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Absolutely not, lol. Most bass anglers use barbs as crutches (ribbing my fellow bass anglers, hee hee) against a true battle with a real chance for losing in a moment of lost focus. The barb keeps fish on. That’s the truth. But it can make releasing fish hard especially when gut hooked that’s the truth. For myself, I’ve been doing a good job going barbless and crimping barbs when possible because it surely it makes releasing fish very easy. To your question, do not keep a fish if it isn’t legal. It isn’t not worth the trouble if you get caught. The thing that helped me on this was realizing that the fish I might have fatally injured, could very well be a meal for another animal looking for food. So loss of life, yes, but not always a waste of life. Go HAWKS! Really? Wow. ?

WRB is completely right about how many of the salmonid chasers feel toward bass. I actually like this attitude because it means fewer idgits, yup, idjits chasing bass for me. All they do is moan and complain about how salmon and steelhead fishing has gone so far down the tubes. They hate everyone and make even the snobbiest self-righteous CNR only bass anglers look saintly.

We have limits in our state so just follow the rules. So if you want to keep, you can. Our lakes are naturally high in mercury. I read that somewhere a long time ago (I think it’s in the reg book) so if you’re going to eat them, it might be a good idea to release the bigger ones for your own safety. Screw the guy looking at you. He has no right over you. Just follow our state’s and he can’t do jack. With that said, I think many of us here practice catch and release by choice. One thing to also keep in mind that you probably already know is that bass are on their own in our state. There is no stalking program for them. And this is one reason I don’t keep them because I know that’s the least I can do. Did I mention my family doesn’t eat fish, lol?

It is very easy to do! If all you have to is replace the tip or reglue it, as mentioned one of the tips in those tip repair kits is sure to work. and it the new tips don’t fit, you should be able to find it at a place like mud hole. After I bought the kit, i just watched YouTube videos until I felt comfortable and did the replacement and it was easier than I thought it would be. So go for it. Trust me. If I can do it, anyone can. Not only that, you’ll come out of this more knowledgeable and come out looking like a hero to your son.

You most likely experienced what we call line dig. This happens with braid that is 20# test of less. Step up to at least 30# or better yes higher than that. I too am a bank angler. It can happen whenever you exert enough force using your rod and reel to free your lure from a snag. The more you exert the more the line digs into itself On the spool because the line is so thin. The best way to eliminate is as I said to increase the thickness of the braid. one way to reduce it if you insist on using braid that thin is to remove the the rod and reel from the snag releasing process or any process that will dig the line into the spool. heavier have a good chance of busting through the line dig than lighter lures. The latter can get stopped cold turkey in the air, drop and hello nest without a matrix-able thumb.

I like and use those too. No doubt on those ridiculous spots. Both of these also pushed me toward the preference of no keeper.

When I first read the title, I thought this was going to be a thread on hard core Daiwa fans jumping ship and swimming ? toward Shimano. Now that would be a day and a half. Thanks for the review. I used to demand that rods I buy have hookkeepers but long ago I changed 180 to prefer no keeper. Last thing I want are scratches on my rod blank and I don’t have super high end rods. I think that is why I think many “higher end” rods don’t have keepers because something that expensive probably shouldn’t be marred with such scratches. I suppose one is that uptight about scratches on a blank like someone whose awesome sports car got keyed by a jealous X, lol.

Cooking wine, lol.

When it comes to fishin’... I ain’t got time to FEED...

Great imagination! I remember when I first saw this reel. I immediately imagined a glowing red eye oscillating back and forth like a cylon. To the topic, people will pay what they’re willing to pay.

Like I said, but now it’s confirmed and having other monkeys ? to boot, “The force is strong in this one.” ?

If I were drinking or eating something as I read this, I would have spit it out laughing MAO. To my other dark side brethren, the monkey (bait monkey) is strong in this one. ??? You’re pretty new here but you’ll soon know about this primate very soon.

Sounds like you really don’t need the reel, so you can send it to me and I’ll even pay for shipping. My address is... lol. Sorry I can’t help you further, my brain is paralyzed trying to process the myriad of possible configurations and combinations. As already mentioned just try it out on a rod you have now and see where that leads.

This is awesome. Good job on him and you and the member.

Hot dog. I think I saw one last week when I was working in my yard and I thought it was definitely odd. I knew it wasn’t a bee because it was huge comparatively speaking AND it was that color. Fortunately, my matrix style reflexes were sufficient to evade it as it buzzed around my head and I didn’t make moves to aggravate it but yowza. And if you need to know, I live in the Pac NW. ?

It should not change distance much at all. The rod is going through the same motions as an overhand cast, but in a horizontal instead of a vertical plane. Lost distance if any should be negligible. If the wind is strong, say blowing left to right, you cast left of your target and let the wind push it to you intended spot ? if it’s coming right at you and really strong, then the low side arm or side arm roll cast are your best bets. Lastly, when it comes to bc reels the adage you get what you pay for shines, lol.

Bam! This was my first guess too.

Size of jig head, blades, types of blades, the line he’s using, even his method of retrieve are all factors that you need to consider and duplicate. I feel your pain. Spinnerbaits were a super tough nut for me to crack. I started fishing in 2004. So I grabbed spinnerbaits as a few on the first baits I’d try to learn. By about 2010, not one dam bass on a spinnerbait. Inline spinner? Absolutely! Spinnerbait? Sorry, Charlie. It ticked me off so much that I signed off and gave up using them or bothering to try. I did everything I could figure to try. Fast forward to 2018. I finally decide to revisit and problem solve this because it was always nibbling at my craw and I couldn’t stand those bass laughing their butts off and teasing me in my head. It finally clicked. Through trial and error, I found what gave me my best chances to catch them. My bass preferred 1) a tandem combination followed by the Double willow most of the time. the single Colorado I think 2 bass at night. 2) lighter colors like whites and chartreuse and sometimes a firetiger type combination most of the time for most of the day. reds and blacks seemed good as it got darker 3) Line choice. And I tried from lighter to heavier. I don’t know why but stren 14# blue mono. ONLY. My stren was about 12 years old and was the only line I had save going to the store. It was kept in a safe place so I put it on my reel. I got five bass in about 18 minutes. Now this is a guy who tried catching one on a spinnerbait since 2004. When my line got too low to use, I found out my local stores didn’t have any in stock so I bought a “normal” 14# mono. It was stren. Result? Strikes dropped big time. When I finally got the blue stren, catching was back on. Still don’t know why this blue stren is such a huge factor for my bass. It’s perplexing but I also won’t complain. I am also a bank angler so I know the unique challenges and frustrations bank anglers face. Just keep experimenting with all the variables.

Depends on how you told him. for example if you told him, “If you post a report about this lake, I’m gonna kick your donkey, you #*}*{^{^.” That might be considered out of line. but if you said, “Hey bud, that is awesome that you caught a lot of fish and had a great day and I know you want to share your excitement with others and that is cool. But did you ever consider the ramifications of what could happen to your new honey hole if you let the cat out of the bag? Everyone and their covid-idiot cousins will be out there, fishing your honey hole fishing it dry — you wouldn’t want that would you? So if you want to post a report, go ahead but don’t disclose the location.” true and hopefully persuasive and the honey hole is saved and no one got their feelings hurt or blood pressure raised, lol.

So you broke the rod yanking on it to free a stick jig? That’s what I’m interpreting from your writing and if that’s the case, it is not the fault of the braid. The rod could have broken with any other line too but braid’s no stretch trait just made it a little easier to reach the rod’s breaking point to snap like a twig. Yeah it’s a tough lesson to learn and now I make it a point to never include the rod in the equation of freeing a snag. Just me, the line and something like a dowel or something other than my bare hands and fingers. Haven’t broken a rod that way since. Now falling down and landing on it or slamming it in the car door, been there, done that. Sorry for the loss.

Awesome! Thanks for the tutorial. I have not made a jig like that and WA state governor is opening fishing on May 5. I’m gonna check what supplies I have on hand and try to make a few similar. Incidentally, the smallies have been teasing me all winter and spring knowing we can’t fish. I hear them, lol.

I got one from harbor freight, cen tech. It is about $50 and i can’t count how many times it’s been a life saver for me for my daughter’s car battery. It has a trickle mode that is handy when a batttery is practically dead. It can also jump start a car. I reckon those two things might be standard features though.

Sign on a church entry door: For those of you with children and don’t know it, there’s child care in social hall.

Where did you here this?

Hope it comes back negative. My daughter took one last week and it came back negative.