I have been seing some fat ladys latley. they have been real tight lipped though any tips.

Thanks larry you D man. Nice job at the holes. Hopfully I can fish the next one.

Only got a couple bed fish so far, but I couldn't buy a strike unless it was on a dropshot.  They just would not take it off the bottom.

Strike King bleeding tubes or 3x lizards works for me.  Dropshot is great for the smallies.

Thanks for the help Tried the 3x lizzard she looked ,senko, sniper craw, 4inch senko I will try the brush hog. She is not holding on a bed just crusing around it. My bro hoked the male a little deep so i bit it off is that going to hurt me he did not bleed. Does Anyone know exactly what one needs to do to get a fish officially weiged.
Thanks -Matt.

As far as how to make them bite, if all else fails down size to a sinper j-fac craw in a green pumkin with a 2/0 G-lock and a 1/16 bullet, a slow stop and go crawl through there bed works wonders! Ask Bree!
By the way, nice artical in hunting / fishing news!

Hey if all else fails try something really wierd. Like roll a spinner bait up to the nest and just let it fall in the nest. keep it there for a long time. When you think it has been in there long enough leave it there a few minutes more. Don't even move it. Then just shake it a bit and see what she does. Sometimes really abstract things like that work with those wise old gals that have seen all those normal tactics. I once caught a large female from a nest that would not take a thing I had thrown at her. Then I threw a bare red treble hook in her bed. That pissed her off and she jumped all over it. I thought it to be strange but you just never know..............