Boys, you've got fishing advice coming in from a lure manufacturer in Arkansas (Mark Williams), a fisheries biologist in Georgia (Shan O'Gorman) and a student of pondology in Texas (TimK). If you can't learn something here, you ain't paying attention.

My bit: I'm no threat to join the pro bass fishing circuit, but I find I get more strikes and cach fish more consistently �� in many different water conditions �� if I scale down on the size of my lures. . . None larger than 1/4-ounce . . .Switch to 6- or 8-pound test line, with a buggywhip rod, and you'll have a balanced rig that will be excellent for conducting "population surveys." (wink)

Mark McDonald
Editor