So if a fish hits a crankbait it identifies as a bass right? (my measuring board wasn't big enough so I guess it goes down as 28".)

I see we have an upcoming live about hook selection. But until that comes about I have a question.

When flipping & punching with worms... Should I stick with traditional worm hooks, Ewg, or flipping hooks. Or is there another hook better suited?

A little practice for the SUF tournament right before I left for Colorado. Hope I find some measurable fish while in Denver. If not, I'm going to have to play catch up when I get back to my Texas puddle.

Anyone on SUF from Colorado or recently fished there? I'll be in the Denver area end of next week and then up to Turquoise Lake. Trying to figure out what baits to take as well as what season the bass are in.

Thank you BLat!

I never thought I'd need the videos about boat electronics being a predominantly bank angler, however I watched some of them anyways. Glad I did! I've recently been invited to be a co-angler/teammate for next year's tourneys. Went on the boat yesterday evening and thought I was going to be intimidated by the electronics. Wasn't the case at all (except the live scope). Being on the back, I watched down and side scan for structure and was thankful I knew for the most part what I was looking at and for. While he scanned for fish, I was casting to structure, etc.

Going to be a heck of a transition for me fishing deeper water (going to be buying a lot of heavier terminal tackle lol). If I ever thought having a boat with electronics/live scope would make it easier, that notion is gone!

Need a fish ID. Was fishing a new creek today. Was expecting largemouth, but started catching spots. Those were easy to identify due to the extra rows of lines below the lateral. Also caught some smallmouth-hybrids it seems. Biggest fish appears to be a largemouth but the mouth doesn't extend past the eye. So is it a spot?

I promise not to post anymore creek fishing - bedfish for now (unless it's a new pb). 8lber on today's adventure. Prayed for favor with the fishies and it was answered.

Not a huge fish but definitely the biggest male I've ever seen & caught on a bed. Weighed in at 3lbs 9oz. Thought maybe I was mistaken and caught the female first (which rarely happens for me) but 5 minutes later I caught the female. She weighed in at 5lbs 2oz. Both fish took a 9" Zoom Mag 2 (another 1st for me to catch bedders with a worm).

Anyone else ever use a small glide bait to scout out suspected bass on beds? Was less than ideal conditions to site fish today with the wind. Figured I'd try chopping a 5" glide through the beds and it worked! Caught 2 little males that way.

God blessed me with a productive hike up and down the feeder creeks this evening. Caught 9 total with 2 really nice ones I found on beds in separate creeks. A 5lb 9oz and 5lb 7oz.