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BOTH!!! ;D

yeah it was pretty cold. wasnt too unbareabley cold though. i taught my dad how to use a baitcaster yesterday too. so that was kinda cool.

i had some problems last night. the page would come up as page cant be displayed and i'd have to close out of the window like 5 times to get it to work.

well i think all of those are beyond beginner reels. i think a good beginner reel is the shimano citica. but i voted for curado, because i hear its just a little better than the citica. i have 2 citicas and love em, and have never used a curado but i would like to.

http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_84259_175005001_175000000_175005000_175-5-1 for when i get a job and a truck, i can go out by my self and easily get on the water. this seems to be the best pontoon with the most features for the price. think its a good one?

x2 also get some 10"ers in tequila sunrise. when it comes to worms, fish em slowly in heavy cover. and for me, the bigger the worm the better. dont be deterred by a big 10" worm...bass certainly arent! ;D

wow great post sam. thats alot of goooooood info. what i would do is not throw a jig. i would t-rig a creture bait or 10" worm or something and peg a 1oz tungsten sinker. be sure to lube up the bait and sinker with some scent (gel scent prefereably) the bullet sinker and thinner profileof the bait and lube will all work together to slide thru the slop easier than a bulky 1oz jig. try it!

7lb spawning largemouth.

i'd keep a bass if i was hungry for bass. i'd keep a bass if i gut hooked it and tried to release it but it wasnt swimming away. i'd keep a bass if it beat world record and get it mounted. state record, i'd just get a replica.

i once caught a grass shrimp that was about this |-------| long. i was fishing for white perch in tidal water with inline spinners on my ultralite. well i was fishing the spinner over a grass bed and then i brought it in i noticed what i thought was a piece of grass on the trebel hook. when i looked closer it was a tiny little shrimp. i hooked it right thru the side on one of the hooks. i thought that was cool!

well we went to the pickerel pond hoping that they were getting ready to spawn. i think the water is still a little bit too cold. they will probably be spawning in a few weeks to a month. anyway, i had a spoon on and my dad had an inline spinner on his new UL combo. he was reeling in his spinner over deep water and when it got close to him he just started fooling around with it in the water. a bass took it! lol. that was quite a suprise. he said that the bass had absolutley no fight what so ever. he didnt even feel a strike. he just felt resistance and saw his line moving side to side. he landed the beast (lol) and i walked around the pond to take a pic: first bass of '08 for the Saavedra Fishing Team! ;D it measured 16.25" long and we didnt weigh it but my dad said it felt like 2lbs. looks like 2lbs too.

wow great story. i would be devastated though. if i was gonna lose a fish, i would definitley want it to spool me lol! but yeah tha had to be a great fight.

i dont see anything wrong with him taking the fish to bps even though he used a bps lure. i think taking it to bps was the right thing, and the bps lure was a big coincidence. if i caught a true hawg, what i would do is donate it to my bps. that way you can go visit it and see it alive and well, instead of dead on your wall. and then when it dies, maybe the bps would be able to give it to you to have it taxidermied (<--probably not a word). i think that is a rediculous lure he caught it on. lol. i would have never used one of those lures. but hey, goes to show even the most simple, plain lures can catch true hawgs.

your friend probably didnt have high quality fuji guides either. i have lightning rods and ugly sticks, the braid eats into them because they only have stainless steel, no alconite. you will be absolutely fine with braid on an aivd. i use braid on my avid when i fish worms/jigs.

pm me with a little info on what exactly youre looking for, i might be able to help you out.

dont know which is flat out "best" because i havent tried all of them, but my fav. is power pro. i have heard many good things about suffix and stren though.

oh and thx for the compliment on the bee...that is my most realistic fly i've tied.

yeah i've been on the fly tying forums. i used to be on there alot but now that i've been on bass resource i havent been on many other sites often. i usually sell my flies. if i dont make em to sell, then i make em cuz im bored lol! the bluegill fly is called an EP style fly. i could PM you with details if you'd like.

are pickerel usually spawning this time of year? im sure it depends on alot of things, but generally, are they spawning or getting ready to?

sounds like behind the head with a firm grip is the way to go. thanks guys! i'll let you know how it goes when i get back tomorrow (if i catch any). will have pics.

never laid a finger on either but i'd go with the cumara cuz its hella sexy and the carrot stix is hella ugly

i have wayyyyyy too many to post pics of. i've been tying for a year. i dont even fly fish! ;D :-? here is a link to all the pics of my flies: http://s46.photobucket.com/albums/f120/davidsaavedra/Flies/ here are a few pics of some of my favorites:

lol wow sam.... ummm......well....see i really dont know 75% of those questions you asked. i havent had a chance to go to these place and use my fish finder, so i have no clue how deep or what the bottom is like. i also dont really know what kind of cover i'll use it it, i just wanted to know some good ways to rig it incase i see a likely spot that i think would do well. the cover would mainly be lily pads, grass, wood, laydowns, etc... my prop gets tangled pretty bad in grass too so thats hard to access. my dad will take my photo and i will smile if you want me to ;D and no i still have some geometry homeowork to do ;D

my friend just gave me this link http://sports.espn.go.com/outdoors/bassmaster/news/story?page=b_bigbass_maryland_record a new maryland state record has been caught!!! it is the new tidal record, but it is in a different category than the freshwater record, which still remains the same since 1993. it is howerver the largest bass ever certified in maryland! read about it!