VolFan

Lake Xenderchux?

From reading all the replies, This is your issue. No way to fix that than to build confidence in them. If you don’t want to/need to fish them to catch fish, then don’t!

If I could catch white perch to two pounds I wouldn’t fish for anything else. The big one are a ton of fun.

That may be a little more impact than the ‘impact-resistant’ glass can deflect…

I have no problem catching them when I don’t need them for bait. Forget the bait and they disappear ? They’re everywhere in Wylie and Mtn Island.

Wooo boy, i tried Googling that model number and came up blank - what brand and model is it? For example, Abu Garcia Revo or Shimano Curado

What model baitcaster?

Yeah trolling might be your jam.

They come back to where they remember the nest was. If it’s a handful you’re probably fine. If it’s more than a dozen or so I’d say you have more work to do. I hit a nest in some roots and a hold with the mower a few years back. I’m not proud of the noises I made running away with them all under my shirt and shorts.? …it’s funny now

Have you considered a trolling set-up? Really no twisting, you just paddle and keep an eye on the rods.

I’ve never worried about my Striker unless the yak was upside down and even then, I just flipped it over. It’ll take waves and paddle splashes no problem. Mind your battery and connections though. Editing this - you shouldn’t be throwing water forward when you’re paddling, maybe other than drips from the blades. Smooth is fast.

People in Texas say every year is the Cowbums’ year. More than a quarter century of being wrong.

What he said. Stay away from the pump, piping and anchor rope(s). Pond owners do not take kindly to hooks in pump lines. Now that fountain is either floating or attached to a small concrete island. If it’s floating, treat the spray area and base like overhead cover. I actually love OG Rapalas twitched through the spray pattern. If it’s attached to an island, fish it like a hump or vertical cover. I like jigs or t-rigs at the base and out to the spray line. Ymmv

I think you’re in the wrong place for peoples to talk you out of buying a reel…

There are tons of them in the Catawba chain

Party of two!

That is very true except when it’s not.

Showing up is the hard part. Once you’re there it’s all therapeutic. never trust anyone that likes running.?

Yeah how’s your mile and a half time??? ?

Curado 200D, although the Chronarch 100D is great too.

Clearly you care a lot about your rabbit. They are not hearty creatures; it’s just the nature of the beast. Good luck with finding someone who can care for yours to your standards.

Start your t-rig juuust below the midline of the front. It keels them up just a touch.

It’s too late now but I’d do a 2.8 keitech in white or a Shad color to get down to them. Or stroke a lipless crank bait or blade bait around and through the bait balls. I’m SW of you in Charlotte but the above works (most of the time) on the Catawba chain. Mixed bag of lm and spots and occasion blue cat and white perch.

Humans. And it’s not even close.

Talk about it. Have a professional help you through talking about it. Recognize that it’s not bad or good, and it’s something that is part of you. It’s like the size of your feet or the color of your hair. Accept it and work with it but don’t let it control you.