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interesting, i did not know that

cheaters in every sport! hopefully everyone puts together a fair string of tournaments. i wasn't a fan of major league fishing AT ALL, and after watching today's broadcast, i'm definitely reconsidering my thoughts on it

it's about integrity of the sport. but i guess you're right and i'm wrong

how on earth could you say not worry about it? it's literally so easy to bypass the rule in a LOT of different ways.

exactly. that's my only gripe so far. there's no possible way they can enforce this rule 100%, which in my opinion sucks. you will 100% see someone tomorrow throwing a jerkbait all day lol

now, i understand the anglers who are fishing tomorrow cannot watch. What is stopping anyone who isn't fishing, who knows an angler, from watching and giving them information?

on a jerkbait!

ish monroe just set the hook so hard on a little dink which ultimately resulted in that fish being smashed into the side of his boat. NO PENALTY FLAG! ?

i've been watching on and off. the newer format is interesting, but i still prefer the standard 5 bass limit format. interested to see how this tournament turns out.

perfect, i have a FR 663C

sounds good, i keep that in mind!

i can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not lol

last year during the first tournament in april I caught my limit with a bunch of cull's on a fairly large flat with submerged vegetation in about 11ft. of water. Every single fish was caught on a 3/8oz. chatterbait. my boater had a similar day to mine with swim jigs and chatterbaits.

all of my spinning reels have 15# yellow power pro braid with a fluoro leader. I'll never go back to straight fluoro unless i'm throwing a spybait and need straight 6# test

So tough to break it down to just 3 setups, but below would be my 3 top picks. 6'6"-7' medium fast action spinning rod for weightless plastics, dropshots, shakeyhead, tubes, etc. 2500-3000 size spinning reel 8-10lb. test fluorocarbon OR 15lb. braid with a 8-10lb test flourocarbon leader around 10ft in length 7' medium or medium heavy fast action casting rod for spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, swimbaits, lighter texas rigs 6.3.1 bait casting reel 12-15lb. test fluorocarbon 7' heavy fast action casting rod for heavier jigs, texas rigs, frogs, flipping and pitching 7.3.1 bait casting reel 65lb. braid and 15-20lb. test fluorocarbon depending on what kind of cover you're fishing

I have both largies and smallies around me. I guess the possibilities are endless!

True, I'm just used to throwing a 1/16oz-ish nail weight in. Interesting as I haven't really looked at it as a deeper bait. Thanks!

I do fish the neko rig, but much shallower than I would a dropshot. I'm talking 20-30 feet of water

that's what i like to hear!

it's a tiller steer. i'm fully capable of starting a manual outboard lol, i'm just looking for some opinions on advantages or disadvantages for either. thanks for your input though on not biased either way, just looking for some outside opinions. i am more than capable to start a boat with a pully, or motorcycle with a kick start, since i've been doing so since i was 7 years old. oh and i'm not on your lawn, i'm on your pond ?

Is spending an extra $400 for an electric starting outboard over the manual pull start worth doing for a 15hp outboard? I'm looking to build a nice little 15' jon boat rig for smaller lakes and rivers around my area. Thoughts?

Just the info I'm looking for, thanks dude!

welcome! i'm fairly new to bass resource and it's been great since joining. so much information and content to learn and engage in!

welcome to BR

I try to be diverse with utilizing many different techniques. A few I am for sure not very confident with. My confidence "styles" are finesse fishing shallower water up to 10ft, flipping grass with creature baits, and power fishing with chatterbaits/swimbaits. This year I want to focus more on jigs, crankbaits, and dropshotting in deeper water