Christian/FishnKids Pro Staff: The best way to fish them is to just cast toward your target and just reel back at a medium pace, trying to bump as much stuff ( like rocks, stumps, tree branches, etc.) as possible without getting hung up. Since a spinnerbait imitates a shad the color of the bait should be a shad color like, chartreuse, white, and there’s a color called shad. For size ¼ ounce with a Colorado blade.

Christian/FishnKids Pro Staff: My best wishes to all the people in Louisiana and I hope you are ok. To answer your question junior bassmasters is in your area just email Kevin Gaubert E-MAIL kevgobear@cox.net and just ask for info about the junior bassmaster in Louisiana.

Christian/FishnKids Pro Staff: Here is a link that will answer your question http://www.angelfire.com/ia3/fishing/aboutreels.htm

Christian/FishnKids Pro Staff: This might help your question http://experts.about.com/q/1634/3977263.htm

Christian/FishnKids Pro Staff: Well if you are fishing at a lake, some lakes will put rainbow trout in the water about once a year. If your lake does that a rainbow trout swimbait will work the bass LOVE rainbow trout. If you don’t know if the lake your fishing does that then call local tackle store to find out. If they don’t stock the lake with rainbow trout a large spinnerbait or a bluegill colored or shad colored swimbait will catch the monsters.

ProBass Staff: An article written by Ron Brooks answers that question: Bait-casting reels can handle heavier line and actually allow a longer cast than spinning gear in the same size range. In actuality, line size probably plays the most important roll in this tackle choice. Whether bass fishermen realize it or not, pros are using baitcasting tackle for a very specific reason. Bait-casting reels can handle heavier line and actually allow a longer cast than spinning gear in the same size range. Bass anglers regularly use line in the 14- to 17-pound test range. A small spinning reel has a smaller, narrower spool, which has a hard time with larger line size. Small baitcasting reels can handle these lines and provide comparatively greater casting distance. Casting rods, size-for-size, also have more backbone than spinning rods. The backbone of a rod is the side of the blank that gives the least when bent. Made properly, a casting rod's backbone will lie directly on top of the blank as the angler holds the rod. This backbone allows lures to be "ripped" through vegetation more easily, and ensures a more powerful hook-set than a spinning rod in the same class. The arrival of braided line with much heavier breaking strengths brought some issues to light in bass fishing circles. This super thin line causes problems on baitcasting reels simply because it is so thin. Setting the hook on a fish with braided line on a bait-casting reel tends to bury the line deep into the spool, a situation that will cause a major backlash on the very next cast. That same thinness is why lines less than about 10-pound test are seldom found on a baitcasting reel. Spinning tackle, on the other hand can usually handle the braids much better. In fact, several manufacturers make a reel that picks the line up on the spool in such a way that it can't bury itself into the spool on a hook set. That, coupled with the virtual no-stretch quality of the braided line has made spinning tackle more and more attractive to bass anglers.

ProBass Staff: Canada contains about one-quarter of the world’s fresh water and thus has a considerable responsibility for the protection of freshwater fish habitat. Within it's streams, rivers, and lakes, there are 230 species of fishes. For more information you can got to http://www.wildspecies.ca/wildspecies2000/en/SP05DE.html

ProBass Staff: Bobbers or floats are used mainly as indicators to tell when a fish is biting. They also hold baits at a desired level - out of the weeds and bottom debris or away to attract fish. Brightly covered bobbers are easiest to see, most common being red and white. When putting on a red and white bobber, hold the spring on the bottom with your thumb, push down on top spring until wire hook is exposed, then wrap line twice around before releasing. Repeat the same steps to secure line to bottom of bobber.

Edward Guice Ranger/ Berkley Pro Staff: The location of the upper jaw base in relation to the eye socket on the fish.

Smallmouth's jaw will be located in front of the eye

 

Largemouth's jaw will go past or behind the eye socket.

ProBass Staff: In an article written by Tim Tucker based on a interview with pro angler Guide Hibdon, Mr. Hibdon talks about technique for fishing with live crawfish and gives these suggestions for rigging: "The most productive size of crawfish is 2 to 3 inches in length, according to veteran anglers, who rig the live crustacean several ways. Hibdon impales a No. 2 hook through the bottom of the second section of its tail. The hook point protrudes out of the top of the crawfish's shell. That seems to be the most common way to rig a live crawfish, although some fishermen simply attach the bait to the hook with a rubberband.

Since crawfish are bottom dwellers, the bait should be fished along the bottom. This can usually be accomplished without weighting the rig, but a couple of small splitshot can help on occasion. When fishing around aquatic vegetation, some anglers remove the crawfish's pinchers, which can cause problems by grabbing the weeds and tangling the line."

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