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Sacked up a bit over 21lbs for a nice day. The 6.5 came on the Deps MIDST 1/4oz Drift Fry combo.....then the other 4 fish that made the bag were between 3.5-4lbs and all came on the spinnerbait. If I'm catching them on a spinnerbait, I've thrown the entire tacklebox 😆

What's your bass fishing superpower? It might be reading an FFS screen or casting or skipping or boat control or record keeping or having good hunches or anything else. Only share one: Mine is paddling. I fish some pretty tight quarters where I have to squishedy-squeeze my canoe through the slots and there are rocks and trees that I cannot bump or I'll spook the bass, so I have to paddle like a creeping cat. Plus, I often have to paddle several miles, which requires straight line paddling and efficient strokes. The pics below aren't to share bass I've caught, but where I catch them. For me, good paddling lets me fish places like this:

Master of plan B 😉

First trip in TX this year because I’ve been busy. Turns out they are still biting a jig. These bass have no style, man. They just wake up, eat jig, go to bed. Caught a few small ones and missed a bunch unfortunately. Here’s the best one at just under 3lbs. Happy to be back on the water 😎 #returnoftheshades

Bottom contact presentations. I’d say mostly punching mats and sight fishing beds Mike

Mine is catching fish from gin clear water, and landing them.on 6lb test line.

CONFIDENCE. I Believe in Me. Also possess some high end boat handling skills. A-Jay

A Texas rig worm, tungsten weight and a proper hook and I’ll catch fish. PS: a rattletrap is plan B 🤣

I've always been pretty dang good with casting accuracy

I keep telling y'all I keep a Texas Rig & a Jig-n-Craw tied on 24/7/365 & I throw em both. Right now it's pre-spawn, I'll work my way into a cove with a Texas Rig, work my way out with a Jig-n-Craw.

Judging exactly when to head back to the dock before we get drenched.

Catching old lures from the bottom of ponds is a bit of a sidekick superpower but a superpower nevertheless

I would say my super power is not letting the skunk in. It’s a very very rare occasion that I can’t put at least one bass in the boat. I’ve been skunked exactly one time in the last 8 years. I don’t fish specifically to not be skunked, it just works out that way.

Pricing is spot on and aggressive. I feel at those prices things will move quickly.

Not in this town. A-Jay

Today’s catch of the day is this Floridian shivering during a Texas cold front holding a 12 bass. 12 ounces. We caught small ones today. I picked up 3 more. Where are the bigger fish???

Mine would be eliminating productive water.

Whether it's mono, braid or FC, the MK knot has yet to let me down.

Not a super power but I guess my biggest strength is bouncing sinking lures off the bottom . Worms, jigs, Rocket Shads, Swim baits, lipless baits... I have a ton of confidence in that style of fishing.

My rod lineup... Mix of nrx plus, megabass p5 and orocchi.. Shimano exprides, Zodias and 1st Gen Cumara.. Dobyns Champion xps for cranking duties... Eventually will sell off my megabass and dobyns to get everything to shimano/g Loomis in the next few years...

Oh, I could catch one. There's an ice fishing tourney at my pond this weekend. It's just that standing over a hole in the ice is as much fun as this: Reference the image above your comment.

Have you recently checked all your guides with a Q-tip? If you spent better part of a day using it without a problem, then the new line is fine, but a problem was introduced during the day. I can go days without re-tying....or I may need to re-tie a jig several times during a day. 15# INVISX is outstanding line, in my opinion.

They don't winterkill. At least not yet. We won't see open water until March. Here's my pond a couple days ago. The white beyond the weeds is the pond:

@Swamp GirlOn any break with weed growth, throw to 15' deep and drag toward shore. Stop by, I'll point the way. scott

Do tell. Where do you cast them and how do you work them?

Thank you my friend. And it's true, most of the rods you couldn't tell the difference between them and one shipped straight from TW. And I only put the retail price in there for when I post on FB marketplace. Not everyone are fanatics like us here so they don't realize how much some of these rods cost nowadays.

Seems more than fair to me and having seen copious pics of your amazing tackle collection, I have no doubts the condition of these rods would be exactly as you said. Thinking about you buddy, hope you're hanging tough!!!!

I bought a clip that attaches to my windshield last year that holds my phone for a timed photo. Since I fish solo sometimes, and I wanted an action shot of some fish in addition to laying them on a bump board, this seems to have solved my problem. I got to be pretty good at it as the season progressed - with bass. When I caught a muskie though, that was a challenge. Not a great photo because of the sheer length. Hopefully I can improve on it this upcoming season. Course, when someone comes with me, they can just take the photo for me. I tried to get my dog to do it but she doesn’t have thumbs.

Thanks a bunch Aaron! It really baffles me how I can go the entire Fall catching a handful of 5lb+ fish, and then the winter rolls around and that's possible on a single day. Winter comes when I'm just about to cry uncle from a losing streak 🤣

I will be back when my beard makes me look like a member of ZZ Top.

I got my unicorn today. A lot of close calls, but only 2 bites today. She bit a MB 110 FX late under cloudy skies just as sprinkles were moving in. Went 8.20 on the Rapala and 8-1/4 on the Chatillon. Water already warmed up to 55 degrees, but I’m sure that’s just surface. A good 4 days or more of rain next week will probably change everything.

Got this custom painted SS SV103 in the mail to me. Has steez parts swapped out. 😕

Hopefully it's ok I post this here. I will be selling some rods soon. I feel like the pricing is quite fair but wanted to get feedback from you guys if you think some are too high/low. I'm hoping to do pickup/meet up so I don't have to ship. These are the casting rods I'm selling. I take great care of my rods (kind of OCD) so most rods are like new. I'm talking no scratches or anything. Perfectly straight blanks and guides. Some older ones might have a few surface scratches by the hook keeper, but nothing crazy. Rods are listed by length. Thanks. *ALL RODS COME WITH ROD SLEEVE* Major Craft Benkei 6'9 MH/MF $100 (retail $150) Ark Cobb Series 6'9 M/M $40 (retail $100) Legit Design Stand Out 6'10 MH/MF $140 (retail $225) Shimano Expride B 6'10 M/MF $175 (retail $280) Megabass Levante 6'11 M/F $125 (retail $200) Shimano Poison Adrena 6'11 M+/F $250 (retail $380) Kistler Feel N Reel 6'11 MH/MF $100 (retail $250/previous model) Daiwa Tatula Elite (new model) 7'0 ML/M $125 (retail $190) ALX Zolo Dream (custom- full carbon handle, metallic red accents instead of blue) 7'0 M/F $180 (retail $290) Kistler Chromium 7'0 LMH/XF $100 (retail $300) Ark Invoker Tour 7'0 MH/XF $100 (retail $160) Kistler Chromium 7'0 MH/XF $100 (retail $300) Level Fishing NGX 7'0 MH/M $120 (retail $170) Kistler Helium 7'1 MH/XF $150 (retail $300/previous model) Dobyns Kaden 715 7'1 H+/F $115 (retail $180) Savage Gear Black Ops 7'1 MH/XF $175 (retail $300) ALX Zolo Deputy 7'1 MH/F $150 (retail $260) Phenix Feather 7'1 H/XF (feels more like a MH/MF) $110 (retail $169) Ark Cobb Series 7'1 H/F $40 (retail $100) Megabass Orochi XX Diablo 7'2 M/F (feels more like a M+) $170 (retail $300) Phenix M1 7'2 MH/F $120 (retail $185) Shimano Expride A 7'2 MH/F $170 (retail $280) 6th Sense LUX 7'2 MH/MF $100 (retail $150) Shimano Zodias 7'2 H/F $150 (retail $230) Kistler Feel N Reel 7'2 MH/MF $100 (retail $250/previous model) Shimano Expride B 7'2 MH/F $185 (retail $280) Kistler Chromium 7'2 HMH/F $100 (retail $300) Level Fishing NGX 7'2 MH/MF $120 (retail $170) Shimano Expride B 7'3 H/F $210 (retail $310) Dobyns Sierra 734 7'3 H/F (feels more like a MH) $110 (retail $190) Powell Naked 7'3 H/F $130 (retail $200) Daiwa DX Type H Glass 7'3 MH/M $60 (retail $100) Ark Tharp Series (new model) 7'3 MH/F $90 (retail $140) Okuma X-Series 7'3 MH/XF $185 (retail $280) Cabela's Tournament ZX Frog Rod 7'3 H/F $40 (retail $100) Dobyns Champion Extreme 745 7'4 H+/F $230 (retail $350) Daiwa Tatula Elite (new model) 7'4 MH/M $125 ($190) Dobyns Kaden 744 7'4 H/F $120 (retail $190) Ark Cobb Series 7'4 MH/M $40 (retail $100) Dobyns Champion XP 744 7'4 H/XF $175 (retail $270) Lew's Custom Speed Stick Cranking (older version) 7'6 MH/MF $75 (retail $140) ALX Ikos Thunder (custom- light gray accents instead of green) 7'6 XH/MF $100 (retail $160) Okuma X-Series 7'6 H/F $200 (retail $300) Phenix Feather 7'7 XH/F $125 (retail $189) Dobyns Fury 795 Swimbait 7'9 MH/F $90 (retail $140)

You might think I'm joshing you, but I don't fish a single body of water that's 15' deep. 10' deep is the deepest.

The 7’3 XH is my frog rod. I will say it doesn’t do too well with the lighter frogs like the kaera but will def do the job. Doubles as a great single hook big swimbait rod too from what I’ve heard. For pitching jigs and texas rigs into grass I picked up a Steez AGS BC2 so I’m looking forward to using it next season. Also, I think I’m in a similar situation as you with the additional spinning rod. I asked a similar question here: Thinking my next move is going to be a P5 Windbuster. Best rod out of the ones I had mentioned for soft and hard baits. Plus I’m really starting to get into the free rig after having some success with it last year…

Saw the 7'3 expride probably needs an XH there. In my thoughts, my man. scott

When it comes to organized tackle,

Visit Michigan in late april // early may. Those 4 weeks will instill jig confidence in anyone! scott

btw if anyone is wondering what i meant by punching nasty stuff like Roland Martin on Okeechobee: 'that big old bass broke my dang gum rod' ^ I'd argue this guy is one of the best of all time and this video inspired me to throw my lures into crap I used to be afraid to throw them into (although I still have yet to snap a rod like he did).

Nothing to see here. Just another casual 20lb+ winter bag from @AlabamaSpothunter. Awesome, man.

very true around here. Weedy natural lakes for the most part. Plenty of pads, milfoil, and pondweed. I stayed off the heavier rods for a while, but then once you start fishing one you realize how much easier it makes a lot of things.

You're absolutely killing it lately, keep up that hot streak!

Not sure if you pulled the trigger yet but this question stood out to me as I found myself in a similar spot a while back. Long story short I'd personally argue you need both but it depends on what you want to do. In my case here's what I'd do w/ these 2: 7'4 H -> frogs, flipping and pitching into all but the nastiest lake okeechobee roland martin type stuff...heavier spinnerbaits and heavier jigs...maybe like a 6" magdraft or a mini a-rig but that would be about it 7’3 XH -> if you want to get into swimbaits more this would be the starting point as you could start looking at stuff like a 6" shadtron, bigger a-rigs or a 5" bacca burrito...probably also better for an actual 'punching rod' where you are pulling them out of really nasty stuff. If I didn't own either I'd start w/ the 7'4 H...that would get you most of the way there and you could still throw smaller swimbaits on it and decide if you want to branch out.

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I’m right handed and primarily use left hand reels. Where I depart from the OP is the use of words like should, better, right or wrong. Its 💯 personal preference.

Anyone else looking at these pics and thinking got it, got it, need it, got it, need it……

Went for a paddle this evening and caught some gizzard shad in my net but couldn’t get any bites on those. Tried a straight tail soft plastic and got 3 crappie, two keepers. Yum