Bluebasser86

It's the PTSD of past seasons. I'm the same way with the Chiefs. I don't know how to accept them being good, so I go into every game thinking they'll figure out a way to lose. I can't bring myself to watch the games most of the time because I'm just a big ball of nerves and I don't like it. The Bills look to me like the team to beat, but it seems like every year there is a team that comes out blazing hot that fizzles out down the stretch (the Cardinals last year). I'm thinking they're a complete enough team that won't be an issue though.

Same, never had an issue with a plopper twisting my line.

Not the biggest, a tournament winner or anything like that, but this one really struck me as a very healthy looking fish when I caught it.

No, I was at a state lake.

Welcome!

Just saw a picture of a DD bass caught the past week or two from up that way.

Didn't fish Saturday, worked OT 10pm Friday until 6am Saturday morning and then my oldest had his first football game of the year early afternoon. Sunday I went to a small, state lake with a young man from the local Junior Bassmasters and we caught a ton of fish but I kept losing the big bites. I did finally manage to boat one better one on a jig.

I caught a lot of little largemouth and spots Sunday. Kept losing the bigger fish every time I hooked them. Only put one bigger one in the boat.

I use Eisenhower (state park, ramp closest to the dam). Not too many underwater obstructions to worry about that aren't marked by buoys. The points going out into the lake from Eisenhower are shallow, so don't cut those close. There is a really shallow shelf that runs out a ways from the south of Eisenhower campgrounds but it's another spot you shouldn't be running that close to shore anyways. Bite was really tough two weeks ago but I had the family with me so I didn't try real hard for smallmouth and got on the deep whites and walleye pretty good and stuck with them the whole time.

He was in a bad way, couldn't just leave it, even as much as I dislike them. https://youtube.com/shorts/YSnVKSuH9wQ?feature=share

I have a broken Daiwa spinning reel, a Procyon I believe. I was going to fix it and never have.

I cut a blue heron out of a limb line this past weekend. They're not friendly birds.

I catch most of my fall stockers on 110 jerkbaits. They're a nuisance more than anything but make great cutbait.

As long as it's not a deep gouge, I'm not worried. I buy my boats as tools to be used, not to be put on display.

Probably a toss up on which one cuts a bigger hole and is easiest for the fish to toss also.

I found a pretty nice rod sticking out of the trash can by the boat ramp a couple weeks ago. It was missing about 4" from the tip but looked like it had hardly been used. I took it home, put a new tip top guide on it, and gave it to my friend who is a bit on the cheap side that was looking for a new spinnerbait rod. It was originally a 6' 9" M/F, around a 6' 5" rod now, should be a pretty decent spinnerbait rod for him that someone else was just throwing away.

I love the bladed jig box. Mine is completely full plus a few extras rolling around in there.

In my experience, the bite starts at a higher water temp in the spring but continues into a lower water temp in the fall. Usually, 50* is kind of the magic mark in the spring, but they'll eat one down to 40* in the fall. I've caught some really nice frog fish in high 40 degree water in the spring on really nice, warm days though.

Have you tried the standard Eagle Claw model? I use almost all Eagle Claw hooks and have had really good luck with the standard Eagle Claw version of that hook. They're available quite a few places right now, the Eagle Claw Lazer Sharp Tube Hook.

Had a few minutes before work this morning, so I stopped and tossed the tiny Spro 40 popping frog around. One of my first cast was just a small swirl but turned out to be a pretty decent 17ish inch fish. Been having a ton of fun fishing that tiny frog.

I was fishing a lake in NE Missouri in a 16' johnboat with a friend. I'd already caught a couple 6lb fish flipping a beaver into the standing timber. The lake has very thick trees and very mean bass as well as having muskie. I pitched my bait into a tree right on the edge of a drop and got just a little "tick". I was using a 7' 6" MH/F flipping stick with 25lb flouro and a 4/0 Mustad EWG tube hook. The fish didn't move when I set the hook, instead it headed for deep water and started turning the johnboat. I was sure I'd just stuck a muskie and it would quickly cut my line, but I worked it slowly to the boat and eventually saw a huge white side with a black stripe. I couldn't believe how huge it was, for sure bigger than my 10 from Mexico. She surged back towards the timber, I panicked, slammed my thumb on the spool, and the hook bent. The boat was quiet for a long time after that fish.

Pay a guy $258 million just to lose to a team lead by Geno Smith ?. Could be a rough next few years for the Broncos at that rate.

Welcome!

Welcome!

I had a guy get mad at me in a boat tournament once for "cutting him off". I never saw the guy because we started around the point and well down the bank from him. I checked on Google maps when we got home, it was nearly 800' and a point between us. He was just mad because I caught a keeper right as he rounded the point ?‍♂️