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If any one would know how big a bass is it would be Tom. I wish I had a good scale that day. The wind was blowing 25 MPH when I caught the bass. I didn't have a cell phone, but had a regular camera. I tried to get a selfie with the camera, but it was difficult with the wind and no screen to look at. After a couple failed attempts of taking a selfie, my kayak was blown to shore. I decided to jump on to the bank with fish, lay it on the ground, place the tape on the bass take a quick picture and get the bass back in the water. If only I had been more prepared I might have some good pictures and know for sure what my PB is. The bass was never out of the water for more than 30 seconds. I kept putting it back in the water in-between trying to get a weight and pictures. It swam off as soon as I put it back in the lake. I don't know how long a bass lives, but I sure would like to catch that bass again.

It's a tie 6th. Sense mini mag. Square bill and a Junebug Zoom Magnum Trick worm. First bass caught on the square bill was 10.3 pounds weighed on a defective scale, the second bass caught on a worm was 10.8 pounds weighed on two trustworthy scales. The first bass was shorter than the second, but had way bigger shoulders and I think was the biggest bass I have ever seen. The second bass was an inch longer, had recently spawned had a bloody tail, and was thin. I think the first bass was bigger but have to go with an official weight, so the second bass is my PB at 10.8 pounds.

I have never tried it. I'm sure it works, but I would still get the same number of backlashes no matter how much it works. I would simply try and cast further with less brake, until I get to that magic place where the line starts to fluff, but flies true and far. Then I add that little extra, and it's like the last step off of a cliff. The line conditioner will work, but I would still have to push the limits. I just save my money and tangle a few feet shorter.

3- Magnum Rage Bug Okeechobee Craw. 3- Zoom Ol' Monster Junebug 1- Zoom Magnum Ol' Monster California 420 1- Zoom Magnum Ol' Monster Junebug I stocked up on ribbon tail worms, and now the only worms I can get a bite on have straight tails. Monkey always wins.

I clean the house and buy my wife flowers, before I mention going fishing for the weekend.

I fished my favorite lake Friday, Saturday and Today. I landed 29 - 21- and 16 bass. Biggest bass was 5.9 pounds caught on a bladed jig Friday afternoon. Bass in picture was 4.8 pounds caught on a Junebug Magnum Trick worm. It was caught Sunday morning before the wind picked up so I was able to get a picture. No picture of the 5.9 pound bass caught late in the afternoon. I haven't had a chance to fish this lake three days in a row for a couple years. After catching a 9 pounder there two weeks ago, I was sure I would catch a Grande bass or two. I didn't get the big one, but it wasn't for a lack of effort. I drove three hours Friday morning, first cast was at 6:30 AM last cast was at 7:45 PM. I ate lunch on my kayak with line in the water. Same on Saturday, non stop all day, and 6 hours of constant fishing on Sunday. The wind was relentless gusting to 30 miles per hour starting at noon every day. The wind was so bad I couldn't set my tent up until late at night. I just had to keep telling myself, my new PB could be on the next cast. The bass know it is going to blow every afternoon, and feed accordingly. The wind helps the bite, but hurts the fishing. It was a long weekend, but I'm already looking forward to my next time , wind and all.

It's not the bait it is the fisherman. I could throw every one of those baits in an aquarium and still get skunked. Even if you fish with dynamite, you have to know where to throw it.

I would have to say A-Jay, because I wouldn't be able to find Lake Menderchuck.

I have fly fished and guided fly fisherman most of my life. The only thing you are missing not fly fishing in a lake for bass is a head ache. Fly fishing for bass can be done, and at times be the most effective way to fish, but most often it is a waste of time. I love to fly fish in streams for trout, bass salmon, and many other species. Fly fishing in small streams is extremely effective, and if you are skilled it will out fish other methods on most days. Most of the time, you are fishing fairly shallow water, and using the current to present the fly flat out works. Fighting a bass in current with a fly rod is as fun as fishing gets. The problem I have with fly fishing is using it in situations that only make fishing much harder. Here are some examples I have fly fished and guide fisherman, that I don't like and some I simply wont do again. 1. Fishing for King Salmon in swift deep rivers. It can be done but other methods not only produce way more King Salmon, they are less difficult, and in my opinion more fun. The few smaller streams that have King Salmon make for great fly fishing at times, and I recommend fishing for them this way if you have an opportunity. Trying to force fly fishing techniques for King Salmon in most rivers results in nothing but frustration. 2. Almost all Saltwater fishing. Tarpon, Bonefish, Rooster Fish, and other inshore fish can provide great fly fishing action. The problem with fly fishing for these species is you better be good at fly casting heavy lines and flies. It may take three days to finally tease a Rooster Fish withing fly casting range for an expert caster, and they still can choke when the cast needs to be made. An average caster has zero chance, I repeat zero chance at catching a Rooster Fish. An angler may get many more shots at Tarpon, but still needs to have expert skills to have any chance at hooking and landing more than a few. Fishing for most other saltwater species is nothing more than a joke. I know people have caught almost every fish that swims on a fly rod, but the fly fishing magazines make it look like far more fun than it is. 3. Bass in large rivers and lakes. Other than fishing small in calm water with poppers, fly fishing for bass is a long boring day, compounded with moments of complete frustration. It can be done, but give me a T rig and a baitcaster every time. Fishing with heavy sinking lines, in order to get down to the bass, is not the kind of fly fishing I want any part of. The line is hard to cast, and just does not seem like a natural way to fly fish to me. The short version is, fly fishing is fun for many different species of fish in small rivers, ponds, and some other conditions, but for most bass fishing situations, an angler is far better off using conventional gear. Many of my purist friends are certain I have succumbed to the dark side, but the truth is I never bought in to the purist attitude to start with. I have even been known to cast a spinner in a pristine trout stream if the rains have blown out the entire river, I drove for hours to get there, and it is the only way to catch a trout. If the conditions are right, I will choose a fly rod every time. I can also fix a car with a screwdriver a pair of pliers and a Crescent wrench, but I prefer to use the right tool for the job. The right tool for bass in Mexico is a baitcaster, and that is what I use.

Me too. Then I went out and bought more than I could use in a lifetime. Now there are new ones that everyone says are far better than the square bills I already have. The Monkey watched Tactical Bass'n and is constantly telling me to buy some Bill Lewis square bills and give them a try. My problem is if I try them and like them, I will buy more, and my old baits will never get used. I have decided to not buy anymore square bills. I will fish the ones I have. If the bass don't like the square bills I already own, I will fish a bladed jig. The Bait Monkey approves of this plan because he loves it when I loose and have to replace a Jack Hammer.

I live in Mexico where BFS stands for Bad fishing system. I'm not sure if it is even legal to use BFS south of the border, but the Monkey tries to get me to buy a BFS set up anyway. He is always talking about how great one would work on my old stomping grounds walking the bank in WA. It's not what you need, but what you want that makes the world go around. Go ahead and buy one, use it and have fun with it. Just don't bring it south of the boarder.

How about immediate catch an release, let the angler use a net, all anglers have to use the same length and type of net. Marshal in every boat weighs the bass. Camera only shows live the fish being hooked and the fight. Once the bass is netted the live feed is blocked. Have a weigh in with pictures of each bass on a large screen instead of a live bass. That way there is still the suspense and party atmosphere of a weigh in, minus the actual live bass. They could even go through with all of the suspense of a hot seat, if they want to take the suspense to that level. I would recommend a 10 bass bag because I like to be different.

I start with a Buzz Bait. I may switch to a popper or spook if I feel I need to slow down. If the topwater bite was good, but stops, I usually switch to a spinnerbait waked on the surface. If they don't hit the spinnerbait waked, then all I have to do is slow my retrieve to start fishing subsurface. Jitterbug on calm evenings, because it brings back so many good memories of fishing when I was young. Original floating Rapala twitched on the surface when fishing from the bank, or on small streams. Whopper Plopper and Rat, when ever I look in my box and decide that because I spent the money I going to fish them until they work.

It's not like he is catching bass every cast. He had a short period of time yesterday when he caught his limit. I don't even think he has tried another color of bladed jig. Those bass might have hit almost any other color. If he kills them again today on pink, then I might be more convinced pink is the deal.

I have 3 Diawa Ardito travel rods. They are excellent. I use them every time I go bass fishing.

The dreaded one fish pattern. This happens to me more times than I like to admit. I get a big fish on a point, and it will be the only fish caught on a point all day. I think the difference between a great fisherman and a hack such as myself is recognizing all the multiple things that make up a pattern. Early in the morning I catch a bass on a point in 10 feet of water and determine the pattern is points in 10 feet of water. What I failed to notice was the point was made up of small chunk rock, had a slight current going parallel to the point and the point was next to a large flat that had a large number of baitfish moving from deep water to the flat along the point. An observant fisherman would have noticed these other factors and realized the bass caught on the point may have been a straggler, and the majority of the bass had already moved up on to the flat. While I continued to fish the point the bass would be feeding heavily on the flat. May be all the other points I tried didn't have current, weren't close to a flat, had large boulders, or gravel rock etc. All I noticed was the bass was on a point and the depth. A great angler would take the information given and expand it to the rest of the lake. They would go to other flats, next to deep water with long points leading up to the flat. I really savvy angler may also take it to the next level by anticipating the move back to deep water after the feeding on the flat, and come back later in the day to fish the point and see if they could intercept the bass moving back out. Where I only see one aspect of a potential pattern, A better angler may determine multiple aspects, that may help them turn a one fish day in to a bonanza. Some days the bass are completely random, and even the best angler can't capitalize on any similarity, but most days an observant angler can at least determine the depth, type of structure, what part of the lake, forage, and general presentation needed to catch multiple bass. Also, It may be better at times to try and pattern the forage, instead of the bass. Find the bait, and the bass wont be very far away.

I like to think of bass fishing as my life, and everything else as a hobby.

Good luck. I have been there and done that, worst 10 minuets of my life.

Academy Sports H2O Square bill is well under $10 and catches bass as well as any square bill I have tried. 6th Sense crush 50, crush 100, cloud nine mini mag, and Movement 80 X The 80X might not get down to 3 feet, but comes through brush like no other. It also has a unique wide wobble that on certain days is what the bass want. 6th Sense has awesome colors, for me, and great hooks for the bass. Norman Fat Boy, another one that barely gets down to 3 feet, but comes through cover well, and gets bit for a way under $10 Rapala DT 6 has saved the day for me.

Weightless 7 inch Senko, because that is as far down the finesse road I ever need to go.

If some company were to sponsor me, than I would only fish that companies products. I would find a way to make them work, even if the only product I could fish was a Banjo Minnow on a Zebco Barbie rod. Unfortunately I will never have the opportunity to be paid or even receive free gear, from any manufacturer of fishing products, so I have zero loyalty to any company. If the Bait Monkey say's buy it, I fish it loose it, then buy more in a different size and color.

Talk like that could barely create a very small disturbance in the force. I thought you were going to say Luke Skywalker fished an Expride rod, with a Zillion reel. Now that would cause a disturbance. If you really have your heart set on causing a disturbance in the force, all you have to do is tell my wife the Zillion reel I bought is no better than the Tatula CT I already have.

May 13 2023. 7.6 7.9 8.2 8.9 10.1 pictures in order small to big

I agree. I will go on TW to replace $20 bait I lost. Then I realize it would be cheaper to buy $50 and get the free shipping. I then end up with $100 of tackle. I find it impossible to hit the $50 mark. Another dealer has free shipping on $100 orders. I try and hit the $100 price and it always comes out $200. I am not sure why this happens, but I suspect the Bait Monkey is responsible.