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New Article! How Many Bass Species Exist? The Complete Black Bass Guide
d**n, I bet if I cuss enough that'll get me off of here, lmao This dude is just mad or something because nobody is watching his channel
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New Article! How Many Bass Species Exist? The Complete Black Bass Guide
Is there any way to delete your account on here??
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New Article! How Many Bass Species Exist? The Complete Black Bass Guide
No, actually I didnt,but I'll be on outta here, y'all have a good one How do you delete your account on here??
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New Article! How Many Bass Species Exist? The Complete Black Bass Guide
According to this video from Shoal Bandit, there are 19 recognized bass sunfish species. To be clear, what we call "bass" are not bass at all, but sunfish. True bass are stripers, white bass, and perch https://youtu.be/-SZOX3l0Nww?si=nWM5wj6GJe3rFpbu
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Starting with Power or Finesse?
Bro, I looked back on a thread I started last year about nightcrawlers, and you posted a big ol bronze back you caught on a jig and half crawler, so I'm testing my homegrown cornfed crawlers at a shallow pond tomorrow, with some big bass and shellcrackers in it I saw some big bass chilling next to this drain pipe or whatever a few days ago but wouldnt bite anything I threw at em, but I've read on here that even the most wary bass can hit a live crawler, presented properly
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Starting with Power or Finesse?
I'm honestly tired of banging my head on the wall with all the options to choose from nowadays, I mean, if we made a list of all available lures nowadays, no telling how many pages it would take up. So I think I'm just going to go with worms, I have Senko 5", Roboworm 6" fat and 7 " straight, I've got 12" Mann's jelly worms, 7", 10" and 12" Powerbait worms. I've got Zoom trick worms and U tails, Powerbait Nightcrawlers, and have some 6" SK cut r tails arriving tomorrow. I have 2/0-5/0 offset worm hooks and plenty of bullet and egg sinkers. Out of all these I SHOULD find something the bass want or are biting on. Clearly I bought all these worms, for some reason or reasons. SUPPOSEDLY the state record striped bass in NC was 66 lbs on a black trick worm, and the record spotted bass almost 7 lbs was caught on a Zoom finesse worm Edit: my main target right now is a highly pressured pond, I was reading @Pat Brown recommended a Zoom super fluke jr, so I may get some of those to try, and I have some 4" Gulp minnows I rig with a 2/0 worm hook that have a wobble on the fall, that I'm going to mess with. And I can't get away from the Rage craw, weightless it can double as a topwater so has versatility. The state record LM in NC was caught from a pond
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What ONE new bait for 2026 are you telling everyone they should try?
I cant recommend this bait as I haven't used it, but I came across it last night, and looks like it could be good. The Riot Vigilante Vigilante – Riot Baits https://share.google/Gfp5vR8GjN94uP87c
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Compromise Rig
Dont overlook the slip float rig, it can give you better casting distance, and keep baits in the strike zone longer
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when the fishing isn't ideal, are you listening to anything? music?
Depends on the music, but usually no. I went drum fishing with my buddy at cape point, and we took the ferry out to Ocrakoke island, 70 minute ride nowadays, and we get out there and one of his friends puts on the the first track of life after death by biggie smalls, cringe. I used to listen to that garbage and then I grew up. This man did go out on a charter recently and they landed a 700+ lb tuna, so he loves fishing at least, but not sure he could catch bass regularly
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Compromise Rig
People catch nice bass often while crappie fishing with little jigs, if you're hook is sharp no need to worry about sticking them. And different rod maunfacturer's may have the same rating but will feel different so if trying an unfamiliar brand, you may want to hold it before purchasing. This guy caught a 5 lber a few days ago on a 1.5" charlie brewer slider red/chartreuse
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Starting with Power or Finesse?
I was kind of to this thinking myself, that starting with loud presentations would spook the already finicky fish, but others say by not starting out power fishing that youre missing out on already active fish, and could trigger non active fish into biting. I suppose it is situation dependent, I was reading an article about KVD's 6 season/all season guide for fishing a lake, and he said his system is why he was able to catch bass, even on bodies of water he had never fished on. And that's something else to speak on, is which lures would be considered in between or a combo of power and finesse. Largemouth's favorite foods are fish and crawdads, so that's what I plan on throwing mostly this year, I got the 3.75 Rage swimmers and 4" Rage craws, and backing those up with a Cut r worm
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Starting with Power or Finesse?
When you guys pick an area apart, do you generally start by power fishing to get the active fish to bite, then pick off the more finicky fish after, or start finesse and then power thru, or neither?? Lol. I just like to have subtle and flashy baits just in case the fish prefer one over the other, but when is best to use either
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Harold H started following Starting with Power or Finesse?
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Lures you may never use ???
I have a couple packs of Senkos I may never use again, lol, but I did order a pack of SK Cut r worms to try, since I like swimming baits
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How to build confidence once on the water
Hank Cherry won two Classic's barely leaving the boat ramp, lol
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pre-spawn?
I hit the pond today and I always fish the dock, and there was no sign of any fish, not even bluegill, so assuming they're on the banks?