Jigfishn10

No offense taken......And I appreciate your comment and insight on the subject, but we know exactly the size and weight bat he needs prior to purchasing. His job is to pick the color he wants. I've been coaching since t-ball and have seen the same horror show you're referring to.

IDK, it seems to be more of a generational thing @Burke, I'm with you, I kinda like the muted colors myself. My son who doesn't fish much with me anymore, he's more into Little League Baseball now would go shopping with me for a baseball bat and would immediately gravitate towards the neon colored selections.

Never caught a catfish, sounds like fun though.

Here in the northeast, come cold water season, I don't mind tying on a spoon or inline spinner and let whatever species - Bass, Snot Rocket (Pickerel), You name the species of Trout - bang my lure. Just as long as the rod bends, I don't care.

That's the way I fish'em. There's something about swimming a hair jig for stripers that's tough to beat...And yeah, I wish I had some of Unc's Rind, but I ran out. An LJ Crippled Herring can't be beat as well. I've heard good things about the Clarkspoon that I'll be trying out next.

I had to see what this looked like under water. Thought you'd be interested.

I usually don't watch the All Star game, but my 12 y/o son wanted to watch both the Home Run Derby and All Star Game. I will admit that this was the first ASG I've enjoyed watching in this millennium.

I haven't caught a cutthroat since the late 90's out in Colorado and I can assure you they weren't that big. A beauty for sure @Dorado.

Gotta admit, It's got my attention. Anything that includes a statement like: "This configuration produces an erratic wobbling action, much like a knuckleball thrown from the pitchers’ mound" in the description needs to be fished.

I was thinking the same thing @Burke.

You beat me to it

You are correct sir! Just happen to have 1 myself!

Well it at least sounds like its coming back? Hopefully they're a little more careful the next time.

Then your mea culpa stinks because I found nothing but humor in your original post...Loved the 5 second rule part...

Instinct I would think. Almost like they relate it to a shad kill in the cold water months. They see an easy opportunity. I'm digging here though, you do know that @scaleface?

Sweet, beauties for sure @MassBass...Congrats!

Awesome Rhino, glad to hear peeps are being a little more responsible. How's Webster been? I haven't fished it since I was with you, Tate, and gampa1114.

Well we're at the halfway point and it's been an interesting season so far. The surprises to me so far have been the: Rays - Never thought their pitching would hold up and they seem to always get that clutch hit Twins - Second place despite the fact they have a negative runs differential Astros - I knew they were talented, but 60 wins by the all star break...are you kidding me? BTW, check out their road record? Braves - Seriously, did you think they'd be around .500 by the all star break? I figured they'd be just ahead of Philly Brew Crew - Sorry, I didn't see this coming. Let's hope they can keep it up. It's always good to see new teams contending. Cubs - I knew there would be a World Series hang over, but I thought they'd still be over .500 by the break. Only 5.5 gms back, still time to turn it on. D-Backs and Rockies - By far the biggest surprise teams to me. Too bad they play in the same division as the Dodgers. Giants - What happened? So, who's teams are buying and selling?

I like the offset bend in the wire. It gets the bait a little deeper in the water. Does it have more hook-ups than a non-bended one? I never took records indicating one way or the other, but for me, I prefer the offset bend.

Thanks @MassYak85. The last time I fished Cochituate was with @grampa1114 about 4 years ago. Have a good day.

The best Rattle Trap?...Well, wouldn't that be the Rattle Trap? If you asked for the best lipless crankbait, then look no futher than Rapala Rippin Rap.

Has anyone been fishing Lake Cochituate lately?

I'd honestly would get a cheap 4 or 5 wt flyrod and a few dry flies and have at it. Lot's of fun!

Really cool pics.

Nice @mllrtm79, looks like a beautiful stadium. I can sympathize with you about the blue outerwear, I haven't been a Met fan since '86... I think Price wants the money of a big market team but play for a small market team @12poundbass, unfortunately the 2 don't usually coexist.