Tatsu Dave

For sure this has been my experience also ^^^ I prefer the Eco Pro myself.

Exactly as they define it, I agree.............. I have slipped into an unnamed style and will be branded as a non conformist who has went over to the dark side.

Seen some big ones.....hope I never hook one......Here's a little one.......

Here's a couple bass we've caught this summer and fall. Just figured out how to post em'

Guess its a distant twice removed cousin maybe, same theme but a lot different in parts (I use weighted hook's) and totally different in fishing style. This started cause I went to post on a thread about Texas Rig fishing and realized that's very seldom the way I fish, or equipment I use. Oh well I started out years back really using the texas rig, but pinning the bait so it wouldn't keep sliding down the hook and slow bottom retrieves morphed into into this different style over time.

I looked up the conventional definition and learned it was an offset worm hook with or without bullet style weight, attached to the lure w/hook buried in plastic body for weedless. If that is the case what is rig called if you use either a swimbait or flippin' style hook w/owner CPS locks to hold plastic, rigged weedless? I use stickbaits-lg grubs-worms-creature baits-craw baits-swimbaits-and lizards. 3/0 and 4/0 hooks EWG always just hook tip skin hooked, and heres the big difference to me. I fish them faster in more of a sluggo style w/jerks and twitches steady on retrieve. Seldom let them deadstick or sit for periods on the bottom, they move constantly and trigger a lot of strikes to keep me doing it for so many years. Either way I'm asking what this style of fishing would be called, or is it just something I evolved into. Any opinion's welcome.

OK temps are dropping fast now and water temps are following suit with 6 degrees over last 4 days. Vegetation is dead and dying so things are going thru big changes fast. Crawfish is top's on the menu now and fish are active between the fronts. Will get out again this week with hopes of less wind, other fisherman are no where to be seen. It won't be any better for large fish than this month for the year. Get out if you can.

Buy it.........you can always change your mind later and put it up for sale, you want it from your posts tone.

Well these posts made me thankful that smallmouth are all around me We fished tuesday after a series of huge thunderstorms went thru monday night. It's shaky fishing postfront conditions so close but what the heck, the water was full of tree parts and dead weeds everywhere. Almost hit stuff twice..... whew! Got into SM and they didn't care, its chow time of fall, nothing huge again but they will come. Water temp dropped from 72 down to 64 and I caught a real colorful LM as well.

My guess is if anybody can tag bass if they want then someone can untag as well. Sure ain't leaving things as you found them and the bass can't be thrilled about it either. Cutting the fishes fins just makes me cringe and I wonder how its looked at as good for the fish. Gotta avoid this thread now done..........

Thats the first thing that jumped to mind for sure. General activity is another good indicator. Sitting here typing while my partner (son) gets his groggy self ready to go. Past 70 no telling how long you will continue to enjoy this blessing of good health. Not thirty and bullet proof anymore ?

Hunting grouse is a passion of mine and they are good battered in the deep fryer! For me its a fun trip north of here, hour and a half and we're shooting a limit of birds and dodging moose hunters.

The hip hops gotta go? the beavers smack their tail's to it...........heck I don't know. Joking aside I believe in total stealth and also believe when you have on water experience teach you something it doesn't matter then what someone else does.......you're going to follow that learning experience. This is a topic that will never be agreed on so we all do what we feel is most effective.

I like 5" stickbaits the best, don't matter if they are senko-trickstick-snakeo'-ocho-or tornado. If a bass can't handle it.....let em' grow ? Wacky or texas rig don't matter what ever they show me they want. Good Thread! lot of different ways to stickbait a bass. For movement on the fall senko and snake o' are the best for the seductive tail wiggle.

Up north its some kind of water bug that swims in circles. On calm water they are easy to see.

Be glad you don't have to stop end of this month AJay! I'll still be seeing pics of you catching giant SM ? it is what it is Dave

Good Fishing and enjoy the cooler weather, up these parts everyone where I fish has to stop on Sept. 30, that's it till next April 1st (except ice fishing). Things are winding down fast.....soon be time to clean up the boat. I fell off an icy trailer last Sept 24 and took a brisk dip..........

I catch my fish sheltering from current with rocks/wood/or structure a few inches from the current. Yeah the tube and crawfish style baits slay them this time of year. They are not slowed down or hiding just waiting for the next meal to come along. We are catching a lot of river SM right now, they make up a larger % of our catch then LM this month. Keep looking and offer them a tasty looking treat........carried past them by the current. Fish Harder

Excellent point that isn't mentioned much but is a factor, I think a part of why my sons new foray into braid w/out any leader has lowered his fish count compared to the tatsu he always fished. Notice hes put a FC rod setup back in the boat now and is back fishing it as well as braid. I fish a continual array of plastics rigged weedless on line that sinks, small reels and finesse tactics. Success is such that I would never change what's working and giving me such confidence. Its all about what truly puts fish in the boat and since I've got back into fishing and got the boat I have never been skunked even once on the water. I credit that to fishing techniques and really good places we fish I see guys coming in all the time that are complaining about no bite or fish to catch. Seeing the boy who fishes exactly like me with same lures on the same water out of same boat drop down on his success noticeably has opened my eyes and it seems his too. Is it noise/lure action/visibility/lack of confidence or a combination of these and more factors perhaps.

Well Ken in first post cover's it pretty fully, I do only use tatsu because I can't afford not to, Its the best FC I've yet found and I tried a lot. I don't exceed .010 diameter in 3000 size reels and that's about 10# w/tatsu. I was taught a trick called pushing the line where every so often I will cast a long one and holding the rod tip under water pinch the line with right hand and reel back in. Let the lure spin till it stops once in the boat, your good to go. To keep costs down as much as possible buy your line conditioner in bulk size and shop around and catch the large spools of tatsu on sale. I been getting mine in Oregon of late, probably shouldn't say outfits name but they are much cheaper. Good Fishing!

Ouch! Guess it always can be worse.....but that's bad enough for sure. Looks like he can fix it if inclined, R&R fender- steps- wheel and tire. Its the damage it did to side of boat that is a bummer.

Well as you can see there are many ways to fish a senko ? My way is probably less expensive than some, but it works well for me. My dobyns sierra M/F 7' w/ a pfleuger president XT and 8-10# FC line works best in my arsenal.

Thats the only way I want to stretch my flouro, I like to run it off in the back yard and reel back in without a lure thru a tiny piece of cloth wet with KVD conditioner. Used to change it out every year but now go 2 seasons no problems. Different FC from different manufactures all act differently so I stay with one brand and specific type, it seems to have less stretch and memory than some other types of even the same brand.

Agreed been my experience at least. I find the truly nice fish (I go by weight and consider 2 1/2lbs and up large) to be found more often around a piece of structure in the current. We have spots we check every trip on rivers we fish, last trip a couple days ago we found that to be the case. Trees or laydowns/ stick-ups/ sunken logs can be real productive now as they feed up as water temps drop. One of the best spots has produced 4lb'ers in the last month of fishing. They LOVE crawfish and plastics that mimic them. Good Fishing.....now is the time up north here.

Denny has forgot more than I'll ever know. I always liked his style.