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Steve

... if you are swinging all your fish in the boat then you aint catchin the right size fish!

Steve

Touching the line is fair and square and takes nothing away from the accomplishment of catching big bass. However, I wouldnt touch the line unless I absolutely had to. And when I do touch the line I do at at very specific times keeping in mind that I may have to let go at any second. As long as its ...

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Greg_Cornish wrote:Sacto, Paul and Steve, are you running bass boats?

What other kind of boat is there?

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Power drives are just about the only trolling motor Ive used for the last 18 years. The primary reason I use this motor is because I have a small boat and I need as much space as possible up front. The power drives have a very small base and a small flat pedal (the other engine in this category is t...

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Mark my words, that comeback in the third tonite will give them the momentum they need to carry them to the Stanley Cup finals. They win it with 8 seconds left, are you kidding me? 3-1 is a longs ways away from 2-2. I cringed when they drew Calgary in the first round; they havent been able to beat t...

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No doubt, that fish weighs exactly what DOG said it weighs. Congratulations to you for catching a fish of a lifetime! For critics claiming if you caught that fish you would have gotten a better photo, it doesnt always work out that way. Especially when you are fishing from a float tube and doubly es...

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Hey Johny, the tooth patch absolutely is not 100% diagnostic for spotted bass. Do a google search on the subject and you will find the answer. I dont know if I agree that 10% of largemouth have the patch, but I know first hand that some largemouth and some smallmouth have the patch. In CA, I cant sa...

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Yep thats happened to me before, told 3 or 4 of my friends and the next saturday I went there were 5 aluminum boats in the cove where the tire line is :shock: Needless to say I was pist that's why you should give up your sleeper lakes to guys you don't even know :roll: This whole thread is making m...

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The sleeper of all baits, 8" 316 Rising Son.

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Live bait is no longer allowed to be brought into Pardee. Just a heads up to everyone.

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Cooch, you better stop eating those Delta bass, you might get sick and lose your hair. I guess I didnt realize that Italians keep and eat every bass they catch.

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IMHO, no question its a spot. Characteristics that you never hear people talk about, which this fish has, is the body shape, the size of the head in proportion to the body, and the length of the caudal peduncle. Also, look at what appears to be a large "spot" just fore of the tail. Not cer...

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For years I went through every line I could find trying to achieve maximum depth while deep cranking, mostly with DD 22's. Look at line diameter, you want to minimize the diameter to achieve maximum depth. However, there is a fine line between maximizing depth and losing all your crankbaits/hooked f...

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I kinda like it when wardens check me. I like seeing them out there. I have nothing to hide, and I see lots of people out there that have lots of things to hide.

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I am certainly not a swimbait expert, but a bow in the line allows the bass to inhale the bait and actually move it toward them without any resistance, thus getting it deeper in their mouth. Not sure, just my theory. That theory makes sense, but with a bow in your line you are risking not detecting...

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Its a fine line between not killing fish but maximizing the bite to fish landed ratio. I adjust my stingers according to the bite; during certain times of the year they suck it in, and during others they just sorta nip at it. I try real hard not to use stingers, but sometimes you just have to. I act...

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Interesting you should ask that. Without a doubt, no boat movement is best when hucking swimbaits, at least for me and the way I fish. I usually have two anchors, and on those spots I KNOW hold big fish, I will throw those anchors out. The problem with boat movement is twofold. First, it causes me t...

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Selective harvest is key, smaller bass are excellent table fare. My rule of thumb is i will not eat any fish coming out of a lake located on flat ground (i.e., Central Valley; Berryessa and Clear Lake included). I will only eat fish out of lakes at higher elevations (the higher the better), even tho...

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Yeah right. The fish is in the pot!

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You need to reduce the image size using some sort of image processing software such as photoshop. The maximum file size allowed is printed on the submittal page.

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I dont know Ken, Im kinda bummed, you should have at least kept that bait and set it on a shelf.

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Hey Ron: Two questions on the Fluoro when compared to using Mono. Considering the price, do you retie as frequently, and if you do do you take at least 10 feet off for each retie? How do you feel about the no-stretch component of Fluoro? I usually need to re-spool after every trip because I retie al...

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LOL! Nope, Im still alive. Its funny, just the other day my fishing partner asked me if I had ever been in a bad situation while boating. I asked him why he asked, and he said because I ALWAYS attach the kill switch and put my life jacket on before running, even though my engine is only 25 hp. I tol...

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PM me with any questions you have. Ive got one for sale that cosmetically/operationally are an 8.5/10

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I work hard for my money, and my days off are treasured. I spend lots of money to get to the lake, on gear, etc. etc. Thus, my time on the water is of equal importance to every other person on the water. If a tourny angler approaches and politely asks to share the water, every time I say sure. And i...

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You should always discuss cost sharing prior to fishing regardless of why you are fishing. Sometimes thats not the way it works, and the cost sharing discussion takes place at the end of the day. As a non-boater, I really dont know how much gas a particular engine burns, so I usually ask how much I ...

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Am I allowed to be a volunteer Quinn?

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The most versatile aluminum hull you can get is a modified v. Thats what Ive fished out of for, well, way too long. Get a welded hull. Also, pay close attention to the width of the boat and the height of the gunnels. My stern also is very high to prevent backwash and big waves from coming over the r...

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White 316 mission fish, white 316 rising son (not a bait you here about), 316 wake jr., ms slammer. Armed with those baits you can cover all situations.

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I think what Jared is trying to say is that in todays fishing world, where fishing pressure is extreme, that selective harvest is necessary to maintain the high quality fisheries that we all love and are lucky to have. I for one feel very lucky to have such high quality fisheries, and many of them, ...

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Congrats goes out to Jake and Don. Im totally stoked for the both of you!!

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Im calling PETA and demand banning all swimbaits!!

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Its called Nikwax. They make a cleaner and a waterproofer. Both are done in your washing maching. First you clean the gortex item using the detergent, then you run another cycle and dump in the waterproofer. It works great and I use it once a year on my raingear. Heres a link (you can search the sit...

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The augertail! When I was a kid I used to crush bass using that worm. I would rig it without weight and just slowly swim it. Funny you mentioned that worm because in the last 6 months I was thinking that fishing that worm weightless at Clear Lake in the spring would knock them dead.

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As long as you make sure your boat is dry, including the live well, you should be fine. The inspections have not reached militant levels at EBMUD impoundments, yet.

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I think the one I use is around 75-90 gallons or quarts or whatever the standard metric is. The biggest bass ive ever put in it was just under 30 inches long, and it took up the entire cooler. I do not tournament fish out of my boat, and I do not think my cooler could hold 5 four pounders comfortabl...

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First, I dont agree with anything Lake Casitas officials are doing. We are just now starting to deal with this issue up here at Pardee and San Pablo. Its going to get bad, no doubt. None of us condone the short term solutions currently in place. With that said, Im going to play the devils advocate f...

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You should contact a person who goes by the username FourBizzle. He custum makes a wooden walk the dog bait. I think he calls the bait a 2x4. He makes different sizes. The last one I saw, and fished, was an 8" trout that looked very good.

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Hmmmmm, I wonder what is trying to be insinuated by calling him BUD.......

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Hey Dean, wake up and face reality. The problem is an increasing population. All environmental issues can always go back to overpopulation. Couple that with an open immigration policy, particularly in Cali, and there ya go. Your Delta water will flow south until not one drop of water is left. Its a ...

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Thanks Ron! My boat took a beating that day, and it should only take me about a month to fix everything that broke! Plus, my leaf springs broke on my trailer. But I enjoyed every minute of it and look forward to the Clear Lake event.

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She was already a nutcase to begin with!!! Just kidding Lane. I enjoyed meeting you at Casitas. If I wasnt so frazzled I would have spent more time talking with you. Im still recovering from my day on the water.

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Dosage on the bottle say one teaspoon per 10 gallons. My understanding is that if you recirculate water through you livewells after this product is added, then the whole system is sterilized.

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Im not aware that DFG actually did DNA analyses on any of the fish in Pardee. Is there any way the public can view such DNA results or at least get confirmation that such test were conducted?

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I just wanted to thank my VTO, Fred Long. I was so frazzled after the tourny I forgot to thank him. I put Fred through hell during the tourny. We battled extreme conditions in a small boat, the boat dangerously filling with water throughout the day, a dead big engine, and failing trolling motor batt...

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Wow! I hate to bring up an old topic, but I cant help it. The photo of "one of KB's contest winners" shows what appears to be somebody holding a largemouth and a spotted bass. If I didnt know where that fish came from I would absolutely call it a spotted bass. Im still not convinced those ...

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1/2 oz or heavier (depending on wind) hula grub cinnamon with purple/black flake. Look for fish on deeper flats. Drag the jig. This time of year they can be really bunched up, and good fish can be surprisingly shallow. 10-35 feet.

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The mouth is on a very strong hinge. You tie the line to the jaw such that when working the bait you can get the mouth to open and shut. Its pretty cool because even at a distance you can see the pink of the mouth as the jaw opens and closes. And while dead sticking you can open and close the mouth....

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