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Yeah, the tuna is good, but guys are trying to compare it to last year which was insane. I used to fly fish for fluke in Jamaica Bay many many moons ago...

Stiffness, ocean is paved with fluke right now in NY/NJ. Brother caught a big cobia while fishing for BFT last week off Rockaway.

I find a bit of stain makes the fishing better. Probably more a function of it being a different type of lake than the vis itself. There is different kinds of "stain", brown, green, black, tanic, to name a few. Unless we are talking a couple of inches of vis, not a lot changes. YMMVBIW.

Draft listed for ships is maximum draft, unlike boats, it can vary by many feet depending on load and ballast. European green crabs...

I hear a lot of praise for the shallow A, I've caught fish with it, but I have other similar cranks I like much better.

I don't choose between them based on water clarity, rather on fish activity. Often, when they bite one they will bite the other. The main difference is that a chatter has a built in action which can be modified only somewhat, where as the swim jig doesn't and it can be anything from none to obnoxious. Don't ignore size and profile, that often makes a difference as well.

You are thinking of mutton snapper, I've witnessed this a couple of times while diving.

If one is fishing a reel they can spool on a cast, then they are fishing the wrong reel... I can spool a Fuego with 50 lb braid and almost with 40 with a frog, so I relegated it to pitching.

Yes. The only issue is that it will have little strength if a fish takes you there, but obviously with bass, N/A.

Also on really calm nights with a moon, a broken back minnow or wake bait fished slowly can be the ticket.

uni, with practice you can leave a tiny tag, and it's one of the strongest knots you can tie, and it's easy and fast to boot. Rube Goldberg called, he wants his knot back...

One of the best fluke (summer flounder) charter captains held this view, so we put it to the test, he was indeed catching more fish with fluoro, but it turns out it was something other than visibility or sinking going on, and while the "settlement" stipulated I not name him, his $ spends well.

I'm not following or liking if you keep covering the sponsor's logo...

None whatsoever when it comes to bass.

Yup, bend the one facing down so the point meets the shank, do the same on the back one too when fishing grass.

Something close to the color of the background would be the least visible most of the time, but line visibility and bass fishing belongs in the same place as reel drag conversations...

Motors don't "come up on plane", but a detached sensor connection can and most likely will cause a motor to malfunction.

Good jigs and great customer service.

It should pee all the time when running, and never start it when not in the water or with muffs.

WP, jitterbug, crazy crawler, or any other similar bait at a 45 or paralleling the bank, resist the urge to set the hook when you hear the splash, speed up a tad, and come back once the rod loads (easier said than done).

If you ever get into bicycles let me know, have one more nephew to put through college...

Wife's pinkies...

Yup, go easy though it works quick. I like to finish it off polishing with brown paper bag (old woodworking trick). Oh, and don't be lazy, take off the hooks, trust me... ps: I wouldn't do it for SM, they like loud bright colors.

Constructive interference between gravity and holding the line between fingers too close to reel's line guide, ie user error. It's a good thing you are into this and not cats...

Hustling folks' tackle, no wait, that's my best habit....