BigSkyBasser

Those rigs look Primo! But out of my price range

Mid March. Bassmaster shows the 15th through the 17th. I'l be there a little early and will stay possibly a couple days after that.

Agreed! I plan on doing some serious fishing while there. Do you have any experience on any of the smaller rivers/creeks for smallmouth?

I like the design of the transom on those Excels. I'll have to look into those and Havoc, as this is the first I've heard of them.

Would you/do you feel comfortable fishing tourney's in your Renegade?

2016 Lowe Stinger 178 $18,995 2016 Lowe Stinger 175 $13,995 2018 Triton TX17 $15,899 Haven't found any used Lunds or Rangers in the price point as of yet. I'm also fond of both Xpress and Crestliner's bass series, but they seem spendy from what I've seen so far.

Going to be in the market for my first bass boat here soon. I will plan to fish regular tournaments on whichever rig I get, and I'll also need a small enough boat that my V6 Honda Pilot can pull it I know I'm going with a 17-18' Aluminum bass boat, and I really like these boats from my research so far (in order, from favorite to least.) Lowe Stinger 178 Triton TX17 Lund 1775 Renegade SS Ranger RT178 Would probably be looking at used boats with lower hour engines to drop the price a little so I can put more money towards peripherals and accessories on it. Thoughts/suggestions?

Wondering if anyone here is already planning a Bass Resource meet up at the 2019 Classic in Knoxville? If not, we should arrange a time/place. This will be my first Classic experience and I would love to meet some of you in person that have inspired/improved my fishing since I joined this awesome forum several years ago. Let me know!

Went out on Saturday again since I already filled my deer tag, and taking a week off before going after my elk. It was 29 degrees outside and snowing. Water temp was in the low 40s around the entire pond. So you can imagine how suprised I was when I found big females feeding up in 1 foot of water and aggressively taking my jerkbait. Also ended up with this bonus rainbow Quite possibly one of the best Novembers I've ever had fishing.

The spot I fish has lot's of submerged structure. So in an effort to not lose a $15-20 jerkbait on every fish, I like to try and burn em in so they can't dive down and hang up in cover.

I have my drag set pretty tight because I fish these jerkbaits on 12 Lb Flouro and like being able to horse the fish a little bit, and generally I am fishing current breaks, so I'm putting a lot of stress on these split rings for the Pointers, but that same cannot be said for the 110s.

There's probably a content filter on the website that determines viewer elegibility by the region your IP is registered under. Youtube does the same thing. You usually can't just bypass it by loading the website on a European domain.

When you include the technical jargon it sounds immaculate, but it's as easy as downloading and installing an app. Then you're done.

My pointers seem to produce bigger bites when the fish are more aggressive. But when the bite is tough, there is NOTHING better than my 110s and 110 Jrs. The problem being, I've had 2-4 pound smallmouth bending out the hooks on my Pointers, and also tearing off the split rings a couple of times. I'm not at all impressed with the hardware on Lucky Craft JBs.

Well that's proof enough for me. Strong and light wire is as good as it gets. I'll have to get a trial pack and see what I think.

It certainly is, however that's a little large for a trailer and some more finesse applications. I went with the 3.8" for the Fat Swing Impact last time and was super happy with them. Very versatile baits. Also bought their Easy Shiner for drop shotting. Absolutely slayed em'.

Some people think you're paying for the name, but Keitech Swing Impact and Fat Swing Impact are absolutely fantastic swimbaits. They are certainly a little less durable though. If you're looking to save some money, I had pretty similar productivity using the BPS Speed Shad. They have very similar profile and action and are made out of a tougher plastic. As far as for a trailer, I use the Bruiser Baits Super Swimmer Junior. The tails on those things thump violently and displace tons of water.

Up here I avoid lighter wire trebles, because big pike will eat my jerkbaits often, and they will straighten those hooks out in a heart beat.

I will keep that in mind. My supplier is very fond of AmTak blanks and components as well.

No. All it's doing is bouncing your internet connection to a server hosted in another region (of your choice.) Your ISP, internet browser, and the website you're on, see your internet activity coming from that area and deliver programming/content according to that location's access privelages, as opposed to the UK's. You're effectively just spoofing your location. This doesn't work as well on phones, because of the dual location services they often employ and require for apps to authenticate with.

Well the nice thing is, you can use a VPN to watch any programming you want from around the world essentially. Also, there are free VPNs that will accomplish the same thing, they are often just substantially slower and less reliable.

This year has been my breakthrough year fishing jerkbaits, and I've found that some of the higher end jerkbaits (Megabass and Lucky Craft) come with some pretty shoddy factory trebles. I have experimented with the size 6 Mustad KVD Elite Series Short Triple Grip on my Vision 110 Jr. and seem to have eliminated issues with them bending out. I don't have any big enough for my Pointer Minnow and planning to buy some soon. Looking for other tried and true suggestions. Note: I usually throw a feathered treble on the back. It seems to help entice these clear water fish.

Building my first MHX Mag Bass and wondering if anyone has had experience with these blanks yet? I'm not doing the traditional kit with Winn Grips. Going with CRB two-tone split grip handle kit, and FUJU FMGK Micro casting guide set. Planning on this being my go-to frog/flipping rod. I will post pics upon completion.

Correct, it's very simple to disable at any time. You just click a button on the app. You can get them for your smartphone as well.

I could walk you through it, but it's pretty simple. You find a VPN client you like (I use Express VPN,) pay them, download their software, then choose the City of the server you want to connect to. Your browser and other websites will think you are in that city. Keep in mind, the further away you are from that city, generally, the slower your connection will be.