Joel W

Like so many others, I just did a Google search.

Glenn great interview. While I only fish one Tx per year, slowing down and giving yourself a time limit are excellent points.

Nothing like fishing the rain in the summer time. Well, as long as it's not a down pour with T & L. My prefered lures are spinnerbaits, buzzbaits, and even a shallow running crankbait.

For the last few years I've tested, used, and threw out more line then I care to remember. Flouro is great, but it's just too expensive for my tastes. All my baitcasters are spooled with Power Pro and most have a co-poly or Mono leader. My two spinning reels, one for drop shotting has 10 lb Power Pro/swivel/#8 lb Sufix Elite, and my other spinning reel has straight #8 lb Sufix Elite. If I can't find the Elite, I use Trilene XL instead. A oldie but a goodie. Still works great for me.

I'm about 50/50 casting vs dropping. Just don't reel in to fast to help eliminate line twist.

I'd opt for a pool thermometer as they're a lot cheaper and a lot more durable then a glass aquarium thermometer. Whatever you do, you don't need a portable depthfinder. Besides, how would you use it from shore ?

I guess I just can't help myself. I spent some time today trimming jig skirts and guards on all my new jigs.

I presently use 4 baitcasting setups. All the reels are Daiwa TDA Advantage 150A or 153 HST's. Jigging setup: 50 lb Power Pro with a leader Crankbaits: 30 lb Power Pro with a leader Spinnerbaits/Buzzbaits/topwater: 30 lb Power Pro no leader Wt'd plastics: 30 lb Power Pro no leader

My current go to creature bait is a Ugly Otter. I tx Rig them wt'd, and throw them just about every where I would pitch a wt'd worm. I also like to work them along a weed edge.

Yes. I trim the weed guard so that it ends just past the hook.

I use both a #1 & #2 Gami Drop Shot hook. 75% of the time I tie on the #1 hook.

This is my 3rd year using Megastrike, and most of the time scent just doesn't seem to matter in attracting fish. What is seems to be most suited for is keeping the Bass from spitting the soft plastic lure out. It's also a great lubricant for soft plastics so they slide through the weeds with less resistance. Not sure one way or the other if human scent helps or hinders. I've read numerous posts of people using WD-40 and the Bass just "killed em".

Once you put the worm on, the hook will sag some out of the water. Once in the water, the hook should level out as the water will cause the worm to become more buoyant. The main thing is that the worm looks natural in the water.

Talk about a loaded question. It all depends on the time of the year, weather condtions, and where and when I'm fishing.

Carbotex. Welcome to our site. Looking forward to trying out some of your line.

I mostly throw DT 10 & 16s with a dedicated baitcaster setup: Med Med action. My reel is spooled with 30 lb Power Pro and a 3 ft leader. I tend to keep the drag on the loose side. I use a Palomar knot to attach the crank. I use to use a snap since I changed crankbaits a lot, and every once in a while the snap would fail, and the crankbait was history.

For wacky rigged Stickbaits I use a 1/0 EWG hook. I tend not to wacky rig in or around weeds.

My favorite Crankbait is a Rapala DT-10 followed by their DT16. Both allow me to really work the bottom bouncing off of and hitting just about everything to induce a strike.

I tend to use the theory that I want my lures and plastics to stand out just a little from the hatch, so that the Bass can key in on them. Making your lure look and act like a wounded or dieing fish is what's really important. Bass have a real hard time passing up a easy meal.

I always have a positive attitude when I'm going out fishing. I can't pick my days to fish, so I'm always prepared to try and figure out some sort of pattern even on post cold front days with blue bird skies. The fish are still there, and the better fisherman somehow put in enough time to find 'em.

I measure temp as a function of my deptfinder. The Transducer is approx. 2 ft down from the water surface. So I'm never really reading the temps that I catch fish at. Rather I use that temp as a gauge to where and what the fish should be doing on the same reservoirs that I've fished for years.

Go to baits: Spring it's a Jerkbait Spawn it's a 4 or 5 inch stickbait Summer it's a wt'd plastic or jig Fall it's a jig late winter it's a jig or spoon

The real question for me isn't if my tackle bag is ready for the season, but rather is my back ready to carry it ;D ;D

90% of the time if I'm throwing topwater, I'm throwing a Super Spook jr. The other 10% its a Cavitron Buzzbait.

Paul, While I'm fairly new here, I've been fishing the NYC reservoirs for years. Many of us that fish those waters hang out on NYBASS.com. And as part of our fishing reports we mention water temps from start to finish, air temps. water clarity, and weather conditions. None of us really use a thermometer, rather a portable depthfinder that gives us constant water temps, water depth, as well as structure and cover. Over the years we've learned where the LM & SM should be based on water temps. and that's where we generally start to look for the Bass. As an example, water temps in the mid 30s will have me fishing deep, while 41+ will find me throwing Jerkbaits in the shallow back waters of the NE coves by mid day the latest.