Secrets of Large Bass

[Nebe]

Ive thought a lot about this thread today and here's my 10 cents which will be added to my next book "striper-mania"

The best striper men out there stay quiet, avoid attention, operate in the shadows and most of them trust no one. They may have boasted at one time, they may have enjoyed the spotlight, and they may have trusted a few. But, to go the long haul, the very best stay quiet and focus all of their energy on where to fish, when to fish and how to fish. They use the tactics that they know will A- produce the largest bass B- use tactics that are not tireing so they can fish long periods of time, and C- they use these tactics over and over and over in the same spots that they know will produce at a certain moon stage/tide. For them, fishing the suds is not a hobby, its not a passion, its an obsession which has made them sacrifice all in life to possibly catch the one fish out there that will validate everything that they have sacrificed so much for..

[spence]

Originally Posted by Nebe

The best striper men out there stay quiet, avoid attention, operate in the shadows and most of them trust no one.

Well, that pretty much rules you out

Sorry.

Bait can certainly take skill to consistantly produce big fish, and eel fishing is an art to its own...

Habs makes a good point as well, if the fishing hurts the family then there's something lost.

For me it's all about time on the water. You can't learn to catch large if you're not fishing enough to monitor and recognize behavioral patterns.

-spence