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Maybe you passed over a sinkhole... If I know I am going to be fishing shallow, I set it to the 15 ft. max depth setting. It makes everything on the graph larger & more discernable.

I know that is not true because bass nowadays don't spit up albums, they spit up downloaded songs...

There was an article today in the Orange County Register (local paper for our area) that had an interview with Hudler. He was comparing this Royals team with the 2002 Angels, how they both were 3 years in with new management, had a lot of young players, got hot in the playoffs and played the Giants in the World Series. Typical Wonder Dog, he is positive the Royals are going to win. He can be a good luck charm, hope his mojo works for your team.

This is a question to his question more than an answer - Would those suspend dots designed to make floating jerkbaits neutral work?

What everyone is missing is that both of those fish are over 10 lbs. and Slonezp has hands the size of manhole covers...

They also stopped teaching how to read an analog clock. I never realized that until a few years back when my (then) teen age daughter couldn't tell me what time it was on our grandfather clock. A time telling lesson was quickly given. My nephew asked me yesterday what day Thanksgiving was on this year, so I guess they are skipping that as well.

Its economic theory. Even if you could read it, it would still be gobely-****. Imagine instead that it reads "the topwater bite is on at Lake Hangahawg, lots of pigs eating spooks" and then follow her lead...

I have never had that experience with a bass, but have caught many catfish with a hook or hooks hanging out of their mouth. Most of the hooks tend to be pretty small, so I can only surmise it was from kids fishing for bluegill off a dock with their Snoopy poles when Grandpa catfish comes along and spools them. I also caught a catfish once that pooped out a rusted hook, right on the floorboard of my boat.

Do you throw it on a casting or spinning rig?

Those cows in the background look pretty sketchy, maybe they had something to do with the bite disappearing. Hopefully they didn't have anything to do with the sudden wind

Apparently they are easily bribed with a wacky rigged Senko...

Had another bass do a spit up today, but slightly different. Instead of spitting up something odd, he spit out a undigested 1" bluegill and some other partially digested baitfish. Only problem was he spit them up as he jumped next to the boat while shaking his head. I ended up with 2 snot-rockets and a dead little bluegill stuck to my shirt. I could swear he was smiling when I released him...

Plastic worm, unless I only get 1 of them. The exact model seems to change for me every few months.

I would agree with that if you added "by beginning to moderately experienced anglers" at the red asterisk. Most experienced fisherman can remove hooks pretty quickly, even on gut hooked fish. It is ironic that those who would lose the most fish with barbless hooks (less experienced anglers) are the ones who should be using them to help lower the fish mortality rate.

You are spot on with your description of both, although I would call them "homers" more than puppets. It is almost comic relief with the two together, sometimes they start arguing about something on air & neither will give an inch. I met Hudler at a Down Syndrome fundraiser (he has a son with Downs as does a friend of mine) and he is the same bundle of self-deprecating energy in person as he is on the air. I don't think he ever got through reading a lineup card without tripping over himself, but he would always be the first person to laugh about it. When he was a player, he was being heckled by some fans who said something along the lines of "Hudler you suck". He went over to them and said "you guys are right, I can be horrible at times. I have no idea why they pay me to play". The fans were kind of stunned by the response & Hudler just kept doing what he does best, talking. in a matter of five minutes, he had won them over. He is the true definition of a people person and what you see is sincere. There is so much fakeness here in SoCal, I guess I really appreciated someone who is that real. It seemed like the players always liked him. We have been lucky with announcers in this area, from Vin Scully to Chick Hearn to Dick Enberg & others. Over the years, I was getting so tired of East Coast bias on national broadcasts & ESPN that I find myself enjoying an announcer who is rooting for my home team. Kind of like having a buddy over to watch the game & announce at the same time. Does Hudler still announce while holding on to the signed baseball from Ernie Harwell? He was so proud of that ball, almost as much as the World Series ring he got as an announcer. I hope he gets another one this year.

I can see it now, you hook into a feisty smallmouth, he zips to the side & jumps over the wing of your new "boat", then goes back under for good measure. Think of the stories Grits Gresham (R.I.P.) would have concocted fishing from that vessel...

I wouldn't necessarily call it loyalty, but I do enjoy going into BPS the most. I don't like the sporting goods places (Big 5, Dicks, Sports Chalet) because here in So Cal, fishing is treated as the Red Headed Stepchild. Two of the smaller independent places (Longfin & Anglers Marine) are better & the folks are more knowledgeable, but being smaller the selections are obviously limited a little and they are out of stock of the exact color item I am looking for (or so it seems). For me, BPS is a bass fisherman's Disneyland. That said, probably 50% of my purchases are online.

For me, the answer became "Hell Yes!!" the first time I worked a piece of cover over pretty well with 1 kind of plastic worm without a bite & then hooked up on the first cast with something different. Most often now it will alternate between T-rigged Roboworms & wacky Senkos. The past few months, I have dozens of experiences where one of those 2 was ignored & the other got bit immediately at the same location. All day long, it depends on that particular bass and what he/she is or isn't doing. Until the fish start putting up billboards requesting certain baits, I'm going to have multiple ones tied on. The next time you are fishing in the back of a boat & the front guy is fishing a plastic bait, make the same exact casts to the spots he fishes but with a different rig. If he is throwing a drop shot, you choose a T-Rig. Doesn't matter what, just do something different than him & watch how many fish you catch that ignored his offering. If you were there doing the same thing as him, neither of you would have realized those fish were there. It is also fun to follow behind a boat & pick up fish they missed. They keep looking back at you, trying to figure out what you are doing that they aren't.

Really? I didn't think he looked too girly in that photo...

I avoid the solunar tables not because they may be wrong, but out of concern that they may be right!! I don't want to put the idea in my head that fishing will be tough, that preconceived notion can be just as detrimental as starting the day knowing exactly how you are going to catch them that day. I prefer to be blissfully ignorant and let the fish themselves tell me what the day is going to be like. I'd rather be disappointed at the end of the day instead of before I make my first cast. Then again, my 3 biggest bass were caught in August, October & November, so what do I know...

I think you are well aware that carp have no class... Biggest freshwater fish I saw & failed to catch was in the BPS aquarium. Almost threw the little kid standing next to me in as bait...

My single piece of advice for a man would be, if at all possible, choose the hottest girl possible to go fishing with. No matter how slow the bite is, you will have something nice to look at and if you are a typical male you will go to any length to try and impress her with a big catch. Place creative bets for who catches the biggest or most fish. If it is a warm summer day, recommend fishing topless. The possibilities are endless...

No, it wasn't planned nor anticipated. I had just purchased a new boat and was taking it out on its maiden voyage. The first 30 minutes or so of fishing resulted in 7 bass, including 5 in 6 casts to a specific target. I am totally juiced, enjoying the fishing and getting a feel for the boat. I make a cast to a dock about 25 ft. away from the aforementioned honey hole target, bounce the Roboworm a few times & feel a tap. As I set the hook, my first thought is " number 8 in my new boat". Moments later as she peels off line, my thought changes to "Okay, not number 8, but my first catfish in my new boat". About 20 seconds later this huge green head begins thrashing on the surface & my thoughts change to words, specifically "Holy @#*", at a very high decibel level for that early in the morning. She weighed 8 lbs. even and is my avatar photo.

As an Angels fan, the continued great play by the Royals is making our 3 & out a bit more easy to swallow. The Royals are focused on doing the things it takes to win and executing like professionals. Best of luck to them, although 1985 karma may be a ***** if they end up playing the cardinals in the World Series. Plus they have our announcers, Steve Physioc & Rex Hudler!! Those two were our announcers in 2002 when the Angels won the World Series, before dumb Arte Moreno came to town, changed our name to "L.A." & fired those two. No one is more fun to listen to than Rex the wonderdog!!

I typically go out with 6 rods, but don't always have the same categories all the time. For example, in the summer on my home lake, I go with: T-Rig with 1/8 weight; Wacky rigged senko (weightless); Jig with craw trailer (heavier, 1/2 oz usually); Topwater; Small swimbait; Deep diving crankbait. However in the winter, it is more along the lines of: Big Jig Small jig Jerkbait Drop Shot Wacky rigged Senko Crankbait (conditions determine deep or medium). In fact, nearly every week I go out, 3 or 4 of the rods have something that was on the previous week (that worked) and 2 or 3 of the rods have something different on based on the changing conditions. I don't think I have ever gone out 2 weeks in a row starting with the same combinations.