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I’m not from Florida so I don’t have much of an idea, but last weekend the MLF tourney was on the Harris Chain in Florida, and there were several 7s and 8s caught, and many 5s and 6s. The bite seemed to be pretty good. But Florida bass do seem to be more sensitive to coldfronts than their largemouth brethren.

Bass fishing is certainly what influences my day to day thoughts and behaviors more than anything, but I am a few other things. I’m 33, have an amazing girlfriend (future wife) and live with her and our 3-dog pack in a nice town just south of my favorite place: the Adirondack Mountains of upstate NY. I am also an introvert, an outdoorsman, a gardener, a gamer, a baseball enthusiast, an environmentalist, and I strive to live a quiet, simple, peaceful life and I try to do what’s “right”. When I’m having a rough time, I usually retreat to the mountains for a reset. I just feel home in the mountains. It’s primal. One day I shall live deep in the mountain wilderness. But today is not that day. I am a huge foodie. I love to cook, almost as much as I love to eat. I love trying new cuisine, especially from other parts of the world. I also love to travel, and my love of food and fishing usually determines where I travel to. Also love a cold beer from time to time, like a few times a year. Usually a nice IPA that’ll make your upper lip quiver. And I am a son to a great mom and dad. They’re older and having health issues, and I’ve had to assist them with a lot the last couple years. I can see they’re aging, and it really hits me sometimes. I couldn’t have asked for better parents and consider myself insanely lucky to be born to such people. That’s pretty much it. I’m a simple guy who tries to live a simple life, keep lots of time open for my hobbies, treat my fellow man decently, be a good partner to my girlfriend, a good dog dad, and a good son.

I should be there. Not sure if I’m going Saturday or Sunday but I’ll keep an eye out for you.

Rapala DT-6 and 8 are responsible for a couple of my most memorable days on the water.

@zjdeere skip to 2:16 in the video above.

When I saw the headline, before I even opened this, my mind went to “Dobyns Fury and Lews LFS” if I was building a $200 frog setup. The Fury 735 does a fine job with frogs, it’s what I use as my dedicated frog stick. Haven’t frogged with the LFS, but I do use them for other things and they are perfectly adequate reels for the money.

There is one more brake that needs to be adjusted. You’ve set the spool tension knob and the magnetic brake, but inside the reel on the same side as the magnetic brakes are centrifugal brakes. The side plate should come off revealing several pins that are either “on” or “off”. The more of these you have set to “on”, the more braking will be applied. Based on what you’ve described im willing to be your centrifugal brakes are set too tight. If you give me a bit I’ll try to find a video that shows how to remove the side plate and set the brakes.

Have you adjusted the centrifugal brakes? The Custom XP has magnetic and centrifugal brakes, their “MSB” or multi setting brake system. Just a combination of external magnetic brakes and internal centrifugal brakes. You may just need to loosen the centrifugal brakes.

After a few mild winters in a row and such a brutally hot summer last year I was anticipating another mild winter. Could not have been more wrong. The only thing that has stopped the snow is when the temps plunge down into single digits and negatives. Currently everything is coated in ice while 40mph winds make the 15° feel like -10°. Lakes and rivers have been frozen solid for over 2 months, 2 week forecast has zero days that even crack 32°, and more snow and ice on the way this week. At this rate, I may not be fishing until May.

Looked like Lane’s family was right on the bank next to where he was fishing as time ran out. That must have been a cool feeling. This is exactly what I thought about too. Wheeler was saying he was going back and forth on if he wanted to keep building on his lead or try to fall to second. But man it’s got to be tough to be comfortable enough in a lead to take your foot off the gas and try to drop. Still, can’t imagine being disconnected from the lake for a whole day as the competition stays plugged in.

Lane is starting to taste it!

That’s exactly what it was. Everything had a 3” thick coating of translucent concrete.

Poche better do something different. He hasn’t boated a scorable fish yet.

The top 4, Becker, Davis, Scroggins, and Wall are all fishing heavy winds. Poche is fishing what looks to be a protected cove and has zeroed so far. Becker is really on em fishing the windy side of a windblown point.

What was supposed to be 12”+ of snow turned out to be about 3” of ice. Temps ticked up to right below freezing which meant all the precipitation came in the form of sleet/freezing rain. The snowblower was having a hard time with the ice so rather than break several sheer pins I attacked with a pick and a shovel. Rest of the day is supposed to be all rain, so hopefully that helps clean the rest of it up. What a mess.

@A-Jay and the one he just caught and didn’t take a penalty on, he slammed into the side of the boat on the hookset. Total spaz. Compare him Davis who couldn’t be smoother and I haven’t seen him take one penalty.

And I think Poche has taken a penalty on every fish he’s caught on camera.

Davis cleanin house pitchin a weightless senko in 25mph sustained winds.

Are you in a coastal area? That may help speed things along. I’m a long way from the ocean so we rarely get an early ice out.

Hard to imagine open water before April around me. It’s been a frigid winter. Lakes have been frozen solid since December and this month is just snow upon snow upon more snow. April 15th is my optimistic guess.

This is the dog I grew up with, Ellie the yellow lab. She left us at 13 years old back in 2015. The most rambunctious, full of life, nicest Labrador. The puppy in the picture is my brothers golden retriever, who is still with us at 11 years old .

This weekend was supposed to bring the biggest storm of the year with over a foot of snow, but it’s been downgraded now to a projected 3-5 inches overnight, then freezing rain and ice all day tomorrow. I’ll take that over the 12”+ originally projected.

@Tennessee Boy I was too. He either missed a strike or broke one off with a minute left.

Another tank landed by Wheeler. The perspective of the camera and fish is weird. That 5-14 Wheeler landed looked as big as his 8 from yesterday, and somebody yesterday landed a fish that to me looked to go about 2-5, and was like a 5-4. I’m watching on a little phone screen so maybe that has something to do with it. I’ve been all over the place with my weight guesses.

Biggest storm of the year is gonna hit this part of upstate NY this weekend. Calling for over a foot.