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I use braid with a fluro leader, I find I prefer the smoother samuai braid. The advantages: it doesn't develop a memory, no line twist, it casts a mile, and it is the most sensitive line possible. The negatives, the leader will breakoff at some point, or lines get snagged and retieing a double uni o...

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In the early 90's I worked at Sears selling tablesaws, and we had a guy in sporting goods on an exercise machine and a loud pop went off...we thought the machine had broke...but we noticed little bits of denim all over the place....he had a concealed weapon go off in his pants...we found a bullet ma...

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Turkeyman wrote:12+ for first, they had big fish 6.19, 8 lbs to make a check.

Mcclure is still putting up good numbers.

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I like Andy's suggestions, Ive never even seen a dark ripbait before...I have no idea if it would work....dark jigs , dark spinnerbaits, dark worms.....but I'm not an expert. Larry Hemphill has a series of articles on it in the Bass Anglers Guide...check that out.

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Did anybody see the May issue? Is it just me or does it look horribly photo shoped...the anglers hands dont seem to be on the fish....just saying...it cant be that hard to get a picture of somebody actually holding a bass.

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There doesnt seem to be a wealth of useful apps for fishing. Seems like navigation/mapping and fishing reports are the two main categories.

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Try cottonwood, there seem to be some sizable Largemouth there. Normally I wouldn't toss giant plastics at Mcclure, but you might give a large black worm a shot slathered in scent. Otherwise, maybe try vibration lures like lipless cranks, paddletails, or maybe small buzzbaits.

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My first choice is a Dobyn's 702sf, especially for tubes. My second choice is an Avid St. Croix 6'8 M-XF. And I wouldn't be suprised if the new Dobyn's Savy rods might not be darn close too.

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Already heading up to Mcclure, sounds like a fun trip.

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I put one in my 2009 tracker. I have the motorguide trolling motor and ordered a recessed foot pedal from the Cabelas catalog for 145 plus shipping. It took two hours to install, and could have been quicker had I not been freaking out about cutting into my new boat. The first think you do is buy the...

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If you read the bassdozer article on the internet he puts great store in a balanced head that actually darts back and forth, but often find myself hopiing, or dragging or ripping the bait. so Im not sure what makes a great darter head. I use berserkbaits darter heads.

www.berserkbaits.com

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Yes, they are starting to bite on topwater. More than a month ago the FPT millerton had a fish on a buzzbait, and I've got friends getting bites and follows...and ocassionally catches. Maybe not the numbers bait yet, but certainly worth tossing.

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Another factoid, bass will go Option C if they get hungry, there by reducing population....Ain't nature grand...ecosystems balance themselves usually.

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to transport game fish you need a permit... in fact that goes for boats too when not in a tournament...livewells are only for tournaments.

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I buy lead and tungsten, The tungsten I save for tournamnets or desperate fishing....the lead is for pre fishing or for questionable cover sitituations, when I know I'm tossing weights into crazy cover. I like my weights to be black 90 percent of the time, but brown is ok..or tru tungsten makes a co...

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Welcome. If you get up to the mother lode lakes or Delta, I can offer a backseat.

And thanks for serving.

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Crossed connection somewhere...get thee to a boat repair shop...your wiring may now be damaged...i'd disconnect your batteries now.

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Shoot a gun... pelt people with lures? Guys I hope your just talking. A tournament does not give you any special rights. Its unfortuate that they fished the water you wanted or cut you off after your first altercation. Live bait fishing is legal, harvesting fish is legal... if you don't like it get ...

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I have no idea what the best one is, but Ill report on my Rapala digital scale. I find it weighs in light, and often runs the battery down quickly. I have two other scales, based on a spring setup and while I use them less often, I suspect they would be prone to being inaccurate as well.

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Hi, welcome to the site.

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bump. I'd like to know this as well.

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When would you get suspicious of a team winning " too much"?

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the dental bands are a good idea, and the shrink wrap idea is good too...I didnt know shrink tubing came in a clear colr...so ill check that out.

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Thanks guys, good suggestions.

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Ok, I probably don't fish a wacky rig as often as I should, and when I do I often forego the o-ring. Yep, It costs me baits when I do this. I've been told to buy size 10 o-rings , and I did in both black and red. and while I've used devices to put them on I find that larger orings just slip on....an...

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6'6"- 7'0" spinning rod medium action, 8lb fc.

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looks like a spot to me...does it have the tooth patch on its tongue?

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I talked to a warden at mcclure, they have traps out marked by orange bouys... I doubt they are for bass, but just so there is no confusion.

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So after the Mike Van Guilder Sr tournament, I had to go over to the Mcclure Point ramp, and while there I saw the Warden. He confirms that there is no limit on carp. He also said Mcclure is up for its 50 year use/review, and that some environmental studies are underway.

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Great Tourney! Still can't believe the nearly 12lb fish...I hope you post that picture steve. a ton of sponsors steped up and donated a lot of money and prizes. Purina donated 400 cash, which allowed the tri- tip dinner...which by the way was awesome. GM tires of stocton gave out a ton of certificat...

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2ndsuks wrote:Use 10# braid with a fluorocaron leader.
No more worries!

Yep!

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The asians sure like carp, or so I'm told..they sell it at fish markets. And the Europeans fish for carp , like we do trout.

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Becareful when you buy the cheaper tungsten weights, you'll find that your getting more breakoffs from edges in the BPS weights, and thats what the inserts are for too to prevent line breakage. I use a 1/8-3/8 tungsten bullet weight with a tru-tungsten stopper and a regular stopper to get it at both...

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I'm not an expert, but I've heard people tossing in used plastic worms to add weight and bulk to the bait, this wont keep the water out but might limit the amount that can go in.

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This has been a good year, I think the stable higher water level has been great for fishing, with only the unpredicatble weather to deal with. Some nice fishing this year.

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THis post won't help much, but since were dwelling on the lakes problems, Last year at low water there was tons of trash all over the lake, I took probably 6-7 trashbags of garbage out and that was only 1-2 coves. It would be nice if we had an organization to help out, but that will take more than f...

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I dont know, I heard of a 14# last month..but no pictures or official scale...no report on whether it made it back or not either.

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wow...ok...I wonder how the carp are doing so well then...seems like the bass would be fat and happy on baby carp...and the population would be more under control.

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I've read about bow fishing and dough baits commonly. I do remember an article about lures for carp , but I can't remember the details, these guys all seem pretty skittish once you hit them in the head with a lure....they let you get about 6' away though...I swear I could knife one. Anyway, I'm just...

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Guys, guys .....we all know who the raffle king is....I might not have caught a fish last year, but I walked out with arm loads of stuff.

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ok, did the stats suprise you? I know looking at multiple listing that 8lbs is the minium number needed to get anywhere on mcclure...the 29lb in 2007 seems far fetched... thats nearly 6lbs a fish.

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Dobyns 702sf, Shimano Sahara Dobyn's 784c ml ,Revo STX Dobyn's 744c , Diawa 100sha Dobyn's 736c , Diawa 100sha Dobyns 807mag, 400a Cardiff Dobyn's 704cb glass, revo stx Dobyn's 705cb , BPS St. croix Avid casting M-F, revo s St. croix Avid Spinning M- F, Shimano Sahara St. Croix Avid Spinning M-XF, S...

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I've never fished for carp before. I went bass fishing at Lake Mcclure today, and Mcclure point was packed, almost shoulder to shoulder with carp....and I mean the entire 5 mph zone.. not just the bank. SO do they sell carp guards for trolling motors? What are the rules for fishing carp...the DFG me...

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yeah, I prefer my deer pee straight..oh and canadian goose poo, and merganzer farts and crawdad toe jam. ....

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No, but depite some references to the contrary it does cost 8 bucks to use 1 day....camping has other costs thts just day use/boat.

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More.... A braid/ fc combo will have little line twist, will be more sensitive, is more expensive initially, but is more duarable saving money in the long run. And is nearly useless on reaction baits unless your fishing weeds. I use it on jigs, drop shot and most of my finesse stuff. The albright kn...

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Well in the last year or a little bit more I've used braid with a flurocarbon leader a lot. So the following is a list of things: 1. The double uni knot is easy to tie, and does pass through the guides, but if your messy tying your knot you might hang up. It is very much worth it to sear your knot t...

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Its raining right now, but I've checked the forcast and it seems like its going to some family friendly weather on tournament day. Last year had something like fifty boats, and lately with the stable water levels fishing has been easy. I've volunteered to help do livewell checks , so be sure to have...

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I didn't watch the video, but I gather you've found video of the cormorants used to fish, indonesia I think. It was on a survivor episode about two years ago..maybe more. And Peta is ..... well nevermind....if you can't say anything nice.

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I have several Dobyn's rods and love them, I'll be getting my first savy in may, a 703 sf.

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