king fisher

When I was a kid, I had one inexpensive rod and reel. I fished lures that were way out of the weight range, but still managed to cast them out and catch fish. I always spent my money on lures first. I'm not saying I recommend this practice, just the way it has been for me. I like well matched rods, and reels. I am addicted to lures.

In stories about big fish getting away, the most common sentence is. He's taking line, I think I will tighten the drag. Most common sentence in big fish landed stories. He was way to big for my gear, but I took my time, let him run, check out my pictures.

I rely mostly on my GPS. but do use buoy's too. I am lucky, the lakes I fish I can through a buoy out in the morning, come back and fish it in the afternoon, and know that the spot will not get fished while I am gone. I have even forgot to pick up a buoy, and come back two weeks later, buoy and fish still there, and good chance nobody even noticed it, let alone fished there.

Buy it. If it doesn't work out from the bank, then you have an excuse to buy a boat.

Yes if you consider starting off fishing a spook slowly, my finesse presentation , then switching to a buzz bait until the wind picks up, change, and finish the day with a spinnerbait, or square bill. That is cold water, winter fishing in my part of Mexico.

I plead the 5th.

You are a better man than me. If I had a place where I consistently caught brown bass the size you do, I wouldn't even take my wife there, let alone someone from TN.

#3 Vibrax or Mepps inline spinner stops the skunk. I recently forgot my age and jumped in the water to free the line off of the ruder to keep a tuna from getting away. It was embarrassing the amount of help I needed to get back in the boat. We landed the tuna, and I proved I am still young enough to do stupid things. I wonder when I will get the wisdom, that comes with age.

Buy here the expensive worm rod you have always wanted. She will appreciate the fact, that you bought her the best, and she may let you use it on the days she can't go fishing with you.

I use straight braid for punching, flipping in thick cover, and some top water. I use braid to leader for some bottom contact, and moving lures, spinning gear, and most saltwater applications. In general, I probably use braid about 1/3 of the time. I can make it work for all situations, but most of the time I prefer another type of line. For the situations I do use braid, it is far superior than other types of line. Example would be punching, for strength, and no line stretch, big game reels for reel capacity, and spinning reels for casting, and twist. For other applications the advantages, are not so great, and I can take it or leave it. Absolutely hate it for some situations, fishing soft plastics, when I want to have some slack in the line, and all of the time with crankbaits.

Depends on what type of rock. Broken up basalt rock, that is very common in WA where Glen is from cuts braid like a knife. Other smoother types of rock have little effect.

I use an 8.5 foot rod for deep cranking while sitting in my kayak with no problems. I can cast a mile, and have landed double digit bass with out a net. I leave my long rod at home if I'm gong to be paddling under tree branches. It is a pain to catch tree branches with rods that are stored vertically. On days I deep crank, I most likely wont be going under tees anyway. Out in the open, rod length makes no difference to me, whether in a boat, kayak, sitting or standing.

Skinny Dippers for me. I use them for everything from A rig to punching. I'm sure there are better swimbaits I haven't tried, but if I can't catch them on a Skinny Dipper, I simply try another technique. Bait Monkey is trying hard to get me to buy more expensive swimbaits, but so far I have been able to avoid that road. A year from now, I may be a big fan of some other swimbait. Seems like it only takes one big fish, and I am in a different band.

My number one is on a log at the bottom of the lake. I'm trying to find a new number on. Maybe I just need to buy more.

When I first started fishing a lake rumored to have big bass in it, all I could catch were baby bass. I asked members on this forum, if I should try big swimbaits, and wake baits to help catch the big ones. Most members said location was the key not the lure. They were right. The next time out, I quit fishing the shoreline, and fished some standing trees if deep water with the same lures I had been fishing. First cast I caught a 26 inch monster on a Rebel Jumpin minnow. An hour later I caught the bass in my avatar on a spinnerbait. I lost two more the same size on square bills. All the same lures I had fished the previous trips catching only baby bass. I have since landed double digit bass in this lake on buzz baits, crankbaits, and Senko's. The most big bass have come on spinnerbaits, but that is because they are the easiest bait to fish for the suspended bass in the large branches of the standing trees. Buzz baits and Senko's have worked well, when the bass on in the shallows, buzz baits because I can cover water, and Senko's when I think a bass is in one particular spot. The one exception to my rule of the best lure is the one that is the most practical in a certain location, is when casting crankbaits in standing timber. A crankbait is not a good lure to fish in timber because they will snag, but big bass do love to smash them when they deflect off of the branches, and for whatever reason don't want a spinnerbait deflected off of those same branches. I guess I would say they are the right tool for the job, if you don't mind loosing tools. Before I give up on a tree, I always throw a crankbait and see what happens. If I snag it doesn't matter because I was going to leave anyway. On my lake location is the number one factor, wind is the number two factor for picking a bait for big bass. Strong wind it's spinnerbaits ,light wind means top water and crankbaits, and no wind means soft plastics. Wind many times would be considered the number one factor, because the typical strong afternoon wind dictates the location, which in turn determines my preferred lure.

I have enjoyed fishing with a bait caster for 45 years. During that time, the only thing I can say I have mastered is back lash removal.

The water in my favorite lake has been 65 - 70 degrees all winter. They have been in the shallows all winter. No need to transition. Right now they are spread out, and tough to catch. I don't know when they spawn, I have never seen a bed, but the water only has a foot of visibility half the year. I have much better luck finding and catching them, in June, when they school up in deeper water.

I consider it a successful day if I catch a bigger bass than the kid fishing at the launch with a soda bottle for a rod and reel, and a lure made from a tooth brush. I would say if I catch moor bass than him, but I might never have a successful day if I did.

I fished a lake one time that I am sure had no fish. I had been gone from the area for a few years, and came home to visit one spring. I decided to fish a lake I had good luck at before I left. I checked the regulations, and it was still listed as open year round general rules and limits apply. What the regs. didn't say was it had been treeted with poison a week earlier to get rid of trash fish. The lake was due to get planted with trout and bass later in the spring. I put in a hard 10 hrs fishing, throwing every thing in the box in a 100% fishless lake. I didn't mind getting skunked, but I couldn't get my fishing partner to keep his mouth shut. My reputation as a fisherman was ruined for ever that day. 30 years later I still get asked by some farmer if I want to fish in his cow's water trough, am I going to go to the river and try to catch a whale, or if I go fishing with you in Alaska, can you please take me to a place where fish swim.

When I get skunked( yes it does happen in Mexico) I buy more tackle and ice cream. If I get skunked and loose a giant bass on the same day, I buy more tackle, and Vodka.

We took Redneck south to Bara De Navidad this week. Fishing was good. First day. 2 Blue Marlin. Biggest 250 - 300 pounds. 1 striped marlin, 130 pounds. 1 Sail fish All bill fish released. 9 big dorado. Day two. 8- Yellowfin Tuna. Biggest around 100 pounds. 1- Dorado. Stopped at a rock pile on the way home to Puerto Vallarta, and picked up a nice snapper. Great trip. Hope to go again in a couple weeks.

Will you be staying in Mascota? I have some free time in March, might be able to help you out. No guides at Corinchis, but I would be able to hook you up with a kayak.

Problem is in Florida and Texas bass are not subject to thousands of gill nets. I doubt you will see Largemouth bass caught from Lake Fork on the menu in a restaurant. Many lakes in Mexico have a very low population of bass. The fishing is good only because there is very little sport fishing pressure. The small lake I fish can not handle constant pressure from sport anglers. It would be like taking a farm pond in Texas, that has great fishing for the owner of the pond. Then netting 90 percent of the bass leaving only a few DD. bass to catch. Then instead of the owner and his family fishing once in awhile, put a lodge on the pond and have constant angler pressure. Some bass will survive, and like you said they will have to eat, but they wont have to eat lures.

Rapala DT series does not pull as hard, and casts well with a medium power rod.