i spent at least a hundred dollars on bass fishing stuff and snapped my line on a lunker

no way man! i had i think it was a walleye or a really heavy bass and i got it 3ft in front of me and it jumped and it was GONE

Zack did you see the bass ?Sure it wasnt a Pike,Pickerel,Musky or a jealous fisherman scuba diver!

Josh -I only caught three Walleye in my life and I dont remember them jumping.Dont recall but I'm thinking the walleye with light sensitive eyes would bulldog back to the weeds or rocks where they came from.You might have had a nice bass there bud!

Hey guys, I did my normal boat patrol at Piney Run on Tues evening and ran into a local basser who was deep cranking the hydrilla at about 14 to 17 ft down and ripping the baits through tops of the weeds. Between two anglers they had 10 bass. I weighed several of them...topped by a 21 1/2 in 4.87 lber and four others over 4 lbs. Smallest fish were high threes...a very nice catch and the water was at 70 F.

Might want to consider deep cranking over weed tops in your neighborhood!

Thanks Jim-70 degrees then but cranking is still working in November in New Jersey and although I havent taken a temp and have been concentrating on numbers of panfish on jigs I 've caught two very nice bass cranking in 4-10 FOW. A stop and go retrieve.One bass at 6' was was 18.5 inches ...the other
around 16 or 17" .Not Brutes but I was casting cranks only a few times because I've been wiping up on Crappies and Gills with jigs and sticking mostly to that.I gotta say I usually ditch bassing with cranks this time of year but dont believe it has been my smartest move.

I fish for Bass most of the time I'm on the water. When I want to load up some eating fish, I will go after some Gills, Crappie, and walleyes, and catfish! I do most of my fishinf in WI & IN. But I have traveled all over the midwest and parts of the south! I am glad someone thought of starting this forum, after all the Bass is in the Sunfish family!

ggod group. Here in Texas the Bass is king. I have over 100 in my pond here at the house. i;ll have alot of queston.

catch from my pond here in Texas

NICE vid thank just need to get butt out on the water

Great late fall bass bite, Bill! It has been 3 weeks since I caught a fish, so I am pumped to get in on some crappie, pickerel and bass action next week if the weather holds up. Shallow ponds in Delaware with 'deep' holes at the base of the dams are but 4 to 7 ft deep, often concentrating many species in high number.

I'll let you know how we do.

Nice Fish Bill.Good job hunting the bass!

chunking a beetla spin catching a few little ones Caught the catfish on by granddaughters barbie pond on a minnow

Hey Guys -What do you think about my new Bassin rod?
PFLPRES60COMBO Medium 6'0" 1 6-12 6730

http://www.pfluegerfishing.com/products/products.php?p=45

Nice looking combo. I just got a Kistler Micro Magnesium 7' heavy action rod. I have a Quantum PT Tour Edition 7:1 Burner baitcaster reel on it. I use it for flipping and pitching, and throwing frogs or big swimbaits! I flip in a lot of heavy cover and use 65lb braid to haul the bass out of the weeds,lilypads, and brushpiles. The line holds up well when rubbing on the wood in the laydowns.

Bruce -Got a link to your rod and reel? Wanna get into some heavier action fishing myself.

Here you go John, this is a link to Kistler's site. I have the Micro Magnisium rod. There are all kinds of rods to choose from;
http://www.kistlerrods.com/

Great Bruce, Thanks! Good fishing !

This is a picture of the reel. I reel with my left hand on all my reels, spinning or baitcasters.

That's a nice smallie I caught last yr on the Dairyland Flowage, just outside of Ladysmith,WI.

This was my good friend and fishing partner's bass boat,
It's a Gambler 2100 with a Merc 250XB, Top speed, 87mph(GPS'ed). He sold it this last Oct. Broke my heart!

ill show you the rods i have when i get the chance.

This was caught on a #10 crappie hook and a flathead minnow at my pond. LOL should have seen my gardbabie eye when this hit her pole.
( Her Daddy help get it in a net)

First 2010 ice out Bass March 18

I cought my first largemouth bass today. not very big, but it's one

Thata boy Dale!What ya get him to hit?

well....it was in the upper 70's and 80's all week so on saturday at about 9 in the morning i started fishing at Sparkle Lake in yorktown heights (a little was up from Mohansic Lake). i used one of my small flies (ill take a pic of it later this week or next week) and put on some burkley gulp magot type since i didnt have anything else and cast it out, waited till i saw the bobber bob so i pulled my rod back slightly and brought him in. in all i got 3 fish. almost got 4. it was about 46 degrees so it felt realy cold after the warm weather. the whole time i got nibbles.

Two decent Bass yesterday One on a Jersey Rigg worm and one on a Bomber 4F.Both fish came in about 6' or less of water.Got 5 other small bass on the same two lures.
Bass in NJ are also hitting 3" Swim baits.

MY GIRLFRIENDS BEST BASS AT 1 LB 1 OUNCE

MY 22 INCHER

EARLY SPRING BASS

1 LB 13 OUNCE 15 INCHER

Nice 17-inch smallie I caught over Memorial Day weekend.

Congratulations on your fine fish guys!

Nice bass caught July 4th. Biggest one is 20"!!

Caught these two nice bass just before dark on a rebel bass pop-r ...just 15 min. apart!! Wish I had got there earlier!!

On 7-5-10 Caught several bass (fat 16 -17")with the Jersey Rigg worm and the nip-i-dee-dee topwater plug.
'Crazy crawlers 'get them too.Going out a few hours before dark.

Will bass eat catfish, spiny fins and all?

That a way Chris!!

I have a question for bass experts. I got some 5" bass today to put in my creek. The fishery only put about 4" of water per 25 bass. Got them in the creek within 30 minutes, but most of them seemed to be staying near the surface and gulping. Do you think they are oxygen starved? They are swimming around fine, do you think they will recover?