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I'm a huge fan of the KVD jerk baits. Whether he actually uses them or not - I do. I've had a lot of luck with them, and they've helped me out in plenty of tournaments as well. Also, as weird as the color may be, try out the Strobe Shad. Lost mine recently and will be ordering another one.

Just bought some wire from Home Depot and soldered it to the power cables on the trolling motor. Also put some connectors on the ends of the cables so it can still be bolt down to the battery. Made it long enough so that it go under the deck to the battery in the back. So you do have a foot pedal with your trolling motor?

What kind of trolling motor do you have? I have a bowmount trolling motor, so I made the deck, bolted the motor to it, and just extended the power cable so it could reach the back where the battery is. Also, if you make the deck, I highly recommend you sink the trolling motor down cause it makes the foot pedal so much more comfortable to use.

Thanks you very much for the story and for your service as well. I pray tbhings continue to go well for you and your wife.

Atleast you'll get some good salmon fishing there

I think it's awesome trying different things. There's quite a few things I've done that seem off the wall, but have lots of luck with. Keep trying and maybe post some pics.

As mentioned before, they work real well in clear water. Another good thing about them is you can throw it in most areas and not be afraid of getting it stuck.

I've known about these for the longest time, and have always wanted to get them. I think it's about time I order me a few.

I had no idea this was such a huge topic. In my opinion it would def be common courtesy to not fish near someone's boat if your aim isn't that good. Even still, if my aim was pin point, and someone requested that I not fish his docks, I would comply. I'm sure there are other docks to fish, so no point on arguing about one.

That is definitely crappy about your buddy. I'm surprised me and my fishing buddy haven't hooked eachother yet. We fish together on my 8' pelican all the time haha. As far as barbs go, I keep mine. Gives me that extra sense of security.

They could be Academy's lures (H20 Xpress). Check it out online and compare. Either way, nice find.

No, I'm an Engineer.

Hey Jakesnapper. My battery went out awhile back and so I just used the oar I had as my back up. It worked decently, but once the wind picked up it really sucked haha. I definitely would only use that method on a small pond, cause you'll oar your ass off and then realize you've only gone a few feet!

Academy's Diamon Dust has always done me justice. I just upgraded the hooks. It is one I will always try If I can't get anything to bite.

I have Academy's backpack and all my plastics in zip lock bags (inside the academys bags). It makes it really easy to move from place to place.. I keep craws with craws, lizards with lizards, etc, but I try to keep them with like colors. Awhile ago I had bought baby lizards, one pack of watermelon red and a pack of red. when I mixed those two together in a bag, the watermelon reds turned completely red. That happened to a few others as well.

Welcome to BR man. I'm from Washington myself. You def have to try some salmon fishing if you haven't already. I love bass fishing, but my heart will always be with salmon and steelhead.

I went yesterday and thought it was going to be a killer day cause within 15 minutes I had two 3lbers! after that I spent the next 5 hrs not catching a dam thing haha. What I do in times like that is try random things or lures I bought and never tried or haven't tried in a long time. I even come up with and make some of my own creations and try it out. just simply try and make the trip the best I can.

Ive ordered from Sieberts Outdoors and was extremely pleased with the quality. Price wasn't bad and the selection is amazing.

Either 6:4 or 6:3. As stated above by fish murderer, it helps me to not reel too fast. I suppose I could use something like a 7:1 or 3, but I know I would end up cranking it too fast.

Checked my academy that night and they didn't have any of the Ethos on sale. Huge disappointment lol. Even scanned them to be sure. Been waiting for them to drop in price.

Good job bud. We all def started somewhere. I remember sending a pic of my first TX bass to a friend, and the the bass was seriously shorter than the jerk I was using haha! Keep it up man.

There's a very nice sized fish in one of my favorite ponds that I have caught three times! I have pictures to prove it too. It has very distinctive spots on its mouth and head. My buddy was with me for two of the times so we've gave it a nickname, haha. So being that it was caught multiple times and still going hard, I'm sure other bass are just fine after release.

The heat will def take some of the strength away. Even if your not fishing a tourney, I would still replace it cause you never know when that 10+ will hit.