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I've been informed the network moved the show to the week of March 19th, not February 19th as previously noted. Yup, yours truly is going to be on the Hank Parker show. I can't guarantee it'll be a good show though, LOL! I've been a huge fan of Hank's since the late 80's. Fishing on his show has been a goal of mine for decades. I'm so thrilled it finally happened! I kinda geeked out on a big fish though. Fishing was slow, we were struggling. So I asked Hank if he had his Hank Parker spinnerbaits on board. He did, so I tied one on. I was thinking to myself, "How cool would it be to make the call, and catch a big fish on his spinnerbait while fishing with him?" And then... it happened. Check your local listings the week of March 19th for "Bama Bass Fishing" episode. Outdoor Channel Wednesday 3/21 – 9:30 a.m. Friday 3/23 – 12:00 p.m. Saturday 3/24 – 3:30 a.m and 11:00 a.m. (All times listed are EST)

Had a friend over from work to catch whatever we could. Dug up 100 worms and we caught a nice string of shellcrackers ( red ears ) , bluegill , and catfish. About 20 minutes after we started , I caught a nice bait- sized copperhead bluegill and threw him out on my live bait rod. I had been watching the cork and had taken my attention off it for less than a minute. The cork had silently gone under and had been taken 200 feet or so out in the lake in that short time .When I tightened up and set the hook , the fish came all the way out of the water. The fish ended up weighing 6 lb 11 oz , and was 24 inch. That was the only run we got all afternoon on the bait rod.

A late afternoon solo trip on Chickamauga Lake. Fishing for largemouth but they were a little tight lipped. I did get a nice smallmouth out of the deal on my way in around 5:00 pm when I decided to make one last stop. I caught it on a secondary point on a blade bait. Water temperature 43-44 degrees. I'm ready for some warmer weather.

Thank You Lord the wait is over! I've been waiting a long time for this and finally I start my new job at Academy Sports as an Outdoor Specialist. My first day is tomorrow at 9am to get all my new hire paperwork done and whatever else they need me to do. I'm so happy. Thank you to all that believed in me and kept me in their prayers for this job. It has paid off. God Bless you all! ?

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First day on the job at Academy this morning in the training room. Waiting for a page to load on the computer I'm training on. Slow internet there...lol. Found out after work that I don't have to wear my hair in that stupid ponytail no more. Thank God, ponytails give me a headache...lol. ?

What a great time. I weighed in bass both days. Didn’t do as well as I hoped but everyone goes in there to win. My husband managed to finish in the top 40 and drew a check. Very proud of him. Practise days were with Trait Zaldain. I showed her what to look for in vegetation, depth, and we were using bigger baits. She was able to apply that to her confidence baits and apply that to her own pattern. Boat problems was something out of her control but she has a game plan for Florida in the future. Met Chris and Nebo too. Nice couple. She gave me one of her pink rods and it has a decent backbone to it. I actually used it to catch my first bass. It made a nice fluke rod since I had broke the eyes of my regular rod. Very nice rod. I was paired with Steve Priest from Ohio day one. He had found some open water fish that unfortunately didn’t want to play that day. Open water is my weak area and he showed me some techniques that can help. I really do need to work on my open water fishing since I am mostly comfortable in the shallow water. His bed fish he found had been found by others. We moved in shallow about the last hour and a half and I put two in the boat for 4 pounds. One was an “ I’ll worry about getting it in the boat if I get bit “ cast. It was 3 lbs. He didn’t have any bass and it wasn’t from lack of trying I will say that. Neither of us stopped to even eat a snack. I gave him the type of baits I was using. While he was showing me graphs and what to look for, I’d seen he’d been near an area on a practice day that we’d been shaking them off. I told him to hit the hard lines of cat tails and work slow. He weighed in a limit the 2nd day and thanked me for the Florida tips. He even texted me later to thank me for showing him more about Florida fishing than anyone else. Wow, that is such a great compliment! Day 2, I was with Brandon Johnson in the Lucas Oil wrapped boat. We hit a big grassy first and in three casts I had a bass in the boat. Then off to Lake Kissimmee. We hit another area I was familiar with and hooked another in the pads then it got hug up. Just as I was reaching for it, it shook loose. The Trokar hooks will sure hook a fish but it will make a big hole too. I lost another that spit the jig out, so I had the bites, just didn’t execute well enough. We both weighed in just one fish. I finished 134 out of 209 co-anglers. I feel pretty good and both boaters were really great to fish with. I learned a lot. My husband fished with Scott Suggs day 2. He showed Scott an area and baits and both had limits. Scott showed Kevin how to use a shaker head and that’s what he will try out. y

Been a crazy winter in a not so good way with very little precip and unseasonably warm temps, but on a positive note it seems to have jumped the prespawn action up a month or so. Caught 30+ yesterday in 74* t-shirt/shorts weather and 58* water temps.

My son is 4 almost 5 and he and I go fishing together when he wants to. Right now I do not bring any of my stuff when he and I go fishing together, I just help him. We also leave almost as soon as he starts to complain. I want him to enjoy the experience as much as possible so that when he gets older we can continue to fish together. I also have made fun games in our backyard for him to practice casting, so he can continue to be more self reliant. I try to set those up whenever he mentions it. He also helps me pick out lures when I go shopping, again, just gives him a bit of ownership of the experience. With my dad.

This should catch some. Genuine Xcaliber XRK100 Ghost Holographic Gill and Crappie

My brother and I both got Curado rods recently and I love mine. I have the 7’2” MH while he’s got the 6’10” also a MH. Nice rods, right around your price range.

That's a lot of bacon

While I really like state of the art light weight rods available today and they are pleasure to use no rod is sensitive as your finger tips. My old 25-30 year old graphite rods are just as sensitive as today’s rods, they are a little heavier. Tom

Been tight lipped lately with the tournament coming up, but figure i would share somethings that have been working for me. When i've been able to get out on the main lake I'm still catching big stringers on football jigs on main lake points, and for my back up plan i have been slow rolling a spinner bait (2-6 lb average). Fine the coots, canvasback, loons and the fish should be near. I haven't had much luck with a trap lately, but have seen people catching on it. I feel like the spinner-bait is giving the fish a different look. Also, a guy in the media derby weighed in a 35lb sack throwing an A rig. I watched him for an hour catch a sack of a life time

Congats again. Academy is my favorite outdoor store here in Jax. My wife had been looking for work too for 3 months. Yesterday SHE GOT a JOB TOO. So prayers answered for us also ! ☺

I don't know with certainty of course, anything could be happening under the surface, but holding a rod in my hand for over 40 years, and filling coolers with fish that I know are much lighter biters than LMBs under conditions that most recreational anglers would consider unfishable just gives me a degree of confidence that it might be the case.

Here's a pic of my son and grandson from this fall....hopefully now I can post in better timing. This was a good day....grandsons fish was pushing three and he was stoked!!! Oh...and he love's beating his dad.

Fluorocarbon line has the same refraction of light as water therefore it's less visible to the human eye. Fluorocarbon line is heavier then Nylon, polyester or polyuerathane polymers therefore it sinks faster. Flurocarbon has less coeffient of drag in water then braid or other monofilament lines, therefore less bow in the line, better feedback on the lure. Those were the reasons I started using Fluorocarbon line 20 years ago. The reason I stopped using fluorocarbon line is random knot failure resulting in loosing big bass. The fact I caught hundreds of big bass using mono line proves it works, reliable knot strength, better abrasion resistance, better impact strength, better cast ability and bass don't shy away from mono line. If you believe FC line gives you an advantage use it. Tom

And every knot I tie with Fluorocarbon seems like a 'Might Knot'. Might hold - Might not. But that's just because I'm a knuckle head. A-Jay

I was on my way down the bank to fish this point when these jerks cut me off.

My oldest is 4 now and has the same interest in fishing and the water in general as I did when I was little. He likes to tell people about how much he loves going fishing with me, I hope he continues feeling that way as he gets old enough to make his own decisions.

So I tied a hair jig up but decided to put a blade on it. What do you guys think?

Lucky craft pointers and slender pointers, Berkley Cutters, and custom painted 110 blanks are my main jerks.

Congratulations to Hank .

@kingmotorboat being a line watcher is great but in my opinion ya should have felt the bite before the line moved! I'm quite sure @WRB will agree the bites where the line moves or ya got taps/bumps are easy it's the one where it's almost a sixth sense. Sensitivity in your line & rod is important but ultimately it's in your hands & brain.

The only LT reel I have used so far has been the Tatula but if the lower end ones are in the same ballpark they will be a solid choice. I am only speaking for reels I have personally fished. The only way I have seen a Ci4 balance is with a full cork handle. Which is fine by me as I prefer them but I know a lot of people don't. You are right I do kidda have a crush on my BG.

http://www.celebrateboston.com/culture/dictionary.htm A-Jay

We just celebrated my daughters 7th this weekend. I’ve been taking her since before she was 3. Lately... she’s been hot and cold on fishing. She’ll beg me to go, and get bored the first 20 minutes we aren’t catching anything. So I try to hit up the spots she can run off with her little brother and play until I see her rod twitch. Then she’s all business. Shes estatic that I’ve given her some crankbaits and other lures to use. Lit up like a Christmas tree the first time she caught something on one. But she’s still young and easily bored. So I don’t fight her urges to run off and pick flowers or collect rocks. And she doesn’t fight the fact that we ain’t goin home til the bass quit bitin. And I don’t mind if she gives up fishing. She certainly gave it her alll. And I have pictures of the biggest, half-toothless, most ginormous smile I’ve ever seen of a little girl picking up a 1/4 lb largemouth bass. It sits in my wallet and it makes this grown man giggle every day. Now, I don’t hunt much anymore, but she has shown interest in learning to shoot. This I’m hesitant of... because there will be no happy pictures of her out shooting me. I simply won’t allow it.

That is Sweet Craw. Its one of my hottest selling colors. It is a green pumpkin and whisky mix. The head is a 3/8 Dredge Brush jig.

In the end I went with the Ranger 198p. I am very satisfied with my decision. It is a fishing machine with enough storage for 16 rods, loads of tackle, and very economical with the mercury 150 four stoke. Fully loaded she will top out at 60 and has a very solid and stable ride. Also upgraded to the minn Kota ultrex 80 with i pilot and will be adding a power pole this spring. For electronics - Humminbird helix 10 on the bow and Humminbird helix 10 si in the console.

Night time will cure that ?

I have been doing it for years. Now I don't want to see it mentioned here again LOL.

A pub just south of me - place call Spike's Keg 'O' Nails serves something called Snake Nutz . . . . I've had them & thoroughly enjoy them every visit. A-Jay

So here's the deal - You're smart. But you have a tendency to over think, because your mind moves at a million miles a minute. You're sad, because you're not fooled by the world like everyone else. Some people don't get you, because they just don't look at things like you do. You think you're dumb, because you're smart enough to know you don't know everything. You're problem is you're too smart. And that's not a problem at all. A-Jay

Sometimes Daiwa uses grease and over-greases the spool bearings. I always take them out and clean them, remove grease if necessary, and apply a drop of oil before reinstalling.

Nope - Tim's right on this one. Once nylon absorbs water, it's amount of stretch, abrasion resistance and breaking strength all take a pretty good hit (15-50%)...but as you said, whatever works for each of us. All lines have negatives and trade-offs. Each of us places a different value system on those factors.

A fourth vote for Seibert. You can't go wrong.

I don't care that they are a sponsor, and I fished Seibert before I joined here. I would say that his jigs are the best at any price. I fish setups that are very spendy and if I thought there was a better product I would get those. His jis are top knotch and very well priced, it also helps he is a good dude and has great service. I don't get paid and I am not on his pro staff, wish I was

http://www.siebertoutdoors.com/ Best in the business

I think you'll find siebert outdoors on the top of most people's list around here. See link to right in the sponsor section. I haven't been on the water to use them yet, but I just ordered 7 jigs from them a month ago for $28.15 including shipping.

My daughter is a typical 6yr old. Enjoys fishing for all of an hour - which I am happy to oblige to. Like most young children, the act of not "catching" anything really turns them off. Because of this, our main spot is the pond at our house - loaded with BG and Perch, and we can catch a dozen or two in that hour all while having just a blast of a time. While I have hopes that she will grow to have a passion for bass fishing, as this can set the foundation of an even more fruitful relationship with her throughout time, I cannot force that upon her. In time, as she grows, decisions and passions will be made and created. All I can do now is enjoy the time spent at the pond, make memories, and ensure she's having fun!

I am 16, so I don't plan on having kids for a few more years. Both my grandfathers and my dad like to fish.my grandfather passed away before I could really get to know him and fish with him, that being said, I loved him very much and we have some great memories, but not of fishing together. My other grandfather and i fish as much as possible. Maybe once a month or so. My dad likes to fish but he prefers to catch. He will fish more in the spring during the spawn in our local Quarries (hence the name). He also fishes with me up north when we catch a ton of smaller bass. He even caught his first pike on the same trip as me! My mom likes to fish, but its really just to spend time with me. I enjoy her company when im just trying to relax. I am planning on taking my little cousins 2 and 4 fishing with my grandfather this spring. they keep talking about it and really want to go. I will expose my kids to fishing, along with many other activities, with hopes of them emulating me. If fishing is not for them, or anything else for that matter, I will not push it too hard. But it would be great to share some of the memories i have with older family with them!

My son is 7 and he's been fishing with my wife and I since he was 4. He loves to go out on the boat and this past season we started a Sunday morning tradition of he and I getting up early and going out. He loves to go turkey hunting and deer as well. We've yet to get a turkey together but got our first deer together this past November. I'm pretty lucky he'd much rather be outside than in front of the TV or video games. He got a Nintendo 2ds from Santa this year and my nephew gave him a PlayStation 3 recently and both are old news already. The only obstacles left are drivers license and girls. I've got a while for those two so I'm enjoying this.

My daughter is too young to take out fishing for real yet...But she loves hanging out in the boat while I rig tackle and stuff. She loves all things related to fish and water so I'm hopeful that she will enjoy fishing, we'll probably start going on short trips in the boat this season.

Yea that freeloader! Who does he think he is? A politician?

This is going to sound insane bug I had some success last year punching a senko

Trokar TK130. Size depends on what I'm throwing. Mike

Hello, im relatively new to fishing. I just started about 2 years ago after not fishing for about 30 years. Just thought id join up and see what else i can learn (off the water). Below is a pic of my best fish. I didnt get a chance to weigh it but my buddy that owns the land i was fishing on said he pulled an 8 pounder out a couple years ago and mine was way bigger.

I didn't catch a largemouth that big all of last year that I can recall. Excellent first bass of 2018