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This is awesome! I live near the lakes at Montgomery Bell and they are DECIMATED. The bass in their rarely get over 14 inches (although I have caught big ones in their). These stockings will help because the bass need more bait.

I'll be sure to do that! I have a pretty well-known taxidermist in my area who has done taxidermy for country music stars and such.

I would throw a weightless plastic for sure. Some type of worm or craw or beaver bait.

I love black and blue. I can't not have it in my tackle box.

Thanks for all the comments! I was worried I didn't get enough measurements or photos for it but these posts reassures that I did the right thing.

Hey guys I caught a really nice bass the other day out of a farm pond. I wanted to mount it, but didn't want to take the fish's life to do so and I decided to get a replica mount. I measured the length and the girth at the widest spot. Is there any other measurements I should've taken? I don't have any experience with taxidermy and I wanted to see if any of you guys had knowledge on this topic. Thanks guys!

Good work man! Jigs get the pigs!

Those are some good smallmouth! Those are also some interesting colored hair jigs.

I haven't used ned rigs in a while but might need to start using them again ecspecially during winter. I personally like to use them in creeks rather than ponds. I actually meant to put this comment on another forum, but I have actually used wacky rigs lately. The other day I caught a 5 on a wacky-rigged 4 inch yum dinger. A wacky rig is one of my favorite techniques no matter what time of year.

Awesome catches!

Fishing in the snow is one of my favs. Caught a 5 pound spot a couple years back

I have done great this year I caught a 6lber and 71/2 pounder today in a pond that isn't even a quarter of an acre.

I do this technique all the time with Strike King bitsy tubes in the small creeks and rivers around my house. I wear them out however it seems to be better for numbers and not size

I personally have a lot better luck with black and blue. Where I fish we have a lot of dirty water and black and blue gives your bait a darker appearance.

The jitterbug is my favorite underrated lure. It presents a different action than most other topwater baits and you don't have to sit there and jerk your rod every five seconds (you can just give it a steady retrieve).

The BEST multispecies baits are: 1. Berkley 2 inch curly tail grub with 1/8 oz jighead 2. Beetle spin 3. Miniature lipless crank

I mainly throw 4 inch versions in creeks or small rivers. In lakes I like to throw 5 inch baits. As far as hard-body swimbaits my go to has to be the Mike Bucca Shad. It is a very slow sinker and the hooks are ridiculously sharp.

The best lures for me in the winter is a 4 inch yum dinger, a storm wild eye swim shad, or a strike king mini king spinnerbait

I personally like to keep them seperated in different compartments within a tackle box according to color. However, if you live somewhere that is humid and you keep them in a shed that is not temperature controlled, they might melt some during the summer months.