Darth-Baiter

My friends iPhone 11 has the best camera!

You didn’t just go fishing with me did you? You sound just like my friend. Haha.

Not a lot of fish for me. Three to be exact and I lost one boat-side. BUT! I got my PB! By a long shot.

Of course!

I just got back from the lake. Google earth it. There is shore fishing everywhere.

Totally worth it today. I CRUSHED a new PB today. Now I’m wide awake.

Gah! Sleepy. I’ll be awake when I get to the lake, I’m sure. But dang. Brutal. Probably the reason I stopped duck-hunting.

You nailed it!

I’ll leave this here. My fishing trip in Peru. Best fish of my life. Cost me $25 and a bag of Twinkie's.

Phenix Maxim. It checked all the boxes. Not overly expensive either.

Thanks everyone. I emailed my doctor. Thanks for the push.

My doc doesn’t think I have carpal... but true, things could have changed. Hopefully my new rod mitigates the issue. my hand activity is very varied and I do stretches. Maybe I should revisit the doc. Thankfully none of my baitcast- rigs cause any numbness.

I have one of those! And it’s my most successful rod. It’s brand new and in about a month - five trips, I have about 20 good bass on it. I just got off the water. It happened again. My hand went numb. I think the rod is a bit heavy for finesse fishing. It’s a spinning rod and I would constantly need to change hand positions to try to minimize the tingle. One finger in front of reel seat, move two fingers in front, three fingers, switch hands, etc. the grip at the reel seat was to thin for me. Compounded by the heavy weight forward rod. as I was fishing I got a shipping notification. My new rod was at the house! If my wife was home I would have begged her to bring it to me. Her eye rolling would have been worth it. I just casted a lot in the front yard. No more hand numbness. The rod is much lighter. (Both are MEDIUM action). The rod seat has a hump in the back that my palm rests on. I love it already. I might need to go fishing tomorrow to slime the new rod! Bonus! The shorter handle is more comfortable in my kayak. I’m finally homing in on the type of rods I like. And understanding my own body and limitations and how I like to fish. sucks I had to buy the wrong rod (for me) to learn the lesson. Btw, my buddy has the sane rod and he loves it. I’ll turn mine into an ocean halibut and lingcod rod where it isn’t so much about finesse. the new one!

I’m home. Late start which was okay because it was cold by California standards. I was in the water at 9:30. caught a dink right off the bat, so u was happy “no skunk”. I went to a bassy spot, sent in my presentation and got a decent one. He put up a really good fight. I was honored. just got done removing leaves from my yard. 2.5lbs? Maybe close to 3. Dunno.

I’m hitting my load all golf course pond on my kayak tomorrow. Cold front came ripping thru. Curious how it changed things.

I’m hitting my local lake Saturday and then Tuesday. Been getting up to high 80’s. Starting tomorrow the high is 60’s. Low sixties with nighttime temps near freezing. bass will still be deep? I have been killing them at 15 feet with a drop shot. im hitting Clearlake with a guide Wednesday, so he better know what to do.

I just booked a guided trip to Clearlake next week. Looking for fall tips from an expert. plus my local small lake is still producing fun hits. The bass have gotten bigger! I cracked the code there for sure. I fish weekdays so I do not give up the secret.

They look awesome!

What the weight?

Buddha was a practicing vegan right? And he believed it was wrong to hurt (or kill ) animals. Not sure I’d tempt that kinda Karma. I’m a sucky enough fisherman on my own.

I also do not trust the waters. In the Delta they spray herbicides on the floating weed mats. My local lake gets run off the country club grass, etc. Clearlake, isn’t that clear

I know this. But I’ve seen them.

Oh it’s a black bass. I see them alive in the big fish tanks.

I’m a Chinese guy. I also pretty much catch/release. Growing up I’ve eaten many bass. I still see it at restaurants and my family will order it up. (Funny when they sell it as sea-bass; yea right) I don’t love it. I’ve had sine cooked up delicious tho. I’ll try a smallie if I ever catch one. Walleye, get the fry oil! Ocean fish, yes! my family is always, “where’s the fish? You let it go?!!” Cracks me up. Yesterday leaving Clearlake, I noted they have a fish cleaning station.

Maybe add an A-rig?