J Francho

I only really fish three or four baits anyway, so I rig up the night before. I really enjoy the prep time.

Winni is awesome 🤩

There are opinions wherever people are.

It's a bit presumptuous to pass judgement on what gives others joy, materialism aside. I've benefitted plenty from working for the man. The man has also benefitted from my occasional dismemberment of the metaphoric man.

Not all of us are blessed healthy weeds.

Not with a worm weight, but I have done something similar for a weedless wacky rig. If you use a slightly bigger finesse hook, you can run the hook point back through, Texas style, with no issues. If I ever needed weight, I'd just add a nail to the bait or use a wacky jig. You can also just add some split shot close to the hook or wherever. Helps on a breezy day.

Not too sure that's unique to the rod building community.

I had to look up flexural. Why isn't there a fiber reinforced tape that looks good for this?

Uncle Rico

Rebel deep craw. Still use them.

I only ever filled my tank when I had propane. The place up the street is gone now, but I've been using charcoal for over a decade.

I'll fish topwaters alone at night, but not with others. I can't trust them. Too many baits flying back. I'm not sure why anyone would need to set a topwater hook that hard anyway.

Waiting, meh. If waiting means waiting as long as I did in the vid I posted, then yes. I don't recall feeling anything on that strike but I do recall my Python colored Popmax disappearing after the splash, so I gave it a snap set and it worked out. I don't get too many baits winging back at me, so o feel like it works for me.

I've put those little colored stickers for garage sales on my frogs so I can see them. Pink or yellow dots seem to work the best for me. You could probably do that or paint something bright on the lure without affecting the action.

Greetings from ROC.

No see 'ems. The worst.

We've already excluded marinas with channels in the first post. Like I said, I'm not a lawyer, but anything without buoys hasn't been an issue throughout the state. If some Karen wants to squawk, I'll probably move on anyway.

So Cayuga Lake is a a privately owned non tidal waterway? I'm not a lawyer but I play one on the internet.

Go on a Saturday, mid day. Take lots of pics for us!

It was only a matter of time…

Don't get me started on homonyms…

Out of the box…Pink buzz bait on a drop shot.

Good advice above. Locate those fish and back off them for a bit. Though I will say, I've caught plenty of bass that I was staring down. They aren't that smart, but they do get inactive at times.

I like the Alberto. In a pinch, a triple surgeon's knot has worked well for me too.