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Went to Bill Williams river today to get a couple on a new reel. Miles of tullies and lay downs to fish.

The bait monkey is calling my name for more glide baits. Anyone using it and have some long term use pros and cons? Would be much appreciated! I'm on the fence with ordering a few or getting some slideswimmer 250s and bullshooters from Japan.

Trim in the winter. Long in the summer. Totally contradicts speedo season.

Fred Arbogast AC Plug from the Walmart clearance section. Skipped school 25 years ago to go fishing. 7lb 3oz largemouth. Would love to thank the guy that helped me net it and had his scale. Had a smallie at 5lb even on an ayu color keitech with underspin. Any kids reading this don't skip school. Get good grades. Become an engineer. Lower back and joint pain sucks from laborer jobs!

Fished a lot of glide baits. They will definitely follow the big baits. Whenever I fish an 8 or 10" magdraft they are guaranteed to follow and never ever bite! Ever!

Couldn't sleep and wanted to break in a new reel last night. Skipping weightless senkos around for a couple dinks. Side note the Alphas SV 800s does really good! Should be a really good post spawn bite soon on the senko when they are finicky.

Always check your drag setting prior to fishing on every setup you are using for the day. I always loosen my drag completely when reels aren't in use. Nothing worse than a slipping drag on a good hook set. Religiously check line for nicks and abrasions throughout the day. Retie often. Largemouth are lazy so work your angles of your presentation. You might get a bite running your bait by cover a little differently. Be mindful if you are using say a 7:3.1 or 8:1 ratio in the winter or colder water to slow it way down.

Mailman brought an ebay score. Can't wait for froggin and some flipping on the Colorado River!

Sounds good buddy. Consider yourself adopted!

Another member posted about the I-boating navionics maps and I highly recommend studying your body of water. Try to guesstimate the routes the bass will take to stage up to spawn. Large swimbaits over the trees, jigs, slow roll spinnerbaits bumping trees. Square bills, medium diving cranks. Suspending jerkbait over the trees. Jika rig is one of my favorites too.

My daughter picked up baitcasting and learned in just a couple minutes. Shout out to Digitaka for fast shipping. Got her an Alphas SV TW 800s for senkos, wacky rig and light weight presentations.

Went out Friday morning. Caught a few dinks on keitechs. The weatherman should be fired. 15mph winds came up. In frustration I paddled as hard as I could into some tullies out of the wind. Flipped a Jika rig around and long casted through sparse tullies. Spawn is definitely in bloom now.

Just a heads up participating stores have started their buy one get one for April.

For a reel check out the Daiwa Alphas SV TW 800 on Digitaka. If I recall it's about 170. Should work great for plastics.

I would try a swing head with a biffle bug or a owner jig rig with a small keitech. It's a good presentation to cover lots of water fast that looks natural if there's heavy pressure and clear water. You can fish shallow and relatively deep effectively. Pitch jigs around heavier cover and docks. With water in those temps there will definitely be big females staging up and spawning. Not sure if you throw big swimbaits but it can pay off this time of year.

I bought a bodyguard 2.0 on Christmas. Sights were shooting 2inches left at 10yds. 12 round magazine only loads to 11. Other than that I really like it. No issues with hollow points. Almost at 1000 round count with it. Great little gun but Smiths QC always been a little sketchy. This was my main squeeze this winter. Transitioning to the dot has been amazing. It's a little bit of work moving from iron sights but well worth it. Starting to warm up and will use the Bodyguard 2.0 for summer or the M&P 3.6 compact.

Love swimbaits. The draw power is incredible. You can throw several lures in a fishy area with nothing. Throw a big glide and the behemoths come out of the wood works. It's bizarre how some days it's only followers, or they all hammer it.

Few from my kiddos first time Kayaking yesterday. Water temp 58 degrees with smallies bedding in AZ. Haven't been out in a long time.

Both of my Zillions came in 5 days or less. I wouldn't worry. I am not sure if an automated email response is generated and I think it's 5am there. If I recall correctly my last purchase paypal confirmed before they did.

Wow congratulations! Very excited for you. It would be cool for you to check out some mom and pop tackle shops. See some cool JDM tackle and reel finds. Definitely would like to see some cuisine from Japan and your thoughts on it. Finally, way off of the fishing topic butif you can ogle a Grand Seiko watch. Very fine intricate craftsmanship and spring drive is very unique and innovative. Have fun!

What are your opinions about the riser?

I hope so. Every weekend my home lake is hit with tournaments and prefishing from February until June. I don't think we've had a healthy spawn cycle for years.

Fingers crossed for 2024. Lake Mohave. Bartlett, Alamo, Canyon and Saguaro. More river fishing on the Colorado. Maybe Lake Mary again.

Bantam $230 at Digitaka or a Zillion HD $280 Digitaka or about $250 on Amazon.

Wow amazing bass! Congrats for an awesome 2023 season!