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This is for when the top water bite goes away and the bass start moving to deeper water the hotter it gets. Though I've noticed that some stay shallow up until 3pm on cloudless days.

I'm having a hard time on what I should be using with the small lake that I fish on and was wondering what lure/rig is appropriate other than top-water. I tried T-Rig and is just sits on top of the weeds, plus there are no holes where it can sink. There is no grass at all, just that mossy crap right under the surface slopping down. There are tree's but they in the middle of lake and can't reach from the bank. Any thoughts would be helpful, I guess I really have to learn the T-Rig all over again...it's frustrating.

Another question I have about this is when I'm fishing a small lake/pond, would it be a good idea to peg the weight?? In these ponds and lakes around here in Texas there is a lot of weeds/moss I guess under the water that doesn't grow above the surface. I would use a 1/4 oz. bullet sinker maybe a 3/16 for a slower fall.

Thanks guys, I really appreciate it alot.

I appreciate the advice, but the big question is how to raise the rod tip. Is it better with forearm or wrist??

Hey everyone, I hope all is good with ya. Lately I've been wondering about the T-Rig retrieves and I forgot how to fish it, so naturally I have a couple of questions that I need answering by you great fisherman. 1) Do Bass hit it more on the fall or is it by dragging on the bottom? 2) If I'm doing a lift and drop technique as far as moving the rod, would I use forearm or wrist to do it? If dragging, would it be steady slow wrist motion upwards or just drag to the side? I appreciate you guys' input and can't thank you enough for answers.

Hello anglers, Today was a good day. I caught a 1.5- 1.75 pound bass this morning. A little choppy but for the most part calm. I went back and we had a storm approach and the winds picked up that the small lake I was fishing on started to white cap a little. I caught a little dink and that was it although I know there had to have been more out there. So my question(s) are: 1. When fishing in windy conditions from the bank, is it best to cast perpendicularly into the wind or parallel? If parallel should it be with back to the wind or with face in the wind? 2. How/Where do the bass tend to position themselves in said conditions (15-25) mph gusts? 3. Best baits to use in high winds? I used spinner baits 3/8 oz. though I do have 1/2 oz. lipless cranks. 4. Boat with no troller motor or electronics? 5. This would be pre-spawn to spawn conditions. 6. Cetral Texas area---small Fort Hood lakes and local lakes. Much appreciated in advance.

The only thing I can say is thus: No matter how hard you try to keep them from being exposed to things you don't like or influenced, they're gonna be. As a parent myself, you have to give them game (manner on how to deal with situations as they arise in their life) and hope and trust that they will make sound judgements with the counsel that you gave them from day 1. Train up a child with great vigor and they will not depart from it. Then at the end of the day if they make bad decisions, all you can do still is just counsel them and then just like fishing be patient and wait for the right thing to happen because we (parents) can't do it for them. Sorry if I went to deep.

I have yet to see those, very interesting. Does anyone think manufacturers will eventually remove the spool tension completely in the future on all casting reels?

Oh wow, I didn't even know there were that many lol. Lets just say the beginner spoons, casting, nano, jigging I suppose would be beginner type spoons right?

I was very happy to fin this thread and see that chart to put things in perspective for me but I was wondering about 1 bait I didn't see there which would be spoons and the various types of them. Could someone tell me what type of rod, line, reel etc. you recommend for those?

Do they make plastic guide shields to protect line from getting knicked by cracked guides by any chance?

Well to be honest the knot was still tied one the fish finder but about 35 yards of line came with it when it snapped.

Aahhhh ok ok. I'll switch rods and cast lighter, for some reason I feel like bait casters can/should be cast far for some reason idk why but in the words of crazy taxi.....lets give it another go. Thank you much gentleman, happy casting, happy fishing. I'm so ready to correct my mistakes and catch fish.

It is the deeper pro fish finder. The knot I used was the standard bass lure knot, knot sure what it's called (pun intended) lol. The cast was overhand cast. Yes it was a harsh backlash after it snapped. Possible I cast it too hard?

Greetings all, I just started using braid and was wondering if the pound per test is congruent to different type of line. So I'm using 65 lb. test braid spider wire stealth, would that be congruent to 15 lb. test mono or floro?? I only ask because my braid snapped in half while casting my fish finder from the bank and had to get in the water to get it back; made me want to swear off fishing together I was so angry.

Hello everyone, I'm getting back into fishing and bass and crappie are what I'm after. I've seen Bass Masters own Jerry Mckinnis give a breakdown of the bass species, their habitat, instincts, and anatomical parts. Is there anything like that with crappie anywhere? If you guys happen to know I'd appreciate any links to the material so I can study it.

Thank you everyone for your warm welcome. It's great to be here.

Hell yes

Tennessee Boy, thanks for the welcome and I'm glad to be here. Just promise to throw me a cup o' sugar every now and then when I come a knockin. (No ****)

Hi, my name is Josh and I inhabit Central Texas and new to fishing. Stillhouse Hollow and Belton Lake are going to be my go places when I get my kayak.

Well since it's like that I suppose that's where and when the fun and time come in to exploring the many different aspects of the great outdoors. So If it'll help eliminate some water and I know the basic area of where they'll be, using a fish finder to refine my search to pinpoint them; is that how the pro's do it? I can't help but feel like using sonar would be cheating. And I know that there no such thing as normal in bass fishing because the variables are limitless as to the many combinations of change to the environment within the season no matter how insignificant they can be to a novice such as myself. I just wanna catch some fish and I plan on getting a kayak because on the bank I catch nothing, though it'll be late winter and staging for spawn season by the time I get it along with my fish finder. But I want to be that guy that doesn't need sonar on a boat if I already have an idea of where they are based on seasonal and natural weather patterns.

Harold, thanks for your support thus far but can you break this down possibly further? Ex. It's fall time right now and it's sunny, and very little wind; though it's fall and they're normally shallow, if it's sunny would they still be shallow or would they move to the depths but not to deep? Like I'm understanding the seasonal patterns but the catalysts of everyday climate are kind mucking things up a little bit. ??

No but I will now that you told me about it, thanks Harold

Hello everyone, I've lately been reading up and studying seasonal patterns when it comes to bass and I have to ask; what are the daily patterns around the various seasons? It's fall right and the bass follow shad to shallow water and stage at flats, points etc. but within fall, there are still going to be different things to influence daily behavior like clouds, wind, barometric pressure; so what do these things mean amidst different seasons and how do they influence overall bass behavior in different seasons? What do these individual things listed above do to bass? I'm new to bass fishing and I'm trying to gain basic understanding in order to start catching fish.