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I agree the next generation of tournament fishermen/fisherwomen will be more versatile; however, I think the average angler will rarely be proficient with every lure because he/she works too much to spend that much time on the water, at least until he or she retires. There will be some people who are able to find the time, but again, this will be rare, compared to the number of total anglers. I have tried to become proficient with every lure and technique I can, but I still haven't achieved proficiency with all of them. Why? Lack of time.

Brian, you ain't Texan, but you're 100 percent American. Thanks for standing tall and protecting us all. Be careful, brother. We want you back safe and sound.

Walleye is number one. In no particular order are salmon, catfish, and crappie.

Wow, good thread and good info from everyone. I generally don't fish lakes where I will need to do this, but I fished Table Rock earlier this year and the fish there are deep enough to need this procedure. Thanks to everyone.

Yes. The Cardinals backed into the playoffs. Now LaRussa needs to hire a hypnotist to get these pitchers in the zone. Our pitching sucks. We aren't scoring runs. The leaf needs to turn over now before Tuesday. I'm praying for a Cinderella story.

I'm getting in on this discussion late, but just because I like to give RW a hard time, nothing in this life is guaranteed. However, if you're one of those on this forum who is having some troubles hooking up with some bass, his advice should be heeded.

I usually fish 7200 acre Smithville Lake which is a man-made reservoir north of Kansas City. However, I also fish some ponds and small lakes quite often, as well as Truman Reservoir which is 55,000 acres. Smithville is the closest to my home, so I fish there the most.

My hats off to ya', Glenn. I don't think anyone can deny, inside or outside of the BassResource.com membership, that you have done an incredible job with this website. And thanks for the interview, BASS fisherman.

Yeah, Albert can't win 'em all. When he's down, one of the other players needs to fill the void and it ain't happening. I read or heard that 19 of his home runs this year were game winners. (I think this is the correct number.) I'm not talking about walk-off homers but home runs that resulted in the runs that put the Cardinals ahead to stay in a game. How's that for carrying your team!

RollONTwo, no, it did not have a red tint. What would that indicate?

I understand what you're saying WhiteMike, but we haven't had enough rain to muddy a body of water for over a month. Thanks for the input though. That's what stumped me. No rain, 30 foot deep body of water at the deepest point, almost muddy conditions, and air temps haven't been low enough, long enough to cool the surface water enough to result in turnover. I think Raul is probably right about the cool springs that feed the pond. They may have caused turnover in this body of water.

I don't know. Albert has been in a mini-slump too. During the 7 game losing streak he only had 2 RBIs and no home runs. Instead of the whole team slumping at the same time, they need to hit a hot streak at the same time, and that time is now or never.

I think all of us in the early years of our bass fishing experience over-estimated the weight of our fish. As you catch a few big ones you realign your estimates more closely to the actual weights of the fish. I find that I tend to underestimate the weight of fish these days, but not by much. Of course, I haven't caught a 10 lb'er yet, so if I catch a fish big enough to possibly be that weight I may start overestimating again. That's why I carry a scale now.

Albert is the man. Three run homer in the bottom of the ninth. Astros and Pirates tied in extra innings. Come on Pirates. Sorry, Astros fans.

The weight calculator on this site, and provided in a previous post on this thread, takes into account both the length and the girth of the fish.

Ahh . . . . good point. Thanks, Raul.

Quote from Raul: That's why I thought the air temperature needed to be lower for a much longer period of time in order to affect any change in water temperature, which was stated in the original post. So, Raul, you don't think this was turnover. I had my doubts as well but I could think of no other reason for the condition of the water. So I'm still left wondering why this pond became so murky.

This is absolutely true. One who exercise regularly and his/her body composition contains more muscle can be trim and, yet, weigh the same as someone who is obviously overweight due to the higher density of muscle as compared to fat. However, I would think most bass would be similar in this regard as they live similar lifestyles, if you will. I don't see bass pumping iron in the lakes I fish. I think the contents in their stomachs would have more of an affect on this, as George stated. Measurements should only be used as fair estimates, not as a replacement for actually weighing the fish.

I thought the same thing, Shad_Master, but there wasn't any "gunk" in this case.

http://bassresource.com/bassfishing/fishcalculator.html This is the link to the weight calculator in the Tacklebox menu from Bassresource.com. Hope this is useful to you.

I hear they're going to try Pujols as a closer. He does everything else for them. :

Thanks for the kind words, Roger. To clarify, I wasn't promoted. I've been doing installations and support. This was just a much larger one.

Having a 15 foot great white shark on lite spinning tackle. Really, I would like to be on a secluded pond/lake surrounded by forest and Ozark mountains (They call these hills in Colorado), and catching a five bass limit in the 30 - 40 lb range with maybe a double digit bass to boot.

Yesterday evening I fished a pond that I've fished a few times this summer. It's a large pond and it is fed by a creek and, according to the owner, a couple of springs. The deepest water is near 30 feet. The water is usually fairly clear, but yesterday it was murky, almost to the point of being muddy. There hasn't been a big rain to speak of, in over a month. Usually, the fishing is great at this pond for size and numbers. Needless to say, the murky water slowed the fishing drastically. I was wondering how it became so muddy. Could this muddy/murky water be a result of the pond turning over? We have had some really cool nights in the upper 40s and lower 50s over the past couple of weeks though the days have been mostly 70s with an occasional 60+ thrown in. I thought the air temperatures would need to be cooler than that to make a 30 foot deep pond turnover, but I'm not an expert on turnover. Any ideas?

That's beautiful, LBH. You're making a big difference in a lot of people's lives. That's how success is measured in my book.