Bankbeater

I worry about the wind speed, air temp, and what is on the weather radar. Around here, if the conditions are right the weather can change in a split second.

The sound of the sun and wind breaking up the ice on the surface of the water.

The sound of the bottom of the boat dragging on a submerged stump.

Usually what happens in October is that there might be one or two days when I'm on the water and I can catch a bass every other cast. The rest of the time all I'm doing is practicing casting, and pitching. If I'm lucky I will catch one or two bass during these slow trips.

We keep the house clean. My wife and I learned that from our parents. I have given up trying to keep the dirt off of the car. If it doesn't get dirty driving to the fishing spots then the birds will use it for target practice.

My dad was born in NE Arkansas at the start of the great depression. He passed away in 2014 at the age of 83. He grew up dirt poor out in the country where everyone knew each other and helped each other out. He never met a stranger that he did not consider a friend, which I learned isn't always a good thing. He taught me how to fish, hunt, and get along in the great outdoors, but we always seemed to do more fishing. I am grateful that he passed that love of fishing on to me.

It depends on the size of the rocks I'm fishing around. Fishing around gravel I will probably be using a little bit of everything. Fishing around chunk rock like on a dam I will be using more weightless plastics, shallow running crankbaits, and spinnerbaits. Baits that will not get hung up so easily.

That is fantastic news! Glad she is doing better!

Congratulations!

Glad she is getting better.

Around here a t-rigged worm fished on top of matted vegetation with a steady retrieve is a bass producer. I've never tried putting a bend in the worm.

Contact the DNR, and see what they say. They may even come out and do it for you.

Where I'm at clear water means vegetation. I usually find the vegetation first and then work on depth. The bass could be anywhere in the water column buried in that stuff. I just start picking it apart until I find a bait they want to eat.

Most of the rock I fish has some type of vegetation growing around it. If it is just bare rock either exposed or submerged then I move on.

I usually check the temp, wind, and sunrise before I head out on a fishing trip. If it looks rainy I keep an eye on the sky and have the radar pulled up on my phone just so I don't get caught off guard.

Lower temps, less people, and the leaves are falling. The lures hanging up in the trees are easier to see.

I was raised to believe that being late is a bad reflection of your character. It also looks bad to customers when the boss is 10 to 15 minutes late for every meeting.

Congratulations! A good sized muskie is a lot of fun on bass tackle.

I have this rod but in the m/f 6'6" length. It works great with small spinnerbaits, jerkbaits, and lipless crankbaits from about 3/8 down to 1/4 ounce. For t-rigs I use a mh/f for more muscle.

Most of the time I carry 5 3600 boxes in the tackle bag, and cram plastic worms in one of the side pockets. The boxes will contain terminal tackle, jigs, craws and creatures for pitching, stick baits, and hard baits. The jigs and hard baits get changed out depending on where I will be fishing, but the other boxes stay the same. I try not to get too specialized when walking the bank. I want 2 or 3 rods with me that can cover multiple presentations.

Pitch a jig and craw into that grass.

Dang, you found the hawgs!

Some fantastic people on this forum.

I just drop mine inside the tackle bag. When I get home it gets picked out when I remove the boxes and clean out the inside of the bag.

15 lb Big Game.