J Francho

I bought all the JDM gear I ever owned from other forum members.

Fish where they live and fish a lot. I caught all my big bass when I was able to spend a lot of time on the water. The baits I used are so varied, I'm not sure it's important, though jigs, big worms, and swim baits did account for most of them. My second largest LMB came on a little flick shake rig.

What's wrong with donuts?

They said that back in 50s, then there was Julia Child showing us all how to braise. Still watch her to this day. Judging by all the cooking shows, good cooking is on the rise. Recipes and techniques come and go, but eating well is always in style. At the very least this pandemic has people making bread again. It's really comical how many loaves are in my daily IG feed.

Or we're just saying that is the rod we use for what. I think the last marketing hype I bought into was side imaging, and I bit hook, line , and sinker. It was delicious, to say the least.

Spot lock and lots of batteries.

My favorite rod for frogs happens to be a VERY expensive jig rod.

Just watch out for Talon Lady, lol.

My first Fenwick rod I bought back in 1989 was marketed as a Walleye rod, but it was probably the best worm rod I could find in the shop. I think it had an eye watering (for the time) price tag of $80. My father thought I was nuts. In my 17 year old head, a skateboard deck was $40, so a good worm rod for two decks worth of cash seemed reasonable. Back then I think I made $3/hour.

Just a thought - you'll want to check with local and USCG regulations for mooring. There's laws.

This is what typically sinks boats. The bow should always be pointed toward incoming waves.

Must be the cold weather. There are many restaurants here that are breakfast only.

Whatever would break them would probably also break your boat.

Power Poles or Talons.

100% agree. My MJs are only a few years old, but they have outlasted any other pair I've had that weren't glass. I loved my 580s too, but they're at the bottom of Lake Erie.

A really good crankbait rod does little else. It doesn't even do other things badly. It just doesn't. When really fast drop shot spinning rods came out, it was apparent they didn't chuck a light bait very well, like a standard moderate fast or fast rod did. I have a G. Loomis jig and worm rod, that is a little shorter, 6-8 or 6-10 (can't remember) that seems like it would toss bigger hard jerkbaits well, but it doesn't. At all. Other than those, most often it's marketing labels to help sell rods and get the buyer in the right rod for what they're doing. That's not a bad thing - many don't know what to get and it's better for the company if that person is in the zip code for action, power, and length for a certain thing. Other times it's pure hype, and that rod is probably good for 20 or so things. With the exception of the crankers, most of my rods I use regularly will be used for at least 3-4 different things, often closer to 6. My preference is not have to wish I had that other rod that's at home when I can only bring 4-6 at a time.

Might be a local thing, but there's usually a whole section on the menu for various eggs Benedict concoctions, like Michelle, Florence, there's even a Rochester. If anyone knows what a garbage plate is (meat on home fries and mac salad with hot sauce), they'll see eggs on muffins with bacon and sauce is just a civilized version for breakfast.

The boat wakes happen all day. White caps happen for every storm. The boats were left tied to the dock all spring through fall. In 30 years I don't recall any getting damage. You are over thinking this.

I'm sure some are good and some are bad - depends on the person doing it. I wouldn't know. It's such a simple task, I do it myself. I put it squarely between painting and changing your own oil in the spectrum of DIY tasks. It takes some practice, and you definitely want the right tools.

Not much in nature scares me, but skunks and rutting bucks are terrifying.

I'm on Lake Ontario. We have both temporary docks, and permanent docks with both wood or steel pilings. The dock where we tied our boats was the latter type. Fenders and a smart tie off plan always worked. Below is about a mile of shoreline - look at all those boats! Some are worth well over six figures. There's 1000s of miles of shoreline like this on the Great Lakes. Your boat would be fine tied off to the dock, if set up correctly. Still seems like the easiest answer may be to trailer your boat.

I really don't like the idea of barbless for bass, though I do go barbless for steelhead. It's just easier to let them shake off when you get them to your feet rather than get your hands wet and pull out the hook when it's sub freezing. I don't run into that bass fishing, and I always want a grip and grin pic for a big fish. As for the OP's video, The only thing I do differently is move the fish with the rod, and reel back down, always keeping pressure on the fish. It works for me. You can find an exaggerated version in videos with salt anglers bringing in fish when deep drop fishing using stand up tackle. I don't winch the fish in, I use the rod to move them, and take up the slack created with the reel. It works really well with lighter spinning gear.

It's interesting to see this head toward the most impractical solution possible. Maybe I missed it, but you could also put the fenders on the dock pylon itself. This in combination with the fenders on the boat worked fine.

Doesn't sound like that was the question he was trying to answer.