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I picked up a pack of these new Zoom Fork Tails in a grn. pumpkin the other day at one of my local tackle stores. I rigged them on a C- Rig and caught 11 keepers in about 15 minutes around stump beds in about 13 feet of water. They were awesome! Needless to say i will always have a couple of colors of fork tails in the boat with me at all times but i was wondering if anyone else has used these and if so what was your most productive way of rigging it? IF you haven't seen one before, it looks like a little drop shot worm with a small fork tail except its a little larger than a drop shot worm and has the body of a zoom Mag II. Definitely worth a try!

Lucky Craft CB-100, without a doubt, Bandits are ok but they hang up too much. This CB-100 is almost snagproof in heavy cover and runs great. ;D

I'm in Louisville (Ft. Loudon) i don't even know where Palmersville is. :-/

I was wondering if any of you wonderfully intelligent bass fisherman could tell me what would be the easiest route to enter into the business side of the fishing industry. I"m a business major with a focus on marketing and I would be interested in almost anything having to do with fishing, I absolutely LOVE IT! Some of my wedding pictures were in my boat and i took it on my honeymoon with me. Haha I was looking on the FLW website to see if i could get any answers and no one has emailed me back since yesterday. I'm almost out of college now and I would love to begin a career that i enjoy. The only problem is that i'm in East Tennessee and i haven't been able to really find any oppotunities close to home. I wouldn't mind a move just not too far away. I know Strike Kings offices are in Collierville (outside of Memphis) but thats on the complete other side of the state (Tennessee is a long state!) Any help would be most appreciated. Tight Lines Chris

I just went online and purchased a couple 5" Perch swimbaits to fish in my local lakes. How many guys\girls in here (not from California, No offense) have caught fish on a swimbait and how? I really want a lunker and a swimbait is something that I don't think many people around here are throwing. I know a ton of fish are caught on a swimbait in California and other places but I'm in Tennessee and I really think it would work I just need to know how to fish with one. Any advice would be wonderful. Thanks in advance to all the great tips I'm sure I'll get! ;D

Thanks for the advice guys I'll make sure to let you know when I get to use all these tips

So really in muddy water the only thing a person should change on his shakey head setup is the color of the bait, right? Ok, I just thought since i wasn't getting the bites I normally got in clear water was because the fish couldn't hear or feel the vibrations off that small worm. I know i normally throw a terminator spinnerbait (lots of vibration) or a wide wobbling crankbait (lots of vibration) if thats what the fish are on. I just thought that the small profile of the shakey head was too small for the fish to pick up on their "radar". Thanks for the info senko77 i'll make sure just to keep plugging away.

what the general setup you start out with? Large line...larger jig head...larger worm?

I recently visited a West Point Lake in Alabama to fish a weekend tournament and I had a lot of success on a shakey head for spots and Largemouth. My question is, the lake that I call my home is always muddy and I have an aweful time catching shakey head fish in that muddy water. I'm talking 3 inch visibility. I love the shakey head I just want it to produce without having to drive to Alabama....?? :-/

buckdawg A jig is my absolute favorite thing to fish with i use mine as a search bait, I flip with it in heavy cover and i throw it on points and ledges and I only use mono. Others may have differing opinions on this but I think mono is as sensitive as you'll need if the fish bite you'll still feel it. Promise. Braid is too much of a hassle when dealing with backlashes and flouro makes a jig fall too fast sometimes so i just stick with BPS Excel 17lb test.

watermelon jig with brown paca chuck trailer

9.2 Fort Loudon Lake, July 16th 06', 10:30 AM Flipping a Black Sapphire Baby Brush Hog

I think the lake should almost be completely full by then, they've been bringing it up a foot a day for the last 2 weeks. That'll improve the fishing a lot on Douglas. Stay deep and find brushpiles.

I"m not sure about that, I know there have been a lot of tournaments on Cherokee so far this year. My club fishes on Cherokee every other week but I don't want to make that far of a drive so i really don't know what the water is like. Also those were surface temps so the actual water the fish were in wasn't that warm.

I plan on trying to follow around a couple of them on Thursday if I can, I'm so pumped about the FLW coming here, i've already got my VIP tickets!