J Francho

They're unisex.

New Deck Ross Norman "Wild Child" by Politic.

Put them away, boys. Looks like the OP got a resolution.

Every new worker needs to trained how to work hard. Today we have ways to work smarter, too. I don't work in an environment that most would consider heavy labor (web development), but I work with a lot of very hard working people ranging from millennial, to gen x, to hippies, to baby boomers. We all learned the value of contributing. I don't see any correlation to home ownership and laziness. Laziness is usually a sign of boredom, which I see as a kind of anger. Find out what makes them happy, teach the to work hard and smart, hold them accountable, and you'll get contributions.

Amazing fish!

Season with garlic and dill to taste.

I'm 47, and I still love splitting firewood by hand. That looks like good fun, if it's not your daily job.

That anything matters, until it does.

Nice fish in the heat! This always amazed me when we'd go swimming around our dock, too. Not even just under it in the shade, either. You'd hit cold spots, and warm spots. Some cold spots were much cooler than water temps, which up here can get close to 90. Tells me that surface temps don't tell the whole story.

So, slow down when you don't get a back lash.

You're probably right about less nerve endings, but pulling a hooked fish and touching the fish illicit the same basic fight or flight response, because they feel something, and try to get away.

HA! @Keri's reaction when one hits twice! Good stuff!

Get a Leverage Landing Net.

Seek professional help at that point.

It detected, or felt both, and reacted. It didn't think, that dude touched me, I have to swim away. They aren't like, that hook hurts, swim away. It's far more basic resonse than that. It's a foreign sensory input their brain and nervous system reacted to. If they couldn't feel the hook, they wouldn't react, and therefore there would be no fight.

I like those coffin bills!

Hasn't caused a problem in 20 years. It's a small amount of salt. We in fact use it in freshwater aquariums all the time as well. Please release me is an excellent product that I've used for years for keeping fish for tournament weight in. There's probably a small amount of salt (electrolyte) in the Sure Life product. What I suggested is called a salt dip. Two different things.

I'll do you one further, if you accidentally scuff one up really good, you can put a cup of Kosher salt in your livewell, set it to recirc, and let it stay there for 10 minutes, then let them go. Cull tags help with gentle removal. The Kosher salt in that percentage is safe for the fish, and will stimulate slime coat production, and ward off parasites.

In years past, it's bee a Popmax in white python. This year, it's back to a Rage Craw in Bama Craw on various Texas Rigs.

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They are constantly producing slime coat, so I'm not even too worried about that.

It isn't invasive if they exist and are not the top game fish in the lake.

I didn't mount one, but have used a portable to grill up burgers or dogs for lunch. Be prepared for other boats with hungry anglers to surround you, lol.

Perfect. Keep them off your fish! Let them have their Waldos.