Darth-Baiter

I am starting to buy some stuff for my upcoming Mexico fishing trip. I dont want to buy it all at once anyways. so I found myself in a well stocked store. I walk by and see they have the rod I have been eyeballing. the Bandersnatch. I want a moving baits rod. chatters, some medium sized cranks, moving stuff. etc. the rod is very light feeling. ethereal almost, but I cant really tell much without a reel on it, and line. its action feels right at moderate to me. like a a dobyns fury..hahaha. with a Zillion on it, it might be fun. my wife got me a rod for Christmas in the form of a giant gift card.. anyone fishing a BanderSnatch yet? too soon?

I feel the tour-V is also a bottom contact rod. but that's prob just me.

Update. It turns out that catching fish will help in loving a rod. I used it on the 3.5” poop bait and it was a slug fest. I had the wrong hooks for the application, so I really appreciated the backbone on my enthusiastic hook sets. the softer tip casts baits like a catapult.

I with this guy. Casts better than I imagined. Everything eats it. I have Buzzjets. Fun! But the buzzin cranks seems to pissthem off more.

I’m not a coffee snob in the fact that I don’t give a ratsass how you enjoy your cup. I like mine fine as a pour over, strong, black, hot, and about 16oz. Peets is my regular brew. Major Dickerson. Note- never order it as major Dicks w cute female baristas. They will snicker.

usually. from a hookset that sends the tungsten weight into my rod. I couldn't make that shot in a million years on purpose, but it has happened twice.

hahahah.. I am hitting this lake for the first time this year. prob will need to camp in my truck to make it worthwhile. I want a decent smallie desperately. I will be fishing the rock piles I hear about. I think I know where they are.

too add: the hooks on the V110 are great, but not that strong. I stay with OEM on replacements. I am not messing with the weight/balance.

easy. I am hitting some distant lakes - mainly in the hopes of catching some Smallies. CA lake Trinity and Almanor to be exact. this will require some added complication of sleeping in the back of my truck. and I am fishing Mexico. going for Mr Big. or Mr. Many.

I'm not great at jerking. but the Vision 110 is the one I catch them on. I think I know why. the V110 is more delicate. you cast too far and land one on a rocky shoreline, you know what I am talking about. the lip shatters. I use mine on 10lb or 8lb line and I can just tap them ever so gently to get them to run right. I got this insight fishing a gin-clear lake and I could see my bait coming in from afar. I can twitch it. and it jumps. my other jerk baits need a hammier fist.

Thank you. I’m hopeful authorities measures work. …..but people….people are the wildcard

So did the measures mitigate the issue down south?

They are performing a hard stop to figure out a plan. A deep breath so to speak. Happy it’s winter. maybe I need lake dedicated kayaks. A four kayak fleet!

unless you had to take a errr...had a BM brewing. then it is the best place on the planet. the restrooms are clean!! I find the hook setting power in a kayak is just marginally less than in a boat. of the two ends, the fish is the "looser" end in both cases, and is the side that moves the most. I love a kayak hook set.

I once visited my sister for the holidays. it was snowy!! I shoveled her walkway and stuff. super exhausting but strangely satisfying. I ended up just doing the two adjacent neighbors as well, since they were both elderly. what a great workout. I like splitting wood better tho. hahah...and I like jumping on a plane and flying back to CA, where I just put on a hoodie.

its raining today. thought about taking a break from my morning run, but it felt "WRONG". I don't want to say I felt guilt, but I kinda did. dug out some random rain gear and I went for it. left my dog at home. I need better rain gear. hahah..but I lived.

my Zillion is on my X-bites rod. it is my 80% rod/reel. it is always in my hands and is quickly about to overtake my other rod in the bass-head count department. used to be drop shot, but now this Zillion is dragging in the numbers.. I have another casting reel in the shopping cart, and I'll probably put a Zillion on it. the Zillion isn't my distance champion tho.

ive moved on from regular Shakey heads. I have taken to the Ryugi weight that I can clip to any hook. I use 3/16th for my waters. this spring!! I can't wait.

I kayak fish a couple of lakes w motor restrictions. People launch full sized bass boats into them and just run the trolling motors. you have that option?

Probably a drone. Something w autonomous flying so it can follow me around.

ned Rigs.

I donate stuff to a place that sponsors a cat shelter. (wife is a cat person, so that makes me a cat person) I am taking big box of clothing and stuff. kitchen stuff. my bud sees it and asks me where I am going...I tell him. "hey, can you take a box of baits?"" "yes" I had to look!!! it felt mandatory. now I have a double buzz-bait, and some weird purple-ish brush hogs...hahahha.. the rest is unpackaged, and may need to go into the trash bin. not sure they want loose stuff. most is vulcanized together and trashed.

if I had to fish tournaments only, I would start golfing. unless I had to play golf tourneys only. I jog as well, and I aint doing marathons. 4 pages? maybe the point eluded me. hahah.

someone is always better that another..always. applies to fighting as well. hahah.. I quit worrying about what others do, when I entered the second half of my life. the opposite applies as well.

my stepdad was 78. he looked like a teenager in the water. he would be the one to save my life if my dog-paddle quit getting it done. thank goodness it never came to that. I suck in water. the test is coming up. I am driving cross country to see my mom. I will jog every morning with my dog, no matter where we lay our heads at night. (I'll park in better cities). the food will be tough. Cracker Barrels the entire way, haha...I told my wife I plan on bringing my camp stove. I'll do egg whites off the tailgate if I have to. I've sat, eating a salad while my wife grubs. hahahah..