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A blue-ribbon panel that hopes to make recommendations that could make the Department of Fish and Game and Fish and Game Commission more efficient recently stated that in theory, the FGC sets policy while the DFG implements that policy.you notice the panel claims that’s “in theory.”In reality, the DFG more often than not will request the FGC to make a necessary change and the FGC OKs the request through a rubber-stamp process.Case in point: it was reported in this column in November the DFG was holding hearings to make major changes to striped bass fishing, including:* Raising the daily bag limit of stripers from two fish to six;* The possession limit would be double the daily bag limit;* Lowering the minimum size for striped bass from 18 inches to 12;* Clifton Court Forebay would be a designated “hot spot,” where the daily bag limit would be 20 fish with a 40-fish possession limit.why? Because these non-native fish were considered a threat to the Delta smelt and newly released baby salmon populations.OK, striped bass aren’t native to California and can be voracious feeders. it was in 1879 when 132 fingerlings were place on a train. They survived the trip and were planted in San Francisco Bay.Striped bass were introduced to California to feed a fish-hungry population and, 10 years after being planted into bay waters, a commercial fishery opened.The fishery was banned in 1935 when striped bass were declared to be a game fish and, therefore, could only be fished for by the recreational angler.Bass thrived in California waters and, yes, probably place a dent in the baby salmon population. But, it took years for the DFG to get a clue. it would release baby salmon by the tens of thousands in Suisun Bay at about the same time every year. Stripers really learned that schedule and waited with open mouths.so, the DFG says, OK, we’ll simply reduce the threat.it scheduled a hearing in Rio Vista, which had to be went because of so much angler interest. The greater interest was against the DFG’s proposal.Today, the limit on striped bass is two per day, 18 inches minimum, with four allowed in possession. Some years ago, the limit was three, 16 inches minimum. I won’t keep a striped bass unless it’s five to eight pounds, as there isn’t enough meat. I wouldn’t consider a 12-inch fish as being edible.well, there was so much angler outrage to the proposal that the FGC recently voted unanimously to reject DFG’s proposal.Therefore, there are no changes to striped bass fishing in California.Current fishingAdditional snow in upper-elevation regions will render some lakes inaccessible.Of course, for summer recreation, we need much more rain and snow. California isn’t unique. The honest-weather pattern is happening across much of the nation.a small storm waltzed across the north state last week, but the again promise of honest weather should get you out in the field with rod and reel, in small-sleeve weather after the sun rises.Lake Pardee: The spring opening is always highly anticipated by anglers throughout the north state, and because of all the honest weather, that’s right for this year. The gate will be unlocked and the entry booth manned on Thursday, Feb. 16, so you can set up for camping. Fishing activities will start bright and early, Friday, Feb. 17, with most anglers making their first cast of the day considerably before the dawn sheds light in the eastern sky.Collins Lake: They do some large spring trout plants, and they did a big plant — trout from four to 11 pounds — early this year due to the nice weather. Haul a crawler behind a dodger around the dam. you can also do well with Power Bait or eggs off a sliding sinker around the beach of the campground area at the lower end.Suisun-San Pablo Bays: I’ve not had much to say about the sturgeon fishery this year. we just haven’t had a winter. Rain causes rivers to rise, which drives out salt water-dependent creatures such as crab, starry flounder, kingfish and even sharks. These critters delight in pricey sturgeon baits, and most anglers don’t want to waste money on a fish they don’t want. While there is sturgeon being taken in Suisun Bay and San Pablo Bay, anglers face constant bites from those less-preferred critters swimming with the sturgeon.Sacramento River: there has been a decent sturgeon bite much closer to home. The waters between the confluence of the Sacramento-Feather rivers upriver to Knights Landing has yielded good catches of humpbacks. The usual shrimp baits should get you bit.Clear Lake: The good thing this time of year is there isn’t much boat traffic and you aren’t fighting the summertime moss. There’s a lot of bass being caught, many of which weigh more than five pounds, for those drifting live bait or tossing swim baits.Lake Amador: They’re planting up to 1,000 pounds of trout every day during the week. The smaller fish are three pounds, and the bigger fish hit seven. Fish from shore off the rocks of the dam, or the dirt area of the spillway. Power Bait, crawlers and eggs should place a limit on the stringer, but cast and retrieve a lure or white crappie jig while waiting for a bite on the bait rig.Bass are finally waking up, but you have to go down as much as 40 feet with a jig off the points.New Melones: Launch at Glory Hole, go around the point and head up the river. there has been a red-hot bite on spawning rainbows. Haul a crawler or shad-like lure. around Glory Hole, you can do well from shore tossing Power Bait off a sliding sinker.Contact George deVilbiss at .

Figured that after several years away from higher-level bass tournament competition I’d give it another try. I’d find out, at least, if I still had any game up against a field of really good anglers. I finished 91st out of 169 and hope the poor result isn’t my final answer.

Largely on the strength of an incredible Day two five-bass limit weighing 35 pounds, 7 ounces (anchored by a 10 ? pound whopper), Brandon Medlock of Lake Placid claimed the win and better than $35 grand in prize money.

Among local fishermen, Keith Fels of Ocala claimed the third-place paycheck, while Jeff Fitts of Keystone Heights also helped to uphold the collective reputation of North Florida anglers with a 10th-place finish. another Keystone Heights angler, Vince Parker, scored a fine fourth-place finish on the co-angler side.

Back to local fishing.

This is the season when most North Florida fishers usually focus on fresh waters. Bass and speckled perch have an eye on spawning in the shallows, and fishing for those two favorites can be exceptional in late January and all of February. This year, though, the question is, “where”? A long run of too-dry weather has the usual productive zones high and dry. some of our favorite lakes are altogether out of play.

Even in these conditions, the fish will find places to spawn, but it seems that this will be a good season to have a smaller, more maneuverable vessel capable of accessing shallow water and tougher-to-negotiate boat ramps.

Lakes Santa Fe and Sampson still offer access via at least one ramp. And the Harris Chain of Lakes near Leesburg, several sites along the St. Johns River, and a drawn-down Rodman Reservoir remain good possibilities for the area crappie or bass fisher.

In a driving rain two Wednesdays ago, Art Pina got off track while running the lowered reservoir and ran aground between Kenwood and Orange Springs. The Gainesville angler didn’t stray from the channel just a small, he ran no less than 200 feet into water far too shallow before his bass boat came to an abrupt stop. After stepping out into the mud and sand, Pina found he could not budge the Ranger. his friends, Charlie Hagler and Jason Howe were fishing nearby, but even the combined lengths of rope they had aboard would not reach the embarrassed basser. Fortunately about that time Shaw Grigsby, who happened to be enjoying the Rodman fishing that day, arrived at the scene. The added length of Shaw’s rope finally reached Art’s boat, and Shaw’s powerful Mercury soon pulled the stuck vessel back into navigable water.

As a nice post script to the tale, Art Pina returned to Rodman last Sunday and had a fantastic bass-catching day. Casting Texas-rigged plastic worms, he boated and released 15 nice largemouths, including a pair of 5-pounders.

Most inshore anglers have reported scant redfish and trout action along the Gulf Coast. Joey and Joseph Yarborough of Orange Heights and Josh Mitchell of Gainesville found similar fare last Friday at Suwannee for much of the day. That afternoon, however, the three men located fish in a big way. Anchored over a hole in near the river mouth and fishing shrimp on the bottom, they hauled in 40 good reds up to 27-inches, a few black drum and a couple of big sheepshead. they kept their three reds, and if they can find another such spot after Feb. 1, they’ll be able to harvest six of legal length.

Another good fish-catching opportunity is not too far off the Gulf Coast. several fishers came in early this week saying they caught lots of big black sea bass in water 25-to-35 feet deep. Sounds like good catches of the tasty and always-hungry sea bass in the one-to-two pound range can be made without much distress. in the gulf, only black sea bass at least 10-inches long can be kept.

The red grouper whose daily limit in the gulf was just increased from 2 to 4 fish at least 20-inches long are still biting well farther offshore. good weekend grouper catches were made out of most gulf ports in water 35 to 65 feet deep by anglers pleased to take advantage of the outstanding weather.

John Stork, Jane Inouye, Adam Means and Shorty the dog ran off Suwannee on Monday to small areas with hard bottom in water 65 feet deep. they anchored and dropped frozen baits to the structure. in just an hour and a half, they filled a triple limit — a dozen chunky red grouper.

Gary Simpson, a veteran tournament angler, operates Gary’s Tackle Box at L & S Trim.

It’s usually about this time of the year when fishermen start to suffer from a case of “cabin fever” and start to spend their spare time cleaning reels and straightening up tackle boxes. The spring shad runs haven’t started yet and the speckled trout are a bit “iffy” yet. some stripers are around and beginning to gather near where coastal streams start to meander inland. if you fall among these cabin fever few who really need a fishing “fix” you might consider trying some of our sluggish coastal streams to fish for the bowfin.

There aren’t a fantastic many anglers who really go fishing for this fish and it’s a shame because it’s about as hard a fighting sport fish as you’ll find and its spawning run should be getting underway very soon.

I was passing by a well-known coastal stream along the upper Pamlico River a few years ago when I saw a congregation of autos pulled off to the side of the road where the Highway 33 bridge crossed over the stream. I turned around, went back and found a safe parking spot and wondered down to the creek to see what the big attraction was. Probably 50% of the fishermen seemed to be tied onto some strong fish and whoops were heard as more anglers had strikes. I asked what in the world the guys were catching and one fisherman replied “grindles.”

Grindle is a local name for what many states consider to be a right sport fish and it’s a shame that some of our local anglers consider them to be “trash” fish. States to the north of North Carolina really raise “grindles” and they’re called by their proper name of “bowfin” (Amia calva for the scientists). They‘re also known as grinnel, brindle, blackfish, mudfish, dogfish, shoepike, cypress bass, cypress trout, choupique, scaly cat, buglemouth bass, German bass, brindlefish.

There are among a few angers here in North Carolina who really goes out fishing for the bowfin. this is particularly right in the spring when these fish are moving into the spawning areas up in the headwaters of some coastal streams.

Other enterprising areas of the state such as Jamesville along the Roanoke River and Highway 64 have held bowfin tournaments in past years. It’s unfortunate because it was a popular and fun contest that brought a lot of visitors to this part of the state.

Two of us took part in this tournament (we didn’t win anything) a few years ago and I was amazed at how much fun this tournament was. I suppose one of the main drawbacks of the contest was that it was held during August when it was terribly hot and humid. The small stream that was preferred by most of the fishermen was as hot to the touch as warm bathwater and I really had my doubts if very acceptable oxygen content was in the water.

Following the lead of other fishermen who appeared to know what they were doing to fish for these “mudfish” we started casting plastic worms and spinner baits into the log-choked backwaters where out mentors were fishing. It didn’t take too long to learn that there were fish there this hit our lures but we just couldn’t seem to get a hook to set in their mouths. we struck back when a fish hit much the same as we did when we were bass fishing but these hooks didn’t want to bite into the mouth of whatever fish was hitting these lures.

Finally one of the more experienced anglers came over to us and suggested that we let the fish hole the lure in its mouth a small longer and then really strike back on the line hard. he explained that the bowfin had exceptionally tough mouths and in order to get the hook into the fishes’ mouth you had to really make the hook dig in deep. we followed his advice and started to catch bowfin nearly as well as the others were doing.

The first bowfin we pulled into the boat proceeded to try and tear the boat apart as it flopped all over the deck. when we tried to subdue the fish it proceeded to try and take a bite out of our hand too. this was one mean fish!

Bowfin have a set of formidable teeth and an exceptionally strong jaw muscle to go along with it. we had to be constantly replacing the relatively fragile plastic worms and if we were using spinnerbaits we soon learned that if you brought a fish to boat with the spinnerbait in its mouth, you might as well throw the lure away. It was usually a twisted mass of wire and metal.

Since this tournament was a “kill” tournament where you did not have to bring the fish alive to be weighed in we were surprised to see some fishermen keeping their recently caught bowfins in live wells like you would bass in a contest. we learned the reason for this when we returned to the weighing station and found fish dealers there offering cash money for live bowfin. this was particularly right in the case of smaller bowfins of about around or less. Apparently these were aquarium fish dealers buying bowfins to resell to aquarium enthusiasts from population centers.

The bowfin is a truly prehistoric carry-over from the Jurassic age. It has an air bladder that allows the fish to literally gulp in air and live in oxygen deficient water where other fish can’t readily live. Bowfin that might be thrown on the bank or on the dry deck of a boat in hot weather can (and will) live for days. Don’t go sticking a finger in the mouth of one of these fish to pick it up. They could appear to be dead since they were throw on the bank two days ago and can take a plug from a finger.

I have heard of people eating bowfin and they have described the flesh as being “gelatinous.” It’s supposed to solidify upon being cooked. Curiously there is a strongly developing commercial marked for gravid (egg bearing) bowfins in certain areas of Louisiana where the eggs are harvested, salted down to preserve them and marketed as “Cajun Caviar.” I’ve read that it’s pretty tasty.

Many fishery managers cringe at any fish being called a “trash fish” and it’s for sure that the bowfin is a fine sporting fish. It feeds on about the same forage as a largemouth bass and it is a very strong fighter. It may be a bit of a mess to unhook but if you’re not going to kill and eat or save it for an aquarium hobbyist, release them to be caught again another day.

a raft of majors are spending around $50 billion expanding the coal seam gas export industry in Queensland. Source: AFP

GAS is rapidly emerging as the dominant Australian investment theme this year and quite possibly for the next decade.

BHP Billiton and partner ExxonMobil are pouring billions of extra dollars into expanding Bass Strait production in anticipation of steeply rising gas prices, a raft of majors are spending around $50 billion developing the coal seam gas export industry in Queensland and Woodside yesterday predicted a six-fold increase in gas demand from China and India by 2025.

Then there are numerous shale gas players of various sizes developing what they claim is a "safer" alternative to coal seam gas, not to mention BHP’s choice to splurge $19 billion on shale gas assets in the US.

All of which means that if we are going to meet those soon to be escalating gas and electricity bills – particularly in relatively gas-starved Victoria – it is high time to get a piece of the upside action.

One of the more fascinating plays at the moment is Karoon Gas, which has responded to a volatile share price with a very aggressive drilling campaign over the next couple of years that will cost Karoon and its much larger partners up to $1 billion.

Karoon shares were travelling north of $10 a year ago and fell as low as $2.60 earlier this month before hitting $4 at yesterday’s close.

One of the huge weights on the share price has been the fate of a 12 per cent stake owned by the Talbot Investment Group – the investment company founded by the late Ken Talbot.

And another was the since-abandoned attempt to float off the South American assets.

At yesterday’s annual meeting Talbot chief Don Nissan indicated he was very happy with Karoon’s direction and that the key stake had been bought by Ken Talbot as an investment rather than for speculation.

That relieves the imminent stock overhang, although the main game for Karoon will be discovery.

On that basis the company is fishing in the right waters, with plenty of prospectivity in its ambitious drilling program.

The Browse Basin is the key to Karoon’s hopes with a five to eight well drilling program over the next couple of years with partner ConocoPhillips doing most of the financial heavy lifting.

Offshore drilling tends to be a honestly binary equation so if any of these wells hit significant hydrocarbons, Karoon shareholders will enjoy a significant kick and vice versa.

Dry holes do wonders for getting a "better understanding" of things like reservoir potential but it is the free flowing gas and oil that is the real goal.

In this case the aim is to expand the existing Poseidon discovery into the sort of resource that could sustain a LNG project.

Similarly, once the right farm-in partners are found, drilling in Brazil’s Santos basin and Peru’s Tumbes Basin shows promise but with no guarantee of success.

Karoon is a speculative buy packed with potential and a reasonably small time frame in which the main questions will be answered.

I HAVE long been a supporter of Beach Energy’s pioneering push into developing shale gas in Australia.

But that support gets more hard to justify when a company has virtually doubled its share price in the last year.

My reason for maintaining a speculative buy call on Beach is two-fold – shale acreage in the Cooper Basin is still incredibly cheap compared to the US equivalent and Beach’s horizontal drilling so far has unearthed impressive amounts of gas.

It will be expensive to get to that gas but the acreage is what counts and on that basis Santos is also a speculative buy.

The more conservative investor who still likes the prospects for energy should stick to Woodside (LNG) and Origin Coal (coal seam gas and electricity and gas distribution) which are both buys.

The Herald Sun accepts no responsibility for stock recommendations. Readers should contact a licensed financial adviser.

Posted September 29 2011 – 10:02 PM

Names Chris. I've been bass fishing seriously(as seriously as a broke college student without a boat can…) for about 3 years now. my interest in fishing has spiked recently, and I've decided to put other activities and money aside to get more serious about his leisure activity. I've been reading alot about the "logistics" and methods around catchin' bass lately, which lead me to this site. I'm a member of several gun forums, and that information has proved helpful, so I thought that would also apply here.been fishing forever, but getting on a few of my buddies bass boats has given me the "itch" as they say. I can see this becoming an addiction Looking to get a boat soon(start cheap and upgrade over the next year and a half as money builds up), so ill probably be asking about that alot (ill try and avoid the "which should i buy" questions). I feel like I have a excellent grip on tactics and presentation and can read conditions well, but their is always more to learn.I look forward to learning here and hopefully giving some information back when i can. ThanksChris

August 25, 2011

Ben Emory at Sports Port is a local’s local. when he’s not taking his grandkids out crabbing, he’s a daily fisherman, the type who goes out of his way to drive by the water way — always checking, knows what the tide is doing, reads the wind. you get the idea.

So he was behind the counter the other day, telling anyone who would listen about the 11-pound blue he just landed when a guy came in and told him he was going to fish Dowses. fair enough, and Ben starts getting the guy rigged up for scup. no, no, this guy says he wants to catch a striped bass.

Well, that could be tough. Ben does some quick calculations: Dowses, August, bright sunny day, 9 a.m., dead low tide. Ben is unenthusiastic. Then the guy says he wants to buy a popper. a popper, thinks Ben, hoo-boy.

Ben advises him that low tide is not exactly the best time to go, a popper is not the ideal lure this time of year, etc. The guy won’t hear of it; he wants that popper.

The guy rushes off, and the day proceeds. People buying nightcrawlers, buying live eels, talking Red Sox, talking blues. Lunchtime comes and goes. later, that same guy shows up, all excited, and tells Ben he just landed a 27-inch bass down at Dowses on that popper he sold him. Ben’s eyes kind of narrow into slits. Really?

“Oh yeah, it was great. but then it broke off, so I need another one of those poppers.”

Uh, yeah sure, fella, here you go. The guy rushes out, says he wants to make sure he catches the next low tide. of course, low tides that are usually slower than the beer tent at a Mormon revival, but nothing’s stopping this guy.

The next morning, the guy sees Ben at the docks, and practically races him to the shop for the opening. “I got another one!” the guy shouts before Ben even has the door unlocked.

You did, huh?

Ben at this point is pretty sure he’s dealing with either a lunatic or a pathological liar. “And he was wearing a Yankees hat,” adds Ben, shaking his head. but sure enough, the guy proceeds to swing a 31-inch bass out of his cooler. Landed at Dowses, on a hot, sunny day. in August. at low tide.

The guy asks if Sports Port will fillet the fish for him. Ben says they can’t, but offers to sell him a knife. Ben shows him the fillet knife, but now it’s the guy who’s skeptical. The knife looks flimsy to him. “You sure that thing’s gonna cut through the bones and everything?” of course, you don’t need to cut through any bones to fillet a striper, but Ben just shakes his head. Sometimes every single thing is incorrect and you still catch fish. just ask this guy.

So while Uke Springsteen opening for Ween at the Beachcomber looks increasingly like a once-in-a-lifetime event, it’s time to ask …

What’s Going On?

1. Buzzards Bay/ Cape Cod Canal — The west end of the Canal has held some fluke. The bass bite in the Canal is an early morning one. nothing crazy, but pretty consistent fishing around first light. Occasional, few-and-far-between bonito in the Canal this week, too. Buzzards has some blues.

2. Islands — The Vineyard is slow for bass, but guy throwing eels in the rocks have picked up a few around Devil’s Bridge and Gay Head. Seabass off Oak Bluffs. And of course, Hedge Fence remains the best spot right now for bonito. There have been unconfirmed albie reports, too, and legitimate, doubly confirmed Spanish mackerel landings, so it’s definetley that amusing fish time of year. Nantucket has bonito. great Point has been the scene for some huge bluefish blitzes.

3. Cape Southside Beaches and Estuaries — Scup and snapper blues strung along the southside of the Cape. Sound familiar? Slow for larger fish, but reports of peanut bunker in Popponesset Bay are encouraging.

4. Nantucket Sound — Occasional bass are coming up on tube and worm combos. but pretty slow overall. Blues here and there, Suconesset was one spot mentioned.

5. The great Backside Beach — Not much action from the sand, you might catch a passing boil, but no huge schools this week. it remains a boat bite out this way, with the water off Chatham pretty full of bass. They’re biting deep, in about fifty feet of water. The Monomoy rips have been slower, but starting to improve. Tuna out east, biting on spreader bars, with fish to around 58-inches.

6. Cape Cod Bay — We’ve had some north winds, and in addition to making it feel like fall on the sand bar this week, it also tends to blow in some bait. Scorton Ledge was hot again this week, with tube and worm combos effective, and bunker spoons as well. One guy was drifting eels late at night in Scorton Creek and was rewarded with a nice 34-inch bass. Tuna off the north edge of Billingsgate, but they were pretty slim in the Bay. Three large fish, possibly basking sharks, were reported swimming in formation off Sesuit early this week.

Freshwater — One guy was drifting his kayak around Pimlico and picked up a couple of nice rainbows. And the bass fishing has been pretty solid around Sheep’s Pond.

Catch ‘em up!

Information for this column was assembled from a variety of liars, exaggerators, mis-informants, ne’er-do-wells and roustabouts. in other words, from fishermen.

Rob Conery can be contacted at .

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Classics like the Arbogast Jitterbug, or Hula Popper, or lures like the Rapala X-Rap, or Rattlin' Rapala are excellent too. Fish a variety of tackle don't just stick to one thing some things work better than others for Bass. Spoons don't work that well for Largemouth Bass but they do for Smallmouth Bass and Topwaters are excellent for Largemouth Bass and excellent for Smallmouth Bass. Same thing as baits like crayfish work better for Smallmouth Bass than they do for Largemouth Bass but Frogs work better for Largemouth Bass than for Smallmouth Bass. It's all about picking the right tackle for the right situation for example you wouldoun't use a Arbogast Jitterbug for Trout but you would use it for Bass.

Go with Plastic baits there is a wide varitey to choose from worm, shad, frog, leach, crayfish, lizard, and snakes. They can be fished in alot of different ways as well. As for brands I always user Berkley power baits do to they are impregnated with sent. I now mostly use Strike King 3X baits do to they are the strongest plastic bait out on the market and have proven themselvs time and time again.

On a excellent day of fishing Large Mouth

1 power worm catches 1-5 fish before being mangled beyond use.
1 Strike King 3X catches 5-15 before being mangled beyond use.

another example try to stretch a 6" power worm out to two feet long it will mostlikely tear in half
Try the same thing with a Strike King 3X it will stretch out the two foot without tearing look at you and tell you go for another FOOT !!

Plastic worms are the best as far as being acceptable for all conditions. Pick up some in chartreuse, red, and black, and learn a few different ways to rig them (ie. carolina, texas, whacky). Worms always seem to work.

If I had to say I had a favorite lure, or a "go-to" lure, it would be my Bill Dance Spit-N-Image topwater lure. It floats on the surface of the water and can be fished with several different techniques. Here is a link: fishinggearonsale.com/Product…

Have fun.

Once it gets past spawning season – I nearly exclusively use nothing but Berkley Power Worms. more BASS are caught on plastic worms than any other type of bait or lure – fact!

If your just starting out, try inline spinnerbaits, they are simplest to use, and very effective, just reel them in.

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Spinner bait work the best for me all though I've caught mor bass and giant catfish I mean gian I was 8 when I caught a 4 ft 25 lb catfish out of the maumee river in Ohio I use chicken liver work amazingly

i like the top water action ones =spinners on front and back,, my fave– frog collared devils horse, bang you got a strike baby !!

Spinner baits or buzz baits! they work wonders!
Also things that look like frogs or crayfish

I no this question has been questioned but just wondering what i should be buying for this season. Large and smallmouth bass.

There are two bass fishing lures that I like to use that have brought me a lot of success. One is a spinning lure called a rooster tail and the other is a floating lure called the hula popper.

The rooster tail has a tube shaped body, a spinning blade and a treble hook. it comes in may sizes, colors and shapes. Just cast it out and retrieve it at a quick, steady speed to ensure the blade spins. Occasionally, work your rod to make the rooster tail twitch, giving the illusion that the lure is in distress.

The hula popper is a great lure for catching huge largemouth bass. The hula popper has a unique shaped popping head that makes noise in the water and a hula skirt that attracts fish. there are many different colors and variations. The best time to use the hula popper is at night and in the warmer months. After you cast it, wait until the ripples disappear, then twitch it occasionally while keeping the line tight, so that you’re ready to set the hook when a bass strikes.

Both lures can be found at any store that sells fishing tackle. I have had a lot of success with catching largemouth bass using both lures. I never go fishing without them. I hope you try them out and they bring you success as well.

Depending on the time of the year, Bass will hit just about anything that moves and looks real. I mostly use soft plastics with a lot of action for both large and smallies. You can get a profile at mylunker.com and ask the people there…they have monster bass photos and videos on their profile

I've always had my best luck on jigs… either with plastic worms or crayfish or even frogs. lately Berkley Gulp is me favorite.

I've also had luck on some topwater plugs… and spinner/ buzzbaits, with various skirts. Best of luck.

I like plastic lizards,worms,crank baits and plastic minnows.All in different colors.For both small and large mouth bass,along with crappie.

My favorite is the top and middle water crayfish lure. that thing drives fish crazy. I get hit after hit. Its amazing. Its the next best thing from live minnows.

I love Buzz baits and Huge Poppers,
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Crankbait
Jigs
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I bought a crank bait that dives 4-8 feet is this good fishing for bass. I also bought a Rebel Pop-R top water is this lure good for fishing bass too?

I believe in general terms (brand aside) you got yourself a popper lure and a shallow crank

These are fantastic for bass fishing, Poppers are fantastic for fluttering near cover (like weed beds and lillies) and shallow cranks are good for flats and shallow breaks. description time!!!

Shallow diving crank Description: Shallow diving crank baits can be worked near the lakes surface to imitate a struggling food source, or to attract instinct strikes with the aid of the built in rattle (if it has one) it is most productive over flats, shallow breaks , and near in shore structures a standard (normal speed) retrieve makes this lure wobble like a wounded bait fish.

Popper:Description: The popper has a cupped face that makes a loud noisy splash when you "pop" it9 with the rod.will commonly produce a reaction strike from bass. try making a long cast beyond your target then popnsplash reel all the way back. if you are not getting results retrieve with pauses and attempt to tease bass.

Hope this helps!

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I'm not exactly sure what you mean… If you mean what is my favorite lure type (as in top-water, shallow, mid depth, deep or bottom) then I would say top-water or bottom lures would be most effective deep especially during Extreme temps (too hot or too cold! when they go bottom lake, pond, river ETC) as for top water even in mid depths if your lure is loud or attractive enough the fish will be sure to surface!

If you mean what is my favorite type of lure (as in hard bait soft bait wire or flies) I would have to say wire Spinner-baits and buzz-baits are the most effective lures in my tackle box. Spinners can be fished at nearly any speed effectively and virtually any depth and have several factors that make it attractive (spinning blades wavy skirts sharp drops, bottom jigging you name it) they are the most versatile lures you can find If I had to pick one lure in my tackle box it would be a spinner and buzz baits are special for top water (the only place that spinners aren't the most effective) and make some nice noise.if I say so myself

Are you in a boat or fishing from the bank? never toss out a diving bait from the bank, unless it only dives a foot or so.

Any type of bait will work – provided it's used in the right place at the right time at the proper depth at the proper speed, etc., etc. getting the idea? BASS are very finicky. best lure I've ever seen to catch BASS? Berkley Power Worm. again…there are varying lengths & actions. you have to choose where & when to use a longer or shorter worm & what action.

it depends if your fishng shallow water rebel poppers are good and the crank bait would depennd on color and how deep of water you fish

my favorite lure is a buzz bait or f3 silver rapala im from buffalo and the buzz is for ponds and the rapala is for ake erie

You should get a float tube. They are tons of fun. then you don't have to walk the bank and it opens up your fishing options. my favorite fishing lure is The Mangler.

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