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on slow creeks i use a rebel teeny wee crawfish and i catch all kinds of fish... if you have a fly rod, fish black wooly buggers and small poppers in pockets of still water near the banks

Buy the smallest shrimp you can find at the supermarket, they work extremely well for me. (Also if you live nearby an Asian food market, they will have really shrimpy smelling dried grass shrimp skins.) If the bluegill are stocked where you live, corn can be a killer.

those are some nice looking fish!!! i wish i caught some that size...

What do you guys recommend. The only reel i have that'll handle big fish is a shimano sahara 4000FB that is laying around in my room...i think it should be adequate, but i'm not sure. However, I only have ultra light and light action rods... What would you guys recommend for a rod? I'm willing to spend around 100 buckaroos on it. I am open to any suggestions about reels, combos etc. (ps i will be fishing from a point at the mouth of a bay and maybe off my friend's dock and will use bunker, clam and live killies as bait)

after 6 minutes of wanting to cut my foot off from not listening to me i did it

hilarious... i would bring in one of my friends in and light his shoe on fire, he can cuss a storm

from my experience with golf course ponds buzzbaits, senkos, and live night crawlers work well. I would also bring some zoom lizards and horny toads in case the pond is not a well kept golf course style pond (meaning lots of vegetation around)

I second this, fried panfish are delicious! I never had bass before but I've heard they are horrible eating...catch and release is the way to go.

Hey guys I've heard a couple of entertaining stories of how people catch bass on weird and interesting lures...my curiosity has been piqued. The weirdest for me is when one of my friends cut off a strap from a jock-strap wacky rigged it and caught a 1.5lb bass. I have personally caught bluegill and bass with jellybellys too. What have you guys caught on weird bait?

i fuse them back together soak it in rubbing alcohol for 5 min then rinse it for a minute and then i put them in a ziploc bag and then throw salt in there. attractants sound like a good idea though...gonna try that

i've caught carp on peas and corn boiled in honey/a tiny bit of lemon water...i have caught carp on a cheese ball before but since that, the cheese only gets me catfish...

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_37017_100007008_100000000_100007000_100-7-8 and zoom horny toads in dark colors

i'm a little curious how you got a tree into the middle of a lake... bass cover a lot of water when they feed, the bass may start hanging around your tree sooner than you expect...just depends on where their food goes now

thanks a lot guys, gonna make my choice in the morning when i'm well rested...thanks again

when i get there, i know i can't go wrong with senkos...i'm trying not to bring my huge tackle box down (carrying plenty of other stuff) what other lures would you guys recommend?

I was sitting in tree hanging out over the water, I reeled in a 2 lb bass, as I was unhooking it, it thrashed and i flinched, the hook came out...right into my thumb, then i fell into the pond with hook in my thumb followed by my pole, drank some pond water and had diarrhea later

Hi guys, i'm going to be headed to Radnor PA for a few days next month. I'm staying at Eastern University. I had thought there was only two ponds there but after looking up the campus on google earth I now know there are four. I only have seen pond 1 and 3. Pond 1 is relatively clear and has some lily pads on top. Pond 3 has dark stagnant water with heavy algae growth (like duckweed). There is thick vegetation all around and I have seen many snakes and frogs there. I've never fished either before. What are yall's predictions?Do you think there will be a lot of bass in these ponds?

for the most part i like fast action rods better...thanks for all the help guys

What are some good fly rod brands, my old bamboo one got snapped. I've heard that the big names in this category are st. croix, g loomis and sage. Have any of you had experience with these rods or others. If so what would you recommend (and what weight...i fish for bass, muskie, and trout so i'm thinking either a 6 or 7)? feel free to throw in extra tips about good fly fishing products that you have used before. I'm willing to spend around $200 on a rod.

always catch and release for me, bass do not taste too great, blue gill is supposed to taste amazing when fried

sorry for not replying but yes i was looking for a spinning reel, thanks for all the suggestions 8-)

i've been catching fish consistently around 2lbs and up...largest being a four pounder, on frogs

fish the crankbaits...the crawfish will get you more bites in the winter and around rocky bottoms

I just won some money from my friends, but I don't want to spend it all on a reel...what's the best reel i can get for around 50 bucks...max is $75

as long as i catch a bass i'm happy