Middle Fork Resevoir 5/24/2009

....Well, I came to visit family and friends for the Memorial day holiday. While I was in town a one of my old fishing buddies wanted to know if I wanted to go fishing.....Well to be honest I called him and said " Let's get'em ", to wich he responded, " OK, Catfish or bass?", I said, " Whatever you think is best.".....This was gonna be a night bassing trip to the local watering hole here in Richmond, Indiana. We didn't head out till after 10pm on his Ranger. Fishing was slow, bass are on the beds, females are deep, still recovering. But the night was perfect, no wind, cool breeze. I caught a few that night, nothing big, threw a crank at them, a beaver bait(reaction innovation), a tube bait, and a skirted twin tail grub on a jig head, all fish hit the jigs. 3 bass by 2am, very slow night, but what the hell it was fun, and I hit the bass and my buddy walked away skunked.......gonna go hit' em again this weekend.

Make T knot

How to make T form's bond so that hook, float or pendulum no twist within itself.

Bagaimana hendak membuat ikatan bentuk T supaya mata kail, pelampung atau batu ladung tidak berbelit sesama sendiri.

Langkah 1 - Putarkan tangsi supaya ia terbentuk seperti dalam gambar 1. Ketika proses membentuk, pastikan hala pusingan tangsi berlawanan antara satu sama lain semasa menemukan tangsi ini – lihat anak panah.

Step 1 - Rotating catgut so that it formed as in picture 1. When process of forming, make sure round direction catgut counter between one same other during discover this catgut - see arrow.

Langkah 2 - Apabila membentuk 5 hingga 6 putaran, tegangkan kembali tangsi (seperti gambar 2) dan ketemukan semula lilitan tangsi yang dibuat ketika langkah 1. Proses ini bertujuan supaya lilitan menjadi lebih kemas dan rapat.

Step 2 - When form 5 to 6 revolutions, taut return catgut (such as picture 2) and again meet catgut circumference which made when move 1. This process aimed so that circumference become neater and close.

Langkah 3 - Ulangi langkah 1 dan 2 berulang kali sehingga lilitan yang dikehendaki cukup panjang. Biasanya panjang antara 15 hingga 25 sentimeter atau ukuran sejengkal jari dewasa.

Step 3 - Repeat move 1 and 2 repeatedly until circumference is wanted sufficiently long. Usually long between 15 to 25 centimetres or adult finger distance measure.

Langkah 4 - Berikutnya untuk mematikan simpulan dengan menyilang kedua-dua lingkar (loop) tali sambil jari telunjuk dan jari hantu digunakan sebagai index. Loop yang terbina perlu besar supaya memudahkan kita membuat langkah berikutnya.

Step 4 - Further to kill knot with cross both coil (loop) rope as forefinger and middle finger used as index. Formed Loop must be big so that facilitate we make next step.

Langkah 5 - Gunakan kedua-dua jari telunjuk untuk memutarkan loop yang terbina sebanyak 5 hingga 7 pusingan seperti gambar.

Step 5 - Use both forefinger to rotate loop built as much as 5 to 7 laps such as picture.

Langkah 6 - Apabila mencukupi 7 pusingan, masukkan hujung pintal ke dalam loop melalui tengah-tengah loop.

Step 6 - When enough 7 laps, include end twist into loop through middle loop.

Langkah 7 - Tegangkan tali seperti gambar 7. Sebelum memulakan regangan pastikan hujung pintal perlu ditegangkan sepenuhnya. Lakukan regangan dengan perlahan-lahan supaya ia membentuk sapu simpulan yang sekata. Gunakan pelincir seperti air liur (terbaik) semasa proses regangan ini supaya kita tidak mencalarkan tangsi semasa regangan dibuat.

Step 7 - Taut string-like picture 7. Before starting stretching make sure end twist must stretchy fully. Doing stretching gradually so that it form sweep regular knot. Use lubricant such as saliva (best) during this stretching process so that we no scratch current catgut stretching made.

Langkah 8 - Pasang mata kali pada hujung pintal seperti gambar. Contoh mata kail adalah jenis ‘Gamakatsu Octopus Circle Hook’.

Step 8 - Install multiply eye at end twist such as picture. Hook example was the type ‘Gamakatsu Octopus Circle Hook'.

Langkah 9 - Selesaikan pemasangan mata kail dengan memasukkan hujung mata pada hujung tali yang dipintal seperti gambar.

Step 9 - Solve hook installation by including distal in end of rope spun such as picture.

Langkah 10 - Contoh ikatan T yang siap. Mata kail berada kira-kira 15 sentimeter dari perambut utama dan regangan T dibuat supaya kedudukan mata jauh dari perambut utama.

Step 10 - T bond's example completed. Well off hook about 15 centimetres from perambut major and T's stretching made so that far points standing from perambut major.

Langkah 11 - Hujung tangsi digantung pemberat (ladung) dan hujung satu lagi disambungkan pada tali utama.

Step 11 - Catgut end suspended weight (bob) and another end attaches to main line.

Perambut pancing pantai memadai 1 meter

Panjang perambut untuk memancing di pantai memadai satu meter kerana jika terlalu panjang maka anda akan mengalami kesukaran untuk lontaran nanti (rujuk lakaran gambar untuk teknik perambut untuk pancing pantai).


Antara umpan pilihan untuk memancing pari ialah udang hidup, ketam angin, anak bebolos sebesar jari manis, sotong kurita, hirisan ikan selayang atau selar kuning, anak gelama, sotong dan udang pasar.

Long perambut to fish at the beach enough a metre because if too long thus you will experience difficulty for throwing later (refer picture sketch for technique perambut to hook coast).


Between choice bait to fish skate was live prawn, sand crab, child bebolos as big as ring finger, octopus, slices of sardine or yellow brand, sea fish spawn, market squid and prawn.

Lake fishing 5/17/2009

Talk about great weather, it is one of those perfect late spring evenings. A cold front has come thru and left the place perfect. Cooler, blue bird skies, lots of sun. I talk the person I am with into driving by this lake, it's a 5 acre pond really. Deep, strip pit. Sits in a metro park with a soccer complex nearby. One side is deep and clear, water hitting jagged rocks, coming out of the water. The other side splashes up next to mature trees, not as deep but awesome looking none the less....To bad I only have a little bit of time.....I grab my rod, and tie on a double tail skirted jig. Kinda a mossy color, been using this color this spring and has been producing lots of fish.....on this evening I pull out to small Large mouth in a matter of 15 minutes. If I was alone, and able to switch up baits I probably could land a few. These post cold front bass are a bit finicky. Not to mention I thing they have spawned, females not bitting. ....Lot's of fun anyways. No way would I complain about a great evening like this. Best part, a group of kids from the soccer park watched as I hit one of the bass and got really excited, and my son was there to see it all. How great is that. Awesome.

Little Miami River 5/12/2009

Wow another good morning on the River. Here is a nice pick of a largemouth I pulled from the river. I also watched a small deer cross right in front of us today. Was great. Blue bird skies, not the best day for fish, but a great day to be fishing.

Went Fishing 5/11/2009

Well, what can I say? I was correct today was a great day for fishing. Now I know, there are no bad days for fishing, just some are better than others. .....I ended up going to John Bryant State Park, to get into The Little Miami River. That ended up being a great choice, although I could not fish as much as I wanted,it ended up being great anyway. I started walking down the trail next to the river and it was stunning. Just as pretty a early spring day can get. I walked past the first couple of holes and fished the third, BAM second cast, I nail a smallmouth. Great fish for this river, a solid 2.5 pounder. Whole lotta fun. .....am going back tomorrow. The weather looks perfect. GO FISH.

Thinking About Getting The Line Wet.

This should make for a fun day. I need to entertain my 4 year old today. Make my girlfriend happy. Go to WalMart, etc. .....and somehow Head out to this a part of the river I have my eye on....It's been raining off and on for about a week. A cold front has come thru, putting a chill on things, some bass have already spawned. Pretty much a shitty time to even think about fishing. But for some reason, I am, and I think I will end up trying to hit a smallmouth, or whatever is in the part of the river I wanna hit. .....I sure hope luck is on my side. Will post later what happens, I will be lucky to even get out there. But I know I can make it happen. The question is, "Can I get a bite?".....well, I will find out. But it's gonna be an adventure just getting out.

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Park Pond 5/4/2009

Not much going on out there today. Perfect weather, picture perfect some would say. My 4 year old son and I went out today to catch a few fish. He caught a few bluegills. I caught a couple small bass. But the males are on their nests. So they females have moved deep to recover from laying eggs. Bite was slow. Almost off. Not much to report on.

Wishing I Was Fishing

I didn't have any time to go out fishing this weekend. It rained most of the last few days. Plus, I had to work. My job gets in the way of my fishing time. It sure is a drag. But I may head out tomorrow to a small farm pond and see if I can tear them up.

I will tell ya, I have been using a couple of new jigs/baits this year and have been doing really well. One is the Smallie Beaver bait by reaction Innovations. This is an awesome bait, and they have a crapload of cool color choices to choose from. they other I have been using a lot is from Gary Yamamoto Custom Baits it is their 4" D/T H-Grub(spider jig?). Really awesome as well. Both these baits can be rigged a few different ways, on a jighead, texas rigged, as trailers, or whatever. But they have worked for me in the lakes, and rivers. Check em out.