@TOXIC I had the same problem years ago with the ArmorAll protectant. It looked good when it was first applied but after a while, the dashboard and tires cracked and looked rotted. I was advised by a body shop to stop using that product. The cleaner on the other hand has always been top notch.
I'll try a spinnerbait and a lipless crankbait. When the bass are just hanging there and not moving too much, I will try to circle them and cast at them from different angles. If I don't get any bites in 15 or 20 minutes I move on.
I can take the heat pretty well so I stay out of the water. The one time I did go in for a swim I was retrieving the top half of a two piece rod and that pond water wasn't the cleanest.
One thing I have noticed with my knot tying that has really helped me is to tie the knot with a longer tag end and to really wet down the knot before tightening it down.
I've broken a rod in a tailgate, fallen down a hill with one, snapped one while pulling a snag loose without enough slack in the line, and dropped a rod while putting on a new reel. Never on a hookset.
I try not to get into a pattern while retrieving popper or walking bait. I might work the bait fast, or chug it, give it some small pops, or reel it in with barely any action all in the same cast.
I've been hooked in the fingers and hands before. I can't imagine what a hook to the eye would be like. Glad you only got a scare out of it and didn't need an ER visit.
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