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The latest information about the Internet is out and apparently people are no longer happy to just be .com’s, .org’s or .net’s.

According to the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, brands, leisure activities and even political causes will soon be able to have their own Internet address suffixes. It’s not enough, for example, for Apple to own apple.com. Now, they can have insertyoursearchpreferencehere.apple. Greenpeace could take over .eco along with other environmentalist groups. There could even be a whole series for people who delight in baiting hooks and casting them into the water in hopes of catching dinner — bass.fishing, trout.fishing, shark.fishing.

This may seem like a novel thought (see fiction.books) but I have to wonder what exactly is the point of all this. There are already more than 300 suffixes available to those needing a Web site domain from the common (.edu or .gov) to those possibly less known (.um for the United States minor outlying islands or .az for Azerbajan). It seems unnecessary to complicate things further (see common.sense). As is, if you know the general gist of a Web site, you can usually locate it by guessing the suffix. for example, if searching for a college there’s a honestly excellent chance you can locate it by entering the college’s initials or some variation of the name followed by .edu. under this new system I wonder how that could change. would you have to go to a different site for each thing related to a college? It would be annoying to have to visit admissions.college followed by programs.college and athletics.college. Or would there still be a central site, in which case, why make any changes at all?

I know it must be getting more hard to come up with a unique domain name now with everyone and their brothers having Web sites (see john.doe). but, this new system is not exactly marketed to the masses. to apply for a customized address it costs $185,000. I don’t know about you but I just don’t have that kind of cash lying around. and if I did, I could certainly find a better use for it (see mediterranean.cruise). not only that, if approved, it would cost an additional $25,000 a year to maintain (forget the cruise, I’m moving to a Greek island).

On top of everything else, how many people actually type in a Web address anymore in the first place? most people I know simply go to their favorite search engine and type in a few key words. It certainly saves the brain space required to remember all those fancy site addresses for more important things (see harrypotter.trivia).

The bottom line is, I’m excellent with change. but there comes a time when change seems somewhat pointless so why spend the millions of dollars estimated to change something that already works? (again, see common.sense). I suppose only time will tell whether this will actually take-off (see aero.plane) but I don’t plan on holding my breath until they do (see oxygen.deprived).

Morgan Wall is a staff reporter for The Mount Airy News. She can be reached at mwall@mtairynews.com or 719-1929. Or found at awesome.morgan.

Also I live in Arizona and theirs this man made lake near my house and i've caught some nice size Bass and man are they excellent to eat! I normally use live worms but i'd like to try something different.
So if you can tell me what are some excellent lures to use and maybe some pictures so when i go to the store to buy some. also preferably some lures that are sold at Walmart considering i dont have any excellent Bait Shops near by.
Thank's for your time and happy fishing!!!

Well, the best lure for a man-made pond/lake would be a basic 7" plastic worm rigged on a 3/0 Offset Hook.

– basspro.com/Berkley-PowerBait…

– basspro.com/Berkley®-Gulp!-6-…?

– basspro.com/Gary-Yamamoto-Sen…

You may also want to try a Senko worm rigged "Wacky style".

Those are the 2 different presentations ("Wacky Rig" & "Texas Rig") that generally work all the time in nearly any conditions.

Wacky rig- youtube.com/watch?v=w6nZvJH4r…

Texas rig- youtube.com/watch?v=5h-GD2QP5…

Hope this helps?

PS- It's not healthy to eat fish caught out of retention ponds and small man-made ponds/lakes due to various pesticide/fertilizer run-off. be careful……..

I assume Arizona has cooled down quite a bit by now? If so, cooling waters trigger Bass to hit shad and other baitfish pretty hard, and it brings the bigger guys to shallower water. I like using a lot of shad imitations when the water starts to cool, be it jerkbaits, shallower running swimbaits, Rattle Traps, spinnerbaits, or shallower running crankbaits.

Something else to consider are top water lures. you can normally get some very excellent quality Bass to hit a Zara Spook or buzzbait.

Worms, worms, and more worms….(the plastic kind.) Like the other poster I have to give it up to Nick Creme! I like many styles but I have alot of success with these plastic worms:

cabelas.com/product/Gary-Yama…

cabelas.com/product/Fishing/S…

Other things you can find at the excellent ole wal-mart would be white and chartreuse spinnerbaits, rapala shad raps, and strike king rattlin baits.

I know you probably catch a bream or two using those live worms and that's the answer to your question.A large bobber with one of those bream under it a couple of feet down and you will catch a big bass.That's what their feeding on anyway.As far as lures here are the ancient ancient reliables:Devil,s horse,snagless sally,jitter bug,Rapala stick baits Cotton Cordell Super Spots.on the more modern end I would go with Zoom Horny Toads,Zoom trick and finesse worms,and the Berkley Crazy Legs Chigger Craws are real excellent too.you said Walmart so that's why the list is small.

i'm with ole fisherman. texas rigged soft plastics. worms, creatures, lizards, crawdads. relatively cheap as far as lures go and mostly weedless. simple to fish and the most consistent bass lure.

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That doesn’t mean they don’t exist, but. if you’re plotting to travel this summer and you’re one of the hundreds of thousands of Arkansans who enjoy hunting, fishing, shooting and wildlife, you might want to check out some of the unique attractions described here that you can visit for nothing but the time it takes to get there.

Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie

Located in Stuttgart, “The Rice and Duck Capital of the World,” the Museum of the Arkansas Grand Prairie has an indoor diorama where visitors enjoy lights and sounds of an “Early Morning Duck Hunt on the Grand Prairie.” Artifacts include a one-of-akind “Coat of many Feathers,” 500 duck calls, an antique decoy collection, historical photographs and more; (870) 673-7001, stuttgartarkansas.org/museum.

Norfork National Fish Hatchery

Located just east of Mountain Home, the Norfork National Fish Hatchery, the largest hatchery in the national fish-hatchery system, offers tours of facilities that produce millions of rainbow, brown and cutthroat trout for Ozark streams. Children can try their luck at landing trophy trout from the waters of adjacent Dry run Creek;(870) 499-5255, fws.gov/norfork.

National Bird Dog Museum

The National Bird Dog Museum in Grand Junction, Tenn., is a repository of information, art, photography and memorabilia reflecting a variety of pointing-dog and retriever breeds, hunting, field-trial activities and shooting sports. Among portraits and exhibits contained in the museum, you will find history’s most well-known bird dogs represented. many works of notable sporting-dog artists and sculptors are displayed; (731) 764-2058, birddogfoundation.com.

World’s Largest Tiger Muskie

To see the world’s largest tiger muskie, you’ll have to travel to the town of Nevis,Minn. The coloss al f ish, 30.5-feet long, can be seen on the east end of gorgeous Lake Belle Taine. other giant roadside fish in the Land of Lakes include a huge bluegillin Orr, a codfish in Madison, giant pike in Deer River andErskine, and enormous walleyes in Garrison, Baudette, rush City, Isle and Lake Kabetogama.

The Game Farm near Frankfort, Ky., is headquarters for the Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources and home of the Salato Wildlife Education Center, where visitors can see indoor wildlife displays and live animals such as bison, elk, deer, bears, bobcats, eagles and wild turkeys; (800) 858-1549, kdfwr.state.ky.us.

National Firearms Museum

Part of the National Rifle Association Headquarters in Fairfax, Va., the National Firearms Museum showcases more than 2,000 firearms sure to be of interest to hunters, competitive shooters, gun collectors and historians; (703) 267-1600, nramuseum.org.

Core Sound Waterfowl Museum

The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum in Harkers Island, N.C., preserves the history of the hunters, fishermen, boat builders and decoy carvers of the Outer Banks area. Decoy collections and waterfowl art are among the exhibits; (252) 728-1500, coresound.com.

Buck Knives is the No. 1 recognized brand in sports cutlery, with more than 100 years of experience making knives. At the company factory in Post Falls, Idaho, visitors can receive a free tour to see firsthand how these world-renowned blades are made; (800) 326-2825, ext. 270; buckknives.com.

J.M. Davis Arms & Historical Museum

The 40,000-square-foot J.M. Davis Arms and Historical Museum in Claremore, Okla., houses more than 30,000 collectible firearms, the world’s largest private collection, plus hundreds of knives and swords as well. This is a must-see attraction for anyone interested in gun history; (918) 341-5707, thegunmuseum.com.

Key Underwood Coon Dog Memorial Graveyard

When his favorite coon dog, Troop, died in 1937, Alabama coon hunter Key Underwood of Tuscumbia made Troop a headstone and buried him in the Freedom Hills. Before long, Underwood’s friends wantedto bury their coonhounds beside Troop. Underwood’s only stipulation was that they be respected coonhounds and properly interred. Today, more than 185 coonhounds are buried in the hallowed ground of Key Underwood’s Coon Dog Memorial Park, seven miles west of Tuscumbia, Ala.; (800) 344-0783, coondogcemetery.com.

World’s Largest fly Fishing Rod and Reel

This oddity can be seen at the end of Maxan Street in PortIsabel, Texas. Recognized as a Guinness World’s Record, the rod is 71 feet, 4.5 inches tall with a reel 4 feet in diameter; (800) 527-6102, portisabel-texas.com.

Winchester Wild Turkey Museum

The world’s only museum dedicated to the wild turkey, the Winchester is part of the National Wildlife Turkey Federation’s Wild Turkey Center in Edgefield, S.C. Visitors can step inside the world’s largest box call and learn how to operate several types of wild-turkeycalls; listen to an animated oldtimer tell stories about turkey hunting and conservation; or hear an animated Cherokee Indian share legends about the wild turkey. other displays include a retired Forest Service helicopter and a wildlife oddities display; (803) 637-3106, nwtf.org.

Cabela’s Mule Deer Country Museum

Cabela’s retail store in Kansas City, Kan., encompasses an extraordinary 11,500-squarefoot museum showing more than 80 world’s-record mule deer. The collection includes 11 of the 19 mule deer with Boone & Crockett final scores of at least 300 points. Doug Burris Jr.’s world’s-record typical (226-4/8 B&C) is part of the collection, which also includes the top typical archery trophy, No. 1 in the world nontypical taken by a woman, No. 2 in the world nontypical archery and state-record mule deer from Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and South Dakota, and province records from Saskatchewan and British Columbia; (913) 328-0322, cabelas.com.

National Knife Museum

Opened in 2006, the National Knife Museum in Sevierville, Tenn., part of Smoky Mountain Knifeworks, features an unparalleled collection of more than 12,000 knives on public display, including pocket knives, hunting knives, Bowie knives and more; (865) 453-5871, smkw.com.

Luhr Jenson & Sons Factory

Located in Hood River, Ore., Luhr Jensen & Sons is one of the largest fishing-lure manufacturing companies in the world. Free factory tours are offered so visitors can see how lures such as the Bass Oreno and Kwikfish are made and shipped throughout the world; (800) 535-1711, luhrjensen.com.

This article was published June 12, 2011 at 3:43 a.m.

River Valley Ozark, Pages 134 on 06/12/2011

I go to Canyon Lake in AJ,Arizona to fish, I don't know if weather conditions here would effect the lure/bait, we go early and I mean EARLY in the morning to fish, we go to the lake at 1am and leave about 9am. its very cool in the morning, around 60's degrees. I use night crawlers and only catch blue gill and i think yellow striped bass ? not too big of a bass but anywho, I'm interested in catching big and small mouth Bass, any suggestions on what kind of bait or lures to use ? and how about Channel Catfish&Flat head catfish ? we see so many early in the morning about 2am-4am, we use those stinky chicken&blood liver nuggets but no luck on those.

Thanks for the help and saving us time !

(We purchased the banjo minnow 006 and didnt have much luck, maybe we use them to early or .. ?)

i fish in a lake nearby sometimes and i really wanna catch largemouth and smallmouth bass but never can i know there are some in there because my friend caught a huge one when he was useing worms and ive never caught one that big and he was using worm it was a one time thing but can i catch a sunfish (becuase i always do) and hook it live and have a larger chance of catching one
would they eat it? and if so how big would it have to be? could i also use bluegill?

and also…ive tried everything bread worms crankbaits jigs texas rigs and the bass wont bite but im 110% sure there are THRIVING bass in there

oh and ps i alway catch something there its an awesome lake i alway catch alot of bluegill and sunfish and maybe 4 huge catfish and its in arizona idk if that will change anything

you can't fish for bass at this time of year, but when bass season opens up you can use SMALL bluegill as bait, but it counts as part of your catch. the reason why you can only use small bluegill is the fact that, it needs to fit in the fishes mouth. be wary though: muskie and pike feed on bluegill as well.

and in case you didn't know, bass season begins in around june, but this varies across the united states.

also, the rules on using bluegill as bait varies across the states.

try using bluegill that are around three inches long for your bait and then you'd best HANG ON!! try to find a place where shallow water breaks off into deeper water or locate some submerged structure or better yet any kind of grass beds,lily pads,etc.,etc. bream have been eaten by bass for centuries and when you see that balloon disappear beneath the surface, just know that that bass has already swallowed that unfortunate bream and it is now time to set the hook. happy fishing.

Try rigging a big nightcrawler carolina rig , go to deeper water with submerged structures,or drop off to deeper water

Try using frogs. I live in Minnesota, so I don't know the rules about using frogs down there. you should look them up. They're good bass bait.

BASS will eat almost anything; bluegill, shad, worms, crawdad, etc. At times the will even bust the surface to eat frogs. I'm speculating here that you don't have the patience right now to use live bait & wait until the BASS fully engulfs the bait before setting the hook. A different approach…

I'm going to suggest something like a Rattlin' Rapala in the firetiger color which mimics a bluegill. or the blue/chrome also works well on sunny days. Once you've located a few BASS with a lure like this – slow down & use a live or plastic worm in the same spot. BASS like to hang out near deeper water – not necessarily deep water – just deeper. If you can find a grassy flat with deeper water near by, use a rattlin' bait.

I'm far from a Bass Master but I considered myself average when I lived in South Dakota when I was fishing. since I moved to AZ I have had very little luck at the lakes I have been too. Does anyone have any hints. BTW I do not fly fish.

Don't know about bass, but rainbow trout are fun and the Black River is gorgeous in the White Mtns. It's a stream at that point, but fishing is good and scenery and animals are fantastic:) I like the East fork just west of Alpine. there are some lakes nearby, too. I don't know much about the lakes. The locals could tell you though. Here's a link that might be helpful.
Pleased fishing!
gf.state.az.us/h_f/where_fish…

check out Roosevelt Lake, we've always had good luck at that lake.

fish are alike all over

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please i'm trying to find some info on some amature fishing tournements in az

Best bet may be to call your state game and wildlife program. Theyll be able to tell you all you need to know im sure.

C all your local fish and game resource department or go to your local bait shop they can probably tell you some more detailed information.

…largemouth bass virus?

worldfishingnetwork.com/news/…

I've been fishing Castaic and the Afterbay since my Casitas pass expired last year, and I haven't noticed anything going on with the bass there. Nothing that looks suspicious anyway.

@GMB: is Casitas still b*tching and moaning about any little thing that goes on up there? How about Ranger Rob, is he still an asshole douche bag?

weird that it shows up in water of warmer temperatures.. generally the warmer water helps boost the fishes immune system and prevents this type of infection..
I live in Georgia and haven't heard a word about this virus untill just now.

found a good source of info in it
in.gov/dnr/files/LMBV.pdf

The article you provided says that the fish are safe to eat and the disease doesn't effect humans………but i sure as hell will never eat a fish that is infected with that, nomatter what the "experts" say…

I agree with the Worm and if they do catch a wind of this they might let you fish all the bass in there, only problem is its not going to catch and release

Never heard of it.

I don't live in Arizona, but striped bass (i hope this is what you were talking about) go after shad, so if you have a white rooster tail spinner it works just as well. And as for time, more towards the evening.

Early in the morning or late in the afternoon, preferably just come nightfall is the best time to target any type of bass. use topwater lures in nice calm water or small minnows and crankbaits.