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For the past several years I have been putting a lot of enjoyable things off, but this weekend it all comes to its positive conclusion. I have been working towards obtaining my 4 year degree in Cyber Security. That goal has been reached and I am walking the stage tomorrow afternoon. I was not planning on walking the stage but my mother and 16 year old daughter wanted me to and as usual they win. The feeling of accomplishment is outstanding, the odd part is now trying to figure out what to do with all the free time I now have. This year in an effort to improve myself in other manners I have lost 20 pounds and feel great. Now its time to take a break and determine next steps.

It's lake Nunya, located in the Wooly Swamp.

A nasty auto accident took place, but in spite of the impact no one was injured and blame for the accident was highly disputable. Oddly enough, both cars were driven by men of the cloth, one was a Priest and the other was a Rabbi. Both gentlemen maintained total composure and professional respect for one another. Feeling terrible about the whole ordeal, the rabbi suggested that they share a little wine to break the tension. The priest accepted the rabbi's cordial offer, and the rabbi filled the priest's glass with Manischewitz wine. About 10 minutes later, the rabbi offered to top-off the priest's wine glass, again the priest accepted the rabbi's congeniality. The priest then said to the rabbi: "This is the best wine I've ever had the pleasure of drinking, but when are YOU going to drink some wine?. The rabbi replied: "Not before the troopers get here". Roger

One more from this afternoon. It was 15 inches, didn't notice the glare on the tape when I took the picture. If you would like to count it, it would get me 15 inches closer to losing to Maine!

Brain, I hate putting numbers because it is impossible to do. However 100% move shallow during the spawn but this does not mean they move to the bank. Offshore bass will spawn offshore! I keep my boat in 15' of water plus or minus 3' (12-18') because this is depth most grass stops growing & where I start my search. Humans are "visual", we prefer to see what we are fishing which is why most anglers fish the bank.

Late last night, actually about 8:15pm CST, I was in bed almost asleep (4:30am call for a 6am launch this morning) when my iPad lit up with an email from Glenn May. Glenn & Keri are original board members of Tackle The Storm Foundation, and good friends, so I picked up the iPad and read the email. Took awhile to get back to sleep. You see Glenn wrote that the road trip raffle raised $920 for Tackle The Storm. I want you to know, to get a REAL feeling for what that money will do…we are faced with having events for children in 4 states this summer. FOUR states. At each event we normally see about 200-300 kids. So you go on a road trip, you have some fun, catch some fish, have a bunch of laughs, put out some money for some prize things, no big deal. Except for us, it was a HUGE deal, and this is why, the money you put out for the raffle will buy enough rods and reels that we will be able to take care of one entire event with that cash. Here's the bottom line, YOU will have put back on the water THE YOUNG ANGLERS OF AN ENTIRE TOWN. Think about that…a website…a board…through the kindness of the members have put the magic wands of childhood in the hands of an entire neighborhood of children who fish and who have lost that ability due to a tornado. I am forever in your debt. Tackle The Storm is forever in your debt. Glenn said that he didn't want any thanks for this, but since I really only listen to Keri, I will publicly thank Glenn & Keri, for their heart, for their caring, their friendship, and the legacy they will leave in one small town in the South. To you who gave of your cash, you just made the biggest catch of your life…200 children…every cast they make…every fish they catch will be because of what you did, they could have left fishing altogether, and some might, but you gave them the opportunity to stay with it, and that should leave you speechless as you have changed lives. The storms, they will come for us. The Earth, will turn on us. Mother Nature, will slap us around. But when the wind stops, when the rain dries up and the clouds move away, one thing will be left standing, will always be there after the storms, and that is, the Kind in Man. You are proof of that. Thank You, db

I got to fish the Rage Bug for the first time yesterday. This bait is awesome! I fished Lake Ray Hubbard and found some fish on the rocks just like last time. I was fishing a watermelon/red rage bug with the long flaps dipped in chartreuse JJ's Magic. I caught a few fish with this bait on a 'brass and glass' drop shot and the rest I caught fishing it t-rigged. Didn't find any big fish but I caught a couple dozen fish up to 3lbs.

The everything else forum is becoming my favorite forum. In large part because of Raider. I have a title for Raider. "The Urban Philosopher" Just seems appropriate. Hootie

Not really a line suggestion but why not try tying your leaders on at home. A 6-7 foot leader will usually last me a few trips and 5-10 reties depending on lures.

It should be fine. I was fishing off my dock a few weeks ago and snagged my favorite lure on a stump as well. I cut my line and tied it around a boat tie on the dock and checked it every few days. About a week later I saw it floating in the water so I want to get something to retrieve it and when I came back it was gone. Sure enough as I started to pull the line in there was a catfish at the other end.

If you have the time to spend then spend it fishing. Worst case you will not catch anything but you will still be fishing.

I quit cold turkey. Haven't had any since last thanksgiving. I think I'm going to make it. Hootie

Why not try it? I don't know if you'll catch anything, but you're guaranteed NOT to catch anything if you DON'T go! :-)

Hootie! Hootie

I'm uneducated white trash Sew eye half know scents of what is the write weigh to spell words or where too put proper punctuation marks and what half ewe

The winds were suppose to blow 15-25 today in Delaware.I chosed a small pond because of the winds.I know this pond doesn't hold big fish,but I figured my son and myself,could catch a few small ones.I threw a blue/black swimjig and a chatterbait.I couldn't get a hit.From the back of the boat,my son was twitching worms in the pads,and nailing them.He ended up catching seven bass.I tried twitching a worm in the pads,but nothing was working for me.I went back throwing the swim jig,and finally caught my only fish.What made it special,was that my son caught one at the same time.It was the first time that we caught a bass at the same time.We were pumping fists lol and having a good time.I fish with several different friends,but their is something special,about spending a few hrs.on the water with my son,Billy http://i823.photobucket.com/albums/zz151/pizzaman24/photo.jpg

I cant remember for the life of me what the brand was... I have some more at another persons house (different color) in a tackle box I forgot there ill look and figure out the brand because im going up there later the house is down the road from the pond. I remember looking them up before and not being able to find the company, I'm assuming it went out of business or something. yeah the only thing I would get scared of is having one of these big treble hooks get caught on frabic or my flesh... Edit: maybe it started with an H... I think it might have been something like Harley or hurley, but I might be confusing that with some other tackle company's products I own

I know you lost you're favorite bait.... Get over it! It's not worth taking those type of risks to retrieve The bait.... No shortage of well made crankbaits At any rate, stay safe.

Do you miss her?

the lure is fine

Who is going fishing this weekend and where are you going ? I have to work this weekend. I might have time to fish a couple hours after work tomorrow. Hopefully everyone else will be able to get out on the water and catch some big friggin bass !

A man dies and goes to Heaven. When he got there he met God, said, "God can I ask you a few questions?" "Sure." "Whyd you make women so pretty?" "So youd like them" "OK, whyd you make them so beautiful?" "So youd love them" "Whyd you make them such air heads?" "So theyd love you"

Pro Tournament Anglers have mislead novice anglers into thinking bass fishing should be done at the fastest pace possible. They have told us we need a 7.0:1 gear ratio reels, then 8.0:1, & now I hear there is a 9.0:1! They talk lures, lines, reels, rods, boats, down scan, side scan everything but basics. Teaching basics is what has made the sight #1 on the world wide web! If y'all really want to catch more bass & big bass slow down & get offshore!

Thought for sure you were gonna lose your rod on that first fish

My son fished with me today so we did Mousam in ME. What a wonky day, there were some beds but the males are late making most of the beds and the females are cruising big time. Ended with 10 caught 5 a piece and now my son is hooked thanks to Dad and Ragetail craws rigged texas style pumpkin green was the color of choice for all his fish. Biggest was 2.1/2 The wind on the lake was enough to throw white caps I think most lakes will be having late spawns here.

Seems the majority side with: "I'll let him blindfold me and lie about honoring his wishes to keep its location secret even from me....and then when he can't see me, I'll go behind his back, against his wishes and have my way with his pond" But, I'll still let him call me 'friend'.....

One way you can utilize your 3/8oz baits in deeper water is to change the blade size, shape, combination. Switch out a Colorado blade for an Indiana or willow. Go a size or two down on your willow blades, or remove the front clevis and blade to reduce lift. I keep a pair of split ring pliers in my parts utility box along with different size and styles of blades. You can modify your spinner to run deeper or shallower, add extra blades to give it a schooling minnow look, even switch out the skirt for a different look altogether. Keep some trailer hooks and keepers, some bell (bass) weights and extra split rings and swivels in there too and you'll be surprised what you can do with just one spinnerbait.

If that were your only source of income, you'd probably have to fish for dinner.

i would just look at the gps on my phone when i got there

If I am being taken to a place that routinely produces 5lb bass, I will ride in the trunk of the car for 5 minutes if needed.

It was an amazing day in May today. An absolutely magical day. The big bass were biting real well today. It was overcast and misting when I arrived at the boat launch at 8 am. The water temperature was 55. I went directly to the spot I did so well at last week. They were still there and they were hungry. I was able to cull 4 of my fish today. The jig bite was on. 5 lbs 8 oz 21.5 inches 7 lbs 0 oz 23 inches 6 lbs 5 oz 21.25 inches 5 lbs 14 oz 21.5 inches 5 lbs 11 oz 20.75 inches 5 lb 1 oz It was one of the best day of fishing I have had in a long time. It is unfortunate that the 23 inch 7-0 was super super skinny. The five biggest bass for the day weighed in at 30 lbs 6 oz, the second biggest one day bag I have had. The morning bite was better but I caught fish all day mostly on a jig and a couple on a crankbait. I caught 22 largemouth today, 1 7lber, 1 6lber, 4 5 lbers, 2 4 lbers, and 1 3 lber. I also caught 3 smallmouth the biggest being about 2.5 lbs. It was a crazy amazing day of fishing. I will be going back there the next two days. I am taking my mom there tomorrow, hopefully I can put her on a 5 lber.

Possession limits can pose a problem for those of us who tried to kill or catch all the meat our families eat. We only go fishing a few times a year with the expectation of getting enough fish to eat off of for the year. I'm blessed to live near some overstocked farm ponds where we can legally and ethically take dozens of bass and bream out at a time for the freezer.

A MH 7'10'' Quantum KVD Tour. It's just a big 'ol glass workhorse.

705cb-crankbait thinking up to 15ft 734c-Spinnerbaits 735c-frog/deep crank up to 25ft 743dx-Jig/senko 744dx-jig/buzzbait 745dx-heavy jig 766c-punching I think you list is pretty good, here is my opinion: 705cb....... pretty spot on here, and don't forget you can do jerkbaits too 734c...... spinnerbaits are a great choice. I would also throw buzzbaits on this one too. and trigs. I would have a buzzbait tied on in the morning and when topwater dies, tie on the spinnerbait or anything else you want. 735c.... frogs are great, but don't forget hollowbody swimbaits, jigs, 10in worms ect on this rod.... DO NOT throw deepdivers on this rod, it is going to wear you out if you do..... your 705cb is going to work , but you would really need to consider adding a deep diver stick in the future IMO 743dx....looks great and you can do rage rigs, splitshot stuff, flukes, and bunch of stuff really 744dx- anything 3/8th oz works good here... I would do the buzzbait on the 734 though 745dx....... the perfect 3/4oz jig rod..... big Trigs too! 766c..... big stick here..... punching, true flipping of grass mats, big trigs, jigs in heavy knarely cover.

Oh man, she's doing great. I'm not getting much sleep at all, but I've heard it gets better. Back to work tomorrow. No idea when I'll be back on the water.

Get a hand under their belly. Holding fish that size that way is rough on their jaws, that last pic makes me cringe. Pretty fish though, looks like you have a great body of water to work with! Is it managed? ??Food sources??

Perhaps you don't have enough confidence in the new setup. An example is that when I am fishing baits that I'm confident will catch fish, I tend to slow down and work the baits more naturally. When I throw baits that I have little confidence in, I get frustrated after a while and my presentation becomes less natural. Whatever it is, I feel your pain. Getting a new setup and not catching a fish on it is rough. My current favorite crankbait rod made 5 fishing trips with me before it even had a fish swipe at a crank I threw. Now it's a tried and true part of the arsenal. Give the rod a chance, it might pleasantly surprise you. Can't speak for the rod, but PQ in 7.1:1 is a solid reel. I own 2 of them and they're workhorses.

The bolded text explains why you are having issue understanding...... "relatively shallow" is a relative term. this being if a fish LIVES in 20fow, then 12fow is SHALLOW......conversely if a fish LIVES in 3fow then 10 fow is DEEP. CATT, WRB, and scores of others.... I have even found out for myself (reading those guys stuff) that most fish DO NOT live shallow. more on my made up numbers.... some live deep and never see the bank..... some live shallow and never see the main channel... and MANY are somewhere in between. WHere do I get "many are in between"?? because during the spawn there is a concenration of fish shallow... but after the spawn they aint there anymore, other than the resident fish, that LIVE there. so where do they go? they are migratory. Hence: Some LIVE shallow Some LIVE deep and others migrate. the fish that live at the back North Saulty creek at guntersvile probably do not even know a river channel exsist..... and by the same token the ones the live on the river channel probably do not even know the back of North Saulty creek exsist.... but there are also many that live in the middle that move shallow to spawn and then move back out afterwards. and that concentration is IMO, why Catt always has his boat in +/- 15FOW. Catt. please correct me if I am wrong....... as my orginal question was posed to you, as yet somehow it turned into this, LOL

Caught some dry land fish. Lol

Got a cell phone with a camera? Take pics of them, undersize fish, and license plate of their car and send to your state or county DNR office. Our state has a limit of 25 panfish per angler per day. On the big lakes, that kind of harvesting isn't anywhere near as devistating to the overall fish population as it is to smaller lakes or ponds. It's kind of like bed fishing for bass. It's legal, but I'd never catch and keep a bass off a bed. A short story that this relates to: The first time I went fishing with a neighbor and his father the first fish I caught was a 12in bass. After unhooking it, I gently released it to the outcries of his father. Injecting color into his comment, he informed me that any fish caught was to be kept. I promptly bent down the barbs on my hooks and didn't boat another fish that day. A month later his family was on the same lake I was fishing and I witnessed him keeping undersized fish. At the dock, I informed our local game warden and upon his return to the dock he was found with four undersize bass in his lunch bag. He knew the warden was at the lake that day! They confiscated his gear and his boat and he was fined and lost his fishing priveleges for the year. He got his boat and gear back and was arrested by the county cops three weeks later on the same lake for violation of that suspension. He no longer has a boat and refuses to go fishing with his sons. He blames the state for unfair regulations.

Agree that you should inform the authorities if what they're doing is illegal. Never know what kind of person/people you're dealing with. There are crazies out there!

It looks like that rod might be heavier than it's rating. If that's the case, you might be good to go. Most M rods with that line rating aren't heavy enough for jigs. That particular rod might be an exception. I would still buy a MH though.

Again not me, but my son's. While I'm at work today He went with his mom to a small pond near the house, and he caught this pig. It stripped his drag on his little Spiderman combo so they are on the way to DSG to get a new combo. Man I'm getting out fished by a 3 year old using crappie jigs.

Crawling along in the fog one morning I hear a weed eater engine and then heard a splash and then silent. Scared the crap out of us. About an hour later the fog lifted and we saw a guy on the bank looking for his remote control plane. We found the plane and I gave it back to the guy in pieces and said that was a couple hundred dollar mistake wasn't it? He said thanks but more like a $1,000. Planes shouldn't fly in fog.

I once casted my bait into a possessed tree along the bank, I gave a tug at it and the tree shot it back at my face at the speed of light. It was truly frightening.

They look pretty good. I like the gill and the perch. You have a pretty good touch with an airbrush.

He thinks it is not a good idea, I think it will work fine. Didn't mean to offend anyone. Just a little country boy humor. Hootie

If you dare try to throw a crankbait on a TS worm rod the earth will spin off its axis and plummet into the sun! Allen

Can I just hold it for a few months? 8-)