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Must be spawning time for the carp. Probably a great time to bow fish for them. I have heard there were some big ones from Hodges in years past.

1st, make sure it is the knot failing. A failed knot will (usually) have a curly tail at the end due to the knot slipping. If the line doesn't have a curly tail and is roughened at the end, then abrasion did it in. A clean break with no abrasion could indicate bad line.

Any of the top 20 knots at ...

After seeing the success of Ned rigs with the TRD body, I think that the action of the body is sometimes overstated. Or maybe that less is better sometimes.

Not to mention "poop baits"; a disgusting look to most humans but bass love them. Along the same line, Fat Ikas seem to work regardless of ...

How about the people whose 1st question is "what color"?

Of all the factors, color seems to be the least important.

Not to mention that many fish are color blind (i.e. don't possess all 3 cones that we do) to some extent.

There's the fishermen who think their lures have to match the forage and ...

Tidal current makes the biggest difference. Although you can catch them during all phases of the tide, the conventional wisdom is that the best bite is in the 1st hour or two after the water starts flowing after slack tide. Slack tide (whether high or low) tends to be slowest although sometimes the ...

Perhaps as a challenge to your lure designing abilities, you should try fishing at highly pressured lakes and see if you have the same conclusions.

The lure you shown consisting of a grub with the tail removed on a jig head is not far removed from a Ned rig or even a Trout Magnet. And your fishing ...

Enough of the talk about how to catch fish. Let's list the factors of how a lure catches fishermen:

1. Lots of sparkle and mirror like finishes. Gold, silver and chrome always work too. Blades that spin around and around.
2. Flashing lights, sounds and secret vibrations.
3. New and improved ...

Use the Way Back Machine to find old versions of the sdfish.com site. Shouldn't take too long to find what you are looking for.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030315000000*/sdfish.com

I don't always agree with Senko Sam but I like his positive approach. Much more pleasant than an angry, resentful sourpuss style.

Use the Way Back Machine to find old versions of the sdfish.com site. Shouldn't take too long to find what you are looking for.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030315000000*/sdfish.com


Not to change the subject, but I tried this with the old SCSF site and got no where... Anyone else have any ...

Update:
Yesterday my partner and I caught over 145 fish using small finesse lures that included bass (largest was 2.5 lb, 4 pickerel (largest 2 3/4' long), many crappie, yellow and white perch and sunfish. Before we launched the boat, I made a few suggestions to my 78 y.o. partner's tackle.
1 ...

Senkosam: we are very interested in your experience fishing for "strippers". What lures work best for them? I have heard it is $100 bills.

We’re not worthy spoonminnow, we’re not worthy! No, you definitely tried getting me kicked off my own local forum for disagreeing with your New York techniques in your small little under pressured farm ponds compared to our fishery on the other side of the continent. I’ve seen the exact same ...

There is a park and ride along the way: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Park+%26+Ride+Lot+%2329/@32.8289882,-116.6256801,366m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m14!1m7!3m6!1s0x80dbd70af9251a97:0xc9b8fa3a4e5270bc!2sCuyamaca+Rancho+State+Park!8m2!3d32.9280287!4d-116.5678078!16zL20vMDd2aDJx!3m5!1s0x80d964a4b0c55377 ...

I launched by the bridge on Saturday morning, water was usual clarity. Got 22 spotties long lining soft swimbaits on 5/16-3/8 ounce jig heads from my tube in 25-40' of water, mostly 11-15". Long lining in deep water is my desperation method when nothing else works.

Done. Thanks to both you and Everydog for posting.

Looks like a video I would like to watch if it had English subtitles.

Don’t think I have ever brought less than 10, maybe 20 types of lures to Barrett. I would bring more but there is only so much room on a float tube.

I was rigging my rods up for this Wednesday when I thought I would show some of the lures to my wife. Upon seeing the rat, she said “that’s ...

Pan fishing is my favorite. Havasu is the home of big Redear but our SD lakes have some brutes also. I have caught a few over 2lbs and 2 over 3lbs. For bluegill anything over 11" is a great fish. My personal feeling is a 12" fish is a trophy. My personal best is a touch over 13". That's a lot of ...

Also known as moss, hair algae, elephant snot, etc. How do you fish it?

Topwater, weightless plastics, swim jig, frogs, shallow crankbaits, weedless swimbaits, heavy jigs and fish right in it, fish outside it in the deep water (>20'), ....?

Sometimes it will be all the way to the top, floating in ...