J Francho

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Can you taste colors? Original question, I like X-fast, unless you're using something in very heavy cover, then I like a mod-fast. I want that XH power spread out across the whole blank when fishing like that.

Those reels were not that good at all.

The Taylor Swift story is an interesting deal.

He can barely afford drum lessons - and he needs them badly lol.

Artists deeply dislike Spotify due to very low earnings. I think if they can tack on some moral grounds to jump ship, then it presents less PR issues. The optics of leaving Spotify on these grounds are not nearly as damaging as say the whining Metallica spews about streaming services.

I don't think that's a get out of jail card. This is gonna get smelly.

NPR reported that text coming from Belicheat.

My Orvis has hints of oak, cherry, and apple blossom, lol. I posted the picture of the actions to at least get on the same page. While CCS is pretty objective, I don't think you're gonna see the industry get away from the current non standard, relative terms.

Which is it? Faster or Slower? It's a simple concept.

6# Tatsu.

After 16 years, who knows...

Wow, lots of judgy replies in here. First off, the boat in the show is a not a bass boat. It is a very heavy, wide hull, deep-v walleye boat. It takes quite a few horsies to motivate it. 67 mph may sound fast, but isn't really all that fast. I was running almost 85 mph in my last boat, a 21'10" Bullet with a 2.5L Merc Racing motor. I don't know the exact HP, but I'm gonna guess north of 250. That hull was very light, at only 1280 lbs., so power to weight ratio is bit different than in the OP's example rig. I will say this, most bass boats with the maximum HP on them will do more than 60, and like I said that isn't that fast. The difference between 75 and 80 is like night and day, and things just seem to get amplified. My particular boat was a pain to drive in the mid 50s low 60s. Chine walk was bad and it just never felt natural on the pad without trimming down like you would do for a turn. It took me at least two years to learn how to really drive that boat, and I have 30 years of experience handling motorboats. I also usually set it up (prop pitch, engine height) for hole shot and acceleration performance rather than top speed. With that setup, it would plane in seconds at around 16 MPH with a top speed around 76. My next boat will be a bit larger and have a Merc Racing 400R Verado, and I expect it will do around 75 mph, which is fine for me. In short, fast is relative and speed is not for everyone.

The Washington Commodes, lol.

Texas rig it and fish it deep. My largest NY bass came on a 10" Powerworm. I'll be trying these this year for sure!

When I would fish from my own dock, I caught more fish between our dock and our neighbors' docks than under ours. Something to think about. If the boater is targeting the next dock, hit key pockets in the gaps between the docks.

I don't remember a time when I didn't fish. Must have started around 2 or 3.

Not really. I have a couple tools to remove the pin.

Learn a backhand-side arm cast. Most boaters like to move by docks with the port side facing shore because it is easier for a right handed person to cast. learn to cast from left to right, back handed, and you can hit the spots the boater missed.

Heathaze, from Duke. Carolina Rigs make no sense to me, never mind they are boring to fish and difficult to detect a bite on. They are over complicated to tie up and seems like the only purpose is make sure the line gets wrecked before you get bit so that you break off. They don't work around here with all the zebra mussels. A drop shot is a much better tool for the task of getting your bait down deep.

Yeah, it doesn't clean the parts well and takes longer than just using acetone. Please note, I would only use acetone to clean bearings. Anything else gets industrial strength degreaser and a fresh water rinse. I use Perfect Solution: https://rotundacleaning.com/rotunda-store/perfect-solution

By poop jigs, I'm talking about Ned rigs. They are literally marketed as TRD, lol. I mean, they're great if you like to catch little perch and rock bass along with small bass.

Why would anyone want to deal with a slug as bait?

Yeah, I mean there's technically no right or wrong in fishing - just dumb (Whopper Ploppers), overly complicated (Carolina Rig), or a total waste of time (Poop Jig). But I don't have any strong opinions either way lol.

This is pretty much as I know it. The descriptions in the strategies series of books has a description and a cross section of most types.