JamesWatkins

Ayyy thanks man! Yeah my dad is crazy about using Craigslist and we just sent out a message to a guy.

So My friend Recently bought a Kayak and it really inspired me to do the same. I am looking for a kayak that the number one thing is stability because I need to be able to stand up in it. I don’t care as much about the foot pedals but would buy one with them if it was a decent price. I want at least 2 rod holders, and a whatchyamacallit with the elastic to hold my backpack down, it’s doesn’t have to come with a paddle either. And my price range is $400-800 about. Any recommendations anyone? Side note about shipping, ideally it would be a place I could pick up somewhere but I would pay up to 100$ for shipping probably. Thanks! -James

I am looking for maybe a new nicer baitcaster combo because I have only decent set ups now but I feel I could have a better one. I am a bank angler/ canoe on small reservoirs and ponds. I am looking for a new setup. I currently have a shimano curado 201 with 80 lb braid and it’s with a heavy rod (the braid is heavy because of this one situation I always fish, long story), I have another shimano curado 201 with a medium heavy rod and 50 lb braid. And a lews Mach smash that I took all of the line off because it was floro that was worn down. The rod I would use it with is a favorite white bird 7 4 mh. Should I get a new setup? I was thinking a 7’1 mojo bass st croix, with a shimano slx dc. I feel this would be well over a step better than what I have now. As far as rods go, because I have never spent more than 60$ on a rod.

I really like that idea, sounds good. I cought my best smallie fishing a bed on the fly 5.5 lber

I was at the ponds yesterday and I was seeing all these bass from 2.5-5 lbs males and females spawning, some on nests and some that looked like big females depositing eggs. I was trying to catch them with soft plastics but they wouldnt eat anything. One of the females that looked 4-5 lbs was roaming around the bank pretty fast almost "gaurding" the males on beds near the bank. I am 90% sure that fish didnt know I was there the whole time of about 1.5 hours of trying to catch him. You have no idea how many soft plastics I cut up and tried to put on. Things with tenticles such as bandito bugs and lizards. Many other things like wacky rigging a lake fork red wacky worm and just a normal senko chartruese and black. A missle baits d bomb as well. I had a light wacky hook on for the whole time with no weight obviously. Does anyone know why those fish werent eating? For the females i am assuming its because they "had nothing to loose" almost, because they werent on a bed, and they are probably a lot smarter. But why wouldnt even the males eat? What could I do differently?

I fish this pond all the time and I have tried every bait there is and the only thing that works is a spinnerbait. I have figured it is because the fish in the pond really only want a reaction strike. No jigs or plastics on the bottom work. And no twitching frogs in top work. For some reason chatterbaits do 10x worse than spinnerbaits. The pond is fairly small and I have pulled multiple 4 lbers out. It seems like when I go I fish around it once and pick up 3-6 fish, but I circle it again and nothing bites. This is because the fish I pull out of there are the only ones "hungry"? What I think is that the bass in there have so many bluegills and green brims that they dont care for lures resembling those, but they want something unusual that calls them in for a reaction bite. But once they see it they wont hit again. Any lure ideas? they seem to just like spinnerbaits, but any reccomendations for when i circle around once and then they wont hit?

No it has a population alright, I caught 10 fish one day all above 3.5 lbs 4 of them were 4 lbs on the dot on the scale

Last year I showed my friend who was getting into bass fishing some simple tactics at this pond that I had been going to for a while. I have found that the bass in there really like a red rattle trap in the spring when the water is warming up (can’t do that anymore because of season closed and I learned lesson last year) and a sexy Shad spinnerbait around mid June to July. I realize that earlier in the spring they like red because of craws and protein for the spawning eggs, and in the summer they like the Shad/ baitfish spinnerbait because it’s an ambush tactic (am I wrong?). What moving bait would be ideal around bass opener in MN which would be may 15, around pre spawn I believe for Minnesota. Would it be bluegill due to the seasonal rivalry between bass and the mischievous bluegills, or would they still be munching on a craw? details about pond: - The pond is 250 ft x 125 ft - 8-10 foot max depth -the shape is square (fairly sharp corners) -2 ft depth around edges of pond then drop off to center -in the late summer the pond is overcome with weeds (unfishable unless punching) -the bass there don’t seem to like top water.

You can use it for lures you want to move slow, but I would pull it out if you find yourself cranking in baits excessively fast, you might need to use a slower reel if your not used to moderating your reel speed with a higher speed reel.

Im not so sure about the reel but if you want a reliable rod for 40-50 bucks, go with the ugly stik, that was my first rod and it has caught hundreds of fish and hasnt broke.

No it wasnt fished in saltwater at all

Yes so the thing is I bought it used and it ws in 8-9/10 condition. I fished it like 5 times in florida and when I was going down to retreive a fish I believe it got sand in it, but I didnt see any on it at the time

Im trying to not specify because of the amount of people that might flood in

Its a private pond in south MN, everyone thinks the fish are small in MN but there are plenty of 5-7 lbers here, my pb being over 6 on the scale. So south east minnesota is where im at, there are not a lot of natural lakes around due to the hills and bluff features of the driftless area, but we have quarry ponds and reservoirs that hold fish probably close to our state record of about 9 lbs, that being said I will say it is an overfished area due to the tremendous amount of residents in Rochester, but me and my buddies make it happen thats for sure!

Yes, this may be true but I believe a few are hanging in there, because one guy scaled one at 5.5 and another at 4.5, my biggest there is a tie between 2 3 lbers