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I just thought it was a good time to subtly scream out for intervention.

During spring, summer, and fall? Every morning and every evening, Monday through Friday, all day, every day on weekends. Several requested weekdays off as well. I think I sleep 4 hours a day during fishing season.

Copolymer. Really it's going to be Yo Zuri Hybrid due to it being good for anything at an excellent price. 12lb on a baitcaster can uproot a tree.

2 week extended forecast into March... 20s, teens, and single digits. I'm so freaking over it. Best weather comes at the end of the forecast with 41 degrees and... 80 percent rain. Illinois is a true cesspool in every way.

I always take a package of Jack Link's Beef Jerky, a box of Nabisco Wheat Thins, some Welch's Fruit Snacks, a couple bottles of BODYARMOR SuperDrink, and a gallon of water. Protein, carbs, salt, sugar, water, and vitamins, without being terribly unhealthy. Vital for staying healthy in the heat.

Big Game. Stren is just a legendary name that is pretty mediocre to poor in modern times.

Spinnerbait

Casting a country mile in open water: MF Typically: F If I had to pick 1, F.

Always leave elaztech in its original packaging.

Daiwa Aird X. I got a casting one for my son, but nobody has used it yet because of the weather. People say it runs a little light and that it is not quite a fast but not quite a moderate fast either. Handling it I would have to agree, which actually makes it better in my opinion. Being a tad lighter and a tad slower gives it the ability to do more things well, but still be able to do what a MH/F should be able to do. Not really necessary imo. People who don't fish a lot and are essentially novices won't be able to utilize the ever so slight sensitivity upgrade in better rods anymore than the average person can tell the difference between a 10 dollar bottle of wine and a 50 dollar bottle of wine.

I had a smallmouth put both sets of trebles on a whopper plopper into my hand. Worst experience ever.

There are two camps. One believes that harvesting bass is necessary to produce big bass, and the other believes in the "let 'em go, let 'em grow" philosophy. And then there are those who over the years have developed a true love for these fish and couldn't intentionally kill one anymore than they could kill a family pet. Logical, illogical, doesn't really matter. Human emotion is complex.

I've killed a few that I know about. Probably many more that I don't know about. Part of the sport. They don't always survive being caught, especially after a gut hook or gill damage. I don't allow or disallow you to do anything. I'd never say a word to you about it unless it got brought up, such as this thread.

I put what is essentially a rope around a dogs neck, I use a spray bottle on a misbehaving cat knowing they hate it, and I nail metal to the feet of horses. Can we stop with this now? My point was clearly that I personally don't see bass as food. I literally follow the stories of pet bass on YouTube. I'm not some kind of extremist who hates people that eat them though. I really don't care what other people do. I choose not to.

Never. You have dogs, cats, and horses, and then you have pigs, cows, and chickens; I place bass in the dogs, cats, and horses category: they're friends, not food. If I was a starving man, however.....

Not gonna lie every time I see this thread I think of a broken tip

Smashing squarebills into rocks and getting hammered on the deflection. Yo Yo retrieve for lipless crankbaits. Killing a spinnerbait after bumping brush/wood. Working a whopper plopper like a popper in certain situations.

Generally true but a size 25 Pflueger on a ML especially with a technique like the Ned is absolutely perfect imo. However almost never use a rod long than 6'9 or 6'10 and my ML Ned rod is 6'6. Used for yaking and wading for river smallmouth.

Nope, you're at no disadvantage. I don't mess with M or XF actions. They feel terrible. All MF and F.

A Pflueger in your price range. Size 25. You want the lightest line you can get away with and the slower the reel the better. 30 is too big for this technique.

This isn't common, but it's far too common. Exactly why I have some animosity about it. This behavior is criminal and dangerous.

I commented on one of his videos once with a very minor and respectful criticism and he flipped out and cussed me out.

The only heavy bait I use for Smallies is the Whopper Plopper.

Not the best to fish subsurface trebles in these conditions. You could choose a squarebill that doesn't dive as deep, or fish a lipless because you get to determine the depth. However one of the things that makes a squarebill so good is it bouncing off of rocks and wood.

And the rivers being open is meaningless when they're extremely flooded. Feels.