Everything posted by A-Jay
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I think that's like asking how many licks does it take to get to the tootsie roll center of a tootsie pop. The world may never know. A-Jay
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I have No Idea if or what a red treble hook on a bait is suppose to mimic or what a bass might believe it is. And I don’t actually care. But there's No Way to convince me that it REDUCES bites in any way, shape or form. I've extracted too many from trophy size bass to change back now. YMMV A-Jay
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And I still buy them. A-Jay
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That's the first FC I used too. Was also the last for about 5 or 6 years. I will admit that in many respects, they named it perfectly. 😎 A-Jay
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The very first few versions of flourocarbon line. I was using it as leader material in front of braid on casting gear. The knot strength was non-existent. I was on a killer jig bite for 3 days and I bet I popped off 20 bites on the hookset. I was fit to be tied. You'd think I would have learned after the first 2 or 3. But, nope. Not this snappahead. I wiil say my rig got a lot lighter without all those hand tied jigs on board. You can't fix stupid. A-Jay
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According to the local national weather service, the home team here has accumulated 102.9 inches of snow so far this winter. We like that. Only need 4 more feet and we'll be at the seasonal average. A-Jay
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Been pretty much what we'd be expecting right about now weather wise. Air temps under 10 past few days with on and off snow. I sort of let the cat out of the bag a little while ago that there is another Lake Baccarac trip in the works for this fall; looks like Nov. Anyway, I've been slowly picking away at that 'list'. Don't need much, just getting gear in order and such. As for the Open Water deal, I'm looking at 96 days. So once it's under 100, I become a double digit midget. I like it. A-Jay
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Workout Day 2 on this frigid Sunday in the north woods. Completed 3 working sets of the 4 movements scheduled today. Nothing fancy, just doing the work. #borninfiftynine A-Jay
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Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ I'm several miles north of you. A-Jay
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You Sir are an INSPIRATION ! Congratulations for not only having one heck of an excellent January trip, fishing solo is hard enough but willing yourself through those nasty brutal conditions and Still weighing killer smallies. Im-Pressive ! And I know it's early on yet, but the bold text quoted above will be a contender for quote off the year for me all of 2025 ! Nicely Done . A-Jay
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Hello and welcome to Bass Resource ~ So, state of the art electronics paired with 60 year old reels ? I don't get it. A-Jay
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Thanks for the kind words my friend, I certainly appreciate it. Any of us who puts in the time and effort into preparing to capture once in a life time moments and then it doesn't work out well, KNOWS 'The Feeling' - It's pretty brutal. I say that to let you know that I do share your pain, so I hope you can get past this soon. And let's Focus & Celebrate the hard work & effort you put into catching that awesome bass. Revel in that success. btw- it's 3 degrees here. 🥶 A-Jay
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First Congrats on a great bass - and you know it's a great bass. We all do. But losing the video is no doubt Such a GIANT Downer. (and my worst nightmare and one reason why I run two cameras.) Really hope you can get the data back somehow. I would really enjoy hearing another basshead besides just me 'begging' for the fish to stay pinned and go in the net. And we both know you did plenty of that . . . 😎 Either way Congrats again on a Great Bass . . . And it happened once. . . . . . . . . It could happen again. #fishhard A-Jay
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Here's my list, which actually covers several years on the water, recreationally & professionally. You may notice some repeat offenders. Sunglasses - 5 pair plus. Ball Caps - Several A 10 lb mushroom anchor (don't ask) Deck/Boat shoes - some right foot, some left. Had a marker buoy sink out of sight one time, that was fun. Lost an assortment to tools standing in the surf at night. And finally, I've lost my mind more times than I am willing to admit. In fact it's mostly half gone right now. 🤪 A-Jay
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Hey Swamp Slayer, you need to fix that. (netting, unhooking, measuring, and photographing) the smaller bass, is just practice for the mutants you're destine to catch. I hope to learn from all my video & picture evolutions, so that I have it down "PAT" for The One Freak of a Freak I might catch. Good Luck next season. A-Jay
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Agreed ~ My default line is; "Habitat trumps genetic almost every time." Clearly whatever 'genetics' are needed to grow healthy bass is a great starting point. But a simple way to support this is just looking back at the Hay Day of the west coast trout eaters. They didn't start getting crazy big until the trout stocking started. Might be a somewhat extreme example, but I'm not sure those fish had special genetic to start with. Since the stocking has stopped, the giants routinely caught there are few and far between. Also, insert the Goby. Caused a brown bass explosion in size up this way. I won't even talk about a particular lake in Mexico. So I'm good with, "Feed Them and They Will Grow". A-Jay
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My friend, there were many times we wished everyone could exercise your level of common sense. Apparently it's somewhat rare. But I guess that's job security for the first responders. A-Jay
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No Doubt @Catt - However heading out into perilous conditions when we were called to do so, is the very essence of the job description. (depending on your rating of course, and my wife and I were both Boatswain Mates. Some light reading. A-Jay
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Fish it and find out. A-Jay
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I can see that - especially in a bog. But it's a little different out on the open ocean where there a chance one might get run over by a 900 ft container ship that wouldn't even know it hit anything. A-Jay
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Can't comment on the OP. However on the subject of fog. I've been there and done that. In a professional and recreational capacity. Professionally, we would train for it by placing blankets on all the windows of the small boats/cutters we were working with to simulate ZERO visibility. Then using Dead Reckoning (Stop watch, a paper chart, dividers & compass) NO GPS in those days. We would 'navigate' to our destination; hopefully not running aground or worse. This was training so there was never any worse, which can not be said for actual rescues. We called it 'Fog Nav training" and doing it in rivers was particularly nerve racking - #movingmedium However it did prepare us for worse case scenarios of night time and or fog rescue evolutions. Recreationally, I like fishing in the fog, as there's rarely anyone else on the water here and the fishing's usually pretty good. https://youtu.be/S_Owp6ZVN0U?feature=shared&t=78 A-Jay
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In my mind, sort of a perfect storm of events occurred. First, the 'problematic zebra mussels' ended up cleaning up the water quite a bit. Then, 'the problematic' goby ended up becoming a readily available, super high protein food source for just about every fish in the ecosystem that could choke one down: Including walleye & trout. The round goby usually grow three to six inches long but can grow up to ten inches and are egg eaters. But game fish reproduction seems OK to me at least. Either way they are apparently pretty easy bottom dwelling prey. I'm sure the experts, will identify some down sides to their presence, but I'm a fan. Every lake I fish that has them, the larger game fish I catch all seem 'very healthy'. Not saying, Just saying. A-Jay
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The Gobified Brown Bass up this way are really freaky big and getting bigger. Only a matter of time before the next 'record' size fish is landed. If by some crazy twist of fate it happen In my Lund, you might see me catch it, might see me weigh it, and if you do, you'll also definitely see me release it. A-Jay
