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I have been "coaching" others in the fine art of bass fishing for a couple dozen years now. I've done it privately & publicly.

What I look for now is lists published by Wildlife & Fisheries showing the number of Florida strain stocked in various bodies of water & for how long.

So what's y'all's goto for this weather?

Ain't much to y'all 😉

A blizzard warning (in Red) has been issued for Calcasieu, Jeff-Davis, and Cameron parishes until 12:00 PM due to winds up to and over 35 mph and snow accumulation of 2-4 inches over the next several hours. Stay sheltered and off of the roads except for emergencies!!

O.H. Ivie? 😉

Totally depends on the body of water! Everyone knows Toledo & Rayburn's reputations. I look at them like this, a daily bag limit for LMB is 8 per day with a minimum length of 14" (2-2 1/2#). Sounds easy? Try it without FFS or a guide. My daily average over 52 yrs is 11 bass per day with a 3 1/2-4 # average. Kicker fish are anything 7#+. I usually average one every trip. Lacassine wildlife refuge is federally owned & is closed Oct 15th - March 15th. Stocked with Florida strain, 6-7# are common, several double digits are a caught yearly. Calcasieu & Sabine Rivers are Dink Fests, 3+ is big.

2 to the chest...1 to the head

"if you worry about what might be and wonder about what might have been you will ignore what is" I was at the right place, at the right time, doing the right things!

I pay more attention to Bassresource members

@N Florida MikeThe first time I spent a week in Florida was in Inverness. This was in the early 90s, stopped at a local gas station & bought a map. This is what I saw 😉

@Swamp Girl I would fish a Bog I don't care if its a 10" from the bayou across the street or a 10# on Toledo Bend...that tug is my drug & as a good Basshead I will get my fix!

Ice goes your tea, not on the ground!

If I have to walk a bank, wade a creek, push pole a perouge, run a Jon boat back in a marsh, or a 20' BassCat on Toledo Bend. If I have to drag a lure behind the boat, throw a Crappie jig at bass on a screen, stroke a Jig-n-Craw in 30', punch through matted vegetation. I'm gonna catch bass by whatever means necessary.

Having a job 😉 14' Ouachita flat bottom jon with a 7 1/2 Evinrude Fleetwin bought with my own money.

K.I.S.S 😉 I still walk the bank with one rod-n-reel I still stalk deer with a recurve bow I still shoot a .410 & .22 Up close & personal

I troll using my outboard, my Tohatsu 40 hp has variable idling speed control from 650 to 950 rpm’s. Lures: 10-25' range Bill Norman or 6 th Sense Reel: Abu Gracia Ambassadeur 5500C Rods: 7'6" - 8'

Y'all ever heard of spoonplugging? Buck taught a lot more than what structure is & how fish relate to it. He taught how to fish it effectively with depth control, speed control, & other factors. I'm maybe the only one here that still believes those things are still applicable to every technique. Crankbaits are a subject rarely addressed here in spite of how effective they are.

I grew up fishing offshore, I have drug a lure or two behind a boat. I use another outlawed technique I learned offshore, the Alabama Rig. It was just a little bigger. Do not under any circumstance troll an Alabama Rig behind your boat!

Personal I would go with a 52"

14' Ouachita flat bottom jon with a 7 1/2 Evinrude Fleetwin. Trolling motor was a 2 1/2' wooden paddle & a 14' pushpole.

I'll take 80s songs for $500 😉 That's one of those game time decisions. Body of water, time of year, current lake conditions, current weather patterns, moon phase, water temperatures, ect. I can be a 0 at sunrise & a 10 by sunset!

A jig imitates a crawfish correct? Yes I believes they do A crawfish has a hard shell does it not? Yes they in fact have a hard shell When the bass "crushes" the jig to kill it; it feels the hardness of a shell, the softness of the skirt, & the firmness of the trailer just like a crawfish. A jig can also imatate baitfish