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  1. You can contact some of the soft plastics bait companies for off colored baits. They often have to adjust the colors when starting the production runs of specific colors. You can get a worm and dip it four or five times in Spike It Worm Dye and put it in a bag of off color baits and pour in some worm oil and let it set. Shake the bag up and mix it every once in a while. The Spike It will bleed off into the bag of worms and change the colors.
  2. Maybe you should go to the WalMart optometrist shop. You can buy the sport frames and have them add the polarization tints to the lenses and you can get a two pairs for one price. Ill bet they wouldnt cost half the price as what you would find in the BPS Stores. Really you need to wear eye protection at all times while fishing whether it is noontime or midnight. My cousin works in a emergency room and told me about a guy with a 3/16 oz bullet weight lodged into his forehead. It had actually penetrated his skull so that fluid was coming out the hole where the line goes through.
  3. My problem is not finding a large enough hook for a 12 inch worm but rather finding a worm with a thicker head. Ive never understood why a bait company would make a 12 inch worm with the same head diameter as a 8 inch worm.
  4. You can place brush piles all day long and some places will be hits and some places will be misses. You cant simply place a brush pile in hopes of getting lucky in that it will hold fish because that wont happen. Your best bet is to find a place that already has a tendency to holds fish and plant structure that will reinforce or improve its fish holding capabilities. Look for a place that already consistently holds fish "primary cover" and look at the bottom contour. What is the bottom contour leading up to that "primary cover" in other words what "roadway" are the fish using to travel to that place. When you take a look at that roadway you will find non-typical places such as rock piles and small humps and ridges that hold fish as they move towards the primary cover. Those non-typical places are called "secondary cover" and that is where you want to plant your brush piles.
  5. You can place brush piles all day long and some places will be hits and some places will be misses. You cant simply place a brush pile in hopes of getting lucky in that it will hold fish because that wont happen. Your best bet is to find a place that already has a tendency to holds fish and plant structure that will reinforce or improve its fish holding capabilities. Look for a place that already consistently holds fish "primary cover" and look at the bottom contour. What is the bottom contour leading up to that "primary cover" in other words what "roadway" are the fish using to travel to that place. When you take a look at that roadway you will find non-typical places such as rock piles and small humps and ridges that hold fish as they move towards the primary cover. Those non-typical places are called "secondary cover" and that is where you want to plant your brush piles.
  6. You can place brush piles all day long and some places will be hits and some places will be misses. You cant simply place a brush pile in hopes of getting lucky in that it will hold fish because that wont happen. Your best bet is to find a place that already has a tendency to holds fish and plant structure that will reinforce or improve its fish holding capabilities. Look for a place that already consistently holds fish "primary cover" and look at the bottom contour. What is the bottom contour leading up to that "primary cover" in other words what "roadway" are the fish using to travel to that place. When you take a look at that roadway you will find non-typical places such as rock piles and small humps and ridges that hold fish as they move towards the primary cover. Those non-typical places are called "secondary cover" and that is where you want to plant your brush piles.
  7. We used to cut small cedar trees and dig six inch deep holes (post hole digger) and pour cement and stick the trees in the holes. We would then wait until the freeze and use a pole to push the trees out on the ice. This works good if you are bank fishing a place that you cant launch a boat into.
  8. We used to cut small cedar trees and dig six inch deep holes (post hole digger) and pour cement and stick the trees in the holes. We would then wait until the freeze and use a pole to push the trees out on the ice. This works good if you are bank fishing a place that you cant launch a boat into.
  9. We used to cut small cedar trees and dig six inch deep holes (post hole digger) and pour cement and stick the trees in the holes. We would then wait until the freeze and use a pole to push the trees out on the ice. This works good if you are bank fishing a place that you cant launch a boat into.
  10. I think everyones seen times when there was a huge bass sitting there and no matter how many times you cast or how many different baits you throw hes simply not interested. But there is a possibility you can still make him bite. I remember one fish i had cast to probably twenty times and he would sit there motionless. I was casting and reeling a tube right across maybe two inches off the tip of his nose and he sit there like it didnt exist. I finally made a cast and pulled the tube right up next to him and as hard as i could i slammed it into the side of his head. Then that fish came alive on me. That fish ended up weighing a little less than six pounds.
  11. I think everyones seen times when there was a huge bass sitting there and no matter how many times you cast or how many different baits you throw hes simply not interested. But there is a possibility you can still make him bite. I remember one fish i had cast to probably twenty times and he would sit there motionless. I was casting and reeling a tube right across maybe two inches off the tip of his nose and he sit there like it didnt exist. I finally made a cast and pulled the tube right up next to him and as hard as i could i slammed it into the side of his head. Then that fish came alive on me. That fish ended up weighing a little less than six pounds.
  12. I think everyones seen times when there was a huge bass sitting there and no matter how many times you cast or how many different baits you throw hes simply not interested. But there is a possibility you can still make him bite. I remember one fish i had cast to probably twenty times and he would sit there motionless. I was casting and reeling a tube right across maybe two inches off the tip of his nose and he sit there like it didnt exist. I finally made a cast and pulled the tube right up next to him and as hard as i could i slammed it into the side of his head. Then that fish came alive on me. That fish ended up weighing a little less than six pounds.
  13. If travelling distance isnt a problem you can come up to Kentucky & Barkely Lakes. You can fish either days or nights. During the day you can fish the main lake ledges but your success will depend on whether or not the Corp of Engineers is pulling water. If its a good pull you should do well but if its a weak pull it can be a long slow day. Best bit of advice is to fish at night. Concentrate on the primary lake points and bluff corners and gradually work back to the secondary points and then on to the rip rap areas and docks. Always remember if you are night fishing during the big name tour events you want to make sure to have the boat back on the trailer before the hordes show up to launch. And its always fun to show your fish off to these guys cause it really gets them pumped. And believe me they will be pumped cause you can flat catch more than a few nice sized fish on these lakes at night.
  14. If travelling distance isnt a problem you can come up to Kentucky & Barkely Lakes. You can fish either days or nights. During the day you can fish the main lake ledges but your success will depend on whether or not the Corp of Engineers is pulling water. If its a good pull you should do well but if its a weak pull it can be a long slow day. Best bit of advice is to fish at night. Concentrate on the primary lake points and bluff corners and gradually work back to the secondary points and then on to the rip rap areas and docks. Always remember if you are night fishing during the big name tour events you want to make sure to have the boat back on the trailer before the hordes show up to launch. And its always fun to show your fish off to these guys cause it really gets them pumped. And believe me they will be pumped cause you can flat catch more than a few nice sized fish on these lakes at night.
  15. If travelling distance isnt a problem you can come up to Kentucky & Barkely Lakes. You can fish either days or nights. During the day you can fish the main lake ledges but your success will depend on whether or not the Corp of Engineers is pulling water. If its a good pull you should do well but if its a weak pull it can be a long slow day. Best bit of advice is to fish at night. Concentrate on the primary lake points and bluff corners and gradually work back to the secondary points and then on to the rip rap areas and docks. Always remember if you are night fishing during the big name tour events you want to make sure to have the boat back on the trailer before the hordes show up to launch. And its always fun to show your fish off to these guys cause it really gets them pumped. And believe me they will be pumped cause you can flat catch more than a few nice sized fish on these lakes at night.

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