fishnmike

No pain, just too many types of fish to chase and not enough time. I love bass fishing but putting the steel to a 6 ft sturgeon is quiet a rush.

Glad it worked out Danny.

Doh! I showed up one morning to launch on the Delta and there were several guys standing on the dock looking in the water. As I put my boat in the lane next to them I saw an antena sticking up out of the water. They had submerged their whole truck.

Sounds like a pinion or level wind gear.

That sucks Danny. I don't post on here much becuase I don't toss swimbaits as much as I should, just so many kinds of fish to fish for. But in my time here i have noticed you are always willing to help guys out. So PM me your address and I'll send you a small contribution toward the total you are out. Maybe several of us here can do that and make you whole. Mike

Very cool. Sturgeon is all I have been doing the last couple of months, only been out bass fishing once since about Jan.

Something on here I can actually post about with some experience I purchased a sinking Tylure Kicker Trout several years ago. First time I took it out the joint would hang up and the bait wouldn't swim. I sent it back and Tyler made me a new one. The new one swims better but still not with a real fluid motion and it has to be worked pretty fast to maintain a swiming action. The other thing I'm not particulary fond of is that is pretty hard to keep it subsurface since it has to be worked so fast to get it to swim. Most of the time it sits in my box, every now and then I pull it out and almost use it as a rip bait for spots.

15' Gregor I decked in years ago. Great little boat.

I am who I am, not a real succesfull swimbaiter, that's the problem!

Nice Don. That's why you are who you are and I'm not.

Buddy and I spent the day throwing nothing but Hudds and Slammers for no bites. Things looked good to, water temp, wind, cloud cover. I'm snake bit, guess thats what I get for chasing those sturgeon for the last couple months.

Awesome, congrats!

Wow not what I thought this post would be. Not sure what I thought it would be though.

You're the man, still!

Probably 50% of the time when I'm bass fishing. Much of the time I have someone else in my boat with me who doesn't have much bass experience and I'm just trying to get them on fish which makes throwing swimbaits full time tough.

And that is why you are the man. Congrats

Ohhhh that sucks. If its your usual lake, water levels might be far enough down by end of summer to recover it. We are really going to draw it down this year.

Nice Don! Thanks for the tip on the https

Crap, can't see the vid at work. Will have to wait until I get home.

No fish for us. Was so windy it was about impossible to even see a bite much less fish where you want to. We got a couple nice ones two weeks ago.

Nice fish Ceaser. I was out west of you fishing for strurgeon and that wind was brutal!

Watched it, found it interesting on how they go about fishing for them. But like most "reality" TV, they focused too much on the made up drama.

Just hop in the truck each morning with no plan and see where it takes you. Some of my best trips have been on audiables I called while on the way to the lake. Just go fishing and have fun, the rest is just details.

It took me two winters of throwing Hudds before I got my first swimbait fish.

At least once a week, sometimes twice. But its not always bass, and recently it hasn't been for bass at all.