Jon P.

thank you

I find that in a reservoir or lake system the pikeminnow tend to be smaller, yet more voracious, traveling the lake like little pescavorous shad. bass love'm and the gan craft jointed claw in ja ayu does a spectacular job of imitating them

in the case of steering you would just switch around the positive and negative leads also I would just like to remind everyone that I just need to know whether or not the motor head can be rotated. an assembly manual or a disassembly diagram of a bow mount would be extremely helpful. as for balance, turning issues, cost, etc. I can deal with that mess later. I just have the one simple question to answer.

they're mostly in the northwestern part of the country. Montana, Washington, Oregon, etc. If you ever get a chance to fish for them they are a bucket load of fun on light tackle (light to medium weight rods) do you catch them in a lake or a river system?

the kayak I am looking at is an ascend FS128T, the YouTube videos I have seen boast spectacular stability. Definitely enough for one foot standing. But if it is a lil wobbly I can always add outrigger pontoons.

here's three pikeminnow (on a swimbait and a streamer) and one chunky sucker. the pike minnow, like their name implies, are basically giant carp with the feeding habits of pike. reportedly some pikeminnow can get as large as six feet!

once I get my laptop from work I will post some photos of my PB pikeminnow, my phone wont up load them for some reason

<p> what is your favorite rough fish? Rough fish are any fish that would fall into the non game or &quot;trash fish&quot; categories. </p> <p> my personal favorite would have to be the pike minnow, a giant predatory carp-like fish, native to most north western states but rather pesky when in a reservoir or lake. There&#39;s a reward for them in a few reservoirs where their numbers have multiplied in changing conditions. </p>

check out the hobie horizontal rod rack or the ascend FS128T kayak that comes with a horizontal rod system preinstalled.

I'm sure you could create the same functional affect with an alumacraft boat with a welded aluminum casting deck. Although the look would be harder to achieve.

the problem with just rotating the motor backwards is that the motor looses weedlessness and hydrodynamics. And while that would work it wouldn't be optimal. the problem with rudder control is that I can't control it while standing. presently my idea is to use an ascend kayaks FS128T and build a small aluminum platform on the back to hold the bow mount motor and a larger aluminum platform with a casting brace on the front for casting and mounting the foot controller. My only issue is that I need the power cable pointing into the boat and the motor head facing back. That requires me to either rotate the head of the motor or rotate that case that the power cable is housed in.

<p> I was curious if anyone knew how to make a swimbait mould and how to mould the hardware into the mould (hook anchors, line ties etc.) also, if you have an article on how to do it make sure it isn&#39;t a video, my internet is too slow for that. </p>

<p> I was watching a video on YouTube on modifying a transom mount motor to work as a bow mount motor by opening up the head of the motor and rotating the prop so it was backwards and then just attaching it to the bow. But I was wondering if it would be possible to reverse a foot control bow mount to be used on the back of a kayak. Now while I do not personally own a bow mount motor I was hoping that someone out there who did could tell me if my idea was possible. </p>

is hot rod Johnson a reference to the movie "bait shop"?

same here in Montana we have a lot of cattle irrigation canals that are stuffed with bass, i generally try and look for anything that connects to a known bass canal just to ensure that there will be bass when I get there. sometimes I will bike upwards of fifteen miles only to find a trout pond. my point being that it helps to know what is in there first.

if you're fishing in a colder region (like I am) pay attention to spring and fall finesse tactics, as they are generally better for targeting fish year round in the cold. also pay attention to smallmouth fishing tactics, as smallies are much more common up north. read up on field and stream, bassmaster magazine, and the like

i try to remember to write in my log but i often forget. i usually write down water temp. water clarity, weather, date, depth, structure, location, and number of fish caught with weights.

I think the reason that many kids don't get into fishing later in life is because their first fishing experience is sitting on the bank for hours on end with no fish and nothing to do. but the lucky few who see someone like yourself catching fish efficiently and having fun doing it are the ones who grow up to be the next generation of fishermen. while you may of emasculated that poor guy in front of his kids those kids will be much more interested in fishing in the future.

thanks, that might be cheaper than mailing it to be painted since i have all of the described materials

hello, just wondering if there are any fellow Missoula area bass fishermen out there!

so you're saying that a total lack of light doesn't affect the bass at all?

the problem is that the color i need doesn't exist in the particular lure that I have, if there was a ghost perch model I would of already purchased it thanks dave

i know what the lateral line is, I'm just saying that it isn't as accurate as sight

i usually fish a 1 oz. football head, if you're fishing a lighter jig its possible the bass can more easily suck up your jig.

i was curious if anyone had any thoughts on whether or not there is a difference between soft bait colors, and hard bait colors. whenever I'm fishing stained water I always use a junebug (black and blue) carolina rig and a firetiger squarebill. it works out just great, but last week i got some new baits and tried switching my color choices to a black squarebill and a neon green and orange worm. i caught a few fish but the numbers from the previous setup just weren't reflected. so do you think there is a difference between hard and soft bait colours? or is it more of a finesse VS. power fishing thing?