king fisher

Jan, Feb, March, are the worst, because I am working every day, and can't go bass fishing. August through October are tough because it is the rainy season, the water is dirty, and the bass are scattered. June is my best month. The water is at it's lowest and cleanest, the bass are in schools, and positioned on structure.

If my lure makes it out of the cover without snagging, I'm so happy I work it all the way to the boat.

The Bait Monkey is an S.O.B. that is also my best friend. My Mother always told me to choose my friends wisely. I was stubborn and rarely listened to good advice. If I had listened I would be wealthy, but wouldn't own a priceless, lifetime, treasure box of lures.

These work well, and stronger than they look. I had to put way more pressure than I thought the little hook would take in order to keep a 9.5 pound largemouth away from a tree. Landed the bass and hook wasn't bent at all.

We release the marlin in the water at the side of the boat. Wasn't able to get pictures, I was busy driving. The guests may have some pics they may send me later.

My vote is for Redeye bass after all they have mothers too.

Yes, From Idaho on the Snake River.

Last trip of the holiday season 2023 on Redneck. We fished two days for a total of 25 tuna, which were small but plentiful, 10 Dorado all good size, 2 bigger than average striped marlin, and one grande striped marlin.

I have eaten almost every animal and bird, from porcupine- moose, dove- goose, may favorite is Sandhill Crane.

My wife has a dental practice in Puerto Vallarta. If anyone needs dental work come to Mexico. While you are here you might as well go bass fishing. Catching a DD bass will make the pain of a visit to the dentist go away quick.

cool house, rods are awesome too.

I don't know Epic Eric, but I do know he is my hero.

I give all the help I can. Most of the time, the only thing I can do is tell them where they are not located, and what they wont bite, but I'm still trying to help.

If you ever come to Mexico, leave that board at home. It is too small, it only goes to 26 inches.

No line, and where is the rod. You can only hope next year she will be more thoughtful.

Don't tell the Monkey I said this, but if you fish small streams, this box of spinners may be everything you need.

Hard baits go in the milk crate, soft baits remain in the packages they come in, and the bags for the day are put in the soft bag. Spinnerbaits get their own spinnerbait box. Some days everything I need goes in the soft bag, but most days I have room for everything in the picture.

Buzzbait spinnerbait crankbait T Rig.

Don't be to hard on yourself. Catching quality bass is difficult. I checked the results of the last BASS Elite series tournament at famous big bass lake Okeechobee. The bottom 9 Elite series pros caught 20 lbs. or less. These are professional fisherman, with years of experience fish hundreds of days a year, have the best equipment made, and they still couldn't catch limits of big bass, while other anglers crushed them. Anglers always want to compare their success to the winners of a tournament. They never consider how they did compared to those at the bottom of the leaderboard. After three years of bass fishing, if you finish in the middle you are doing excellent. I have bass fished for many years, and consider myself an average bass angler. I have never fished in a tournament, but if I did, would be very happy to place somewhere in the middle of the field, but would not be surprised if I ended up dead last. I have a friend who out fishes me almost every time we go, and it has been that way for over 40 years. He is simply a better natural fisherman than I am. Both of us love to fish, and have fun every time we have a line in the water. I try to learn something every time we go, he claims to already know everything, but in reality without even trying he learns from mistakes, I don't even notice. I wont tell him that, because he is fine with me claiming he is plain lucky. Go fishing as often as you can, have fun, celebrate your successes, and laugh at your mistakes. Try to learn something from every trip, and before long people will be asking you what you do to catch all of those big bass.

I have the same problem. My solution is to buy more tackle. It hasn't improved my catch rate, or the size of the bass I catch, but I'm sure that is because I haven't tried everything yet. The successful anglers I know fish more and buy less, but what do they know, they just have luck on their side.

Bass eat twice a day. Before I get to the lake, and after I leave. What I can't figure out is how do they know when I am there?

In the morning when it is calm, I use a buzz bait. In the afternoon when the wind blows, I use a spinnerbait. Ice is for a margarita when the day is done.

Not even close. Tackle Warehouse lists 101 colors of the original Rattle Trap and that is just one brand and model. Of course you need multiples of the ones that work for you, so basically you will always need at least one more. Are you asking for another A-Jay tackle porn post?

Are you the Bait Monkey? He tried that logic on my wife, and got kicked out of the house and wont be allowed back until my birthday.

Where I live big bass like seven inch Senko's. They are expensive, but worth it. Only way I will quit fishing the 7 inch, is if they start making an 8 inch Senko.