A-Jay

OK - I get it - happened to me on trips south of the border at times. Perhaps, don't 'stay up with the boys' at night & participate in reindeer games. Hit the rack early instead; especially the first few nights. Your mind, body & spirit will perform better the next and each subsequent day, if allowed to recover as much as possible after each days fishing. If not, once you get behind the 8 ball, there's no making that back up. A-Jay

Plenty of solid advice offered already in this one. My version is, Practice how you play. If I want to get good at running long distance, I wouldn't prepare by doing push ups. I'd go run long distance. So when I want to get good at fishing a lot, I go fishing a lot. Work up to duplicating what you want to be able to do, and keep doing it. Start off with slow, take time off and then challenge yourself. Eat, Sleep, Hydrate and fish - rinse & repeat. btw - if you stay in decent shape all the time, getting to this point is less of a stretch - just saying. Good Luck A-Jay

Thanks - here too A-Jay

Results from day 1 A-Jay https://touringanglersassociation.com/leaderboard/ TOTALS 1. 1 Christopher Johnston 24.75 lbs 24.75 lbs 2 Emil Wagner 21.06 lbs 21.06 lbs 3 William Fletcher 20.37 lbs 20.37 lbs 4 Shane Peck 19.33 lbs 19.33 lbs 5 Paul Marks Jr 19.02 lbs 19.02 lbs 6 Allen Armour 19.00 lbs 19.00 lbs 7 Darryl Strayhorn 18.54 lbs 18.54 lbs 8 Cory Johnston 18.16 lbs 18.16 lbs 9 Jason Johnson 18.12 lbs 18.12 lbs 10 Jeff Gustafson 18.05 lbs 18.05 lbs 11 Andy Morgan 18.03 lbs 18.03 lbs 12 Sam George 17.73 lbs 17.73 lbs 13 Sam Benson 17.58 lbs 17.58 lbs 14 Brandon Palaniuk 17.36 lbs 17.36 lbs 15 Paul Driskell 17.35 lbs 17.35 lbs 16 Brooks Anderson 17.18 lbs 17.18 lbs 17 John Cox 16.88 lbs 16.88 lbs 18 Caswell Anderson 16.75 lbs 16.75 lbs 19 Ron Farrow 16.47 lbs 16.47 lbs 20 Cole Wood 16.39 lbs 16.39 lbs 21 Hank Cherry 16.04 lbs 16.04 lbs 22 Maddux Walters 14.41 lbs 14.41 lbs 23 Danny Hall 11.57 lbs 11.57 lbs 24 Paul Marks Sr 11.50 lbs 11.50 lbs 25 Allen Brooks 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 26 Austin Young 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 27 Danny Kirk 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 28 David Williams 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 29 Drew Cook 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 30 James Watson 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 31 Jared Lintner 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 32 Jason Meninger 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 33 Jesse Millsaps 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 34 Jimmy Millsaps 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 35 Joe Eubanks 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 36 Joey Cifuentes 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 37 Jtodd Tucker 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 38 Keith Carson 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 39 Mark Hardin 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 40 Mike Morris 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 41 Randy Dover 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 42 Ricky Robinson 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 43 Rob Jordan 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 44 Robert Chancey 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 45 Travin Moore 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 46 Trent Palmer 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs 47 Tyler Brooks 0.00 lbs 0.00 lbs

Back in the home gym this morning for Workout Day 1. Did end up taking an additional off day. As a veteran lifter, I had to either learn to listen to my inner humanness, or suffer the negative consequences. Ignoring the signs often made a small problem into something else. Either way, I'm back to 4 meals a day, my standard open water regiment. I'll lose some body fat I had fun adding over the winter and get a little weaker (relative term). But I'll eventually feel lighter on my feet and gain some endurance. Both deals come in handy for those Lake Menderchuck deals. #borninfiftynine https://youtu.be/bwNH3epskds A-Jay

@Mobasser WAY TO GO ! So glad to hear you're taking control of your deal and that you feel better as a result. Almost impossible not to IMO. Never too late and the first few steps are the hardest. Keep it going ! And Thank you very much for your support here, I really appreciate it. I know that sounds a little corny but it's true. This thread has over 65K views so you're not the only one checking in, just that very few folks comment, which is fine. I get it. A-Jay

The anglers will be wetting lines here starting today ~ So will it be "nothing new, just an old fashion bass tournament'. Or "catches were way down, we need the Scope !" Either way, should be plenty to talk about, even after Day 1. A-Jay

When you throw it over the side - it suspends perfect level. A-Jay

Just realized they are not fishing today ~ Just a ride around. A-Jay April 1: Check in: 10 am Prayer & National Anthem: 12:50 pm Ride Around: 1 pm – 5 pm April 2 – 3: Full Field Tournament April 4: Final 12 Ease Offs: 7:00 AM Weigh-Ins: 3:00 PM

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

While I appreciate the vote of confidence, Mega sized can be such a relative term. I would tell 'your friend', Something's coming ~ Eventually The cinematic team is still 'scrubbing the video'. A-Jay

Short of following these guys around, I'm not sure there's any type of 'coverage' at all for this first one. A-Jay

I hear ya - But YOU KNOW if you offered me that option, you might not have much to cast to for the rest of the day ! A-Jay

https://touringanglersassociation.com/leaderboard/ Lake Lanier, GA April 1-4 2024 TOTALS 1 Allen Armour 2 Allen Brooks 3 Anderson Caswell 4 Andy Morgan 5 Austin Young 6 Brandon Palaniuk 7 Brooks Anderson 8 Christopher Johnston 9 Cole Wood 10 Cory Johnston 11 Danny Hall 12 Danny Kirk 13 Darryl Strayhorn 14 David Williams 15 Drew Cook 16 Emil Wagner 17 Hank Cherry 18 JamesWatson 19 Jared Lintner 20 Jason Johnson 21 Jason Meninger 22 Jason Williamson 23 Jeff Gustafson 24 Jesse Millsaps 25 Jimmy Millsaps 26 Joe Eubanks 27 Joey Cifuentes 28 John Cox 29 Jtodd Tucker 30 Keith Carson 31 Maddux Walters 32 Mark Hardin 33 Mike Morris 34 Paul Driskell 35 Paul Marks Jr 36 Paul Marks Sr 37 Randy Dover 38 Ricky Robinson 39 Rob Jordan 40 Robert Chancey 41 Ron Farrow 42 Sam Benson 43 Sam George 44 Shane Peck 45 Travin Moore 46 Trent Palmer 47 Tyler Brooks 48 William Fletcher Some Hammers in there. A-Jay

Hardest part for me is just putting them on. Sometimes I'm stubborn (OK - All the time), and won't. Always ends up being an unnecessarily uncomfortable ride that includes quite a bit of duck & cover behind the wind screen to prevent a frozen face. SO MUCH BETTER with them on. A-Jay

That 1550 lbs dry hull weight will jump up a bit when you add a tank of fuel, your motor & gear. Still a single axle candidate IMO just ensure the trailer tires included are load rated to meet your needs. I'm thinking a trailer tire load rating of D or maybe even E should do it. Good Luck. A-Jay

My trip across Lake Menderchuck this morning was pretty sweet. On the cooler side, but still worth the price of admission. btw - love the Mad Dog ATV UTV Goggles. A-Jay

Bummer - Glad no one was hurt. Hope you have the Wild Gander Coverage, it's a special this month at All State . . . They've got you covered. A-Jay

I just bought 3. I like them. A-Jay

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ Perhaps direct your question(s) in the rod & reel forum. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/forum/12-fishing-rods-reels-line-and-knots/ A-Jay

LOL ~ I'm trying to picture that disaster, but unless one is as skilled as you are, it seems pretty hard to do. A-Jay

A couple of years ago, I had a decent jerkbait bite going and I was pretty excited about it. I was in some deeper water and my rig was blowing around a bit. Rather than reposition the boat, I stepped to the stern to cast at the fish. Reared back to launch my favorite (at the time) Vision 110+1 into orbit, and the bait clipped one of the Talons. Both my reel and the bait blew up. Made no attempt to pick out the backlash, simply retired the rig to the rod locker. Ended up taking the snips to it later and and re-spooling with fresh 10 FC. As a reminder, I kept the busted up bait. Still use it as a $25 casting plug in the yard. Morale of this story is, stay on the bow. A-Jay

Workout Day 5 this morning. My lower back was barking at me so I accounted for that. Skipped the core work. Might need an additional off day. Have to see how it goes. It's always something. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

Tongue & Cheek comment. Used the OP's own words. Seems he understands perfectly well what the challenges are here, yet is unwilling to modify anything to improve his deal. For the price of a pizza and a half a tank of gas, he could. A-Jay