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I gotta get me some free rig wts.

That's funny right there..

I need a couple of 50# sacks saturday. Maybe 5. 😠

Yeah, he would've flagged another boater to help, but it was early april and he was the only one on the lake.

I lost both motors once. Trying to paddle back to the ramp against the wind with one oar will not work. But throwing your anchor as far foward as you can, wait for it to sink and then pulling yourself with the anchor line,then lift anchor and repeat about a 100 times - does. Don't ask how i know....

If you are depending on 1 oar to get you back to the ramp (in a boat) you are wishful thinking. Odds are a little better if wind or current takes you back and you just need a little direction help of an oar. 1 oar in a boat is only a weapon, or a push stick.

I have not lost my passion yet, and hoping i never do. I have been bass fishing for over 50 years, and each spring anticipation ramps up (not quite a fever pitch, but close. ) This year is a little different as i am semi - retiring starting in April. Fishing only on weekends, on crowded, relatively small lakes takes it's toll come july and august.

Sweet for you, Cricket. It sounds like a dream come true. Congrats. 🙋‍♀️

i see it....

The natural lakes i fish, less than 500 acres, clear, 20 - 90 ft. deep, are mostly lm, but some sm too. Funny thing is i catch lm 10 to 1 over sm , but usually my biggest of the year is a sm.

For those that hate the northern dropshot tourneys - you are in for a long season. FFS isn't much more fun except for the shaking of the rod thing.

I assume i could not feel any difference in .2 of an ounce.

Ha ha...that's the year i graduated high school. Those guys were the whip.

Only 600 hp out of a V-12 o/b? It needs a flash.

Naw, i have enough cranks. Look good though.....

I love all your old pics. Thank you 9nine.

Fluke.

Jeez...don't let Ripzlipz see that!

I may have to try making one myself. I have seen a video of a "chatterbait"jerk bait. (japan) That thing looked awesome.

J. Brick - the Lions defense is okay. They addressed the defensive backfield before the season started but 1 guy got hurt and the other only played 2 games. OC Johnson said today he's coming back to Detroit. A big no to Seattle and Washington, he wants to win a "big game". (my words) I am feeling a little better now.

chatter spinnerbait?

It looks like you would just pull the lure without the string coming out. Have you tried them in the water?

Everybody knows that bass can't get enough garlic in their diet.

I was a little bummed. Not for the Lions losing, but losing after that first half start. It was a total team loss. Dropped passes and missed tackles cost them. If you were to ask me before the year started that the Lions would be in the championship game, i would say no way. " Wait until next year" Lions mantra since '57. ☹️ Stupid Ravens. I had a bad day.

A buddy of mine gave me 2 of those lures - the frog and that surface popper/minnow. I have never taken them out of their packaging.