Bankbeater

Were you around grass? This time of year I see a lot of musky in the grass waiting to ambush prey.

Some good tips in this video.

The Egg by BPS is 2" to 2-1/2", and is 7/16 to 3/4 oz.

I've let them sink to the bottom and fish them like a Texas rig. It will definitely keep the dinks away.

Either Zoom or Strike King. It's hard to decide.

I'd try a Rapala floating minnow around the outside of the grass. If that didn't work I would start fishing with a fluke.

Some nice smallies.

You caught some good ones.

I bring granola bars and water. Usually 4 to 6 bars and a gallon of water.

I've caught more catfish while bass fishing than I have when actually catfishing.

I'd say a slight touch would be the tail of a bass barely skimming the deck. That bass crashed and bounced.

Prayers sent

I'm still using the same line on my baitcasters that I put on earlier this year. I've had to put line on my spinning reels twice this year so far.

I have two old H/F rods that see action every so often when I fish in very thick grass. Both are like pool sticks. One is used for punching and the other has a frog tied on.

A purple plastic worm outfishes a sapphire worm, but a sapphire jig outfishes a purple jig. I gave up trying to figure it out long ago. Now I just go with it.

I fish a 3/0 as well.

I caught a skinny bass last year on a plastic worm. As I was lifting it up the bass fell off of the hook, but it just lay there. It didn't move or flop around. When I picked it up I saw that it had a large puncture wound behind its head. I guess a heron tried to eat it at some point.

I fish with the BPS Stiko and Yum Dinger, usually in the 3 or 4 inch size. Where I'm fishing determines if I use them or not.

Some years back I put out an old lawn mower that was in pretty bad shape. You had to baby it to start it, and the only way to turn it off was to pull the wire off of the spark plug. I put it out for trash and about 30 minutes later this guy stops and asks me if he can take it. I told him sure, but it will need some work.

I'm glad the swelling went down and didn't get bigger. That could have been bad.

My dad used to have a 12' deep V boat. Ain't no way I'd put that in anything bigger than a pond.

Can you say HAWGS!!

Happy Anniversary!

Normally four rigs will do it for me. Six rigs if I bring the ML, and UL.

Don't overthink it. There could be a number of reasons why the bass don't want a hopped jig.