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I don't own any Loomis rods. I have used many of them, and at the IMX/GLX/NRX levels they are fine rods; they just don't fit my budget. With that said, I would wear the hat, t-shirt, or affix a Loomis sticker without giving it a second thought. I would wear a Porsche or Maserati hat or t-shirt if I had one, and I ain't likely to ever even drive one of those...if that makes me a poser then so be it. FWIW I fish with several guys who fish a variety of great tackle including Loomis rods, and not one of them look down on my BPS gear. We catch fish and have a great time doing it. Buy what you can afford; wear what you want; life is too short to worry about the little stuff...

Lottery Split Husband: Honey, what would you do if I won the lottery? Wife: I would take half and leave you. Husband: Good, I won Ten Bucks, here's five now get out!

The real question is what is more overpriced their shirts or their rods?

Shopping with women.

I wear JJ's majic for cologne.

Wear a Loomis hat.....even when I don't own a single Loomis rod...

Well, you might want to stay inside then. Theres LOTS of that going around these days.

I always look forward to the post spawn feeding frenzy in the everglades. It has begun in the southern most parts of the glades. Robert and I boated over 100 bass way down south. Nine out of ten were caught on a heddon topredo. The biggest I got was 5.5# and Robert had one on that was well over 8#'s....it spit the topredo on a giant leap.

Not necessarily a death sentence, I have caught plenty of fish with hooks in their gullet. Or even "expelling" it out the other end.

In the spring most bass will begin to move toward shallow water in preperation of spawning. During that time they will stage at different spots, what you need to do is find out where the fish spawn at and then you can back track their migration route and intercept them. The thing you need to look for is structural changes, not cover, although cover on some sort of structure is the best. Cover consist of brush piles, laydowns, weedbeds and things like that, structure consist of changes in the lake bottom like drop offs, creek channels, ditches and depressions, When the fish begin to migrate they usually follow a route moving from deep water to shallow water by way of following structure, they may use points or drop offs as a place to stage, look for shallow areas that have quick access to deeper water, long tapering points are a great place to start the search. You can tell a lot about the fish that are deep just by looking at how they are relating to structure, if the fish are suspending in 45' of water while in 60' they will be hard to catch but not impossible, jigging spoons are perfect for that scenario but you'll need to rely on your fish finder. I aaume you have a fish finder if you are determining the fish are deep, you also need to determine if the deep fish are bass or perhaps another specie, generally the way you do that is by seeing the size of the arcs or fish i.d. depending on the type of finder you are using.

Welcome to the boards! You may want to go with a drop shot set up if going that deep. Good news for you is that they'll be aggressive and a lot more shallow within the next 2-4 weeks. As far as jig weight goes, I'd probably stick with a 1/2oz if going 40-45 ft, 3/4 if deeper. I've had zero luck throwing heavy jigs in gin clear water, which is pretty much the clarity for every lake in your area.

I don't even wear Phins jerseys down here in Miami anymore.......

Emblem of a snook on my license plate

Sunburned hands and raccoon facial tan lines.

I'd say you retie before fishing again; whether you leave the bait on the set-up or not.

Wesley, yelp the very back When the lake level was down these areas were bone dry & grass grew everywhere but with level @ 171 it's a brand new area. Wookie, San Miguel, 1215 H-way, Lanan, Pendleton Bridge area temps are running around 66 on the main lake & 72 in the creeks. The south end is running in the mid 60s on the main lake & upper 60s/low 70s in the creeks. I don't remember which day but I read 73.

One of the joys of retirement is I rarely fish weekends

Good catch! I mean, nice fish.

Now that's a clearance price, see up here our's are down to $25, not really a sale price from the $35 tag. I swear our local wally's can't clearance a price to save themselves

Look around... You're out in left field. Maybe he should have said "curtains". Thread lock seems inevitable now.

^^ This ^^

I use a Power Worm as an air freshener on my trucks rear view mirror.

I have no need of showing it. I've got two or three decals of products that I use and believe in, and a couple of the tourney trails I fish on the toolbox of my truck. Oh, and the wrap. That generally gives it away. If the boat always being behind it hasn't.

My primary bait is a Northstar 3/4 ounce in New Gill Willow/willow Gold/gold with a 4" Lake Fork Hyperworm trailer- green pumpkin gold/purple with a 2/0 Gamakatsu trailer hook. I fish a 3/4 about 99% of the time, whether it's in 6" of water or 30 feet. It's far and away the most productive spinnerbait I've ever fished. Last year just shy of 800 fish fell victim to that setup. This year I'm in excess of 300 fish, and I'd have to say, without actually counting, that 200 have been on that bait.

Because I'm allergic to Bull***

Wild Bill, the 'frog-a-holic' here. Been fishing them since 1969. I favor Snag Proofs. Their "Wild Bull Frog" color is actually named after me. Hollow bodied frogs really shine when they are fished in and over heavy surface vegetation., usually once air temps get warmer and the frogs become active in your area. Small baitfish and insects will attract the carnivorous frogs into the heavy cover, and all of that frog activity will cause Big ol' Bass to blow up on the frogs, with the Bass often coming right up and out of the cover on the attack, throwing weeds and water around. I use 50 pound braided line, and a heavy 7'3" rod for this technique , so that once the bass fully eats the frog lure, then I can pull that Bass up and out of that heavy weed. The heavy-wire hooks on the frogs requirea god, strong hookset to bury them into the Bass's hard mouth tissue. Be sure to wait long enough for the Bass to close it's mouth before you set the hok, or else your froggie will be flying back to you, and you will have missed that fish. My favorite frog is the "Bobby's Perfect Frog" made in America by Snag Proof. The fish in my avatar photo was caught on one. To give you a size reference, I weigh 275 pounds. The rod I use the most often for frogging is the Daiwa "Light and Tough" 7'3" Frog Rod, paired with a 7/1 [quick retrieve] Curado reel. It doubles nicely as a heavy pitching rod, for slinging 1/2 ounce jigs or T-rigs.,or follow-up baits for missed frog attacks. I like that rod so much that I have two of them..

Open water- 8 or 10 are fine Around docks, laydowns, grass, etc i would go with 12 or maybe even 15

C&R Bass Season doesn't open up until April 28th. Today's weather included about 1" of snow/sleet/slush. Weekend's forecast is for cold beer and warm house. 90% chance of a shopping trip to North Star on Saturday!

Scary indeed. Glad he is ok. He's a rockstar for wanting to continue to fish.

I carry a bunch, but always end up throwing just 2.

First floor sounds good enough to me haha. One of my favorites An extremely modest man was in the hospital for a series of tests, the last of which had left his bodily systems extremely upset. Upon making several false alarm trips to the bathroom, he decided the latest episode was another and stayed put. He suddenly filled his bed with diarrhea and was embarrassed beyond his ability to remain rational. In a complete loss of composure he jumped out of bed, gathered up the bed sheets, and threw them out the hospital window. A drunk was walking by the hospital when the sheets landed on him. He started yelling, cursing, and swinging his arms violently trying to get the unknown things off, and ended up with the soiled sheets in a tangled pile at his feet. As the drunk stood there, unsteady on his feet, staring down at the sheets, a hospital security guard, (barely containing his laughter), and who had watched the whole incident, walked up and asked, "What the heck is going on here?" The drunk, still staring down replied: "I think I just beat the **** out of a ghost!"

i did all last week ill be patiently waiting

Haha. Maybe if you type in "Rage Craw" once or twice more, they'll make you a sponsor.