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I picked the Ravens vs Niners last year for SB........ yes I forgot about Mahomes. But I'm picking Ravens Niners again, especially if Joe can work his magic in Burrowhead and eliminate Chiefs. My one prediction that I'm very confident about is.......Dak lays an egg in the playoffs.

I only own one rod that is rated UL and is used for panfish/ Crappie, 4lb sunline sniper. Hooking the occasional bass is a blast.

Yes, place the jack under the axle as close to the wheel as possible.

If your in a boat nothing beats running a spinnerbait parallel to the thick grass line or a keitech swimbait. Imo

A big thankyou @road warrior for your contributions. Enjoy your retirement.

Yes. There's a small lake that I love fishing, only 110 acres. They do rowing classes there, like 50 of those 60 foot shells " think that's what they call them " and 8 people on board. This goes on for hours and a guy screaming instructions on a loud speaker non stop. I had to vacate the lake because of the commotion even though the fishing was very good that morning. I'm not crazy about a 60ft vessel that travels backwards blindedly.

I'm checking trail cameras and shiver when I get on plane, like this time of year.

Zoom UV speed craw in green pumpkin magic has been my best producer for several years.

Dog lover to the core 👍

Tried and true mainly but there is that rare occasion where a particular bait that I'd deem " tried and true " completely shuts down, dead, nothing. This forces me to try and replicate it's past production with something else.

If you know the Senko is in the fishes mouth, set the hook and reel it in. Sometimes they move and sometimes it's weight on the line but if you wait to long it can injure the fish with a deep hook.

My experience as well....... good post.

Spinnerbaits - legendary

The talons tell me that's some sort of predatory bird...... quite an aggressive bass. Check out this aggressive bluegill I caught this morning. Just hanging on to the tail of keitech trailer, not even close to the hook.

I particularly love the fight and while largemouth bass are considerable fresh water fighters, they aren't near the top pound for pound. Fished a lake back in May for a week that was equally populated with largemouth and spotted bass. Each fish that I hooked left little doubt which specie was on the end of the line. And then there's these guys 😳

As an avid braid user, most everything I throw is on M power rods. Frogs and monster worms would be an exception.

Praying for Mrs. Jim 🙏

Wilson Marine Low country Marine Marshall's Marine Boat sales of lake Wylie

We've had a hot and dry summer except for the 8" of rain dumped on us from the latest storm. Fishing has been good, better than expected here in VA.

Yes.

Glad you joined 👍

Large lake with a lot of boat traffic, someone would have likely hit it. You did the right thing.

Mid afternoon bluebird skies Low water Heavily stained water Full moon August

Cloudy, light drizzle and breezy so gave a single Colorado blade spinnerbait a try in submerged timber in about 5 ft of water. Caught a decent fish and several more on a Wacky rig " Cola " . Every fish this morning was tight to cover regardless of cloud cover.

I've never tried skipping with a baitcaster, gotta good feeling at what might happen 😁. My 2 favorite baits to skip with med spinning gear is flukes and wacky Senkos. The only time I really skip is under docks and overhanging limbs low to the water. Oh I'm braid to leader on spinning.