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In my mind catching a fish is much more stressful than releasing the fish. We're punching a hole in their mouth playing them out. I've actually had up to 5 hooks buried in different body parts throwing a jerkbait. Then after the hooks are removed They are held up and forced to pose , sometimes even kissed against their will. Then FINALLY their naked pictures show up all over the Internet exposing them. Oh, and calling them fat is supposed to be a compliment. 😁 Every time they go to eat, The process can potentially start all over again. The life of a Bass.

Around here Red is more appealing to smallmouth bass in the river. Orange and brown early spring for LM, lakes. I've seen YouTube videos of VERY red crawdads in the South but never seen the red variety around here.

Mauled Alabama and made it look easy against Tennessee......congrats they deserve it.

I may throw a Zoom or Yamamoto all day but my inventory is much greater.

I'm definitely not superstitious. Still believe in weather conditions but only to an extent. My biggest bass was caught in the middle of the day in August, bluebird skies. My biggest buck was shot at 12:36 in the afternoon, temps in the mid 80's. So maybe I can offer this......hunt and fish when you shouldn't.

We literally sprinted into spring here. Frogs are out, wife's tulips are racing out of the ground. Local river is at 52* and lakes are climbing into the 50's. March has been a Lamb.

My love letter to mono,❓ Sorry honey but I'm filling for divorce. My new girlfriend has been braid / braid to flouro and it's been harmony.

In the bags here. Almost have to with Elaztech.

My fishing partner used mine last year and ordered 3 over the winter. I can't say anything bad about Okuma reels.

Same routine every time. Banana, trail mix, protein bar and 48oz of water. I eat breakfast before every outing as well.

Lifetime VA license. Yearly non resident WV license. What's odd, VA is a rolling year, year from date of purchase. WV is a calendar year, ends the last day of December regardless of date of purchase.

I've been dealing with this for 20 years, deer hunters. We live 1/2 mile off state maintained road on a dead end road, up against national Forest......prime deer hunting. I've given several people hunting permission but they end up fighting and being greedy and wanting it for themselves. Plus they invite Uncle's and cousins so we had to shut it down, unbelievable. Currently only one young boy has permission on our property, we threw in the towel. You try to be generous but eventually taken advantage of.

Love the sound of a whopper Plopper. Loons have a magical sound. bladed jig transmitting sound through braid.....tap tap tap. Me saying " oh this is a good one " 😁 Least favorite sound is waves crashing the bank from wake boats.

My onboard charger has stamped on the back " for lead acid batteries". I ordered another charger for lithium but don't fully understand the charge demands between the 2 batteries. Every piece of equipment that I own that uses lithium batteries have been nothing but impressive. Yes, I'm going all lithium in my boat. Prices have come down and minus 100lbs on the rear of the boat , nice.

We had a great smallmouth stream just down the hill from our church. As kids we'd play hooky during church and go fishing. THAT IS until we all got chiggers really bad and Grandma said " it serves ya' right " 😂 I fish from a boat so need to throw a whole day at it.

In NC you'll likely challenge your PB every pre-spawn. Lol

Caught these 2 the first 15 minutes and nothing the next 4 hours...... spinnerbait. Surface water temp was 48*

So are you say'n bass fisherman have it figured out ....... I agree.

10 ft casting distance would almost have to be line wrap around a guide, can't imagine anything else.

Misses are a common occurrences, happens a lot. A follow-up plastic works, sometimes.

Classic 🤣 Sometimes we just wanna be left alone on the water.

So you're say'n jigs ❓ 😂 Agree

Wow Catt , Praying for you and your family. I'd like to say more but you already know.

Just replaced my ( 3 yr old ) 2 bank onboard charger with a Noco. One light does still come on so I left the older unit mounted and will use it for the starting battery and mounted the new unit on opposite side for the 2-24v trolling motor batteries. The new charger also accommodates lithium which I'll definitely go to in the near future......less 100lbs on the rear of boat will be nice.

Jigs have produced my biggest LM bass during the pre spawn. Last year I broke my line on a potential PB on a Zoom baby brush hog. Spinnerbaits and jerkbaits would be other great choices. Imo