VolFan

I tend to feel like their strike zone is bigger in the clearer water, but the fish are a little harder to locate. Where mud and rocks meet is usually where I find decent fish, bonus if it’s on a point with some veg and deeper water nearby. There’s also a ton of structure in less than 20 ft of water that’s great for wobble heads or t-rigs. As you get further south you get more boat traffic and wind, and it gets sketchier in the summer, especially trying to fish offshore a little.

I mostly base it on the time of year, access to deep water, my mood, moon phase, and which ramp I end up at. Generally I haven’t seen a huge difference but I like the west side better in general.

Same as before, should be some schools of shad starting to form. If you find spots in open water, they tend to school by size so if you’re catching 1-2 lb fish, try to find a school of bigger. T-rigs or shaken heads around docks for getting a bigger largemouth, but they can be elusive. I like creature baits in either red/black if you’re around sediment and vegetation or green pumpkin/blue on the rocks. Also great offshore on a football swing head around rock piles/scattered rocks.

On the Catawba chain in NC (and previously on the Potomac) it’s not unusual at all. I’ve also had big blue cats eats wakebaits with enough regularity to be almost a pattern. Annoying and slimy, but a big cat is probably more fun than a 2 lb largemouth.

It’s that time of year!

I’d like to see them do one ‘Fish Wherever You Want’ weekend with photo/scale style scoring. Basically an all-virtual event but you could have a few camera crews scattered around. Best bag wins.

Easy - Measure 68 and then cut one yard off.

#7 on that list doesn’t get used nearly enough….

Truly an OG mod, and living in my hometown of Memphis to boot! Bravo young man! ps - I thought he’d died at the start of Glenn’s write-up. Got that pit-of-my-stomach feeling. Whew!

With Garmin and Lowrance being significant sponsors, I’m not sure they’re going to ban one of their sponsors’ key products. I could be wrong.

Look it - fly fishing for carp is the real deal. They are very similar to redfish or even bonefish in shallow water, nose down and tail up, and spook just the same. It is a total blast hooking up a 10+ bulldog on fly tackle, infinitely better than almost any bass in the same water.

I used paracord and a 1000 lb magnet from Amazon. Gloves are essential for the rope and the pieces of rusty metal you end up with. It is actually kind of fun, but I wouldn’t spend a ton of money, mine lost interest after a few trips. Bring a 5 gallon bucket for trash. Pull from the transom if you stick to something heavy.😀 Also -there’s more fun stuff around boat docks and walkways. Just beware their hardware.

I try stuff when the stuff that I know works isn’t working. My mantra is ‘If it ain’t broke, don’t break it.’

I have a Striker 4 on my small aluminum boat. It’s best for showing you depth, cover, and structure. It will also show you fish and schools of bait, but seeing the depth/cover is more useful. Don’t get caught up on fishing to fish you see in the cone. See the depth/cover/structure and then see fish on it (hopefully) and then fish the area. Don’t be shy about using a classic buoy to mark good spots either.

I’ll second physical therapy. What you’re describing doesn’t sound like arthritis, it sounds like small muscle weakness/imbalance. A little PT and some yoga would probably fix you right up.

Did you have to pay up front or when it ships?

Glad you’re mostly ok considering! It has been a bumper year for ground wasps and yellow jackets inNC this year. Tons of them on the mountain bike trails and there’s a nest on almost every bench at a sports field where I run. I’ve never seen anything like it.

With his workout routine, @A-Jaycan probably lift his himself 😀…

What he said. When are they coming off? My experience with Trokars was that they were too sharp and can cut a hole that the hook can then fall out.

In my mind, if your lower unit at the back of the boat hits something and rips the outboard free of the transom or jack plate, the physics of that then overtaking the boat itself still moving forward makes no sense. The only thing I could see is steering cables and/fuel line maybe pulling the hull back to it. Now if you center something shallow with the hull that stops you in your tracks , then I could see the inertia of that outboard ripping out of the transom and continuing forward.

It’ll be cool to see the installation. FWIW, im still not sold on a linear collision causing the several hundred pound engine at the back to do a full flip forward and land in the cockpit, but this definitely should diminish any chance of that at all.

If you have to complain about the price, you can’t afford it. 😀

Oh what I would give to catch these cookie cutter 3 lb smallmouths all day…

Sometimes Mother Nature just flexes a little.

That sounds like your knot slipped, leaving the curly. Snapping turtle bites feel like someone hitting your hook with a rock.