Jake P

Brown, green, orange, black, blue. Not in that order. Mainly black & blue and green pumpkin. For swim jigs I use Shad colors or sunfish colors. Mainly a variation of green pumpkin or a variation of white/silver.

Whutsuhmatta? None of yall like an extra vente latte frapchina with extra non fat cream of wheat chi root carmel machiato from starbucks?

I drink tea from sun up to sun down and any other time in between. I dont think growing up there was ever NOT a pitcher of Tea in the fridge. I dont like hot or "fancy" tea. Just plain ol' Lipton or Luzianne brewed in a tea maker with 1 1/3 cup of sugar. That reminds me I need to make a fresh pitcher right quick!.

Academy spinnerbaits have served me well in the past. More recently it has been booyah and mainly strike king. I really need to get a few war eagle and see what the hype is all about.

I have a few that I would like to work on. Something about a new year and a " fresh start" seems to make it easier I suppose. While most people have renewed there 24 hour fitness membership and wont step foot in a gym after Feb 1, I plan on sticking to mine the rest of my life. 1. Patience. I need to learn more, period. With fishing, my kids and wife, work. I need to remind myself not everyone is as savy as me lol . 2. My language. I have a bit of a "potty mouth". I have eliminated it at home after hearing my son repeat the S word. I need to practice better words no matter where I am though. 3. My final goal is probably the most common one of all. Weight loss. I started 2012 at 240 lbs. Today I weigh 210. My goal is to lose this final 10 lbs and be right at my goal of 200 and back into a 36. The hardest part of my goals is reminding myself to do them, and why I am doing them. I am confident and I will get r done. What about yall?

If you can find 1 lure, then you are a lucky man! Seriously though, there are plenty of popular lures that catch fish more than others in general. Senkos, straight tail worms, curly tail worms, craws etc. 1 Thing I can say though is if your fishing a pond, downsize your lures.Not saying you cant catch fish on 3/4 oz jigs, but you wont catch near as many. I do good with zoom straight tail worms, rage tail thumpers and anocondas in 7". Rage tail baby craws, Zoom flukes. if your looking for a moving lure, try the Booyah Pond Magic Spinnerbait. That thing is deadly in ponds!

Anything rage tail. but I would say the kvd 1.5 is my favorite lure now of all time!

First off, ZAFS is the bomb!!! I watch Jimmy Houston, some Bill dance, flw, bassmasters, the bass pros, hook n look, really all I can. I just dvr them all then pick through the ones I think will be enjoyable or informational.

Rage Tail Baby craw, craw, grub & menace. Netbait paca's. Denny Brauer chunk. zoom Ultravibe speed craw and super chunk JR. There are more but these are some of my most used.

My entire closet and dresser can be found at Academy, Bass Pro and Cavenders. I do have a few American Eagle button downs. I wear Oakley's when its sunny. Thats about it. I have never been one to hate someone elses style. It may not be my cup of tea, but Just because I dont like or understand it doesnt mean I look down on someone for there style. I do wonder how some of these Teens fit into these skinny jeans though.....Looks a bit....suffocating

2 oz and 15$? I'll pass.

That was a great read brother!

I use a bag bought from Academy. Holds 4 3700's and 1 deep plano box that I put my plastics in. Also has tons of pockets for tools and line and accessories. Cost me 30$. Best tackle storage system I have used yet.

I am not one to speak openly about my feelings when it comes to my father. Especially with immediate family and friends. I just feel like I need some perspective from people who will not just tell me what they think I want to hear. My father was a part of my life when he wasnt on tour. When I was about 8 my parents split for good. He started downhill from there into drugs and alcohol. We have been rocky from then on. I will spare yall the details but he has said and done some pretty horrible things to my mother and brother. I cant remember him really being that way with me. But I feel like what he has ever said and done to them he has done to me by association, if that makes sense. Now to the issue. I have not seen my dad in 5 years. He has never met my wife or kids. My brother stopped talking to him about 6 years ago because he couldnt take the verbal abuse anymore. Well, I get a call from my dad 2 weeks ago telling me he is in the hospital ad has been diagnosed with COPD. He is nearly immobile because he cant breathe and is not doing well at all. Then, Friday night, I get another call saying he is back in the hospital because he thought he had a mini heart attack. He tells me he has been diganosed with Congestive Heart Failure and his liver count is very high. They ran brain and lung scans also just to do a full checkup. After some deliberation my brother and I took the 3 hour drive to the hospital this morning to see him not knowing if it will be our last time or not. I guess I have avoided my father because seeing and talking to him brings up bad memories, and good memories which hurt more than the bad it seems like. I am used to seeing my dad run a business, play in clubs and bars on the weekends and do odd jobs like cutting and selling firewood in the winter. Seein him laid up in a hospital bed with swollen arms and legs, having trouble breathing and needing help to get to the bathroom has really got me messed up. I havent had anxiety in years until today. I dont even know if I have a question to ask or just needing to vent. I'm just having a hard time with all of this and Im not sure how to go about it. Its hard to move past some of the things he has done but I want to be there for him as much as I can. I just keepin thinkin how he was never there for me when I needed him for most of my life so why should I go out of my way for him? Thanks for listening yall.

Stop drop and roll doesn't work in hell- church down the road from my house.

Yo zuri is on every single reel I own. Bass, catfish and panfish.

I have never selected a color just based on who won with what. Now if I hear of someones success on my waters using a certain color, I may try it. I keep it simple. I choose colors based off what fish see. Browns, greens,black & blue and smokey grey colors. All of those represent panfish, shad and crawfish. I do however use chartreuse colors when the water becomes very heavily staind or muddy after a strong storm. Other than that, I use those few basics I listed. Keep it simple!!

I have found a few great ponds and been fishing them heavily lately with great success. I started with larger lures like 1/2 jigs and 7-10" worms. I was consistently getting bigger bites with no problem. Since the temps are cooling my luck is changing of course. I have fished slower and changed up my technique with little to no success. I picked up some Booyah Pond Magic spinnerbaits in 3/16 and 1/8 oz and have been doing fair with them. I have also switched to smaller and lighter weighted plastics. Rage craws to baby craws, rage anacondas to thumpers. Weightless senkos and trick worms have worked OK. What do yall throw in ponds when larger profile baits arent working? Do any of yall have success with the Booyah Pond Magic SB's or any other similiar moving lures? Thanks in advance fellas!

Lets see if yall can guess where I was.... Crawfish!! Egg Roll Orange Chicken sesame chicken crab cake french fries chicken wings pizza slice fried banana catfish fried rice fried biscuit coffee cake ice cream and pepsi to wash it all down! So much for my diet!! I am down 30 pounds and only need 5 more to get to my goal of 200. The last few pounds are hell trying to get rid of. I havent eaten anything good in a while. I had to pig out to maintain my sanity.

Shad & Bleeding Shad from late summer to winter. Bluegill from early spring to summer.

Jealous is an understatement...............

My avatar. 6.2! she is the reason I'm hooked on kvd 1 & 2.5's.... The year isn't over though, hitting the lake one last time before 2013 this Sunday. Wish me luck!!!

When do the SK 10XD'S come out? I think they hit right around the 25 mark....

What excites you about fishing? When you think about being on the water, what specifically do you think about that gets you excited? I love the scenery. Being on the lake as the sun comes up and fog is covering the water. That is something I truly appreciate. Of all the material things in the world, I feel satisfaction being able to appreciate somethin so simple. Squarebills, KVD 1 & 2.5's specifically, are just about my favorite lures to fish. dragging the bottom of the rocks in my lake and then feeling the rod flex because theirs a fish on is about as good as it gets to me. When I think about fishing those are a couple of the first things I think of. The feeling of something heavy on the end of the rod when setting the hook, I love it! What little things do Yall appreciate and enjoy about fishing?

I am on a bacon obsession lately. My wife buys some Ore Ida hash browns that you cook in a skillet and they are incredibly delicious. After eating bacon and the hash browns for breakfast, I was craving it at dinner time. I came up with an idea for a burger and it turned out pretty d**n good. Fired up the grill and made some burgers with the following: Cheese, onion, bacon, hash browns and 1 fried egg. I made the first one and put mayo on it but it didnt mix well with the egg. I raked it off and after that it was incredible. The cheese and yolk from the egg was enough to keep it from being dry.