Swamp Girl

@T-Billy: If you reach 100, I'll buy you and your wife dinner because that's how happy I'll be.

I also love their clothing, but if you love sturdy clothing and if you haven't tried Duluth Trading Company, then give 'em a try. They have great sales, often 50% off or more. Yeah, their starting prices are high, but so is their quality. As I wrote in my opening post, I grew up with Cabela's. As I grew bigger, so did they. So, even if they're no longer the cheapest and even though they've been swallowed by BPS, I'll always still love them.

@DaubsNU1: Thanks for the memories!

Thanks for responding, guys.

When I was a kid, I bought my tackle from Cabela's. Their catalog was thin and newsprint. Through most of my adulthood, I continued to buy from them and their catalog was hardback and so thick. When I arrived at Bass Resource, I became aware of other companies, like Tackle Warehouse. Why do you guys not prefer Cabela's?

I have one of those in my canoe, which explains my consistency.

I'm convinced. So is @AlabamaSpothunter. So is @Pat Brown. So is @Dwight Hottle. So is @WRB. So is @A-Jay. So is....

We have hands so sensitive that we can feel the hit and bass-fighting skills so specific that we can nurse the babies to our boats. I'm guessing the big bass catchers have hooked and lost dozens of tiny bass and not even realized it.

Impressive, @LrgmouthShad. If that bass ever reaches five pounds, kept all Pomeranians away from the water!

Nope, she ate a softball. There was a ball field near that pond, right?

@Lottabass: That is the fattest bass I have EVER seen. That bass does the impossible: It makes @Bluebasser86's bass look svelte. I do. I like 'em all!

I love @CastingClinic's and @WaskaCrank12's posts. These two guys remind me of samurai, i.e. warriors who also poets. @JHoss invited us to reflect and CC and WC12 did it well. Gotta love this: And this: Samurai. And when I say "samurai," I don't mean this guy:

@king fisher: I'm pretty sure that you caught ^the Kraken.^ I sadly inform you that there's nothing longer and fatter than the Kraken.

I too have caught hundreds of smb and lmb in the same locations. My advice was about the trend, not the exceptions. If I'm casting deep into weeds, i.e. 100 yards into weeds, way at the back of a bay, I'm fishing for lmb and catching lmb. Likewise, if I'm on a great rock flat, far from weeds, and casting to a boulder, I'm casting to smb.

Amendment: On the coast of Maine, smallmouth prefer rocks and largemouth prefer weeds. Seemingly, in Tennessee and Pennsylvania, if you want to catch smallmouth, cast into weeds.

Four fours!

Welcome LLFisher. In a nutshell, if you look over the side of your boat and see rock on the bottom, you'll likely land a smallie. Cast a smaller lure. For largemouth, cast a larger lure at weeds.

Some of those days between the equinoxes see an additional four minutes more or less of light from one day to the next.

I spent decades fishing that area for smallies. I caught some 21-inchers, but not a 22-incher...and you did it as a kid!

22" that far north would be an OLD, OLLLLDDDDDD fish. What a catch!

@Catt: I caught that bass. Unfortunately, my cap fell off my head just as she jumped, freeing my snakes. Pity. She was my PB. Sincerely, @LrgmouthShad: Your fish is deep, not a bit thin.

Agreed. If lying were against the law, I'd have to arrest you, Officer Clayton, for I've seen your bass and NONE of them are skinny fish.

Catching rock bass that far north would still be Heaven.

An interesting idea, Tom.

^Big water^ Musky fishing?