Choporoz

As @Mike Lmentioned, the term was used by Steve Parks, and has been in common use by BR members for over a decade. Call it whatever you want. For those that are interested, there's some history and good discussion about the term here:

Skill when I'm winning.....luck when I'm dinking Often, I move. If I'm catching, but not excited about the sizes, I will move. I do think your bait size can be factor, but of course, one of many variables. I have caught large (for me) fish on smaller profiles, but I think most have come on baits that are on the bulkier and/or longer side. Not talking swimbaits. Just generally.

They are moving up quickly. Caught them in 14-17' Friday and Saturday; and 4-13' today. Some may head back down with cold few days coming up. Blade bait is historically my #1 winter bait, but I couldn't buy a blade bait bite all winter. Until today. It was lights out all day fishing blade bait on and near secondary points and nearby flats.....maybe 2 dozen, but few good ones. I'd never considered a blade bait in shallow flats before, but it worked like a champ.

Have you recently checked all your guides with a Q-tip? If you spent better part of a day using it without a problem, then the new line is fine, but a problem was introduced during the day. I can go days without re-tying....or I may need to re-tie a jig several times during a day. 15# INVISX is outstanding line, in my opinion.

I quit carrying a net. Was in the way far more than the value I got from it. In six or seven years of kayak fishing I only know of one tournament fish and one fun fishing bass that I might not have lost if I had used a net.

Last few times out I struggled. I thought I was fishing deep, at least for me. Found out yesterday and today that I wasn't even close, working 17-20'. I had never targeted bass deeper than 25' before, but all my fish the last two days were 26-32'....and very pale. Lol Every fish caught hopping a 7/8 oz War Eagle spoon

Welcome from Roxboro

+1, though most of the time I use Magnum Rage Bug on swing head.

Crankbaits

Rage Bugs In fact, I think the only reason I throw anything else is to justify in my mind the thousands of dollars invested in 'other stuff'

Cassettes certainly carved a strong niche despite the fragility. Sharing music, portability, mix tapes, and recording radio shows like King Biscuit Flower Hour were revolutionary for me. I was very slow to CDs, as I didn't see value over LPs and cassettes, especially since there was no way to record for many years. I was violently opposed to buying music I already had in a different format. Very happy to stream now without paying for replacement albums.

Haven't been out in a few days....cold, snow, grandkids.... so about 3PM, the mercury nudged up over 30 and winds were under 10, I figured I had to get out. Only few bites before the iced up guides and level wind got the best of me. Shame, because they were all good ones. Best 2 were 4.8 and 3.5.

Two of my favorites in recent rotation...The Yes Album and Hemispheres if I am not mistaken. Possibly Argus, also.

My ex got ended up with my hundreds and hundreds of LPs, most from Columbia Record Club. I was never a very serious audiophile and streaming Prime Music is more than sufficient for me now.

I spent my first dozen or more fishing years trolling for walleye. I rarely even thought about trolling for bass before talking to my neighbor. Sometimes in a kayak, I would troll something behind while moving to another spot, but never with much thought...or luck. Lost far more lures than number of bass caught. I do most all of my fishing around wood, grass and rock, and all have frustrated my limited trolling experiences.

The weather was already a concern, but now have last minute family coming in, so regretfully not going to make it.

This. A couple windy days fishing alone in a canoe is what tilted the balance for me to kayaks. Now that my boat is tied up outside my back door, the kayaks aren't getting as much use. I will still kayak small waters away from the house, but most of the time now, I'm in a boat.

There came a point in my life when I made a conscious decision: I would no longer care... at all ... about anyone's opinion regarding me if I do not respect them and their opinions. It was, and is, liberating.

Only got out for about 45 minutes yesterday before my guides started icing up. Fortunately got one before I couldn't cast any more

I have an NFC 6'9" LMH, and a newer than NFC 7'3" LMH. The former is far more sensitive. Not sure if it is all because of the blank, or if the 7'3" length makes a lot of the difference. Regardless, they both begin to feel overwhelmed when I load much more than 1/2 oz

Who has suggested that? What folks seem to be outraged about is that Gary Dobyns stated publicly that he was selling with the understanding that his people and Sulphur Springs facilities would remain unaffected. That lasted all of about 7 months, if reports are true. Profit is core to capitalism. My issue is with shareholders and equity investors who produce nothing, but demand short-term profit taking with zero regard for the people, culture and long term viability of the business. It is the cancerous tumor of capitalism, IMO. And it is malignant.

3/16 is the sweet spot for the LMH. 1/8 is also very good. 5/8 weight with any med/lg size plastic is slightly on the high end, imo. MHF handles 5/8 well. (I have 2 LMH, and 2 MH, 1 HF Heliums)

Appears that the sky is now falling. 😓

Got a few this morning, but no pics. Next year.

Cheaper than Geecrack