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Joe W.

How well does this rig cast?

Joe W.

Yeah, that's me.

Joe W.

Brian wrote:
Mike wrote:You aint "cool" with anyone! Go away "swimbait expert"

Yea, what Mike said.

If you don't like me fine. Don't respond to any of my posts.

Joe W.

There were no "tricks" in that post. Here is a trick though, why don't you PM Mike and Cooch and beg them to take you out and show you some spots, oh wait, you've done that already. Never mind. Keep at it though and one day your skills will be great enough to out fish Senko Guru. LMFAO! N...

Joe W.

Greg, I don't think the state cares about the fish one bit. Their concern is the money they will have to pay to clean the mussels that clog pipes and pumps. It's money they are worried about and nothing more.

Joe W.

Phil Burgess wrote:I DO BELEIVE YOU COULD EAT A DOLPHIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CHOMP CHOMP!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ah hell, I thought we were cool Phil. Guess not.

Joe W.

Phil Burgess wrote:JOE STICK WITH SURFING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Don't even start with me Flipper. I don't surf, but if I did I'd run a fin into your dolphin ***.

Joe W.

When making long casts it's always going to splash down hard. The bait weighs what? Like 5-6oz ? It's a huge chunk of rubber. I don't think the fish care, infact a lot of guys say it draws attention to the bait when it splashes down hard. Fish jump and splash all the time. Bass hear the splash and ...

Joe W.

thanks, guys. good info, especially about the noise factor. i had been thinking i'd be pretty embarrassed out on the lake making so much noise on my casts when most other fisherman are trying to be as stealthy as possible :oops: so it's nice to read that loud splashes can be a Good Thing :D Don't w...

Joe W.

mvanguilder wrote:Cast your hudd like you are swingin a golf club, this will make easier on your shoulders. Use the momentum.

You cast them underhand?

Joe W.

When making long casts it's always going to splash down hard. The bait weighs what? Like 5-6oz ? It's a huge chunk of rubber. I don't think the fish care, infact a lot of guys say it draws attention to the bait when it splashes down hard. Fish jump and splash all the time. Bass hear the splash and t...

Joe W.

Congrats on the new ride Dan, very nice boat brotha!

Joe W.

If you make some dolphin noises, Phil will come a runnin'.

Joe W.

Then was it just a rumor on another thread that a body of water in California was closed to all fishing, even bank fishing because of quagga concerns? Please don't ask me to find that thread. ;-) San Justo in Hollister is completely closed and is the only lake in Ca with confirmed Zebra mussel infe...

Joe W.

Seems to me if guys are worried about getting paid by the ams they should just go ahead and not fish draw tourneys.

I of couse always pay my own way in everything that I do, but I don't know if it's right for a pro to expect anything from the am in a draw tourney.

Joe W.

fish_food wrote:
Buzzbait wrote:5. Can the AM drink beer while posted on the back deck???
See: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIhHPBZ2jMw

Bass murderers!!!

Joe W.

Buzzbait wrote:Glad I read this thread. I will not be back seating with anyone ever. Hell....I'm fine in my little tin can.

Agreed. Threads like this make me not ever want to fish a draw tourney. I will also be sticking to fshing out of my own tin can.

Joe W.

It seems easy enough to make sure a little car topper is clean and dry, maybe small vessels will have to get inspected upon entry every time. That's the only way it could be, since you can't prove they weren't launched in infested waters.

Joe W.

For any of these ideas to work, we would have to be 100% sure which lakes actually have the mussels. For all we know there are lakes that have them already and nobody knows it yet. How will they know that a lake they don't think is infested doesn't have them already? Is there any way to know for sur...

Joe W.

i see what you're getting at. do keep in mind, that most motherlode lakes rarely have a ranger in the station. i fished at mcclure probably close to 50 times last yr, and only saw a ranger at the gate maybe 5 times. have NEVER seen a ranger in the station at melones or new hogan. that's what i'm wo...

Joe W.

The sticker or barcode thing isn't going to work. How can they prove that your boat has net been launched at a lake with not staff to scan your sticker or whatever? They can't. There are a ton of lakes I can go to where there will be nobody there to inspect my boat, scan a sticker or even know I was...

Joe W.

That is an absolute giant.

Joe W.

Never get discouraged. If the fishing is tough, do not let it get to you. I noticed that on a few trips where the bite was really tough I got discouraged and kind of started just going through the motions and not putting much thought into what I was doing. I was half assing it and not fishing as har...

Joe W.

Joe, The Bass Harassers are covered by hard plastic over the package with a perfect slot for the tail. I've never had one with a bent tail, unless I left it in one of my boxes the wrong way. If you feel you got some bad baits I would contact them. Reaction Strike is owned by a couple of fishermen l...

Joe W.

Are you guys trying to clear those out? Are you not going to carry the Harassers anymore? I'm having terrible luck with those baits. I had some good ones that worked well but the last couple I got have bent tails and swim like a plastic glob of crap. I boiled one of them to try to get it back in sha...

Joe W.

Lay off the reefers Greg!

Joe W.

Flouro on a Spinning reel is what I use for weighless senkos. I also don't like tossing light baits on a baitcaster. I'm just far more accurate with a spinning reel with lighter baits.

I use flouro for basically all my plastics. It gets down better and the feel is much better.

Joe W.

What a pig! Mike the hog slayer! Nice job dude.

Joe W.

I think he blanked that day. At least that is what he said in another thread.

Joe W.

Nice finish Flipper and Milkman.

Joe W.

Joe The Casitas Water Management District will be holding a vote on Tuesday March 4,2008. This is a knee jerk reaction and it seems that your people up there are having the same typical government reaction. Chris Koda Sounds like it to me too. It's all new to these guys up here too so who knows how...

Joe W.

Vince Borrego wrote:Looks like you should invest in a good Float Tube or belly boat. Just work around the issue until the panic dies down.

This particular lake, Loch Lomond doesn't allow float tubes or pontoons.

Joe W.

Suggest you read the southern board "CASITAS LAKE" We have been working on this issue for the past month. John Barron has a topic "MWD Kudos" about the classes and efforts being done here in the south. Chris Koda It's worse for Loch Lomond. They won't let you launch with a gas m...

Joe W.

The goal of this inspection is not to keep anglers off the lake or comedown on tournament anglers in any way. I want that to be very clear. If any boat fails the visual inspection we will work with that person to come up with a decontamination solution and get them on the water. This is nice to hea...

Joe W.

Why aren't you and Cooch fishing it Dan?

Good luck Phillis and Milkman!

Joe W.

The guy you drew will probably see this and not be very happy about it.

If you think you can outfish the boater, sign up and fish out of your own boat next time.

Joe W.

Cooch guides on CL as well as the Delta.

Joe W.

Way to go Dan and Cooch! You guys are on a roll, Congrats!

Joe W.

Johnny C wrote:Best finish from the west is Mike Baskett the Fed Nation angler from Salem, OR.

I remember him posting in the "Who will win the Classic" thread saying he was going to win.

He's off to a pretty good start, best of luck to him!

Joe W.

You're not the only one.

http://westernbass.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=36894&f=2

Joe W.

I wish you guys were open at 6am last sunday in Manteca on my way to Pedro.

Joe W.

Huds, Brown power coat, and cin/blk 5 inch hula grubs! Don't they stock Hudds? I think tey do in the Manteca store at least. Also, I agree with what Dan said. I'll still shop at FW instead of the BPS when it opens. I hope it doesn't effect their business too much. It's a great store, I could spend ...

Joe W.

Greg_Cornish wrote:Would the worm hooks with the barbed shank be the best hook?

Yeah I'd use a bait holder hook. Good luck Greg!

Joe W.

I've never drop-shotted a crawler but have caught plenty of bass on crawlers. I usually just split-shot them. I don't use them anymore really, but I assure you bass eat them.

Joe W.

I just watched a good show about spawning smallies called Hook and Look. There was a ton of underwater footage of smallies on beds. A diver actually swam up and was just sitting there with a smallie and the fish was super curious and was swimming around the guy just checking him out. He even touched...

Joe W.

Where is pilot slough?

Joe W.

I'm using 8lbs Inviz-x on my spinning rod right now and it's just fine. I had problems with heavier flouro flying off the spool and just being too stiff. 8 and under seems fine to me.

Joe W.

g-man wrote:thanks for the info!

Guy!!!!! LOL

You had better put a whoopin on Guy.

Joe W.

edbass wrote:What ever you used at New Melones...........don't use that. Only trying to help bud.........lol

The bite will be much better than your TOC at Melones.

Joe W.

It's a motherlode lake G! Your favorite kind. The bite should be decent this weekend. I'd toss jigs on rocky points. I haven't been to Tulloch in a while but I caught fish on Senkos at Pedro on Sunday to 3lbs in 15-25' of water I also heard Melones was doing pretty good with jigs. It was pretty slow...

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