HesterIsGod

There was just an article about weight sizes in bassmaster magazine.

Good Idea!!

First I would like to say : and ;D. Secondly, a normal panfish population is over 300 fish an acre and the normal bass population is about 100 per acre. Also panfish reproduce several times a year so that is why people keep more.

I won't lie, I am very worried about the economy. I am 17 and will be part of the work force for the next 5 decades at least, so I am in it for the long haul.

No, I hate Kansas. I promise you kansas will get knocked out before the final four. I dont care if they have a 25 year old Michael Jordan, Lebron James, Kobe Byrant, Yao Ming, and Shaq on their team, if Self is the coach they will never do anything. Self is one of the best recruiters and one of the worst coaches in college basketball. AS LONG AS THEY HAVE BILL SELF AS A COACH THEY WILL NEVER MAKE THE FINAL FOUR. Remember last year, they made it to the second round and lost to Bradley.

x2. Bass often inhale a lure and then spit it out quickly, set the hook before they spit it. Even if you set the hook too early the fish will often get excited and eat it again.

Yeah it snowed here a little yesterday :'(

Indeed!

x2

I used a lizard on a drop shot last year and caught two small ones, but I mainly use them on a T-rig.

I got crooked swim bait (at the tail) from a guy for free once because he did not know how to fix it. I boiled some water, held the bait with a pair of tongs and the crooked half in the boiling water for about 45-50 seconds. It straitened the tail out. I used it the next day and lost it on the third cast

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Welcome! It is impossible to know what your doing wrong because I can not see you fish, sorry I couldn't help

Wow! I never liked Charlie Moore but I never really knew how unpopular he is until I read all these threads about him.

I have no problem with you or other people keeping bass to eat, as long as they do it responsibily. 1. I see people all the time throw the "little ones" back and only keep the big bass they catch to eat. Big mistake, use selective harvest. Only take mid size and small fish. 2. Around here, Chicagoland, there are a lot of "bucket" fisherman. People that sit on buckets and use live bait to catch fish and throw EVERYTHING they catch into a bucket. Again, SELECTIVE HARVEST. 3. Also, smaller bodies of water are much more apt to get affected by overharvest, even if the selective harvest technique is used. There is a family that comes to a little pond I fish sometimes and they keep most of what they catch. It would be fine, the only problem is they fish the pond 3-4 times a week. Thats 2 bass a day, 3 days a week. For maybe, 6 months. Do the math thats like 140-150 fish a year. That can clean out a pond pretty fast, even though that pond is bigger than most. Last year I noticed that the fishing declined a lot. :-/

very funny ;D

Correct, but it will take a couple of years for the states to start it, so a lot of us high schoolers will probably have graduated by then.

buy both and experiment!!!

not in this lifetime ;D

how heavy are paddleboats???

I wouldnt worry about that too much. Senkos are really easy to fish and virtually impossible not to catch fish with.

It depends, when I am walking around I bring two usually, but if I will never be far from my truck, then I will bring all of them or most of them.

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Yep.

All ready, been fishing for a week now. Just waiting for all the lakes to unfreeze.