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I really don't have any advantages anymore - technology has pretty much taken them all away - but I still have plenty of disadvantages I could list  :typing4:

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6 hours ago, Catt said:

"If you worry about what might be...and wonder what might have been...you will ignore what is."

Whoooaaaa very profound 

  • Super User
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Advantage of age with decades of experience on the water and intuition to know where to cast. Disadvantage age with pain and loosing my ability to recall my experiences. 

Tom

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  • Super User
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Advantage is the Bait Monkey is my best friend.  

Disadvantage is I'm not sure if I should trust my best friend.

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Advantages

1)  I have a multi-species boat that effectively fishes like a bass boat.  It has all the amenities of a tournament boat with FFS.  I also have a 9.9 motor I can put to fish HP-restricted lakes.  I also own a non-pedal, fishing kayak.

2)  As a teacher, I have a lot of time off to fish compared to the average working adult.

3)  I have no family or financial concerns that impact my fishing.  Within reason, I can pretty much fish anytime I am off work.

 

Disadvantages

1)  The water around me is heavily pressured with tournaments on most weekends.  I keep a spreadsheet of all the local tournaments and avoid them at all costs.  I have a couple small sleeper lakes I'll fish on the weekend but I need my kayak for most of those.  This has become a much bigger problem over the last 5 years.  I'm not a fan of the "Grow the Sport" mantra.

2)  This is more of a "me" problem but I don't have any close fishing friends.  All it takes is one good fishing friend to help inspire and motivate you.  My dad would always go with me and listen to my stories but since he's passed I am always fishing solo.

3)  Living in the Midwest, my fishing season ends around Thanksgiving and doesn't start back up till March 1.   

 

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I’ve created most of my advantages, just like I do with any sort of fishing, stacking the cards in my favor to catch what I’m after. Gotta make the best out of any place or any situation. And if you want bigger fish, then maybe ya just gotta go where they live. They ain’t just gonna appear out of nowhere in some dead lake. Gotta be willing to go all out to make things happen, to give you that advantage. Or, as I do, creating my own advantages no matter where I’m at. If I have to drive across my state to a honey hole fishing spot, then so be it. Or fish at night. Maybe I need to take a few more PTO days lol. I work full time as a healthcare regional director of operations yet I still work for NOAA tagging sharks and also bass fish my brains out. So, yes, I know how possible things are with activities like fishing, no matter what one is up against. I create my own advantages and can do whatever I wanna do because my mind is made up, that’s all. If there’s a day there’s a way! 

 

 

  • Super User
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22 hours ago, Junk Fisherman said:

Living in the Midwest, my fishing season ends around Thanksgiving and doesn't start back up till March 1. 

 

I drove to my pond yesterday, crunched through the woods, and walked to the end of my boardwalk, figuring I'd cast a few times for old time's sake, but the water was frozen. I cast anyway and my underspin skittered over the ice. I caught nothing, making me a...

 

Loser GIF by Playboy Fragrances

 

So, yeah, I know about fishing ending annually too. 

 

2 hours ago, Zcoker said:

I create my own advantages and can do whatever I wanna do because my mind is made up, that’s all.

 

I just imaging you at my pond yesterday, creating your own advantages:

 

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Advantages:  retired, years of experience, year around fishing, small bass boat I can handle by myself, a friend who goes along sometimes, I love to be on the water catching or not, health is good.

 

Disadvantages: fixed income, house fix up and honey do list, I avoid crowds and heavy traffic if possible, I avoid windy days, extreme temps. I tend to get stuck doing the same thing over if it worked once. 

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  • Super User
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4 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

 

I drove to my pond yesterday, crunched through the woods, and walked to the end of my boardwalk, figuring I'd cast a few times for old time's sake, but the water was frozen. I cast anyway and my underspin skittered over the ice. I caught nothing, making me a...

 

Loser GIF by Playboy Fragrances

 

So, yeah, I know about fishing ending annually too. 

 

I bet it was the easiest occasion ever to skip a lure across the top of the water...

 

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  • Super User
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2 hours ago, casts_by_fly said:

 

I bet it was the easiest occasion ever to skip a lure across the top of the water...

 

 

Skipping is so easy in December. January and February too.

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  • Super User
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Advantages- knowing my waters, and having confidence in my tactics.  Living in the subtropics,  and being able to fish all year long, and having 50 years of experience under all types of conditions.  Having at least 20 different bodies of water to choose from including the vast Everglades within 20 minutes from my home.

 

Disadvantages- Very sensitive bass population to changes in the environment.  Florida strain bass will click on and off from fronts, changes in current, and sudden drops in temperature, much more than their north cousins.  A sudden cold spell can give them lock jaw for days, and this drives even the best pros crazy, if their not used to Florida waters.

 

Some simple solutions to the problem.  Once picking an area I have confidence in from past trips,  I will go into stealth mode.  Off the trolling motor as much as possible, turn off the electronics totally.  If windy, I will let the wind blow me through a honey hole and slow down by putting out a wind sea funnel, or if in a smaller canoe dragging a 5 pound weight.  This will allow a time to work the bait on each pass through the area.  I Usually look for dense vegetation close to a significant drop-offs.  Lots of our drop-offs are 10 to 20 feet deep.  I will starts working HB frogs through the outer edges of the weeds, and then switch to slow moving plastics sinking slowly at the drop-offs.  When working the deep edges, I work super slow with various plastics, with long pause between gentle shakes.  Trick worms, wacky, has saved many a slow day, after a front.  The trick worm's tail will float up while sitting still  on the bottom.  Many of the bigger bass have moved from the shallow flats to the deeper warmer waters during a sudden temperature drop.  The aquifer seaps 72* water along the deep bottom all year long.  I will let a worm fall all the way to the bottom of the drop-off and sit among the rocks at the bottom.  They are not out chasing baits after the front but will hit something dropping into their personal space.   

 

Have fun and tight lines!

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