J Francho

I can't.

Do they mount in on a plaque, like a nice buck? I'm having trouble picturing it without laughing. I mean no disrespect though, it just sounds really weird to me.

I have never heard of mounting a fish head. Someone needs to post a picture of this.

With a line counter.

Ugh, but a carabiner? Try this rigging, but use a chain! https://images.app.goo.gl/NRiNyEAn44HXh33Q8

I caught about a hundred of them a couple weekends ago. https://plan-b.smugmug.com/Family/Fishing-Journal/i-tSNVJLt

they're all bite and no fight here too

If I was trying to make some money with a YouTube channel I for sure would not go the route of less drama. There's plenty of $ucker$ that will keep the traffic flowing.

I don't disagree with all that, but still a record bass was caught recently. I'm not sure the correlation is as true or as simple as you make it sound. Record size bass don't become records by getting caught. I think there are fish out there that never get caught. Lots of them. And it just takes a rare set of circumstances for them to attain a huge size.

Are you suggesting a correlation between technology and a lack of record fish?

Never. Mostly I follow my son around taking clips on my phone.

Loopty-loop.

Members? Sure. It's like Tom said above, they were newly formed, and that's the only record they had. Doesn't really matter for the reasons stated above. If you catch a record bass, you be dealing with the IGFA rules from today, not from 80 years ago. By the way, that 2 oz. minimum I think came from being able to read a certified mechanical spring scale and accounts for parallax. Someone correct me if I'm wrong. At any rate, my old certified Chatillon only measures mass in 2 oz. increments. That could account for it too.

I only use a Palomar knot for any drop shot rig.

I never leave a BPS without raspberry gummies. So good.

The Perry bass's legitimacy doesn't really matter to me. Dottie and the Kurito bass prove that bigger is a likely possibility, and it's as simple as catching one. Good luck.

That's one way to look at it!

Other than the few I lose to northerns and muskies, I haven't lost a hung lure in over a decade. Pretty sure I know how to fish them properly. I also know how to use a lute retriever properly as well. For the shore bound angler, that's gonna be a tough break getting hung up.

In any tournament I've ever entered, I just fish. The rest takes care of itself.

Right, length is much easier to enforce.

It's the method of measurement and comparison that's being standardized, and has nothing to do with body shapes of fish. You enter trying to catch the most length, not the biggest. I don't think it's the safest form of measurement, and I've been critical of its use in kayak tournaments over the years despite participating. I just don't know of another method that doesn't make it easy to cheat. Even the bump board is subject to tampering, as has been well documented.

I don't know if any trolling motor that will get you up on plane.

Most of the boat rental places use Suzuki motors, so that should tell you something. Pretty sure some of the bigger marque's small motors are rebranded Suzuki. Tohatsu is another I see often. Alumacraft are hard to beat, too. Price seems a little high, but everything has blowed up in price it seems. Just look at my grocery budget.

Spool your spinning rod up with 20# braid and tie direct, and watch your issues disappear. It's rare that fish won't bite a bait in cover because of the line. I use bright colored lines, like pink, yellow, or orange to make it easier to line watch.