TO bwaldburger,
THAT WAS A FANTASTIC TIP, AND DON'T EVEN BOTHER WITH THOSE PUREST BASS GUYS WITH IT'S LURES OR NOTHING. I MYSELF FISH 99.9% OF THE TIME WITH LURES, MOSTLY PLASTICS, FROGS, WORMS, AND CREATURE BAITS. BUT WHEN I TAKE ANY OF MY GRANDCHILDREN ( WHICH I HAVE 11 ) WE USE LIVE BAIT. MOST OF THE TIME WE USE NIGHT CRAWLERS, BUT NOW AND THEN WHEN AVAILABLE CATTERPILLERS, MINNOWS, AND CRAWFISH FOR BASS. THEN WHEN WE GO CATFISHING ETHER NIGHT CRAWLERS, STINK BAIT, BLOOD BAIT, MUSSELS, SHRIMP, OR HOT DOGS.
SO WHY NOT TRY ONION, I DON'T EAT ONIONS, IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM. THEY MAKE ME SICK AND TOSS, SO IF A FISH WANTS TO BITE ON IT WHY NOT. WHEN YOU TAKE SMALLER KIDS FISHING YOU HAVE TO KEEP THEIR MINDS OCCUPIED OR THEY GET BORED REALLY FAST AND START DOING EVERYTHING BUT FISH. SO HAVEING ANOTHER BAIT TO USE IS JUST ANOTHER BULLET IN THE CHAMBER TO CATCH FISH.
YOUR HUBBY AND KIDS ARE VERY, VERY LUCKY TO HAVE SOMEONE LIKE YOU. MY WIFE OF 39 YEARS GOES FISHING WITH ME. I LOVE HAVING HER FISH WITH ME. I DON'T WANT THIS TO GET AROUND, BUT I WOULD RATHER HAVE MY WIFE GO FISHING WITH ME THAN ANYONE ELSE. SHE IS MY BESTEST FRIEND IN THE WORLD. MY WIFE EVEN PUTS HER OWN WORM ON HER HOOK, HOW ABOUT THAT. I LOOK FORWARD TO GOING FISHING WITH MY WIFE, WE FISH, RELAX, TALK ABOUT THINGS, THE KIDS, THE GRAND KIDS, OR ANYTHING THAT COMES TO OUR MINDS. I ONLY WISH THAT MY WIFE HAD STARTED FISHING WITH ME SOONER THAN SHE DID. WE MISSED A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER WHEN SHE DIDN'T FISH.THEN ABOUT SEVEN YEARS AGO DOWN IN FLA. WE WERE IN OUR SMALL BOAT ON A RIVER AND I WAS FISHING, WHEN SHE ASK ME IF SHE COULD TRY. I CALLED THE FLA. FISH AND GAME AND BOUGHT HER A 7 DAY FISHING LIC. AND AFTER 15 MIN. ON THE PHONE, MY WIFE HAD HER FISHING LIC. AND WAS READY TO GO FISHING.
EVER SENCE THAT DAY MY WIFE HAS BEEN MY BEST AND FAVORITE FISHING PARTNER. SO FISH ON GIRL, AND IF YOU HAVE ANYMORE TIPS, BY ALL MEANS POST THEM IN THE FORUM. ALSO WOULD YOU E-MAIL ME THE TRICK ON THE PANTY HOSE AND WORMS.
DOWN IN FLA. WHEN I FISH FOR GAR FISH, I PUT A PIECE OF DEAD CUT SHINER, ( VAKA IN FLA. IS THE ONLY TIME I USE SHINERS FOR BASS ) THE CUT THE LEG AND TOE AT JUST BELOW THE KNEE OF A SET OF PANTY HOSE, AND PUT THE HOOK WITH THE CUT BAIT IN THE PANTY HOSE, THEN TIE THE TOP OF THE HOSE TIGHTLY ONTO YOUR LINE ABOVE THE HOOK SO IT CAN NOT BE PULLED OFF. WHEN A GAR FISH BITES THE BAIT WITH THE PANT HOSE, THE TEETH OF A GAR FISH GETS TANGLED UP IN THE PANTY HOSE ALONG WITH HOPEFULLY THE HOOK GETTING SET INSIDE THEIR MOUTH. BY THE WAY THE MOUTH OF A GAR IS HARD AS BONE AND IT IS HARD TO GET A GOOD HOOK SET. BUT WITH THE PANTY HOSE, AND THE TEETH GETTING TANGLED UP IN THE HOSE, YOU CATCH MORE GAR FISH.
THERE IS ONE OF MY LITTLE SECRETS HOPE YOU CAN USE IT. GAR FISH FIGHT LIKE THE DEVEL WAS ON THEIR TAIL. THE LAST GAR I CAUGHT WAS 45LB. AND FOUGHT ME FOR OVER 50 MIM. BEFORE I GOT THE BEST OF HIM AND LANDED HER. EVEN THEN IT WAS HARD BECAUSE A GATER ALMOST GOT MY GAR. AFTER I LANDED THE GAR WE FOUND THAT THE GATER THAT WENT AFTER MY GAR BIT THE TAIL. BUT DIDN'T DO TO MUCH DAMAGE.
ANYWAY IF YOU WOULD E-MAIL ME THE PANTY HOSE TRICK AND ANY OTHERS YOU OR YOUR HUBBY KNOW I WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO TRY IT OUT. MY E-MAIL IS ( all lower case) (
rhank123@aol.com ) hope to get your trick with panty hose.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE NEW BAIT IDEA, MY GRANDKIDS WILL GET A KICK OUT OF TRYING IT.
REMEMBER TO TAKE A CHILD FISHING, YOU CAN CHANGE THEIR LIFE FOR THE BETTER FOREVER.
THANKS AGAIN
RICK HANKINS
FROM NEW JERSEY, A TROPHY LIFE MEMBER
AND A GRANGFATHER TO 11 GRANDKIDS WHICH I
I HAVE TOUGHT AND TAKE 9 OF THE FISHING. THE LAST TWO ARE UNDER 3 YEARS OLD, JUST TO YOUNG, BUT THEY WILL HAVE THEIR TIME WITH THEIR POPPOP.
I WANT TO DO IS GO FISHING
GIVE A MAN OR A WOMEN A FISH AND THEY WILL EAT FOR A DAY.
TEACH A MAN OR A WOMEN TO FISH, AND THEY WILL EAT FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES.
J. RICHARD HANKINS JR.
( RICK HANKINS )
A. K. A. THE EVERYDAY FISHERMAN
ALSO A BOOK I WROTE FOR BEGINNER, TO TEACH THE BASICS
WHICH WILL BE ON SALE AROUND THE END OF NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER OF 2011