the water disturbance is little to none, can't get more "stealth like" then that. After the bait falls, I'll pay close attention to it, being as this is when most strikes occur. If I feel any unnatural tap, or "weird feeling" or feeling of something alive, I'll set the hook. Other wise, I'll keep the bait paused for a good 4-6secs, and then start to give it a small hop, pause a few secs, and another hop, maybe a short crawl, and another pause. Sooner or later you'll get bit. #2. Frogs, typically when the pads are thick theres not really much to swim through, as your bait is pretty much gliding over the top of pads. This is why I don't throw a soft plastic frog in this condition, although If you can find a floating version of a soft plastic frog, its worth a shot. Back to my point, the bait I choose is a hollow frog. I like the original scum frog or bobbys perfect frog. Work the bait real slow. I like to try to tease the bass, I'll bring the frog ontop of one of the pads, and just kinda twitch it, making the pad stalk move, then I'll slowly bring it off the pad, and let it hit the water, maybe give it a slight twitch, but other then that just a nice 5-7sec pause. If nothing happens, I'll give a jerk or two, and start to slowly twitch it onto another pad, and just repeat the process. If this style doesn't work, you can always try and play around with a "faster approach" in fishing the bait..sometimes you'd be surprised. Oh, and braid really does help for cutting through the pads. Although I typically bring 1 rod with me, because I bank fish, so Im using fluoro majority of the time, and I don't have many problems in these conditions with it.