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Thank God for Suicide Fish

I just wanted to take a moment to thank “Suicide Fish”. They have saved many a Fisherman’s day. If you hit your favorite Lake and can’t find a bite in all the usual areas, Suicide Fish will maul your offering, three feet from the boat. Suicide Fish will boil in the shallows and make a wake to your ...

Yep, with exceptions.

Back East we keep a limit of Bass and break out the BBQ and cook them for lunch then go out in the afternoon and catch Dinner. Best fish ever. The secret is to throw them on ice. Their delicate meat needs to be treated correctly. Leaving them in a Livewell all day ruins the meat. Catch and release ...

Mushrooms are good, especially the blue ones. I just can’t ever remember why.

It’s not the Slings and Arrows of Precipitation but the utter cruelty of the violent wind that buffets its way thru your soul, chilling both mind and body and ruineth thy cast.

I followed your lead and nailed this one plus 6 Clones on a 1/16 oz. Jighead and 4 inch Sluggo. 7 pounds 12 oz. Took me around the boat twice, jumped 4 hair raising times and had two drag screaming runs on six pound test.

I got all my Bass last week at 40-50 feet at San V. A slow 40 count every cast. 1/8 oz. Jighead and 5 inch ZMan Trout Trick with one inch cut off, in Redbone. Most had to be sunk back down with a Release device.

All you have to do is wiggle something in front of their mouths. If you’ve found a Bait that does that consistently, you have found a Confidence Bait. Use it. Size, color , depth and cadence are the keys to getting bit. I have several Confidence Baits that cover the entire range of Bass Fishing. So ...

Some days they are Nippers, some days they are Rippers. Really though, you need to look at size, color and cadence. Working thru that can be fruitful. Obviously, you were on the fish, they were not quite ready to commit. Last week I lost 5 in a row fishing deep at San Vicente. They were good halfway ...

The Fishin’ Magician. I miss Hodges having done really well there for many years, more Bass specific since ‘75. Unbelievable in its Heyday, still bigger than a pond. You found the Bass and then put the hurt on them. Well Done.

El Cap is a lot of fun when the Bass finally come up. Some Pigs in there, this is one lake where giants will grab your Dinks and make a meal of them.

Peaceful, but there are a few places that have coverage. I know because the last time I was there I locked the keys in my buddies $106,000 every option in the book Ram Truck. It had push button starting and I didn’t see any keys so I assumed t
He had them. Nope, they were in the center console. I ...

And yet I’ve seen Bass that were obviously hit by a propeller with one eye and a chunk of body missing. Ones with no lips, beak holes in their sides. The absolute worst is picking them up with a dry towel. They will be coated with Fungus in a week. They don’t survive that.

I was in that Storm at El Cap. Had a pattern going when it started to move in. We ran back to the dock and tied up and sat in the Truck as all hell broke loose. Hail,Rain, Wind, Lightning. It shook the Truck for about 1/2 hour and then was gone. Turned into a beautiful afternoon, unfortunately they ...

Here are a few shots of the 75 1/2 pound Blue Catfish caught on a Buzzbait last Monday

I’ve caught a lot more Catfish on White Spinnerbaits, Zara Spooks, Big Swimbaits. Never caught one on a Buzzbait. I have caught a Dorado on a Buzzbait but it ruined it.

So I’m Fishing tomorrow and the forecast is kinda cold. Both high and low temps dropping 10 to 15 degrees from today. My last trip, the Bass were in 0-2 feet of water and busting my weedless Topwater. What is the general consensus for tomorrow. I imagine the Bass will drop out to the outside edges ...

camobass wrote: Thu Mar 28, 2024 7:08 pm My idea is to fish lake x followed by a quick trip to question mark point

I am fishing Lake X….I'm afraid the Bass are going to do a “Diddy” and fly the coop.

I’m back from Lake X. Got on the water at 7 am and started off with a Zman Streakz on an Owner weighted EWG hook. I like those, they have s screw in with center pin spring to attach to the nose of the bait. I got a Bass straight off next to a Tree Stump in 6 feet of water. Then I saw a few swirls ...