PressuredFishing

I think j francho hit it on the head

I think the name "pro" is because they are in a league of their own, I'm not saying casual anglers are bad, far far from it, I'm just saying professional anglers have an small edges over some of the best casual anglers from doing years and years of research and study, and those edges create a big lead

Okay thanks for the information will check it out

Thanks it's good to hear that from someone who has actually done it, I'm sure I could find some custom pourer and pay a little more money for a bag of soft plastics Yeah I will probably have someone make the colors for now because I don't know if I want to get into baitmaking. Well that's a really good price sheet you have made, thankyou alot for this information, maybe buying soft plastics in custom colors may be better for me for now

Hey there guys, so I am really looking to make some custom trick worms because I wanted to make a few special colors for certain lakes and clear water clarities that are very hard to find in stores, some of the colors include Clear with silver+black flake, baitfishy color. do you guys think I could make some of the colors that are listed down below? really is a need for the colors down below and end up having to buy no name brand worms that are kinda expensive to get these colors, if you guys know big name brands that make really good trickworms or small flukes in these colors hmu! (Clear translucent greens/cinimons or reds, just the color not bait style) +red flake) Clear translucent pinks and smokey greys with silverish+black flake (pinkish) (smokey and black+silver flake but even more translucent than this)

Looks awesome! maybe its just me but the water is somewhat stained? what colors you like for smallmouth in that 1-3ft vis?

Yeah One of my favorite lakes has shellcracker in it and a ton of quaggas, thats why its clear, and in the morning while its cool and overcast skies you can see the shellcrackers in the clear water picking up quaggas on the bottom. They got in this lake through the colorado river, because they pumped colorado river water into this lake, and if you want to hear something really interesting, DFG never stocked it after calling them but fish eggs must have come through the colorado river with the quaggas, or someone transplanted bass in with bluegill, , pumpkinseed, catfish, and shellcracker. he seemed to think the first idea is more likely.

so many different opinions on this subject, in the fall I feel like alot of options can work, which may not help you because that means you have to figure out exactly what they want but, Ive noticed the colder the water (cold jig fishing) I tend to do better with pork frogs or a zoom super chunk, something that doesnt have a ton of motion, and in the summer I tend to think the bass like more aggressive flappy trailers. Although spring and fall and those transition seasons so you will have to see what the bass want on your lake depending on the water temperature. Although this is just what I know, and there are plenty better bass anglers than me that have a different theory for trailers, so really id listen to some of the more advanced jig anglers out there.

Bass love cooler water right, what ive learned is the thermocline doesnt always mean bass are above it, its actually cooler water so they will go under it, but usually not by a ton. as for the thermocline moving current can oxygenation of water can break it up, for instance if a lake pulls water from a d**n it creatures current, or if there is wind on the surface, it creates current, expecially now in fall, (not where i live but maybe for you) with the cooler temperatures and wind moving that thermocline may be starting to dissolve. never overlook the thermocline, because bass love cooler water and have caught them sitting right above and in the thermocline, sometimes even below it.

your best bet isnt a special lure, or a technique but theory. Theory will help you catch all species of fish from panfish to catfish to bass. When I first started fishing I thought it was my equiptment that didnt let me catch fish, or my lack of casting ability, but what it really was, is lack of theory. In fishing theory is generalized ideas and notions you can use out on the water. What fish do certain times of year, what fish do it certain water claritys, what fish do in certain water temperatures, where do those fish live, how do those fish hunt, when do they hunt, what are they hunting? If you know all of this, you can throw the wrong lure, in the wrong place, at a wrong time, and still catch fish IF there are fish there. Your goal is to find fish, and theory will help you. just look up "bass fishing theory" and use that information when you are out on the water, It took me two years (starting from being a new angler) to catch my first bass. and I went fishing every week, and learned something new.

it hurts man, ive lost about hmmm 300+ dollars in tackle, but to be fair over half of that would be terminal tackle which is a hard thing to not loose.

not usually with casting rods, I usually watch the line and see if it does wierd stuff. by if its a winter time or slow summer time bottom presentation on casting reels, I hold the line with my offhand, but mostly do this with C-rigs and thats about it, maybe a bubba shot as well if im letting it soak. on spinning rods I do it all the time except for moving baits of course, so dropshots, neds, finnesse t-rigs, splitshot rigs, etc.

give it a shot, you will never know if you dont try. many of the best techniques, lures, and terminal tackle additions are found by doing this other people have never tried, so give it a shot! yeah some of the higher end lures ive noticed have that feature, my jackal gantarel has something similar where it has a ball bearing swivel inside where the split ring attaches. Ive heard some people like to do double split rings as well, but I dont know much about that

Yeah same, Havent been out for about a month, I usually try to go at least once a week or every two weeks, even if its just for a few hours. Ive spent alot of money too this season on lures that havent even touched the water, partly because I have not had the conditions to fish them when my schedule lets me go fishing.

Depends on the lake, here in socal it's still basically summer, however up in Pennsylvania it may be different. Water temp? Also is grass dying, if so Look for the lively grass patches, if nothing has changed fish the summer pattern, if your struggling to find healthy grass and its already pretty cold fish hard structure like Bush piles, wood, and rock.

yeah I only know one lake that has stained water, I will try it in the clear water as well. I think after reading this I have been using too heavy of line for my split shot rigs, because Im using 8lb, although I do have a bfs combo with 6lb so I will use that for this rig. Will pick up some of the special owner hooks because I have not found a great weedless split shot hook yet, thanks for the Information!

Interesting, so do you perfer this method in perhaps more stained water? like if you want a little extra sound to get the bass interested? or does it work well in the clearer water as well?

wow that makes alot of sense, I didnt know the difference between a split shot and slip shot rig but that makes alot of sense, I always learn something from you Tom, I do loose alot of my bullet weight style mojo rigs in rocky bottoms or riprapy areas, and perhaps the mojo style weight is better because when I recall fishing with mojo weights in rock I didnt loose them as much, I'll make it a note to use the mojo style weights in rockier areas.

That makes alot of sense, Here on the west coast our saltwater fishing isnt near what it is out there but, when the perch are eating tiny 2-3 inch smelt in the late summer, I throw 10-15 gram spoons on 6-8lb line spinning cear and they hit it pretty good. also our saltwater species in the surf arent huge lol, so we dont need really saltwaterish gear, perch here are about the size of bluegill or crappie.

I have confidince in every lure depending on the conditions, but my favorite lure right now is a jerkbait or spoon or spook, why? because there is something that makes me happy when I have caught so many fish on a hard bait and they still work great, It creates a connection between me and that specific bait, even though its just a bait I guess. I have a rapala balsa jerkbait that is beat up and caught many fish, but If I get snagged or loose it you know d**n well im swimming into 20 ft deep water to get it back in the dead of winter with a snorkel because I love it so much.

When I first started bass fishing I was very confused about setting the hook as well, I remember when I got a bite I first set the hook immediate as I got a tap and missed the fish, Then I told myself Ill wait, so I waited when I got a bite and missed the fish, he spit it out. Its really hard to explain but, the best cure for me was just fishing and finding the perfect timing. now its intuitive and I know when to do it immediately, and I think alot of people forget how hard it was to figure out how to set a hook. my best advice it to go out to a place with fish that easily bite, and try different things, once you find the method that works best, pratice on making it muscle memory by catching more fish. This may not make you happy, and I may become an enemy to you but, you will probably loose hundreds more fish once you master the standard T rig hookset, you need to learn the many other hooksets for dropshotting with mosquito hooks, treble hook topwaters, frogs, jigs, cranks, jerkbaits, swimbaits, and yikes, whatever lures the future has in store for us. It seems overwhelming yes, but I believe in you!

Agreed so much, we are from California so im sure we love the good old split shot rig! I use the mojo weights alot but something nobody ever has talked about and what im using and have been enjoying using is simply a bullet weight pegged with a tooth pick 12"-36 inches above the line, for what thats worth, seems to come through the cover well and does the same thing.

Im not a biologist or expert but, the reason japan had the world record bass is because there wernt many bass in the lake and there was big forage. for what its worth, your thoughts are about as good as mine, here in california we have a 12"+ regulation so the biologists seem to think taking bigger fish out helps the population, seems counterintuitive, or maybe its a bureaucratic plot for people to keep less fish.

your options are limitless, what do you like to throw? what are the fish eating? you can throw a weedless spoon in there, pitch and flip soft plastics or jigs, you can throw a frog or toad, as long as its weedless, you can throw it, fish the holes and fish the openings, fish the edges outside, even throw swimbaits in there or fish them along the outside by open water right by the overhanging cover.

Nice I will look into one and pick one up, thankyou for the lure reccomendations! Yeah I love heavier hair jigs for schooling bass in deeper windier conditions but recently when I've been fishing bass are schooling in shallow 10 feet to 15 max and it's super slick with no wind and my normal lures I feel fish get too good of a look at.