BassHunter69

i'm going fishing tommorow so i thought i'd get some input. im going to madison county lake here in alabama near gurly alanbama i called the lake manager since he and his wife and nice friends of mine and they run a great lake for largemouth bass. they got some rain up there today and i was advised that the water temp is 86 and water visability is 20 inches. in knowing this what would yall be thinking of in terms of presitation,and what lures or baits would you use and why?

thats a pretty snake

Looks can be deceiving, if it 's red, black and yellow be careful it can be a coral snake, there 's an old say: if red touches black ---> venom lack ( harmless, false coral snake ), if red touches yellow ---> kill a fellow ( poisonous, true coral snake ) but I don 't think I 'm going to stay there if I see the color scheme in depth detail. What else you should avoid ----> anything that has rattles on the other end of the tail. Where I live there are a lot of poisonous animals: rattlesnakes, scorpions, black widow spiders, those really nasty red/orange stripped wasps with more firepower than an Apache helicopter with attitude, those big black bumble bees and to round up the hot critter family the fire ants. Learn to move along the banks and always be careful where you step, don 't ever jump over a fallen tree, a rattlesnake can be undernearth it and bite you when you land on the other side. Step on the tree, take a look and then step down from the tree, use a cane where you are walking along grassy banks, sweep the grass in front of you with it, if there 's a snake it will either crawl away or take defensive position and you will be able to see it. thanks raul for that advise Hmmm in seeing red i keep thinking red plastic snake lures for some reason. i most definately avoid rattles or any brown looking snakes im not really scared of snakes but i'm not going to be stupid either. i know down here alot of snakes are in the rocks and under the bridges so i avoid those areas no matter how productive the fishing is. but with my hearing thats why i try so hard to get someone to go fishing with me when i wade or bank fish besides cottonmouths are far more common in alabama then many people realize,as are king snakes and those posionous red ones

raul i'll be fishing at a secondary lake no resivors here

where i'll be fishing tmw theres no smallies only large mouth bass but its a regular worm black with red flakes thats the only gulp worm i have my dad got it for me and he said its a killer

thats certanly one thing ive considered so i plan to take my brrom stick and jigs

i havent had any success with the gulp worms. whats the best way to use this product?

in my experince i tend to not like the gulp worms they are a bit on the heavy side for shaky heads so i havent found them as productive with this tactic, i most likely need to learn how to use the gulp correctly since i dont have much experince with it

i once was casting a baby bass rat l trap as a search pattern i snagged something turns out i snagged some fishing line well i pulled that line in by hand and it had a 5 in bass on the other end of it with a very light weight crank bait on it i still have that cank to this day but never used it because it dont cast too far

so whats the best thing you guys do when fishing the day after a good rain?

funny post i needed that

Sounds real familliar. Must be something with the two Virginia's. ;D you know ive seen this phenomina here in alabama its a small wonder it actually got done ;D ;D

well as they say catts usually land on their feet hince the nickname. ive never been through any hurricanes but have been through tornados,floods (ended up fishing to pass boring hours till rescued, i did eat good ;D ;D ;D)

i have a question for our resident snake man here. in being hearing impaired and near deaf when im fishing off the bank what are sure fire signs in detecting these snakes so i wont get bit? what type of area's should i avoid since my hearing is poor and limited? also isnt the color of the snake an indicator of what type of snake it is? if so what colors should i avoid that are native to the alabama area? i'm hoping you'll know these things, also can you post more pics so i can learn to recinize which species are what i belive this is an interesting thred that could actually help save lives in the future. David

sounds like something i should try they just raised the price of ciggs here in alabama again so now for a generic pack its almost 3.50 here,i'm getting sick of running out and not affording it,coughing up a lung in the am. i started smoking when i was 13 wish i never did some how its not as cool as i thought it would be. i'm down to a pack a day now before it was upwards 3 packs aday. and i was buying cans of tobacco and loading my own with the filter tubes (zig,zag's ) but now their 18 bucks a can with the filters when i started on the can and loading i got it for 10 bucks and that was a carton to me. i'm gonna quit cuz i want that extra money

R.w madison,alabama finally got some rain boy did we need it. did yall get some of that rain today up in tennesee??

avid, i think it pretty much is going to depend on what you as the owner will prefer. ultimately your the one who must be happy so this is what i'd do. i'd look into many differnt packages as to what differnt companies offer that you may or may not be interested in check everything out and i mean everything. i know you said nothing fancy but still im sure you may want to upgrade just a lil bit after all you had one close call totalled that mama jama and walked away as if you were bad to the bone, so why not give your self a lil treat ( please no angela jolie pics j/k ;D) lita ford maybe ;D ;D either way treat yourself even if its only to an ice cream cone i'd say after this rough period recovbering form surgry you deserve it and more. David

according to the national crime stats gmc is the brand most stolen in america thats one i'd stay away from

welcome back deb

i bring the whole garage. dont we all ;D ;D

I had something similar happen not too long ago. I got a bass hooked on the bottom lip and there was some blood dripping involved. I release him, and 4 mins later I catch him again with a couple drops still coming from the hole in the bottom lip. thats one hungry fish

im sorry to hear about the dawggs yall lost i lost my precious an old red nosed pitbull she was as loveable as could be. so i know how you guys feel. that reminds me this got me in hot water once but my ex wife once told me i treated the dawg better my reply was off the top of my head where i said "HELLO "MANS BEST FRIEND" ;D ;D ;D ;D man can that woman ever swing a frying pan ;D ;D ;D ;D

lol hammer i a member of bass now so i can get all set ;D ;D

the timber tiger dc-16 is a great bait thats one of them ive been looking for myself since its great in timber,brushpiles,rocks etc.

as far as musky lures meps has some great inline musky spinners you can use,also rapala tail dancers work well when trolling, as do x raps with a twitch,twitch,pause action. i haven't fished for musky since i was a kid when i lived in il. also musky can be taken with big bass shinersand the likes of such. if i remember more i'll post it.