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I've been noticing this winter millipedes crawling on the shore. They are predominately medium brown in color with tan colored stripes between their bendable structure. Kind of similar to the pic below. Am now looking for a plastic that has similar color and pattern. I have to think the bass must love these things and those 100's of tiny feet moving must be attractive. Interestingly, I did some research on Millipedes and just in California alone, there are 226 species! This is not my pic but it's kind of similar in color to the ones I've been seeing.

It's not just you. My take is this. We live in the look-at-me era of digital everything. GoPros, camera phones, selfie sticks, social media, and a whole lot of crafty marketing from some really big companies has convinced the current generation that a selfie is worth more than any 'experience' and above all else, make sure you 'get the shot'. That's what really matters these days. Sadly.

If you use google earth (desktop version), you can select VIEW (menu) at the top, and select HISTORICAL IMAGERY (from the drop down) for the lake. A slider will appear in the upper left of the map. Use the slider to view different satellite images of the same area. Some images can have more detail than others, and with lakes, sometimes you can get images of the lake when it's not as full, allowing you to see some features that perhaps are normally covered. Although it appears this lake is always around the same level. There is a power pole in the background of one of the images here, and also a temp dock in another. Maybe those are good spots. Maybe you can garner some clues as to where/how people are fishing from the reports. http://www.northwestfishingreports.com/ReportList.aspx?id=383&t=1 The edges of the lake look like prime territory for bass.

I'm not sure as it's not my jig box. Just some guys I found online so I didn't have to take a pic of mine which looks the same but with different jigs. Might be a custom? Seems like a lot of guys make their own jigs these days.

Did you end up going to Bass Lake? How was your experience? I'm pretty sure there are no guides at Bass Lake. Not really a popular lake for large mouth bass fishing probably due to location outside of Fresno, and the amount of water traffic during the late spring and summer from all the skiers, wakeboarders, jet skiers and just the huge influx of people camping and enjoying the great outdoors. Bass Lake is absolutely gorgeous though.

Currently, perhaps. But Amazon is catching up and has now become a dominant player in the retail market. They are an extremely fast moving and powerful company. So much that Walmart decided to buy Jet.com for $3b last year to compete. The future is online retail, rather than brick and mortar. I do think Bass Pro Shops will be around for the foreseeable future though as they have such a strong brand especially now with the Cabelas merger. I just hope this means prices will be good for us little folk.

i posted the exact box number. You can see it on their website. They make two similar boxes, one listed just for spinnerbaits and another listed for spinner + buzzbaits. Interestingly, I think Plano initially may have overlooked the aspect of these boxes to be used for Jigs. I saw a video on YT with a guy giving a review of the box and he showed how how the box worked perfectly for Jigs, and then he mentioned that someone at Plano should take note. The interesting part is that Plano titled the boxes specifically 'Spinnerbait' and 'Spinnerbait & Buzzbait' but in the description of the box, does it say it can be used for jigs and crank baits. Maybe they added the 'jigs' into the description after the fact. I really like the boxes though as I can fit one row of spinnerbaits, one row of jigs, and one row of buzzbaits all in the same box. Perfect for a bank fisherman who likes to fish efficiently.

Seems like a lot could go wrong on every cast. For me it's kind of weird because I question, why not just have 10 or 15 hooks and troll the rig up and down the lake. Where does it stop? I think it might be illegal here in CA as well since the rule is two hooks per line. Some variations

The rig is illegal to fish in New Hampshire. I wonder what other states it is also illegal in? according to here: https://profoundoutdoors.com/product/tim-horton-depth-charge/ "The weighted head allows anglers to no longer worry about using exposed hooks with head weights in order to get their rig to run deep, thus reducing hangups."

I store mine like this guy, in 3707 04 PLANO® ELITE™ 3700 SERIES

That's interesting. So maybe it's a fairly recent offering. I did not see it on their website, but a few for sale on ebay are listed as 'vintage'. Seems like an odd design for a current lure, but I did question how old it could possibly be when I found it in a spot where a lot of people fish during the summer. Didn't realize there was a bargin bin for lures at walmart.

I emailed the company. Let's see if they get back to me. This website has some of them in different patterns and claims 70s-80s is when they were last made. https://kazzbait.blogspot.com/2015_07_01_archive.html

It's hard to read on the bottom, but it has Cordell script logo on the bottom, as well as 'Boy Howdy', both showing between the two hooks on the bottom.

Anyone know when this lure was made? I found one yesterday. Kind of weird looking with the weight on the back.

Drove back up to the lake today. WOW! The amount of water it has gained in the last week is pretty shocking. I could not believe how high it was. Probably only the 3rd time in my life I've seen it this high. Everywhere I walked last week was completely submerged. Tons more wood debris from the creek washed into the lake and completely covered some coves towards the southeast end of the lake. Really think stuff. Water clarity was down to about 4-6". Some real nasty stuff. The real surprise came as I was walking along and working the bank. I nearly stepped on a baby rattlesnake! It was about 2' long and it rattled and hissed at me. It was about 1" from the water and it looked ticked. After 10+ years of low lake levels, I figure a ton of rattlers got flushed from their holes when the water rose so quickly and to a really high level. Though I was surprised to see it because the air temp was 45d with overcast skies and the usual snake bites occur in spring and summer. If you're from this area, be careful! 12" of rain in a week and the mountains got up to 12' of snow! California is back baby! I think this spring might be all time fishing conditions. Time to stock up on some lures for spring time.

On the contrary, I think it will be much better. Fish will move way up in the Spring, higher than they've been able to in a long time. More spots to bed, more room for the fish and less stressed. I'm also in CA and loving all this rain. 12" over the past week with 10' of snow at higher elevations. I love a 10yr storm.

I'm also a bank fisherman so I witness all kinds of trash. Plenty of broken glass, wads of fishing line, styrofoam worm cups, empty powerbait type jars, beer cans, beer bottles, clothes, and tons of other crap. It's pretty sickening at one spot called the Mendota Slough. I won't even bank fish there any more. And I never say anything to anyone trashing the place. A lot of people around here, especially outdoors people, pack heat. If you think by having a conversation with a grown adult about the littering is going to change their point of view, you need a reality check. This goes right along with road rage people. If the littering person has made it this far in life and they are still stupid enough to liter and trash places they like to spend time at, no amount of condescending remarks or stern warning from you is going to magically change their mind. It's much more likely you'll get in a fight, or get your tire flattening in the parking lot, or your truck keyed. A lot of people can't hold their cool. They have some internal trigger mechanism that's easy to set off by another person trying to argue their point with them. That saying, you can't argue with stupid, applies more often than not with these type of people.

I did mean to say chatterbait. I have a dark colored one and will buy another one or two before this weekend. Thanks for the additional info. There is hope for me yet to catch some bass this winter! I'm optimistic and will keep trying.

Ok thanks for the help. I'm going to go back this weekend if the second wave of storms break enough to fish. We have more rain coming! Based on y'all recommendations I will try Jig and Pig - dark colored football with trailer and fished really slow and bounce off rock piles Spinnnerbait - dark colored and swap out Willow for large Colorado blade for more disruption Buzzbait - dark colored and chartruese Most likely I'll be one of the few fisherman on the entire lake.

Thanks for the suggestions. We've had a ton of rain these last few days with some rivers reach flood stage and a fresh heavy snow pack. We are now 126% snow pack compared to average, which is a huge turn-around for us given our 5yr+ drought. Several rivers in Norcal have overflowed their banks. More rain coming today. Water is going to be very stained for the coming weeks and possibly months. There are a lot of logs, branches, foliage and debris being washed into the lakes which gathers up along the banks. So thick you can't even punch a heavy jig through it without hanging up. For the super stained muddy water, you think I should stick with brights or go dark jig and pig? Will try some spinnerbait too with some Colorado blades to really disrupt the water. I don't see how the fish can see anything in this stained water. lol

Did you take a look at their website? https://www.flambeauoutdoors.com/FIshing/Divider-Systems/Tuff-Tainers Maybe this one https://www.flambeauoutdoors.com/Fishing/Divider-Systems/Tuff-Tainers/4-fixed-compt-with-adjust-div-remove-latches-with-zerust or this one https://www.flambeauoutdoors.com/Fishing/Divider-Systems/Tuff-Tainers/4-fixed-compt-with-rails-adj-div-with-zerust

Water temp for that lake was 50. Air temp was also 50. I did try throwing watermelon and pumpkin seed colors which is are the number 1 worm color around these parts, but switched to brights because the water was super stained and murky. Eastman is not like the lakes in norcal such as Shasta, New Melones, etc. that have much clearer water. A good clean day at Eastman about 4' visibility max. There are two rivers which feed the lake nearly all of it's water which comes from much higher elevations snow levels, and both of those rivers dump into Eastman at nearly the same spot. Eastman and it's nearby sister lake Hensley never freeze over. Much to low in elevation at the foothill base of the Sierras. Very little fishing pressure in the winter.

That's a pretty open ended question. What kind of stuff do you fish? Shallow lakes? Deep lakes? Rivers? Water color? What lures do you usually get bit on? Boat or bank fishing? Seems like you can't go wrong with a few senko packs in the bag, maybe some jigs, and worms.

Went fishing yesterday and was reminded just how nearly impossible it is to bank fish most of the Central California lakes in the winter. Conditions seemed good too. Sunny then got overcast pre-storm with low pressure moving in. Moon was lighting up the clouds nicely after sunset and it was beautiful like a movie scene. Water was perfectly calm. Tried throwing mostly Texas rigged 5" worms with no weight for subtle effect, in bright colors, and casting as far as I could where I knew there were some significant drops but nada a bite to be had. Water was stained with visibility about 1'. Hiked about 2 miles trying to cover as much water as I could. However, along the east bank was a ton of logs, branches, and wood piled up from the creek washouts from all the rain we've had which made a lot of sections impossible to fish because it was so thick. Seems like a great set up if the fish were higher, but they always seem to be about 25-40' deep in the middle of winter which is a bit frustrating for this bank fisherman. Might have to invest in a kayak. I did find a boat anchor though and carried it all the way back to my vehicle.

Cover reminds me of those old Disney outdoor films that were narrated. Looks like a really cool book. Might have to pick up a copy.