BassinDon69 ...You ever think about...

[Shad*Wizard]

giving seminars on swimbait fishing?...Dang you catch BIG bass!.

[fourbizzle]

I'd go

[dtacker]

See you there Jay...

[Fish Chris]

Yea'..... for a mono guy, he sure sticks some pigs

Peace,
Fish

PS, I'd go to a seminar by Don too, if he put one on, and I could make it....

[photon]

Hey Chris, how 'bout you doing a seminar.....I'd consider going to that too!

[redPHish]

He put me on my personal best.

[bassindon69]

Sure!
But because it would only be 5 of you there LOL!! Why don't we see when Chris can make it.
We can just have a day at my house or a place in the middle and Chris you bring PIZZA!!! LOL!!! Give me Pizza and all talk all the fishing you want LOL!
Then again my wife says I talk fishing 24/7 anyway LOL!!

Thanks guys!
Don.

[gt5bass]

Don,

You talk about fishin'...nah...never ...you never utter a word bout fishin'

See you at the BAT

[Phil]

POLL.OK WHAT IF JIGS SETS IT UP, AND BUYS THE PIZZA HERE AT DON PEDRO AT THE PIZZA PARLOR ...HOW MANY CAN MAKE IT AND WHEN ???????? SOMETIME IN NOV OR DEC !!!!!

JIGS

[gt5bass]

Dang it Phil,

You are gonna gits me to Pedro one way or another, ain't you

And usin' Pizza as bait jes ain't fair either

[Phil]

YA THINK !!!1 I ALSO WILL HAVE ROB MANSOR THERE FOR SOME SEMINAR SWIMBAIT BASS FISHING......HEY THIS WILL ALL BE FREE, IF I CAN SET IT UP FOR YA ALL


JIGS

[gt5bass]

Set'r'up fer the Day after this Winter's NutCase Classic... not too far of a haul from Tullock to Pedro

[Phil]

TULLOCK TO DON PEDRO ,YA ABOUT 30 MINUTES MAYBE !!!

NEED COMIT FROM ROB, DON, AND A FEW OTHERS TO TALK SWIMBAITS TO MAKE IT WORK !!!!

I'LL WORK ON IT .

CYA

JIGS

[Hipster]

Jigs,

If not for anything else than I want to meet DON personally!!

The e-mail Pm stuff is cool but I think ole Bassindon and I would hit it off!!!

Set something up!!! Saturdays are best!!!

[gt5bass]

30 mins be easy compared to the haul from Castaic to Tullock

Real easy compared to tomorrow nights haul from Castaic to Clear Lake...drive all night to git a couple hours o practice in, fish tourney on Sat. and then back to So Cal on Sunday...whew...I am already tired just typing about it

[R Marxmiller]

Pizza, hmmm, Hey Don part of your presentation could be how to make your own lure retriever!

[JustinD]

you all should call yourselves nut swingers....seeing that you all swing on eachothers nuts. JK. Its obvious that Don knows its not the techniques that catch the hogs but where and what time of year (from the black background).

[biteme]

Im in! Jay lets roll.

[bassindon69]

LOL MorningBuzz! Where? Every lake I have fished. When? Every chance I get, all year long. Hmmmm I think I should try Millerton next, that lake has got to be the biggest challenge for anyone to find a good fish. Maybe not. After all it is trout fed too.
I wish it was that easy as you say, I would only take one rod and one bait. One rod and one bait= a lot less fish caught.

Don.

[Kevin Evans - Kap]

Bassindon and fishchris as the guest speakers.. I would do my best to be there too... -

Kap

[davet.]

I'd go, and I'll bet this would actully turn huge.
Anybody that wants to carpool from Sac, let me know.

[JustinD]

I didn't mean so much as to what lake ect...but the structure and the bait for specific times of year that the fish are keying in on.

[Brian Ruthman]

Damn Don since when did you become such a cheap date ?
Just pizza and no beer

[BIG DADDY BLUE RANGER]

BassinDon and Fish Chris giving swimbait seminars... I'm in for sure,, how much for admission...sratch that,, any price would be worth it I'm sure...

This could get big fast. I think you guys need to start thinking about a Las Vegas venue..

[Wolfeman]

Dude, move up here. Do I have to figure out everything for you?
- Wolfeman

[bassenvy]

I'm surprised that there hasn't been mention of a big bait tournament on Pedro after the seminar? it would be a shame to go that far a distance without wettin' a line..... 100% payback? this all sound familiar?

[lippy]

Come on Don,

I need to get in on some of that black hills gold.Just as soon as i get a break in the hunting.

Talk at you later

[Phil]

IT IS STARTING TO SOUND LIKE A FROG TOURNAMENT ON THE DELTA. EXCEPT A SWIMBAIT TOURNAMENT ONLY ON DON PEDRO...........I BELIEVE WE CAN PUT SOMETHING TOGETHER IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS OR LESS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN, ROBERT MANSOR AND I HAVE BEEN TALKING AND WORKING ON IT. A DON PEDRO BIG BASS SWIMBAIT TOURNEY ...JUST FEELING IT OUT.MAYBE ONE OR TWO FISH LIMIT........ENTRY 200 TO 300 DOLLARS.PAYBACK TO TOP SAY 10% OF THE FIELD ??????

( NOV 10TH ??? NOV 17TH ??? OR DEC ??)

CALL IT !!!

JIGS

[gt5bass]

Phil,

If Ron, John and Ken are as smart as I think they are...one of the next stops for the HBC will be Pedro

[Phil]

AGREED......YOU KNOW LODGING IS ONLY 15 TO 30 MINUTES AWAY ANYWAY !!! I NEED TO BUY SOME MOTORHOMES/TRAILERS AND START RENTING THEM OUT HAHA ....HAVE YOU TRIED THE SNAKEBITE SPINNERBAITS YET ??

JIGS

[gt5bass]

Yes, I threw them a bit out a Havasu but couldn't get on a blade bite. Almost all of our fish came on jerks or topwater.

One of these days I'll get my big ol' arse up to Pedro. Maybe I can even git that Don fella ta show me around

[Shad*Wizard]

Yeah, The Motherlode Swimbait Expo!!!...This could be huge you guys!...Jigs, don't let up on this...Take your time and do it right...Even if it has to go down in the spring when the weather is better...Rio Vista does it every year for their striper derby, Hap's Bait has a seminar right before the derby...Products, food, booths, and fun meeting good people...

You have the lakes, nobody can take them away from you...Don't forget New Hogan's, my favorite water skiing lake...Even if you did a Winter Expo, then a Spring Expo...Man, I remember throwing Mann's Jelly worms up there in the 70's...Xman, remember that back cove, I think we all caught a total of 27 black bass that trip...Thanks Leon, for all you did for us!...Taking us everywhere when we were young...Inventions are on their way!...

Good luck you guys, create your own market, imagination is the key...

P.S. How a bout a Basstrix Open and Basstrix supplies the baits...Wonder how many would show up?...500 teams?...You guys are the gold miners, outsmart the guys selling the shovels, picks, ice, and $100 a gallon, water...

Good Luck,

Shad*Wizard...

[bassenvy]

( NOV 10TH ??? NOV 17TH ??? OR DEC ??)
CALL IT !!!
JIGS

sounds like b-don should make a call to his fish to find out when the big girls want to line-up at the buffet maybe sometime after the turkey and egg nog has settled?

[brambo0311]

BASSINDON

Hey I usually fish back seat so I have to carry allot less rods, so all are for multiple uses. I use a powell 703 glass rod for spooks, lunker punkers, crank baits, spinner and buzz baits, all reaction. It is a little parabolic so it gives the right action for walking spooks and stuff. What line should I run weight, type wise? I found out that the flourocarbon didnt work to well. I run a braid backing should I just go all braid or will that kill the action. I prefer mono or co-polomer, Braid seems to fowl my lures more, and I have lost a few triple trout with tip wraps. My other swim rod is a powell 735, I use it for frogs triple trout and wake baits. Same line question. I am just starting the seminar early, I am going fishing tomorrow

[DeltaDan]

For the Punker I am using #80 Powerpro ..... My reel for that lure and the shell cracker is the Abu Record No.50 and it holds almost 60 yards with #80.

I can cast it to the end -- and it walks perfectly all teh way out there and back. I could not do that when running #65 as it may have sunk ....... But even more it would get tangled in the front or middle hook alot when launching it out there.

I never have tried Mono- Those baits cost to much to loose in Tree's.

Bruiser found one in a tree with about 7 yards of what looked like #20 mono still attached to it.

[brambo0311]

I guess I will give it a try, I have a 201 currado I might have to get a 301 to hold that much line. That is some heavy stuff. You think that will work with crank baits and blades to? I have extra rods but if I am co-angler I cant take all the stuff I want. Do you guys use fast action rods for spooks and lunker punkers? Or do you use mod fast. I couldnt get them to walk with a fast action rod, might have been the flourocarbon. But the spooks walked fine with my mod fast rod. Something wasnt working, I just switched to all powell rods and currado 7 to 1 with flourcarbon and I am trying to work out all the bugs. Apparantly flourocarbon doesnt work for top water and wake baits. But now I am questioning my rod choice because it was so screwed up.