08-23-2007, 12:20 AM
Thanks for the reply.
I realize I have still ways to go, I guess because everything about bass fishing is new for me, from casting with a baitcaster to working the lures to positioning my pontoon in the water. I feel like I am making progress but is is slow, for instance, I don't get as many backlashes on my baitcasting reel as when I fisrt started. So there is little hope.
I fish the lower colorado river and a local lake, Mittry is called. I have been out with some seasoned fisherman trying to learn from them and at least I make it a point to learn 2 things everytime I get out. The water depth in the colorado is around 17-20ft in the area where I fish, and the lake is around 15ft with some deeper holes. It is always sunny here and hot, around 115ยบ during the summer, so the most comfortable bite is during the early morning and evening(topwater), I am currently practicing my texas rig and dropshooting, I realized my texas rig needs a sinking line, yes, as a catfisherman mono is a good all around line but not for bass, I had a few bites dropshooting and I will continue practicing that. Need to get some flouro line for my texas rig.
Got some topwater lures but the lure that interests me the most is the spinerblades, for some reason I really want to catch fish with them but not sure what will be the right conditions for that presentation.
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I realize I have still ways to go, I guess because everything about bass fishing is new for me, from casting with a baitcaster to working the lures to positioning my pontoon in the water. I feel like I am making progress but is is slow, for instance, I don't get as many backlashes on my baitcasting reel as when I fisrt started. So there is little hope.
I fish the lower colorado river and a local lake, Mittry is called. I have been out with some seasoned fisherman trying to learn from them and at least I make it a point to learn 2 things everytime I get out. The water depth in the colorado is around 17-20ft in the area where I fish, and the lake is around 15ft with some deeper holes. It is always sunny here and hot, around 115ยบ during the summer, so the most comfortable bite is during the early morning and evening(topwater), I am currently practicing my texas rig and dropshooting, I realized my texas rig needs a sinking line, yes, as a catfisherman mono is a good all around line but not for bass, I had a few bites dropshooting and I will continue practicing that. Need to get some flouro line for my texas rig.
Got some topwater lures but the lure that interests me the most is the spinerblades, for some reason I really want to catch fish with them but not sure what will be the right conditions for that presentation.
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