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Dad and I put together a 23.35lb bag for our first win with the Northern NY Bassmasters Team trail 2 weekends ago! I guess I'm a fan of the St. Lawrence and those pesky brown fish again.

Went to the Red River behind Lake Buhlow around 6:30ish this evening. Tried out my new Strike King 7/16oz midnight special spinnerbait. Took a few casts and this about a pounder or so hit it right by the boat dock I was casting from. Second spinnerbait bass and first river bass. Nothing else bit and they were about to close up the recreation area we were in. Tried a little in Buhlow but nothing doing. Unless we're getting slammed by Harvey tomorrow, I'm going back to the Red River to see if I can catch some more. Hopefully a big un!

My first whopper plopper 90 caught fish .. and Nebraska lmb at least 1.5 lbs

Caught a nice 5.5 on a jig this morning

My great-grandpa told my grandpa that, my grandpa told my dad that, my dad told me that, & I'm telling my kids & grandkids that! As far hunting the was more land open to the public back then that was until someone couldn't tell a mule from a mule deer! I lived through the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, the good ole days are what you make of em!

Okay, I know this isn't a bass that 3 year old Colin caught, but since it's his first fish I thought I'd throw these photos in. This is from last week at Colin's great grandma's stocked farm pond in NH. My son in law is teaching his nephew Colin how to fish.

It's been over 20 years since flourocarbon fishing line hit the market with claims of invisible to fish, low strecth line. I bought into the hype becuase where I fish the water is clear and anything that could give me an advantage catching fish was welcomed. My 1st experience was salt water tuna fishing for albacore using mono with FC leader and it seemed to work better than straight mono on that trip with 1 exception; occasional knot failure. Aaron Martens introduced me to Sunline Shooter FC line for bass fishing, he was convinced it helped him. Shooter in the early 90's was $30 for 300 meter spool, expensive compared to $8 for 600 yard spool of Big Game mono I was using back then. If FC gives you an advantage $30 was cheap. Shooter is still $30 a spool but the spool is 100 meters now. After over 20 years of trying to believe FC gave me an advantage I am now convinced it's a disadvantage because of continued problems with random knot failures and difficult casting into dry winds without constant line management and lubrication. I want to believe I can feel my bottom contact lures better using FC, the truth is I can't. My success rate based on catch per man hour fishing hasn't improved and haven't caught any giant bass over 15 lbs using FC line. All my giant bass were caught on mono line, everyone of them. FC line performance is inferior to premium mono for bass fishing because it has lower abrasion, knot strength and doesn't cast as easily. This summer I removed my FC line and replaced it with premium monofilament line; I am now using Sunline Shooter Armilo Defier Nylon and Maxima Ultragreen copolymer and Big Game monofilament lines. Tom

We had boron and graphite rods when Murphy wrote his bookend was stitching. Rods can't transmit subtle movements, the line movement is the only thing any rod or finger tip can detect. Line goes first through the guides, the guides can dampen line movement, they can't accelerate it, the rod blank isn't a tunning fork and can only reduce dampening vibrations. No rod is more sensitive then your finger tips. As Catt has repeated many times, you want to become a better jig or worm angler...fish at night! When you can't see you rely on feeling line movements and that is how we old timers managed to catch all those big bass, the bass haven't changed the way they strike. Stitching kept your finger tips on the line and that simple tip will improve your strike detection. Tom

I use Flouro for everything except for punching and very heavy vegetation but starting to use it more for that also. I just don't see any advantage to useing mono for anything...Sure you can make an argument for useing the stuff for certain top water presentations but it certainly isn't the be all advantage it's made out to be. I fish more tournaments than most on here and I'm convinced it help's. Everyone's different and will use what they like and have confidence in as it should be. I use either Shooter or Sniper depending on what, where and how I'm fishing, and have no intention of changing..If I did it certainly would not be to mono. For me there are better options. Mike

Don't tell anyone about this. It's the latest and greatest. Key components are the 50lb braid mainline, 15lb fluoro leader connection, and a bright green 1/32oz crappie jighead for the swimbait. Patent coming soon.

Thoughts and prayers go out to our members along the Texas Gulf, and their families. Weatherman just said a possible 35 inches of rain over the next few days. This storm once on land, is predicted to stall over the area, and just keep dumping rain. This could be devastating for those in the path of Harvey, especially in low lying areas. Good luck brothers, stay safe!

Air temps were at 43° when I launched this morning...summer is on it's way out. It had the bass biting though, with plenty coming to the boat including 4 on 4 consecutive casts. Found this nice one hiding under a floating dock.

Shimano Calcutta 200D ~ however it's 5.7: 1 Works for me. A-Jay

I posted some time ago about putting a barrel for trash at a local boat launch. It really isn't a ramp, but it serves the purpose. For years litter has accumulated, simply because it was too easy to toss trash onto the ground, rather than carrying some type of plastic bag to hold trash until it could be disposed of properly. The ground around the barrel is free of any litter. A hundred yards away where cars park there is some littler, but not like it used to be. One of my concerns was that some might use it to dispose of their home trash, but that did not happen. The only thing close to that is that someone disposed of thirty or forty rods (no reels). They stuffed all they could into the barrel then made a neat stack of the remainder. They were salt water rods, and there were about three types of rods. Looked like someone who ran a "head boat" decided to get rid of his old rods after replacing those supplied to his customers. They didn't appear to be in bad shape other than they were rendered unusable. Other than that, I am pleased that it has worked out so well. I'll continue providing a trash barrel until the season ends, and if I'm still around, I'll put it out again next year as the season approaches.

Took my 4yo daughter on my kayak with me the other day. We were on the water by 6am. She was whining to go home by 630, and we were back at the ramp by 7. There were fish everywhere, but I had a very limited selection of gear with me, and couldn't really conjure a bite. We moved to another spot not too far away. We caught a couple of pickerel. She couldn't have cared any less. LOL! By this time she was done with fishing, and was sitting on her cushion watching Paw Patrol on my phone. Made one quick stop just before the ramp. I threw the whopper plopper near some timber and a big old bass came bolting out from under the tree and smoked my plopper. Definitely a big fish, way over 20" and very likely 8+lbs. I was using a light rod, and had the drag adjusted pretty light so that my daughter could use it. Anyway, I tried to hand the rod to her, yelling that it was a big fish. She had ZERO interest in fighting the fish. The fish pulled me into some thick pond weed and dug herself in and pulled the hook. BIG fish. It was fun to take her out with me. I knew she wouldn't last for even an hour. She did show some interest in the other wildlife. We saw a beaver, some snakes, turtles, and we watched an osprey doing work on the bluegill flats. I'll bring her again anytime she is willing to go. Some day she may grow into it and I'll have a new fishing buddy.

Agree with Tom about what bait to use. You want big?? Go when they are more likely to roam and feed useing techniques and baits they are more likely to feed on. Big girls of all species are a creature of habit. Learn what those are and your fishing life as you know it will change. Good Luck Mike

I fish from shore and pond, lake, river hop too. Let's get serious about bass fishing. I stayed going, stayed motivated and focus on just catching bass. I caught all sizes and was having a blast. That's many bass between 1lb to 6lbs and many inbetween. The more baits and different presentations I learned the more knowledge I learned the better fisherman I became. We don't target big bass. They target us through our skills on how to use baits and presentations. Skill catches fish not luck. now I figured out that I was fishing in the evenings and the place was crowded at one of my spots. I caught bass but nothing over 5 to 6 lbs, I wasn't looking for big bass I'm more interested in the number of bass I was catching. Then I figured out to give up evening fishing and fish in the early am when the place is quiet with no one there. I wanted peace and quiet no one chucking salt water rigs with heavy weights. I wanted to relax and just fish. Im alone in the dark at 4 am. My bass that are caught are bigger but less in numbers. Like I said I wasn't even thinking about catching a bigger bass. I'm just a nut who loves bass fishing. Give me a dozen dinks I'm happy. Now I fish from springtime everyday till I get burned out. I'm up at 3:30am and at my spot by 4am fishing. Every morning, everyday for three months or till I get burned out. being stealthy is the key to not spooking the big gals when there feeding at the shoreline early in the mornings. This one morning I'm quiet, more quiet than a church mouse. I walk up to my spot, not stepping on rocks or roots sticking out of the ground because it sends sounds and vibrations into the water. I handle my tackle very quietly too. It's like I'm not even there. I even close my car door quietly too. I use locking ball bearing snap swivels too. I use a one AA battery flashlite. I keep the flashlite in the hood of my tackle box not to light up the area with excess glare. ok I'm casting my rebel big claw crawfish crankbait. I'm skip fancasting the area. I put each cast away from each other. Not to spook fish. I made one cast two feet from shore parallel. I'm fishing from a low bridge on a man made road with a drop off. I'm slowly working the crank towards me and as I ripped it out of the weeds into the channel she hit it. This is at 5am. The battle was on, I got off the bridge and went to the shoreline to get her. In the low light I had no clue to how big she was. She scared me at first I never seen a bass this big. I only seen big saltwater fish this big. She weighed in at 10 pounds. Now I'm thinking this was easy right? I just got into bass fishing really heavy for a few years. It's like buying your first lotto ticket and winning. I was setting the hook on bigger bass but losing them. I can see in the water at the drop off and see bigger bass than 10lbs swim by me. One day I was tossing those bps stick o worms 7 1/4" ones. I didn't know they were that large. The biggest hook I had for acwacky rig was a number four. So I used that. Here I am working my c rig with the stick o worm wacky rigged on a c rig with a 24" leader. I felt a tug and I could see a large bass with my worm in its mouth at the droppoff. I wear polarized glasses. I knew the hook was too small. I waited and thought do I try to set the hook or not. I finally got tired of waiting and set the hook. She spit it as I swept the rod back. there ya go you want big bass stay going. Stay motivated and focused. Learn everything you can here. Learn every bait with different presentations. On a slow day practice with each bait. Learn all you can. now focus harder during the moon phases. I go anyway wether the moon phase is right or not. But I do focus during the best times to fish by the moon phases. Just stay going everyday or as much as you can. When I'm bass fishing I'm in my own zone. I don't talk, or do anything else but fish and focus on my award winning presentations. Your presentations have to be perfect to fool the big bass because there smart.

I would suggest you take people's claims of "5 pounders" with a grain of salt. Many people will claim they caught a five pounder, when it was really just a three pounder that they didn't weigh.

I've been fishing with Booyah frogs for the last couple of seasons and can't believe how well they hold up......i've been fishing a private 80 acre lake loaded with grass and nice size bass this year....you can usually catch about 20 bass or more fishing a full day with most being between 3lbs and up to 6lbs. I started thinking the other day that i've been using the same Booyah Poppin Pad Crasher for about the last 4 trips i've had to the lake and the darn thing is still going strong. Still looks good, barely takes on water and the hooks are still pretty sharp. Way to go Booyah.....great quality at a great price. Here's one of the Pad Crasher Bass I caught on Thursday August 24th.

I prefer round reels over low profile for cranking deep diving lures do to larger diameter spools, strong frames and quite smooth gears. A-Jays suggestion is ideal, any of the Calcutta's or the lower price point Cardiff all perform good. Tom

Yeah, I have read it. Particularly the chapter on stitching. It accomplishes two things, if my memory serves me correctly. One, it slows down the presentation, which more accurately reflects what life is really like under the water. Things move slowly, so your lure should move slowly too. I don't have a problem with slow. A recent trip with a fishing guide confirmed that because he said to me his most oft given advice to people he fishes with is "slow down, you're moving that thing way too fast" and he said to me "you're moving it too slow, no fish is going to even see that thing move down there if you don't pick up the pace a tick." followed by that was the first time he can recall in 20 years of guiding having to tell someone to pick up the pace. Second thing it accomplishes is giving you the greatest amount of feedback as to what might be going on with your lure, subtle bites, debris it is moving over, rocks, brush, etc. My point remains the same. Old fiberglass rods or whatever else they were made of (I seem to recall aluminum being popular at some point) probably don't transfer as much subtle information to the angler as the common graphite rod does now. And remember, Murphy's book was aimed at catching "teenagers" as he called the 10 plus lb class of bass, and he goes to great lengths to tell you that those bass are older, wiser, more easily spooked and incredibly well versed in detecting even the subtlest different between what they normally eat and a lure, so to fool them you really do have to pay close attention to the details and present your lure/bait to them in the most accurate way possible. To fish for garden variety bass, stitching is a huge waste of time. But if you're going after a wise old trophy girl, you are probably not going to find a better retrieve technique to give you the best odds. As far as keeping your fingers on the line, I always have a finger or some contact with my line. My grandfather taught me that when I was a kid, so its something I always do, let the line feed between my fingers to keep a little tension on it as it spools and to feel for bites. But once again, to each his own.

Went out to Delavan Lake yesterday at 6:00 a.m.. Very tough day. Started out throwing topwater and picked up two pike one was 18" and the other was a little over 24". The second one decided not to co-operate and once I measured him he broke my line and took my topwater bait with him. D**n, there goes a $6 bait in the lake. That was all before 7:00 a.m. We fished for another 3 hours and none of my favorite spots produced. Accept for the last one a guide showed me. It was 10 a.m. when we got there and the first 15 minutes I got a 16-1/2" fat bass. 15 minutes later my wife got a 16-3/4" and another 15 minutes she got a 17-1/2"er. We worked this area for about two hours going back and forth and we picked up 3 more fish but lost them at the boat. Everyone we spoke to didn't do well except for the pike which were dominating the lake. Everyone was catching pike. Like they say the fish are biting somewhere on the lake, you just have to find them. Anyway some pics of Delavan's fat bass.

I gave it my best effort a while back but was never able to put it all together. A-Jay

Stitching requires a stationary plateform like shore fishing or a securely anchored boat to do it effectively. Yes, I belonged to the Pieces bass club when Bill Murphy was a member and stitching along with double anchoring was a common presentation for fishing live crawdads. The stitch retreive technique was adapted to the split shot rig. If you are a fly fisherman you know how to stitch retreive. The problem is where to put the retrieved line as you slowly recover line. In a boat we used a bucket with water to drop a few yards inches by inches into to prevent the line from tangling. You basically use your fingers to wrap line between the index finger and pinky finger, about 3" to 4" each stitch and drop the loose line and repeat. When you feel a pick or strike, you need to recover the line onto the reel before setting the hook, with tangling the line! Very few anglers have the patients to stitching properly, it's a lost skill. We used 14-17lb mono line, Murphy used a Cardinal 7 spinning reel and custom made rod with oversize guides to increase casting distance, I used Ambassaduer 5000C reel and 6'6" custom bass rod made from salt water popping rod blank. I don't stitch very often today and prefer to shake the rod tip inbetween a slow 3" to 6" drag with the rod tip when using big worms T-rigged brass n glass. Tom

Had Friday off, went to Newton. Caught about 15-20, these were the couple of decent ones, both caught on a deep crank bait. I tried the black n blue jig-n-pig as someone else mentioned, worked real well too but by the time I got around to using it I didn't have a whole lot of fishing time left. Never had much luck with jigs anywhere else but certainly going to be a go to bait there now. Lot easier on the shoulders and arms than deep cranking. On a funny side note, I did catch two 10 inchers on one cast of the crank bait at one point. I was reeling them in, thought I had a halfway decent fish on, imagine my surprise when two little mouths, each one attacked to a different treble hook, came up. I was fumbling around trying to get my phone out to get the pic when the one on the back got off. Shoulda netted em I guess. I never had that happen before but I have heard it happening to other people.

I am the old timer and can tell you from my own experiences the good ol' days are now. Bass anglers have more knowledge, tackle and opertunity to catch bass than they did a decade ago in most regions of this country. Not 1 of those bass living over 20 years ago (1997) are alive today. Bass are a renewable resource and it's up to each generation to insure that resource is renewable. Enjoy and protect what you have and pass on the legacy of bass fishing. Tom PS, the peak 10 year period for me was 1985-1995 in SoCal.

I'm so sore after riding with Poche yesterday. He ran down to Erie and he runs hard. I was so sore after yesterday that I didn't even stay to see if I could have marshalled Day 3. I will update my experience probably either late Sunday or sometime next week.

For punching you need a broom stick and honestly, you got a noodle so it ain't gonna cut it pal.

This is what I do and am quite a bit older than you. Mike

I stayed through Charlie in '04 because my baby granddaughter couldn't be moved and pray I will never have to do that again. We were in the eye wall and The wind blew so hard it made the falling rain look llike smoke! I pray for you and your families. Stay safe brothers. and keep your family close. Mike

Thoughts and Prayers to those in this st o Mrs path. Now the Cat4 storm is expected to spend 2 - 4 days just sitting, spinning and raining. I hope not many lives are lost. I heard today on the radio that New Orleans is not prepared for the storm surge. Do you think that is due to incompetence or what?

Was in Denver area again after work and made some stops to find these guys Dsg Walmart Bps and Craigslist belly tube ReS were $3.88 and kvd one at 4.xx along with the scatter rap And the Subwoofer was $.88 that's my justification

Whatever works for you is great, and that's your choice. Personally, I won't be switching back to mono as my primary line anytime soon. For some, obviously, the reverse scenario applies. Good for us both. My only other comment is, do your own due diligence on the specifics of line types and their properties, and test a lot of this stuff out, both on the water and off. Don't just believe everything you read on the Internet, including these forums.

Whatever rows your boat, I've fished for decades and caught thousands of fish with unscented baits so it's going to be difficult to prove to me it makes a real difference.

Egofishtical

I use the Albright special knot for leader to line connection. It doesn't require wrapping back down. My rods all have very small guides also and I haven't had any issues with it in a couple years. #30 is my go to braid size and my leaders usually range from #10-15. I use 7-10 wraps. On smaller braid on my spinning rod which is #10 and lighter leaders like 6-8 I use more wraps. Somewhere around 12-14

Fishing in Lake Erie for the first time I was told bring as light of line as you've got I got schooled because I was using 4lb and 6lb mono and my partner was using 6lb flourocarbon. Once I switched, it was like day and night. I also watched him land a 16 lb sheepshead on that 6lb Gamma I cant speak for copoly as I've never used it

More and more, fluorocarbon is replacing what I use to use. I still use braid for a couple things, but I really don't like the stuff at all.

My dad and his buddy caught 180 crappie once jigging docks and only stopped because the sun went down. That lake has probably 3X as many people living on it now and 5X as many fishing it. It's downstream from a few cities and dirtier than ever. I stopped bass fishing it because I couldn't ever seem to be left alone on it, even on weekdays...even in winter. I'd find myself on secondary or worse spots just trying to get away. That said, I've had 50+ bass days in a friend's pond and caught more bass over 5 lbs in the last few years in a local reservoir than I did my whole life before. The good ol' days can be looked at different ways. I can't go fishing with my dad ever again and that's sad. And my daughter's not interested in fishing so I can't pass it down. Maybe she'll have a son or sons and I can pass it along to them. But I can keep doing it until I'm too old to enjoy it. In many ways, these days are the good old days. To quote Iron Maiden: "So understand, don't waste your timeAlways searching for those wasted yearsFace up, make your standAnd realize you're living in the golden years"

...but hey, whatever works for you - I'm almost 100% fluoro on my baitcasters and have been for almost a decade. I don't see that changing any time soon.

I see you bought some Menace grubs. That is, in my opinion, the BEST punching bait ever created. It doesn't have appendages to get caught on grass, so it slides in and out easily. But the tail has serious action. I use a 1.5-2oz weight, a 3/0 straight shank hooked (snelled), and a little bit of JJ's chartreuse. I know those weights are heavy, but here in PA some of our lakes have very thick grass mats. You sometimes need that 2oz.

Try them rigged a number of ways and see what you prefer. I am a big fan of the Jika Rig, too!

If any of you are in the path of the hurricane (even inland) I have two words for you - GET OUT! Last year Hurricane Matthew hit our area of South Carolina and seeing that it was a category 1 storm at the time and I live 10 miles inland and we are somewhat protected by a barrier island (Hilton Head) and the fact my parents (who lived a few more miles inland) refused to leave I rode out the storm. The storm hit in the middle of the night and I could hear a lot of wind and rain. I couldn't see outside because I had installed the metal hurricane shutters on the house. The next morning I went out and most of the trees were blocked with trees and debris and the lagoons had overflowed and covered many roadways. But that wasn't the worst part. The highest winds of the storm missed us but hit Hilton Head. And when the storm did hit it had increased to a category 2 hurricane. Let me tell you, a measly little cat 2 hurricane does a lot of damage. The Island was closed to residents for a week. To this day they are still doing cleanup of downed trees on the Island. Hurricane Harvey is projected to be a lot stronger than Matthew. Don't even think twice about it - get out of town to safety.

Nothing special about this one. 2008 Tundra SR5 bought new in 2007 190,000 miles. Engine doesn't leak or burn a drop of oil. Been an expensive year for her. Tires, brakes all around, shocks, struts, U joints, parking brake actuator. battery. Hopefully she's done until the next set of tires is due. At that time I will again contemplate buying a new one.

[August 21, 2017](Monday)-----Conditions----- Time: 6:15am - 4:30pm Sky: Sunny + Hazy Clouds + Eclipse (Slightly Dim Afternoon) Wind: Light Wind Morning to Strong Wind Early Afternoon to Light Wind Late Afternoon Water Temps: 66-74F Water Clarity: Clear (~4-10ft) -------------------- "Day of the 2017 Eclipse" Over the past week, Jeremy and I have been talking about fishing on this day as we were excited to see what the fishing results would be like. We both have Monday off from work as it's part of our weekend schedule, so we planned to get up early and spend most of the day fishing. The Eclipse is said to have 90% Obscuration for our area, and take place around ~10:15am - ~1:00pm. We expected some fishing pressure from the past weekend as well as possible increased activity on the lake due to the eclipse event. (Today is also the New Moon) As it is now late August, the fall season is right around the corner. I have noticed the mornings are getting darker, and the temps getting colder. The highs still average in the mid 80's to mid 90's, but the lows are dipping down to the mid 50's to high 40's. The smoke from the wildfires has dissipated now, however farmers have begun burning fields so you can still see some smoke on the horizon. I've been thinking about seasonal patterns as the conditions are beginning to change. As the main lake begins to cool, more bass should start moving up from their deep summer area's. We planned to fish shallow first during the early morning, and if needed we would move to deeper area's later in the day. Our first stop was a new spot that we haven't fished yet this year... Water temp was 69F and had a bit of color to it (~4ft clarity). Upon arriving we quickly noticed a lot of surface activity from fish of various sizes, we couldn't tell if any were bass or not. I couldn't decide on bait selection prior to this fishing trip, so I opted to wait until I was on the water to see the location and conditions first, then just adapt as needed as the day progressed. I rigged up a 1/8oz jig head with a Zoom Fat Albert Grub (Green Pumpkin) for a confidence bait, Lucky Craft Gunfish 115 (Ghost Minnow) since I seen the surface activity, and a Strike King 1/2oz Spinnerbait (Gizzard) for a search bait since the water had a bit of color to it. We both fished a good while without a single bite, all the while seeing surface activity all around us including behind us where we had just fished. Not even a single blowup or follower while using the Gunfish. I didn't want to do it, but out of frustration I decided to just lock the Grub in my hand and toss it to shoreline rocks and cover. I knew fish were in the area, if any of them were bass I was confident that should do the trick. Though the bite was soft, it didn't take long to put the first one in the boat... 14 & 1/2" - 1lb 06oz The first 3 hours of our day was spent fishing that first spot, and that was the only bite... Time to move. We headed north to one of the main lake points where the water was much clearer, deeper, with a good weed line and heavy enough wind to cause occasional white caps... First cast to the point I instantly hooked into my 2nd bass of the day. Just a dink, but with the slow fishing this morning I'll go for some numbers... A few minutes later, Jeremy makes a cast and hooks into a nice 3lb 3oz Largemouth... Shortly after catching his nice bass, was when the Eclipse was starting. We watched as the daylight began to dim, and throw the ambient light off as if you were wearing a pair of lightly tinted sunglasses. Sadly, it never got any darker than that. Fishing seemed to slow, or at least was less productive at our current location (we were on the move) so I experimented with some other baits. Tied on a Strike King 5XD in (Green Gizzard) and caught 2 more small bass, roughly the same size as the last one. After the eclipse ended, we noticed a few deer down by the waters edge getting a drink. After that we changed locations a few more times, I caught another little dink at the first location, then hooked into my fish of the day at the second location on the 5XD... 17 & 1/2" - 2lb 01oz Release Video Decided to experiment with baits again and gave topwater another chance. Tied on a Rapala Skitter Pop in (Silver) and this bass torpedoed it hard twice to finally get it... 10" - 05oz Changed locations yet again, and between the two Jeremy managed to catch two good sized pike, one being 6lb+. I caught a few more small bass for a total of 10 today, Jeremy caught a total of 7 bass (big one being fish of the day), and the two pike. At 4:30pm we had to call it and head back to the ramp... All in all it was a good day, we managed to catch a couple of nice bass, some small ones for numbers, and two bonus pike. Would have like to see the eclipse have more of an effect on the light levels like other locations, but it is what it is. Moving around was key to get the bites we did today, would have liked to visit a few other spots but we just didn't have the time. WolfyBrandon

Cold front smallie fun...

caught my personal best Smallmouth on a Shakyhead today on Wyandotte County Lake In Kansas City Kansas. 21 inches. 4lb. 4oz.

I got a couple smallies on the drop shot this weekend. Drop shot is quickly becoming my favorite summer technique.

2017 F150 with the 3.5 Ecoboost and 10 speed trans. Got to love the power (470ft-lbs of torque) and how smooth it is with the 10 speed. After about 1600 miles, 55 of those highway, 140 towing my boat, I am averaging 20.3mpg.