BuzzHudson19c

Nope. I'll help a kid study, but I'm not going to help him take the test.

Yep, I use 20 or 30lb power pro tied right to a square bill.

I am definitely a jerk. If it's a friend, I'm more willing to talk. But strangers? Nope. "Catching anything?" Me " A few." "What on?" Me "This and that. Bye"

Right now I have one rigged with a Reaction Innovations smallie beaver and another with a Zoom brush hog (with the head cut off). Not as a trailer though, in place of a skirt. You can also cast them much further without the skirt.

Most of my buzzbaits are without a skirt. I'll put creature baits, grubs and my favorite, half a "senko" in their place.

No. That being said what do you consider shallow? Like Spankey said, water temp is what matters not air and if anything the fishing right now is getting better as the water temps fall.

In general I prefer no hook slot on any plastics. If the bait is the same color top and bottom, I purposely flip the bait over the first time I rig it.

Carp. Caught one on a spinnerbait a few years ago. Blew my mind, but there it was hooked right in the mouth. (NY state record carp, 50.5 lb, caught on night crawler.)

Are you sure the fish actually got the bait? Are you sure it's bass and not bluegill tugging it under by the skirt? Most people that have trouble fishing frogs try and set the hook way too early. It takes time to learn the reflex of how to set the hooks on hollow body frogs, but a general rule is after a blowup, reel down the slack while counting to two and then set it.

With schools of bait fish that "boil" on the surface you will see them feeding lightly, kind of pecking at the surface quietly. Depending on vegetation it sounds like rice crispies and kissing. Then there will be erratic splashing and a sudden rush of fish evading a predator.

Rivers don't need time to "warm up" during the summer. Every body of water is different but for the most part you can catch them any time of the day if you find them. The past week we have had overnight lows in the 50's and the early morning fishing has been great (4:00am - 8:00 am). Try throwing search baits in the morning. Something you can cover a lot of water with and get reaction strikes. Buzz bait, rattle trap, swim jig etc.

Wounded shad. Supposed to resemble blood I think. Doubt the fish really notice the speckles of red but if it's working, it's working.

I get the large coffee at the convenience store and the empty cup becomes the kayak bathroom.

Nope. It's unnecessary.

If you can't tell a smallmouth by how it pulls, just give it a second and it will jump up and give you a good look.

If I'm trying to learn a new technique I switch it up even if I know I could be catching them easier another way. It sucks for a while but that's how you learn and become a better angler.

Yes. I usually don't leave fish to find fish but there are times when you get on a school of nothing special or an area just doesn't have "it." Kind of a gut thing. Plus it's only 45 acres so you can fish the whole thing in a day.

Some places I fish have gotten worse, some have gotten better. Often when people complain about a lake or river they forget that they change over time. Silt builds up, erosion, vegetation growth varies. "Grand pappy used to catch them right near that island by the bucket! In the good ole days." Chances are the fish aren't holding in the same spot they were 30 years ago (shocking).

Black.

I use Yum more but love Strike kings "sweet tater pie" color and buy a lot of them.

Found a Rapala shad rap, a jitterbug, and a Jimmy Houston signature super spook so far.

We have one zone in the Adirondacks like that. You are not allowed to target bass, even catch and release, until the third Sunday in June (I think). It's dumb and the spawn has usually been over a few weeks. I have a tendency to ignore dumb laws...

Hiked to lake in the Adirondacks this year. About a mile hike in and we shore fished. It was gorgeous and completely secluded but we didn't catch a thing (unless you count leeches on my feet). Should have toughed it out an carried the kayaks with us.

I think the whole "scented" thing is another form of companies catching fisherman, not fish. The bass don't care.

I haven't found a poppin frog that walks better than the savage gear. The hookup is good but they do get tore up after a while. Spro are d**n good too.