Bluebasser86

It's just a cheap Academy H2O swimbait. I gave it to my oldest son to put in his box because he liked it. I added the 1.0 squarebill and Rapala UL crankbaits because they're in perfect condition and they work.

Nothing real exciting this weekend. All the leaves fell at once so anything floating along the shoreline is hard to spot currently. Pretty much find them in the trees or not at all.

Slow float but I barely pause it so it never has much time to float.

It was ugly. It was pretty much Mahomes VS the Titan's D-Line. Not sure how you put up 400+ passing yards and score 20 points, but they did it. I thought Willis looked pretty good until they were in obvious passing situations.

I don't fish deep cranks often, but when I do, it's going to be a 6XD.

I haven't used the MR but I've done well with the 62DR Shad. I've done really well on Table Rock with the 77SP though, they'll move a long ways to eat a jerkbait on that lake. The Megabass Nanahan dives a little deeper for a small jerkbait also. I did really well with one yesterday.

I'm looking at winter arriving at the end of this week. Going to be lows in the teens and highs in the 30s whenever I get out this weekend. It could always be worse.

Welcome back!

Ya'll need to look at my comment on the "Brag about your state's bass fishing", before you do anything crazy ? @ol'crickety I've laid my kayak on top of my boat and hauled it that way, no extra trailer needed. I don't think you'd enjoy our wind in your canoe though. A 15mph wind is pretty light here. Here's the video of some of the fish from our day yesterday.

Got my oldest out for a rare November trip today. The fish were very cooperative, really eating a Duo Rozante and Megabass Nanahan jerkbaits. My big bass of the day was 5.74 on a rock crawler though, only bite I had on it. Fishing with dad is hard.

Got out in the SNOW this morning ? but man the bite was on fire. Cranks and bladed jigs did most of the damage. Bites were violent, like trying to take my rod away from me type bites. Not sure if my big fish of the day was also my biggest of the year or second biggest but it was up there. Caught my own mini version of Dottie also. Second bass with that spot I've caught from this lake. Last one was almost 6lbs, so not the same fish either.

My 7' 5' MH/F showed up yesterday. Hope to get to put it to the test this weekend! It looks and feels very nice though. Wanted it for jigs and T-rigs and feels like it will do that very well.

If you lay the end of the board up on the railing of the kayak so the fence is on the bottom (a slight angle), it allows gravity to work for you and keep the fish pushed up against the fence but not so sharp an angle that pictures are difficult. That's how I do it.

Another 30 minutes before work trip, one of these days I'll catch a big one on this bait. Missed one more dink also. Active with a big rain, and cold front moving in.

Swimbait to me is the big baits, hard or soft. I refer to the smaller Keitech style baits as paddle tails or hollowbodies.

Layers and quality outerwear. Invested in a set of heavyweight merino wool thermals and a Simms Challenger insulated suit. I also get out and walk around sometimes if I do get cold.

My before work trip this morning produced one on the glide. Not a monster but it was a very vicious strike right near the shore that I got to watch so that was cool.

A carolina rig with a 4oz egg sinker and 7/0 kahle hook and a big chunk of fresh cut bait, white bass in this case. This lake produces lots of fish over 50lbs, so these really were just babies for the place we were at.

Spent a few hours Saturday night fishing for blues. No monsters, just 4 fun sized ones.

IMO, yes it is worth the jump from the Victory. The Victory line is very nice, but I can feel the difference with the LTB rods. I have the 7' 5" MH/F on order and have used the 7' 2" M/M a good bit.

New water is getting to be a hard thing for me to find. Exploring is part of what keeps it exciting for me but I've explored a lot of what is available near me.

Well fishing was tough for the high schoolers this weekend, but I did capture a terrific blooper.

All other glides really, even other Savage Gear baits.

I fished a 2 day championship tournament on Table Rock a few years back in the rain and cold with pneumonia. Hacking my lungs out the whole time, short of breath, my partner said he thought I was going to die in my sleep because my breathing sounded so weird (before I was diagnosed with sleep apnea so probably had something to do with that also). Wasn't my smartest moment, but we did win at least. Hope you get feeling better, it was no fun when I had it.

Yeah you can knock them dead right up until it ices up and even through the ice if you want. Deep holes are good unless you get a shad kill, then it's the wind blown banks. They'll get in a foot or two of 40* water if the food is there.