Darth-Baiter

my good bud lives in Rochester MN. he has been finding open waters..he is crushing trout.

the most tailored caliber for any game is: 257 Weatherby Mag is the perfect Pronghorn match.

with a kayak, we have an extra consideration. if we fall out mid-lake we have to climb back aboard. a huge screen may be a hinderance. you have to leave yourself a landing area to slide back in. I went with a 7" screen, A Garmin unit and it has been awesome. I am on my third unit. Striker 1st, some 5" Lowrance 2nd (it started failing), now the Garmin is working out.

a Hunker is not a squat! having said that, I can still hunker like a pro. its my go-to move to...errr...evacuate in the woods.

killer deal!!! I'm investment is along the same magnitude and I am floating around on a dumb kayak!!

new only, or freebie hand-me-downs from my baller friends.

I think you will overload that rod. lob casting for sure. the Magdraft is fun, but it only has one speed. you have to find the one speed to retrieve it.

is Levi even around?

the 110 is a bait that requires a gentle tap. I use straight flouro. most of my braid seems to want to float, so while that makes it awesome for topwater, not so awesome for the 110 for me. I never go heavier than 12lb flouro, and I focus on simply slapping the line slack out, watching a 110 in super clear water helped me get the power and cadence down.

if I'm being honest. my sleep is my superpower. more often than not, I can go to sleep as needed. if I am waking up at 3:00 am, I can trudge off the bed at 7 and fall asleep. and I can wake up 5 minutes before the alarm goes off. my wife thinks I am weird.

my fishing superpower is being, normal.

so the hook is in line with the hula body?

I started off with the Daiwa Procyon AL in the 2500 size. it was glued to my hands in the early days when I learned how to dropshot. I still have it. super reliable. I take it to Oklahoma and haul in giant stripers with it. fun. I think I paid $150 for it...twice. (it does sink with a Phenix rod..rather quickly)

I have both the Bantam, and the Curado 150 DC. well, I had the Curado, until my friend Trebuchet'd it into a beautiful Mexican lake (last week). therefore, I am now TELEWORKING today to greet my FedEX dude/dudette to receive my NEW Curado MGL 150 DC. I considered it good enough to order another ASAP. they are really different. I use the Curado for moving baits. something I want from that is to simply hurl them as far as I can. nothing will send a LV500 further to cover water better (in my hands). a deep diving crank is going for a long distance trip sent from the Curado. I dont love the weeeeeee sound that much, but I ignore it. close distance casting to cover, any of my reels can do that. after my Curado went sinking, I put the cranks on the Bantam and I lost a lot of distance. I still got fish, sure. but nowhere was I throwing those "did you see that?" kinda casts. and because of the wind, I had the brake at #3!!! it was flat out flinging them. #2 would be insanity. I have backlashed that reel, so it isn't magic. I considered a Scorpion out of Japan, but nah...I am good with the Devil I know. they both (Bantam/CuradoDC) seem to weigh similar to me. but I dont do that balance a rod on my finger thing at all.

d**n. I’m sorry to hear that!

I crushed them w the Grass-Piece in Mexico. I almost cried when I snagged and lost two of them. One left! I had 1/2 oz ones and with a thin trailer it was fire. I like how the blade jiggles on any movement. Not the case w a chatter bait because the line is pulling the blade. I think it sinks horizontally. The fish would hit the moment I started the retrieve. Not immune fed to snagged tho. If I’m being honest. My friend matched me fish for fish w his Picasso spinner baits. (Great version). I took one and dropped it into my bag.

is it cancer? jeez..i scanned the thread and i certainly hope it isnt. i hope you feel better soon.

i've seen plenty. trail jogging i saw a shredded turkey. i asked a park ranger coming up the hill about it and he said that was what he was looking for, and could i lead him. YUP. he then said, "this is a mountain lion kill"... me: wait..wuut? i am an avid outdoor person. spent a lot of time bowhunting. i've had them come to my turkey calls. (i stand up and try to look badass ASAP) i play it smart and move on. i do know most of the time i see one, it is running for its life from me. my bowhunting friend had to arrow one that was crouched and stalking him. he said, "okay cat, one more step and i am shooting you" cat took one more step. ZIP!. he said the cat did a summersault 20 feet in the air. wardens showed up with dog but lost the wounded cat in the rough mountains.

Same answer. Drowning. I know I can flip my kayak back over and climb back in. I practiced repeatedly.

I think a good old fashion drowning kills more boaters. All answers above can put you into the water.

soft plastics.

somewhere that required a float plane to take me and land me on that lake..and pick me up a week later. I'm not touching the time-travel aspect. my wish is enough of a pipe-dream. or Brazil. 1 week of Peacock bass fishing would change me for the better profoundly.

around my parts, the Vision110 is the go to jerk bait. same goes for the LV500. I think my friend is the only person I know that uses a different lipless offering. I used to catch a lot of fish as a kid with a silver rattle-trap. success since then has been lacking. until recently. everyone was always telling me, "yank it thru the grass". which did nothing but float a big question mark over my head. until recently. I found myself fishing deep water, with what I think was 1-2 feet grass. I cast out as far is a could let it sink until the line slacked..then I just picked it up a few feet and let it sink. it was crushing the bass!! I had a rod with enough backbone to just jerk it up thru the grass. like I was stroking a jig. I think I am going to experiment with lipless more. I cant imagine a spring time application. is there? it is so snaggy.

I personally try not to boat flip. usually not a problem from my kayak. I have several line cuts on my hand now. from boat flipping and catching the line. ouch. I didnt want the fish to hit the deck. I didnt always succeed. I do what I can. my fishing is sucky to the bass on every level anyways. hahahah..

your spelling seems okay to me. when it counts, I type or write slowly to spell correctly and to confirm proper grammar. spell check is king. if I had to do a resume these days, I would run it through any one of the AI things. this thread I took more as a humble brag..hahah..he got a sponsor!!! YAY. I am my own sponsor, which in my own way I am way proud of. I was off to a very rocky start in my youth.