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Didn't get that big blowup on video??

Same here. If it's really cold I'll wear jeans and thermals, but most of the time the thermals are enough.

I've got the regular fishing parka and bibs. Paid regular price for them but they're very affordable so I didn't care. They're awesome!!

In case anyone needs some quality rain gear. I have the fishing parka and bibs, and these are probably just as good of quality. http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/h2o-xpress-mens-softshell-fishing-parka#repChildCatid=3858544 http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/h2o-xpress-mens-softshell-fishing-bib#repChildCatid=3849001

Like Bluebasser said, I have had the set for a couple years now. They are definitely both wind and waterproof. I've been in some pretty heavy rain and never had anything get in. The windproof feature is even more impressive, those cold wintry rides across Wolf are almost enjoyable wearing this stuff. And the nice thing about it being Academy's house brand, if you ever have a problem with it just take it back. I actually had to take mine back after a month or so because the buckle that the strap goes through on the back of the bibs had been installed upside down so it dug into my back. No questions asked. And these also come in WAY under your price range of $200. They even go on sale every now and then.

If it was that spot toward the beginning of your video I would say that fish was 100% spot, and if any kind of hybrid a LM/Spot hybrid. Here is a fish that Clayton and I thought might be a LM/Spot hybrid from TR for comparison, not sure if it actually was but the jaw and some of the coloring made us think it may be a cross.

So was it a Spot/LM hybrid or an actual meanie? An actual meanie at LOZ would be pretty rare considering smallies aren't very common. Or maybe they have become more common in the 10 years since I've been there.

The 6'10" ML/XF is what you want for finesse fishing. It's my dedicated Ned rig rod.

I've got 2 in 7.5 ratio. Fantastic reels!! It should do very well throwing weightless senkos.

Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Ontario

They were suspended around deep docks last week..... and pretty thick at the bridge.

Lame

How do you get on that lake? My sister and her husband live in the Stoney Creek neighborhood directly across Ward Road from it and it looks like a really nice lake.

Had a great week at Table Rock. Didn't get to take the boat out to fish as much as I would like, but we caught enough fish off the dock to make up for it. The size was actually pretty impressive as well, most everything we caught off the dock was a quality fish. Tried dragging a football jig, shakyhead, and Ned around the resort the first day without any luck. Finally I started skipping Ned under the dock in the stalls and started to pick up some fish. Figured out pretty quickly after that the fish were suspended under the dock chasing baitfish. Ned vertical jigged in the stalls and off the end of the dock was the best presentation for us. I caught a number of quality spots that way, my dad caught 2 really nice LM, and my brother in law caught a skinny 18" smallmouth that way. Even got my son to catch a few on his own. Went to the KC bridge the second day, didn't get there until around 10 am but as we pulled up a school of spots started blowing up right next to the piling. I proceeded to catch spots steady for about 10 minutes on the 90 plopper which was a blast!!! Managed to catch some topwater fish around the dock in the mornings as well. If the plan is to go to table rock for a trip in the spring I would highly recommend Lazy Lee's Resort for us to stay. This place was extremely nice!!!

At that price you can spend $10-$20 more and get the mojo with SCIII graphite instead of the SCII.

Go big and get the puddle jumper This one is $60 http://www.academy.com/shop/pdp/onyx-outdoor-adult-automaticmanual-inflatable-life-jacket#repChildCatid=277702

The stearns belt inflatable was around $60 at one point, but I'm not sure who sells them anymore. I bought mine years ago, and I think now they run around $80 and it's not the same one. I much prefer the belt over the suspenders. The one I have http://www.jamestowndistributors.com/userportal/show_product.do?pid=9184 https://www.amazon.com/Stearns-16g-Manual-Belt-Pack/dp/B012BL5GQI

With you wanting to stay around $110 I would have to recommend the 6'10" ML/XF Mojo. I've got the LTB in the same specs and it's an awesome rod. Handled a buddy's mojo this spring and it was surprisingly similar to the LTB. Has made me think about making a little money and downgrading to the mojo.

I had a city worker tell me one time about the no fishing signs, he wasn't concerned about me fishing but just felt like he needed to tell me about it.

I used 2 different bands, one was actually for tennis elbow. When it started to get better I started wearing one of the ACE compression elbow sleeves and that helped keep it from coming back. One thing that I did that (I think) really helped was forearm exercises. I did a lot of wrist curls and also did the one where you have a plate weight attached to a rope and a handle at the top. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wVvR8y5cdM Try what I just posted Van ^^^^^^

Taking Clayton's kayak?

Just want to take the kayak out. I guess I could take it to Olathe instead, or cedar lake.

I know, problem is I didn't weigh it because that was our paper tourney at melvern a few years ago. It was my fifth cast in a row catching a fish off that spot and I was in a hurry to get back to fishing. I'm pretty sure it would have been my PB smallie if I had weighed it. Maiden voyage in the yak tomorrow morning at Gardner......... I hope.

Whatever you say.....

I'll agree to agree with your disagreement of his agreement....... I boat flipped this with a 7' M spinning rod and 8 lb mono with a 78 pointer. I realized what I had just done after I picked the fish up, was easily 4 pounds. I don't do that anymore, luckily I didn't learn the hard way.