GreenTrout

The sport of bass fishing owes a lot to The Great Bill Dance. He brought millions into the sport. Part of catching LMB is more than just going to a public lake and attempting to catch bass. I've done it and will continue to do so. My PB came from a private lake learned about from a coworker who liked me and allowed me to fish the private property. I don't feel guilty in the least. Tournament fishermen look for every angle they can get, legally, to know about the large reservoirs they fish. It ain't any different for the common basser to use his wits ....to get the best possible circumstances to catch the beloved LMB. The Old School Basser...

Good advice. The Pro Guide is a better bass rod than the Ugly Stick. Having said that, I used to fish with a gentleman who used the Ugly for bass fishing and he used worms most of the time. Caught plenty of them. Own the old Fish Eagle II with CX2 graphite, color green and still going strong. Those rods rivaled 100 dollar plus rods in its day. The Old School Basser...

.I own several of the Pro Guide rods. Used it today. Best rod on the market for the dollar hands down. I'd get the Tourney, Half price. Great deal. Don't like it. Give it back to Cabela's. They are easy to work with. Nothing to lose. The Old School Basser...

Yep, it's the elephant in the room and it's occurring throughout the country and the South is not impervious to it, too. It is what it is. The Old School Basser...

Changing Demographics... http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/hunting-fishing/2014/08/04/Shifting-demographics-suggest-a-future-with-fewer-anglers-who-are-most-multi-cultural/stories/201408030210 The Old School Basser...

Last year, Summer, the bite for me was the spinner bait and Rattlin' Rapla. This year it is about 20 percent spinner bait and most of the rest the plastic worm. I use the KISS method. I stick with what they are biting till otherwise. The Old School Basser....

Anthony Denny topped the Magnolia State recordbooks on New Year’s Eve back in 1992 with this 18.15-pound behemoth taken from Natchez State Park Lake. No doubt his catch was more than enough reason for a New Year’s celebration of epic proportions. Interestingly, according to a story in The Clarion-Ledger newspaper the following day, Denny hooked his record in just two feet of water in a shallow cove far from deeper water. It was also reported that New Year’s Eve was unseasonably warm, which may have helped lure the giant bass into skinny water. State biologists noted that the fish was not laden with eggs. Had it been caught several months later, just prior to the spawn, it might well have broken the 20-pound barrier. Read more: http://www.in-fisherman.com/bass/largemouth-bass/united-states-record-largemouth-bass/#ixzz3huExRppg Where you least expect it. The Old School Basser....

I use a Mitchell 300x and 300x Gold spinning. Landed many a largemouth with 'em. Go back over ten years. My father put a Mitchell in my hands as a young man. Consider: Mitchell. The Old School Basser...

Congrats, you could be the next Hank Parker. The Old School Basser...

Walk the Dog with your favorite stick bait. My favorite is the Spook and Zara Puppy. Strikes are exhilarating. The Old School Basser....

Consider: Berkley Trilene XL. The Old School Basser...

I'm in Texas. Hotter than a firecracker here right now. I use a Zoom Trick Worm in Green Pumpkin, just one I use, draggin' it real slow. The Zoom Finesse Worm in Watermelon with Red is killer, too. Work it real slow. 3/16 to 1/4 oz. on baitcaster with 10 or 12 lb. test or 1/8 oz. with spinning and 10lb. test. Worms can go anywhere. You can drag 'em, hop 'em and swim 'em. All work in the Summer time. Never saw any need to use anything else.. The Old School Basser...

I use the Zoom Trick Worm TR most of the time and then down to the Zoom Finesse Worm from there on every kind of water and conditions. I keep as a backup in June Bug and Red Shad The Culprit. I'm ready for bear. The Old School Basser....

In the Bayou City, there are some golf courses that hold 10lb. plus bass. Problem is access to these finer courses' ponds is nil unless you're a member of the club or know someone. The Old School Basser...

Where I live it's hotter than a fire cracker. I'm up early in the morning at the crack of dawn fishing my favorite spots. My best results are coming from the venerable Culprit and Zoom worms in Red Shad and June Bug worked slow and fast TR dragging them, hopping them and swimming them at different paces. The plastic worm is the old reliable go to bait in the dog day Summer days. Here, we are experiencing temps in the upper 90's with a heat index of 105 plus. The Old School Basser...

The best information I personally ever gathered to catch LMB was reading Guido Hibdon's articles with a simple philosophy that you will catch more bass day in and day out using light line and smaller lures resulting in more bites that will produce big bass, too. With that in mind, I went forward and was not ever embarrassed to use my spinning gear in the presence of others to catch the LMB again. The Old School Basser...

Chicken Vienna sausage and saltine crackers. Peanut butter (Jiff) & grape jelly (Welch's) sandwich with plenty of water and diet ginger ale. Also, plenty of Planter's peanuts. The Old School Basser....

In my neck of the woods the Crème Scoundrel six inch purple with a white tail worm is lethal in grass. The Old School basser...

I use the Zoom Trick worm a lot. Lot. But don't forget the Zoom Finesse worm, too. Will get bites when nothing else works and some big ones every now and then, too. The Old School Basser...

Each to his own. I'm an old man and my regimen is on the water at the crack of dawn, weather permitting, and fish the morning bite for a few hours. Then done. Mist on the water with your favorite top water with a vicious strike is hard to beat to start the day. The Old School Basser...

Find and hire a good guide and catch some fish. You won't regret it. The Old School Basser

We get flooded conditions all the time. Consider a long-arm single Colorado blade gold with a chartreuse skirt spinner bait. Let that big blade throb and throb. A black worm T-rigged with a red tail gets job done, too. The Old School Basser

Rattlin' Rapala. The Old School Basser

Many moons ago on the LA/MS Pearl River launch areas there was a rash of trucks and trailers stolen after the boats had been launched. When coming back to the launch from fishing, some fishermen found no truck and trailer. Hope things work out for you. The Old School Basser...

Lake Somerville in Texas is a sleeper. The Old School Basser...