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Anyone use the Omen XH swimbait rod? Looking for something to throw a 9 oz glide bait. I have a bunch of gift cards for Bass Pro and this seems to be the only rod that’s listed for those specs. Seems pretty new so don’t see many reviews. Anyone here tried?

The Dobyns 867 is labeled for 4-16oz which is definitely off.

I don’t know about that lake, but the curly pond leaf is almost gone and coontail coming in at some other local lakes

Does that smallmouth bite typically persist throughout the summer? Still looking for my 3lb+ smallmouth.

Today on the Elite Bassmaster series Zaldain snagged one in the side using live sonar, just under 5lbs, and the weight counted toward his total. How crazy would it be for that fish to have been a 26lber snagged in the side, counted toward his Bassmaster tournament but not toward the record.

A few recent examples of fish that ate the bait while it had been sitting for several seconds.

I love mowing my lawn myself. With my busy work schedule, having a newborn and having a desire to fish I find it harder and harder to have the time to do it myself and seeming like will have to outsource it soon.

Try a chatterbait with a 5.8” Geecrack Bellows Gill. Now that’s a profile.

Who are the people who you spend your time with? What do you do with them? How much time are you spending with them? Struggles that are tangible or intangible are much smaller when shared with friends.

Big glide bait. Easy to find. Draws way more followers than you’d ever know without live.

I am using lithium batteries in my Ranger R70 with a 24v setup. I have two 12v 100 AH lithium batteries for my trolling motor I charger with a Minn kota precision charger.

But not this year! For the previous 4 years, during the last week of March or first week of April I have managed to catch at least 1 giant bass. I thought that streak was for sure going to end this year. Newborn. Working 100+ hours per week. Mom in the ICU. And frankly, just tired. Well I got out today to a newish to me lake, I had fished for the first time last fall and had a lot of fun with wipers and a few decent bass. It has a ton of vegetation and rather clear so I suspected it held good fish. Plus, I’d never heard of it until last fall, which makes me think it’s not pressured too terribly. I made my way there this morning and knew it was supposed to be a little cool but then warm up quickly. The forecast had said 33 degrees at 7A the previous day. When I got to the ramp the thermometer on my truck said 23! Given the clarity of the water, I wanted to throw big swimbaits, in part to dial in my Humminbird Mega Live. About an hour and a half passed and I’d seen a few fish turn toward the swimbait on the Mega Live but nothing seemingly too interested. I ended up on this big grass flat in about 10-12’ of water and really I was just cruising it looking for the edge when I saw what I thought was a school of crappie or Shad on the Live about 100’ from the boat. I tossed my glide bait out toward it just to see if I could pick it out of the crowd. As I swam it by one of the markings followed along. I was intrigued as I didn’t think a crappie and certainly not a Shad would follow the glide. I tossed it out a again and watched some big markings come up from the grass, heart beginning to speed up I was just waiting for the weight, the glide made it back to the boat untouched but I watched fish follow it on the live all the way back. I tossed it out again let it sink down to the level of the fish and on the first half turn of the reel I felt the tick and weight to reel in a big mamahachi. I was able to reproduce this over and over again. WHAT A DAY! My new PB 5 fish bag of 33.27 lbs with an 8.35 lb kicker! But I caught way more than just 5 fish. Had at least 3-4 additional 20 lb bags.