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Exactly why I brought it back . . . A-Jay

Perfect & Timely. A-Jay

Really hard for me to take this guy seriously in any respect. I'm willing to bet the gas in that life vest was expended or even missing altogether. btw did he have one of those special floating phones ? A-Jay

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

Hello and welcome to Bass Resource ~ I found this . . . https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/235128619206311/ Probably not a stick I'd use for bass fishing. A-Jay

How did it workout ? Did you successfully solve your own thread ? A-Jay

I have been using the same knots for a while. Because they are easy to tie, (night or day) so that works for me. Additionally, they all have a good beat and are easy to dance to. #americanbandstand SDJ/Pitzen - FC bait connection Single uni knot - Braid/mono bait connection Uni to Uni for any and all leader connections. Blood knot to connect main line to reel backing. I am considering trying the might knot. A-Jay

I use weather underground https://www.wunderground.com/forecast/us/mi/gaylord/45.03,-84.68 A-Jay

@casts_by_fly Nicely Done ! Congrats. As always, I am really anticipating my first trip of this 2024 campaign. Might still be at least a couple of weeks away. A-Jay

Saw this one coming a mile away, LOL. I was even tempted to post it for you but I'm right there with you though. However sometime around mid May 'schools' of the little rig wreckers invade a couple of flats I fish regularly. I get all wired up and feed them their favorite chartreuse square bill. (Well it used to be, there ain't much paint on it at this point) Over and over. I will whale a significant number of them for one full morning. Every other cast type deal just to get it out of my system. I call it Pike day and it's when I am seeking a years worth of revenge. And I know you know exactly what I mean. 😃 A-Jay

Push 1 workout this morning. After a full day of working outside yesterday, in the sun I might add, I was feeling a little ruff around the edges for this one. Blew off the core work if that tells you anything. Either way I did what I could, but I will be taking at least two days off after this one to hopefully recover some. #borninfiftynine https://youtu.be/LoI_lEi9qGk?feature=shared A-Jay

IME "Wind" is just one piece of 'the puzzle'. Can be a little tricky looking at a single deal when it comes to seeing 'the big picture'. Either way, the wind is almost always a fairly major part of any fishing story. Assuming we are talking safe wind, in almost every scenario, I prefer at least some. But there's a quite a bit more to it (which is what makes all this just a blast). Direction, speed, duration all factor in there some how. Then we throw in seasonal pattern, past, present & even future weather patterns, and the puzzle gets bigger. Like so much in bass fishing, I have found no hard & fast rules when it comes to the wind. There's plenty of 'sometimes' stuff that I can & often do often capitalize on. However, there have been far too many times where, for example 'that special wind blown point' has been a total bust, to call any of this deal a sure thing. I've managed a few decent fish 'in the wind' and have done OK when there was less wind. But as mentioned above Flat A$$ Calm can be some pretty tough sledding, especially up here for northern Brown Bass. Except for night time and early morning topwater, then it's like the south side of Heaven. Fish Hard A-Jay

Yes @Catt But I'll need to shovel the snow here before I can head your way. In the mean time get that FFS machine fired up and tuned in because that's the only way either of us will ever catch any bass ever again. LOL

Parties over but it was nice despite being short lived. As wild as this sounds, we had big time thunder & lightning all night. With big dogs trying to sleep on my face, good times. We're Back to reality. A-Jay

Thanks ~ Glad to hear it Jim. Good Luck but be careful. You might get your arm broke. A-Jay

Crazy warm here today - broke a 73 year old record . I actually pulled the Pro-V Bass out of hibernation and gave her a much needed bath. Be a while before that happens in February again Of course there's a winter advisory for 6 inches of snow tomorrow. 36 days to go. A-Jay

Nope - never have, never will. I get plenty of bites and just don't lose fish on jerkbaits nearly enough to even think about changing anything. "One of the problems with fishing is too much knowledge. When people have too much knowledge, then they get to emphasizing little details way beyond where they should be." Seem applicable here. A-Jay

When selecting leader length several factors come into play for me. And when specifically talking about medium and medium light spinning gear, the following is one of them. When a big fish is close to the boat, and making at least a couple of hard, fast runs, in a last ditch effort to earn her freedom, where is the connection knot ? A shorter leader might have that knot burning bach and forth through the entire guide train several times. And under quite a bit of strain. While a longer leader, say 25 feet or so, puts that knot on the reel, usually before the fire drill even starts, and it stays there the entire time. Meaning I am fighting my fish on just the leader. I use a uni to uni exclusively and with some success. YMMV A-Jay

Hard no for me. But I am considering having a drift fry tattooed on my forehead. A-Jay

As an OG and getting more OG, I am completely indifferent as to what or how much FFS gear pros have or what it costs. The whole concept tweaks my inner basshead soul, right to the core. So I've been completely tuning out of this deal for a while and will continue that for the foreseeable future. Mean time and like always, I'll set my focus on my own recreational fishing, which unlike much of this, makes me happy. YMMV. A-Jay

Swim Jig A-Jay

Legs 1 workout this morning. After plenty of warmup sets, I got right into it. The old bones don't exactly love it when I train a little heavier, but I don't think they totally hate it either. I know I like it. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

So my 'prediction' still has 37 days to go. However, on a whim I took a ride over to check out local Lake Menderchuck after my workout this afternoon. Almost put the GMC in a ditch . . . OPEN WATER ! Are you kidding me ? 26 Feb ? ? ? ? About 1/2 the lake is wide open and I'm finding it a little hard to breath at this point. We'll be keeping a very close eye on it but the weather pattern coming up is all crazy. Hot, cold, wind, rain, snow a mixture of all manner of things. Could still be a full 2 weeks before it's even remotely decent enough to launch. But I'll take it. #KooKoo A-Jay

Estimating wind speed & wave height on the water can be a bit of a tricky deal. Exaggerated 'Big' numbers get thrown around all the time. Either way, there's really only 2 kinds/sizes of waves and wind speed levels that matter. First one, regardless of actual wave 'height & period' and wind speed, is within the operating limitations of the boat & operator. Second one, IS EVERYTHING ELSE. An operator can still get him/herself in trouble while operating in that first one, especially if and when they are inattentive, on unfamiliar water and or using excessive speed. Matching boat course & speed, motor trim and timing waves is critical to safe transit. And ALL of that can and Does NEED to be manipulated by the second. Just 'DRIVING' to the ramp' without taking any of that into account is a Huge mistake. I have experience in much bigger conditions,(but I was in a rig designed for it, my Lund is not). So that experience tells me the waves in this clip were 3-4 ft (at best) and all I wanted in my rig. Earlier that morning the ride heading in the opposite direction was wetter and took three times as long to get where we wanted to go. Looking back, I should have stayed on the beach. Moving forward, I will. If the main motor had failed at any point, this would have been bad. Stay Safe A-Jay

This area has a Huge recreational vehicle and boat population. Goes all year so there is no off season. Snowmobiles, Atvs and boats line up for Rec Gas. Myself included; for everything except my truck. REC vehicles are allowed on all this counties roads. Places have parking just for them. Rec gas, efree, is offered everywhere here and is always very close to whatever $$ premium is but usually less than diesel. Gotta pay to play. A-Jay