I went fishing for an hour and a half today, didn't catch anything.  I saw a school of 15-18" bass sitting near a tunnel that connects the big lake I fish on (2 acres) to a small pond (maybe olympic pool size).  I'm guessing they were there because of warm water?  I didn't have much in the way of bass lures with me, so I was using a small pre-rigged worm (like in my avatar) and a small crappie crankbait.  I also threw a bigger bass-sized pre-rigged worm, but with no luck.  Any tips? (Bass season doesn't open here until next sunday, so I need to be a bit discrete)

on another note, check out the loot I have in the pic attached.  I paid a total of $20.07 for everything in the picture; that's about $77.31 worth of items.  The Meijer (24 hour grocery/everything store) by me had a bunch of fishing stuff 50% off and then an additional 40% off that.  I paid $2.10 for Rapala DT's.  I also saved some money because I was overcharged for a couple items, and in Michigan, you get the difference back + $5.00, so I saved $10 that way.

Anyways- If you live near a Meijers, go go go!

Well, ya didn't catch any fish, but you caught a great bargain!

DT's for tow bucks and change!! I would've bought them all!  ;D ;D

DT's for tow bucks and change!! I would've bought them all! ;D ;D

No joke. There wouldnt be a single DT left at any Meiers store that was close by.

DT's for tow bucks and change!! I would've bought them all! ;D ;D

No joke. There wouldnt be a single DT left at any Meiers store that was close by.

Man we're all sick... ;D

lol yeah at wallmart the other day they had 3x lizards and finnesse worms for .99 a bag.  i bought around 35 bags and my wife looked like she was gonna throw up when she saw how many of the same things i had bought.

it reminds me of a deal my friends father supposedly got.  he was a renowned bargain hunter and one day he got back from the flea market with a lot of 20 pairs of sports cleats shoes.  well unfortunately they were not pairs they were all left foot shoes.  he knew this and supposedly said it was just too good a bargain to pass up!!

never know when you might find a big lot of right footed shoes.

the tackle store near my house has a consignment lot of zoom plastics for half off and some rapala lipless cranks and bandit baits and i had to buy a bunch of those too.  how many 3/4 oz red rapalas does one guy need.  answer: you cant have too many if the price is right lol