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marty, that just looks like a lip gripper...not a scale? is this true? that just looks like something that will hold onto the fish, not weigh it. anyway, i got a 50lb berkley digital scale ($20 at walmart). totally worth it. accurate within an ounce. i've tested it on a lot of things (fitness dumbells, groceries, 5lb bag of sugar, etc...) and its always within an ounce. one thing that i do is sharpen the hook and put it right behind the bone on the lower jaw, just like marty said. this seems like the most secure way to weigh a fish. i've tried hooking them under the gill plate, and i've had some nice fish flop around and fall off the hook doing it this way. also, im not sure how good is it to support the weight of the fish on the gill plate. im sure the bone can handle that much weight much better than a gill plate. to summarize: -$20, 50lb berkley digital scale at walmart = good -sharpen hook on scale and insert just under lower jaw bone

I came up with this recipe a while ago for the bluegills at my local park. it worked very well! this works just as good as nightcrawalers and its a lot cleaner on your fingers than nightcrawlers too. the recipe: 5 parts flour 2 parts garlic powder or garlic salt 3 parts vegetable oil thats it. mix the flour and garlic powder together while they're still dry. then add the oil and knead into dough. works great. try it if you ever take little kids bluegill fishing.

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87! :-/

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oh it totally does

what i do is use DVD Shrink to create an ISO image of the DVD, and then use a program called Sonic DigitalMedia Plus v7 (i think it came on my computer) to burn the image onto the disk. DVD Shrink is free but but i dont think you can actually burn a DVD with it.

all 3 are redbreast sunfish. did you get those out of macintosh run?

it doesnt quite "walk the dog" in the literal term. it more just jumps aroiund underwater. i just twitch mine on a cadence. i dont think it has to walk the dog perfectly to draw stikes.

if the grass is about a foot or a little less below the water surface, i'd tie on a bandit footloose and just burn it over the grass as fast as i can. i had some pretty good luck doing this. bass would just come out of nowhere and smash it. i even saw one big wake coming to my bait 20 feet from the left, but it never hit my bait.

i was fishing for bluegills with breadballs and a tiny little duckling ate my breadball and got hooked in the mouth. i felt so bad! the mother duck was freaking out when i held the duckling to get the hook out... :-[

we have one of those in the oysterbed aquarium at my natural resources management class. its pretty boring, it just sits in between some rocks.

Fall 2007, Piney Reservoir, Frostburg MD

only place here that has it is Michaels and AC Moore. they only carry very thin sheets of balsa, like for making model planes and such. i'd have to laminate 3 or 4 sheets together to get a piece thick enough to make a bait out of. i need to find a good local place to find a block of balsa.

wow i'm suprised they had these new lures but didnt even have sebile magic swimmers. that ticks me off.....

true dat and i wasn't driving by the way

funny faces! looks like he enjoyed himself. glad y'all had fun!

thanks

driving down the beltway today, i looked over and saw a lady driving her car, talking to her passenger in sign language.....with both hands. i just thought to my self that can't be too safe..... :

im not sure how much an individual bait would cost to make. well i pay 97 cents per piece of wood (i can get up to 4 baits from one piece, depending on how big the baits are) 3 bucks for wire 2-3 bucks for epoxy couple bucks for other stuff that im forgetting (most of which i already had around the house) so it costs a bit to get started, but most of the materials will last for several baits before you have to buy more. i will say that it is definitley more fun/cheaper than buying baits

i fished mine once, caught a 4lber on about the 3rd cast, and never fished it again. i should get around to fishing it some more. :-/

you should get some DT 03's (the fat ones, not the flat ones). they have such a wide wobble its crazy. i have one DT 03 and it has caught more fish than any other DT i have.

tadpoles are easy! lol! i'll bring the camera on tuesday and try and get a few pics if i can. im not sure how easy it will be to take pictures of fish in aquariums....

school baitmaking baitmaking is a great winter hobby. keeps you in the fishing spirit while being productive.

thanks guys! i was sooooooo excited about that first bass! i was shaking! i think even if i caught a double digit bass i might not be as excited as i was then.