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during spawn/prespawn i like a wild wide wobble. bandit footloose is one of my favorites.

bass beds are real shallow where i fish so i'll run a shallow crankbait over em or a rapala floater and hook up with a few.

oh thats cool, i didnt know that was called a split shot rig. that makes sense. well i wanna try a split shot rig now! ;D

great job man. those are some awesome fish. last one looks large. how much are those real california's?

im with you farmpond, if im gonna c-rig i'll probably cheat and crimp on a 1/4 clam shot weight a bit up the line and thats it lol. i really dont see a need for the hoo-hah either. im sure it has its purpose, but im not picky enough to mind it.

i would like to try this but im such a noob at carolina rig. im too lazy to tie one up too. lol! i think ive only done it once. i would be much more pleased at just smashing on a 1/4oz split shot 18j" up the line than actually tieing up a rig lol. but yeah i'd like to try that with some floaters.

well ive been browsin thru my photobucket album to help me remember what a bass looks like ::)lol (spring cant come soon enough... :-[) and i came across this pic from the summer. my dad and i were spending the evening at one of our favorite lakes and we were fishing senkos agains the lily pad edge from my jon boat and i looked over at him and i noticed this on his hat. i told him to hold still while i took the pic. i thought it was kinda funny ;D it was a pretty fun night! we caught a total of eight dinks (including a double!) and this was the biggest of the night:

my dad's friends brother-in-law landed this baby during the fall striper run in the Chesapeake Bay. it was 48" long and it topped out the (50lb) certified scale at the tackle shop, so we dont know exactly how much it weighed. check it out!!!

that bass looks like its almost at 3lbs. nice fish! i love gettin a nice one in the middle of catching some dinks. those waters look very shallow. nice for spawn fishing. that bass youre holding (if its femal) would be a solid 5lb during the spawn. you should try running a super shallow (wake) crankbait thru there (bandit footloose) in early spring and see whatcha pull up

im pretty confident in a new record this year. actually ive made it my new year's resolution to catch an 8lber. last year my resolution was to catch a 6lber and i ended up with a 7lber during the spawn. so im hopin to get me an 8+ this spawn! ;D

wow lucky you! its always nice to sneak in a few short trips just to "scratch the itch" lol ;D nice job on that 6 especially! that sure is a high goal! i hope you make it and have a camera handy!

yeah i did some research a couple months ago when i was still fishing before winter and i did find out that it was the riverside big wag. i cant find a good substitute, that producto lure is probably going to be the best sub. (7.5" robo worm is too small)

everyone here pretty much agrees that storm swimbats are pretty bad. i have tried several of their lures and the only ones that i liked and will buy again are the kickin minnow. i am gonna have to pick a few up on sunday when i go to BPS. the rest of their stuff is junk. looks like i wont get that castaic shad then...

way to go on catching that beautiful lunker paul! didnt take ya long now did it? : ;D

http://www.***.com/descpageSWMCASTAIC-CSB.html# these look pretty standard and i was thinking of getting a green threadin shad since it is reasonably priced and i could throw it on my current gear and it seems like it would work on my lakes. how are these baits? what about the tails. how durable are they? where can i get replacement tails for it? i didnt see them on ***, but i may have overlooked them.

yes you have a point, but IMO those things matter more to the fisherman than the fish (except durability....that is a must). the only thing i could see actually affecting the fish biting would be the fall rate. and even that is a sensative thing. the way i see it, if a fish spots a lure he knows if he wants it or not. i dont think they will analyze the fall rate and make a descision based (uless it is to an extreme). most baits fall at around the same rate, and most baits catch fish. the texture and softness, well the fish has to have it in his mouth to figure those two out, and by then you should already have set the hook on that bad boy! ;D anyway, like roadwarrior said, we are all entitled to our opinions, and that is mine have fun fishing whatever you get (ps. like someone said, that ebay one looks exactly like ***, you should buy from brent ;D)

oh thats true... but what makes one side catch more than the other?

imo youre making too big a deal of things. most knock off's work just as well on the fish. if you've had great success with the original sweet beavers, then the knockoffs will work just as good. the only thing to consider in knockoffs is how durable they are. if it looks like the original, the fish wont be able to tell the difference, only you can. seems to me the only difference is the jagged claw shape. dont over-complicate things

yeah i like a silent crank too....i just inclued the rattle thing because alot of ppl like rattles. the hooks shaking around are loud enough for me :-/

well ive used spiderwire stealth and original braid it is pure 100% junk. cant stand the stuff. then i used p-line spectraIV on my spinning reel and it is much better than spiderwire stealth. then i used powerpro on my casting reel, and i like power pro the best out of the four superlines ive tried. i'd like to try that spiderwire ultracast and see just how great it is.

a majority of my cranking is with balsa baits (rapalas). pros: amazing action in the water very bouyant (rises off cover quickly) very nice wobble much nicer in appearance than plastic cranks (imo) cons: can be light to cast colors are limited doesnt rattle very well hard to find a suspending balsa bait

did it look like this but with red eyes? cuz if it did i could probably go out and get one and put some red eyes on it for you.

thanks for the link bass fin@tic. those do look pretty thick. they also kinda look triangular maybe these are the knockoffs of the riverside worm ive been looking for!

anything made by rapala is a very well crafted fishing lure adn will last you many many many fish. and it is very affordable. some of their good bass cranks include the shad rap, anything in the DT series, and of coures the original floater.

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