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This all started when Doug Hannan the bass Professor wrote in an article, that according to his studies bass are repelled by the color yellow. I read the article, and quit fishing yellow lures. My friend and I were fishing and he tied on a yellow spinnerbait. I told him he was fishing a color that repelled bass. He laughed and said I read to much. He caught bass after bass on his yellow spinnerbait, while I caught nothing. Then he switched to a yellow sonic and crushed them some more. A yellow sonic was my favorite lure at the time, but I could not get myself to fish one after reading the article. Even to this day when I'm buying chartreuse colored baits, I always but the ones with that have more lime green in them. If they lean towards a more yellow color I don't buy them. At one time Most of the old time lures came in a yellow pattern and worked fine. Bumble Bee patterns were the most popular in many bass lures. I'm not saying I come even remotely close to having the experience or knowledge of the Bass Professor, but I would wager he did not do any kind of scientific study giving him any kind of evidence that yellow is not a good color for bass fishing. I think someone asked him to write an article on color preference for bass, he happen to not like fishing with yellow lures so he used some writers prerogative to punch up the article a bit. I guess he didn't know there was a 13 year old kid that would take every word he wrote as pure gospel. My friend still fishes yellow lures and I don't. He still catches bass on them, and I still tell him he should use another color.

And people don't want to come to Mexico and catch DD bass because they are worried about their safety. I have zero problems on the lakes I fish. Everyone is always polite to me. All I ever see is big smiles, and people offering to share their lunch and drinks with me.

I sure wish they would reload on the days I go fishing. When I get to the lake the bass have shot all their amo, and don't plan on reloading until I leave.

If you ever fish El Salto, make sure you bring a few 3/4 oz Rattletraps in chrome blue back.

Depends. Most of the time it is a consideration, but not the only determining factor. If the water is visibility is less than a foot, It becomes my main consideration, and I will not fish deeper than 10 feet, in water that is extremely muddy. In clear water the bass can be anywhere from right on the bank to the bottom of the deepest hole.

If you fish, you deal with tangles. Every reel, every line. It's all part of the game. http://blog.fightmasterflyfishing.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/calc_coils-h290.jpg

The big difference it makes is keeping your knot from sliding up the wire. If the knot slides up the wire, the upper arm of the spinnerbait straightens out, and has to be bent back in to shape, making the whole bait becomes much weaker. Keeping the knot in the R bend, definitely helps the longevity of a spinnerbait.

I bring 4 rods on my Hobie Outback. Most of the time it is 4 baitcasters, but occasionally I substitute one of the baitcasters for a spinning rod. All but my 7 foot medium heavy, are multiple technique rods, and depending on the day there can be lots of overlap on duties. 1- 7 foot medium,- Top water, 1/2 oz and under crankbaits, small swimbaits, jerkbaits, weightless soft plastics, drop shot. 2- 7 medium heavy.- T rigs and jigs. 3- 7.5 foot medium heavy. Bladed jigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits over 1/2 oz. larger topwater, and many other moving baits. 4- 7.5 foot heavy. Punching, C Rig, A Rig, large swimbaits, any lure over 1 oz. 5- M 7 foot spinning rod. Drop Shot, weightless plastics, inline spinners, and other moving lures under 1/4 oz.

I'm to scared to take the first step down that expensive endless road. Like all fears in life, facing and overcoming them can be a life changing experience. I'm not there yet, but maybe someday.

I want to know why a bass thinks my fishing buddy's frog is something good to eat, but thinks mine is nothing more than an expensive piece of plastic. I also want to know how a bass knows what lure in my tackle box I only have one of, and why the bass will wait until I have a backlash to hit the one and only lure. I also wonder if in every lake the bass have a museum of lures. Do they take their kids to the museum and tell them all about what the lures were like in the old days. Do the kids look at their parents and whisper to each other, can you believe how dumb my dad was to think that was something to eat, look at the giant old hooks, the paint job looks like something out of a cartoon, and what about that piece of ugly mono tied to the lure, even a blind bass could see that from a mile off. Then mom tells them they are sure lucky there was a branch nearby when she got hooked by the old Hula Popper, or they wouldn't even be around to laugh at their parents.

I'm going way out on a limb here, but I don't believe the age old written in stone theory about a lure looking like an injured minnow. Everyone knows a predator fish wants to eat injured or dying prey because they are week, and an easy meal. That is written in the law book of fishing. My question to those that can quote the fishing law book word for word, and twice on Sunday. Is why when I fish live bait for predatory fish, do they not hit a bait that is acting wounded or weak? They only hit the ones that are the most alive and healthy? There I said it. Go ahead and kick me out of fishing law school, and never let me into the fisherman's prayer group, but first answer my question.

For me the difference is remaining happily married or divorced.

Humdinger spinnerbaits catch bass and are priced right. If you are scared to loose or break your spinnerbait you need to buy a less expensive bait. Humdinger baits are awesome right out of the package, but you can swap out the original blades with Hildebrandt, Stanley or any other higher end blade, as well as upgrade to a ball bearing swivel and still be under $10 per bait. I like the old school rubber skirt, but add a new skirt, and you are still paying far less than Megabass.

Nayarit Mexico. The Bait Monkey.

I cast as hard as I can in the direction of the blow up, then spend the next 15 min. picking out a backlash.

When I worked at a fishing lodge in Alaska, we had fly casting contest for $1000 every year. The owner would give the winner another $1000 if they could beat him. It started off as simply a distance fly casting contest. In later years it was a contest similar to golf. The target was three long casts away. You kept casting until you hit the target. They positioned the course in a way, that a person could lay up and get to to the target in 3 good long casts, or go straight over an obstacle, and maybe get there in two casts. If you tried the direct route and failed, you would have to waste a cast directly to the side making it a minimum of four casts to get there. I was never a great distance caster and was usually far from being the winner. One year the expected winner didn't even bother to watch my second cast. I would normally take the lay up rout, but felt lucky. On my second cast I launched the best cast of my life and put the fly within a couple feet of the target which if I remember right was a normal size Frisbee. All the guides and guests started yelling, thinking they had seen the biggest underdog upset in sports history. I just touched the target with the fly reeled all the way to the tip for my third cast. When the expected winner heard all they yelling and saw me dancing around like I had won the Superbowl, he assumed I had hit the target in two casts. The pressure was on, but the other guide nailed it, and landed the fly right on the target in two casts. He was so relieved when he found out that he didn't have to be in a cast off, that indead my touching the target with the rod tip was considered a third cast. I wish they would have had a contest for spinning rods, I probably would have won every year, and if they had upped it to baitcasters, I would have never lost. Most of the guides didn't even know how to cast a baitcaster. They were artists with fly rods, but could backlash a baitcaster just by picking one up. I don't know who cried the most that night. Me or the Bait Monkey. At that time in my life the Monkey would only leave me with a little money for beer and I had to share it with him. Every dime I had he spent. I can remember push starting my POS car because I didn't want to spend the money for a new starter, all the while trying to decide if I wanted a new 7 wt. or a new 8 wt. fly rod. The Monkey sitting in the passenger seat smiling why I Pushed, jumped in dropped the clutch and hoped for the best. I'm glad the closest store that sold beer, was on a hill I could park on, and the fly shop was close by.

I will let you know, after I manage to get a bass to chase. One step at a time for me.

I am positive I could win a backlash contest.

The only advantages I have personally found for Fluorocarbon, are more sensitivity with a semi slack line, and less visibility. I use Fluorocarbon while bass fishing for the enhanced slack line sensitivity ( I believe this to be true, admit it may only be my imagination). I believe the reason for the increase in slack line sensitivity is because the line is heavy. If you take away the weight to make it float, than the slack line sensitivity goes away. I also use Fluorocarbon leaders in Saltwater while fishing with live bait because it is less visible than other lines. The bass fishing I do is not in clear enough water for visibility to make a difference. Would I try a floating Fluorocarbon? Of course I would. Why? Because I do what the Bait Monkey tells me.

I would recommend you become proficient with spinnerbaits. I grew up fishing from the bank. Most days all I truly needed was a single colorado blade spinnerbait. I would bulge it next to bulrushes by the bank, crawl it along the bottom, over rocks, retrieve it up, over, through any wood, and sometimes just cast out and reel it in mid water column. Back then I used a solid black bait, but now I am more likely to cast a white or chartreuse spinnerbait. I use double willow more now, but if I had to pick only one the single Colorado would be it. Smaller sizes are best to build confidence with. Heavy baits, or ones with giant blades have their place, but most of the time a lighter bait with smaller blades will get the most bites. T rigs, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, jigs, and topwater baits are huge categories that cover any situation in bass fishing. Everything else has it's place but is not a necessity.

I prefer a trailer that does not overpower the bladed jig. I like ones that the bladed jig gives action to the trailer not the other way around. I have had success with the spunkshad, but like the action of simple a Zoom split tail trailer, and half a trick worm also looks great to me. I am going to try both of these options this fall and see if the bass think they look well too. I would love to see the Bait Monkey cry when I start recycling tore up trick worms instead of buying new Spunkshads.

I like the picture, but tell me how the white sand from the beach got all over the road? I see it is even in the trees. Was there a big wind storm? This is my lake in the winter. No ice fishing, very sad.

Where to fish in the winter? South. The further south the better.