Recent content by drjkl1

Got out by myself to fish hybrids Sunday. At times the water was like trolling through mortar practice, fish busting everywhere chasing shad, even had fish bust right near my planer boards. Marked large schools of baitfish and fish concentrated in a bay protected from the wind. Trolled with my...

I normally fish for bass at my friends private lake, mandatory CNR, and not allowed on the lake w/my boat. A few weeks ago the Northern's invaded my favorite bass spot and started sawing off my spinner baits. Came back the other day armed with heavier line, steel leaders, big hefty single...

Check closely its a doctored photo. Look at the hands on the guy in the top photo. Seen several fraud phots of pike the size of "Nessie" from the Netherlands, Sweden, and this one. You can find these type of photos with a different face on the angler all over the place.

Here are my choices (in no particular order) for hook brands. (most of my crankbaits in the Norman lures use #4 hooks) 1. VMC 4x (Favorite for Deep Cranking (15-22')) 2. Owner 3x (Favorite for Medium Cranking (8-14')) 3. Mustad XXX (Favorite for shallow cranking (1-4')) 3. Daiichi Death Trap...

Give a report if you try the mintroller w/an umbrella rig. I plan to try the same set up & also wondered if it would work with an umbrella rig. I think the minitroller can use a 5# weight. Anxious to hear if it works for you. I was planning to try just the bucktail jigs or swim baits at...

Don't forget those flea markets. Now that I think about it I've seen several rear and bow TM's at flea markets over the summer. You can check them out off the guys car battery & of course no shipping.

Not sure where you are at in KY but in Southern Ohio there is a huge collection of old coal pits that the power company cleaned up and stocked fish into. Lots around Zanesville area. You can check them out on-line for a map through AEP...

Theres another place to look if you are so inclined. Pawn shops. Yeah I know we all think the stuff is stolen at pawn shops, but in many states they are very tightly regulated. Can not tell you how many times I've gone to this one pawn shop and found nice seldom used rods, reels, or combos...

I buy and sell on Ebay all the time: trucks, trailers, fishing tackle, things small and some things large. Most of the time its gone well. Be disciplined and stick to your maximum bid. Another unit will come along and if you are patient you can get great deals. If you get caught iin the...

My apologies bro, I didn't mean to be flippant about ADDH. My sincere apology.

Oh yes life jacket of course. His mom may even make me tie him to a pedestal

My ultimate goal w/my boat is striper fishing at Cumberland. I worked Striper boats for a living in high school in Nor Cal & they are hands down my favorite fish. Been out w/guides on Cumberland and have a few on the wall from them but want to do it on my own. Once my motor ills are behind me...

I'm right handed and normally fish alone so I don't care where I fish from in my boat, but moms going to let our 4 year old fishing machine go out w/me next year. This kid has caught more bass from the shore on plastics than I caught in my first 40 years of life. Honestly if you don't want...

FYI, it was all catch and release. There is one old whisker fish in that pond nearly 3' long. Hes got so many hooks coming out of his lips he looks like and old punk rocker. Hes grabbed my little feather jigs I use for the sunnies and bent them straight more than once. I have permission to...

I put on a kids fishing festival, just because. Because I like to see kids catch fish and enjoy time with their parents. All they had to do was show up. I bough the rod/reel combos, bait, etc, fed them lunch, and got them access to a private pond at a youth camp where I volounteer, and had...