Smells like fish

If it has Watermelon in its name I am happy. Also a bluish or purple color gets equal shared time.

I’ve used the 75, 90 and 110 WP’s and the BPS nockoffs with success anytime I use them. Lakes, pond, river. Bass and musky. All times of the day.

My hunting and fishing buddies all use Nitecore headlamps and handhelds and we have used these for several years with great success.

More goodies for largies. Dead Ringers, Ultravibe Speed Worms and Generals

If you go please take some pics and make us a post here in the everything else forum!!

Duck River immediately made me think of the Duck River Sword cache. Is that something that all the locals such as yourself is familiar with? @Tennessee Boy Snail Darter? Let’s us know when that’s accomplished @TnRiver46 Stripers, get over top of them with a 2 ounce Mann’s manalure in yellow and you’ll be a school teacher in no time! @NYWayfarer

I like what I see from Molix but my local shop rarely has their products. I’m gonna make a run there today and suggest they stock more Molix. Ike would approve!

That is coolest pop max ever!!! And I have the man as my avatar!

@Catt Is there anybody making something similar or comparable to the old 7.5” Gene Larew Ring worm with the curly tail ?

I threw a Senko the other evening and nothing for over a half an hour, meanwhile my wife had on a 6” Zoom lizard and caught 5 bass. I switched to those new to me Max Scent big purple worms and had 8 or 9 bass on in the next half an hour and got 5 in. Try the old purple worm and see how it goes.

I love those top water fish. I’ve been catching on walking lures and whopper ploppers but no takes on the pop r yet.

Holy cow! That channel has bunch of old how to vids from 80’s and 90’s!!!

great vid from back in the day https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iPMZTt05sWI

Bang. As Shania said... that don’t impress me much.

You have some beautiful reels @bulldog1935 !! The question I have is how many reels are in your collection?

Fairy wands make magic, duh. When needing small and light it does just right. The way I work the lure while holding a spinning rod grip, puts my thumb in a fish’s lip. I can afford to fish even though my pockets aren’t deep, a lil spinning setup can be had on the cheap.

What soft plastic am I looking for when I want to barely inch it along but get a response of movement from it? I was throwing a max scent Berkeley purple worm dragging it through cattails and letting it fall between the holes in the cover and was wondering if I could have used a better plastic lure there? The fish were liking it fine but maybe I could have done even better?

Great post Mo!

Mepps is top notch for an in-line spinner. I always bought the small Booyah spinners for creek smallies

It seems because of forums like this that fishermen with our sort of “fascination” with fishing is common but really I never talk to anybody that shares our interest or is harassed by the lure monkey on the level that we are. At best I figure there are few as a dozen fanatical BR members per state. We are an endangered type. Can you imagine if you lived next to Some of these guys here? Good times!

I don’t mind the smell of bass. I also enjoy sardines but I do like a lil mustard on them. But I prefer my fried fish not so fishy. If you want to talk about something nasty, catch you a rat snake about 5 feet long and let him wrap around your arm... he’ll start foaming and put off some stink that even @TnRiver46 would not approve of!!

Good info Fred! Btw, do you still live beside Ricky and Lucy?

I’ll never figure out why guys like Hoppes so much. It’s my most commonly used but it stinks to me. But fish on the other hand thatsa some sweet smell. To the op, yes, these fish are well aware of this game we play. We fake them out with artificial food, stick our thumb in their mouth, smile at them, take selfies with them then pitch them back into the drank. They know our game well. Sometimes they play along, sometimes they don’t. And op, the secret is to grow a mustache or if one cannot be grown apply a peel n stick mustache, then you can rub that fish cologne closer to the olfactories!

This thread is great!!! The smell of success! Be more specific Spanks.

I’m a long time smallmouth creek angler. I think the perfect setup is a 5 foot or 5’6” ultralight rod, a small spinning reel such as a Mitchell 308 and 6 lb p line. My disclaimer to the above is that my average fish 14-15” or less, anything over 16” is a trophy and my biggest creek bass trophy list I can count on one hand is 4 fish 18 to 21inches. I think if you’ll begin your journey into lures you’ll prefer it to live bait. You are ready!