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Old 05-30-06, 07:37 PM   #1
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Default Bass on hot dogs

I supervised several kids fishing a small man-made pond at a relative's house on Memorial day. The only visible structure or cover is a small dock that covers about 15 sq ft of the pond. I had the kids fish off of the dock because I figured there would be some panfish under it. Within the first five minutes, my eleven year old nephew caught two bass in the 2+lb range. He caught them using a bobber and hot dog. Go figure. I helped him by lipping them and pulling them out of the water. I tried to get him to hold the first bass so I could take a picture of him and the bass, but he wouldn't touch it. An elven year old boy who is afraid to touch a fish!? I'm going to have to fix that.
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Old 05-30-06, 08:12 PM   #2
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i have seen catfish and turtles caught on them ,but never bass!
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Old 05-30-06, 09:14 PM   #3
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lol i fished one like a senko for carp....it worked but i went through like 4 bags of them.
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Old 05-31-06, 02:03 AM   #4
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A buddy of mine who is not a fisherman at all caught a 5 lb. bass on a hot dog chunk fishing in a lake in Florida while he was on vacation. I didn't believe him until he showed me a photo.
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Old 05-31-06, 04:54 AM   #5
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somone on a bet caught a bass on a dill pickel..

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Old 05-31-06, 06:19 AM   #6
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somone on a bet caught a bass on a dill pickel..

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I can see that sucker right now with his eyes crossed. I bet that Bigmouth Bass puckered like a mare horse a-peeing when it bit into that dill pickle.
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Old 05-31-06, 12:39 PM   #7
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ya hotdogs are pretty verstille bait. they caught a ton of different types of fish.
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Old 05-31-06, 02:28 PM   #8
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My biggest bass, about a 10 was caught at night on a hot dog while catfishing on a little zebco rod, it was a heck of a fight and a heck of a fish.
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Old 05-31-06, 03:16 PM   #9
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do you guys fish the hotdogs under a bobber?
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Old 05-31-06, 04:08 PM   #10
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just take a small chunk and put it on a hook... we had a cookout at a friends house one time and we went back to fish a verysmall farm pond and we took home 21 bluegills that were 9+" and the biggest was 11.5"! All caught on hot dogs!

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Old 05-31-06, 04:42 PM   #11
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I have not tried hot dogs for bait. In fact, I almost never fish with bait. Nevertheless, I will need to give the hot dog a try.
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Old 05-31-06, 11:00 PM   #12
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Do you use grilled hot dogs or ungrilled ones?

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Old 06-01-06, 06:47 AM   #13
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I supervised several kids fishing a small man-made pond at a relative's house on Memorial day. The only visible structure or cover is a small dock that covers about 15 sq ft of the pond. I had the kids fish off of the dock because I figured there would be some panfish under it. Within the first five minutes, my eleven year old nephew caught two bass in the 2+lb range. He caught them using a bobber and hot dog. Go figure. I helped him by lipping them and pulling them out of the water. I tried to get him to hold the first bass so I could take a picture of him and the bass, but he wouldn't touch it. An elven year old boy who is afraid to touch a fish!? I'm going to have to fix that.
My Hats off to ya buddy. Keep up the good work with those kids. I GURANTEE you have created memories that tyhose kids will never forget and possibly kept a few off of drugs.
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Old 06-01-06, 01:26 PM   #14
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Actually, two of the kids (girls) had never caught a fish before. The were grinning ear to ear when they finally caught one (bluegills). Makes ya all warm and fuzzy inside.
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Old 06-01-06, 02:23 PM   #15
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me and my ex went to her friends resort in mn she said try hotdogs
to catch northern pike didn't catch nothing... i caught those crawdads
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Old 06-02-06, 10:27 AM   #16
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heard of a guy catching a 5lber using a piece of salami. just goes to show how much they use their sense of smell and how much they like salt.
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Old 06-08-06, 07:43 PM   #17
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I caught 4lb LM on still fishing with lamb on the hook. 2OZ sinker.I was casting for catfish. The bass hit the "lure" when it fell down.

I'm still thinking "HOTDOG SENKO" probably will be the best bass bait! My idea is cut hogdog into 5" Senko shape! Put salt on it, dye the tip at one side, and then frozen it. Wacky rigged it (keep it frozen)! Bass will hold it forever!

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Old 06-09-06, 06:53 AM   #18
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Every Saturday there is a picnic at the fertilizer factory and we get all the left over weenies, and I believe weenies is the key. They are a versatile bait, you can catch many different species of fish with the winnie. You can troll with it, fish it with a bobber. And you can thread 50# spider wire through it with a #4 treb hook and a duck feather in it’s tail and walk it like you would a spook. You wanna carry a pack of eight with you when you fish them top water, and they have to be frozen, Otherwise they won’t have the same effect as the spook. Now, you will only get one or two blow-ups then the weenie will no longer look appetizing. So retie and get that sucka back out there before it thaws and "Walk that Dog"..... Not saying they are the best, but they work for me and Polly. Here in the hollow, we don’t have the luxury of having store bought do dads, so we make our own baits. If it aint flying, crawling, or it’s not under the ground, then we get it from the frigedaire...I gotta make one more cast, my weenie is a thawen.
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The little lake that I fish regularly, I've heard some guys catching bass, big bass, on hot dogs. That confused me because from what I've read bass don't really eat dead things.

So tonight, as I'm giving myself another 10 minutes the guy next to me gets a good bite, reels it it and it's this nice 4/5 pounder caught on a hot dog. Probably rigged for catfish but no less the bass was a good sized one. The hook was pretty far down though.

So it's weird as I'm throwing crankbaits, senkos and getting one bite the big bass goes for the hot dog. But I've also heard that bass are conditioned to their environment. So maybe they've just grown to learn that a hot dog is an easy meal.
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Hot dogs are a great catfish bait,cutem up place in a jar with blood meal and sweet anise.
Not so great for bass was a fluke,most likly guy had just tossed in bass struck in a reaction strike.Have had one do same with a bobber,and I dont generally use bobbers for bait.Was bluegill fishing.
So any elongated bait could also get a reaction strike,just sometimes have to place it near them and at same time not get a good look at it.
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WOW, talk about an old post rising up from the ashes. lol Re-reading this the thought came to me. A hotdog is about the same size and shape as a Zara Spook. Hmmmmmm, I wonder.....
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Hot dogs are a great catfish bait,cutem up place in a jar with blood meal and sweet anise.
Not so great for bass was a fluke,most likly guy had just tossed in bass struck in a reaction strike.Have had one do same with a bobber,and I dont generally use bobbers for bait.Was bluegill fishing.
So any elongated bait could also get a reaction strike,just sometimes have to place it near them and at same time not get a good look at it.
I thought it was a fluke also but I went out today and this guy caught three bass all on the same bait. Yes you guessed it...hot dogs. I throw everything imaginable there and if I do catch a bass it's only one and done.

I think I've read somewhere that bass are in the same family as bluegill and if they are then that makes sense because the bluegill here eat hot dog like there's no tomorrow.
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