A-Jay

We were in St Ignace yesterday - Lynn had a medical appointment But the ride was nice and it was a super beautiful day. The kind you want to save for a few months from now. Enjoy your VaCa. A-Jay

My Green Bass PB came south of the border. While fishing a ¾ ounce SK Redeye Shad (Sexy Shad) right at sunset in front of some bushes on a “nothing” bank. This fish absolutely Lunched the bait. She weighed 11lbs 11 ounces was caught on Nov 11th (11-11 2013) My PB Brown bass smashed a big spinnerbait I was burning across a flat. Pretty close to sun rise I guess on 12 Sept 2017. I thought it was a Big Pike for how hard it was pulling and she never jumped. After seeing that gut I can understand why. I was pretty pumped when I read the scale. A-Jay

It very decent. Especially love it for re-spooling spinning reel spools. Zero line twist. A-Jay

Wow ~ Heck of great morning ! Congrats A-Jay

LOL ~ I'm a little wacked out. Took an extra day off today. ? A-Jay

If I can trade it in and perhaps 'upgrade' I'll do that. If not, most of my stick now come with a decent or better than average guide train, I may salvage them off the blank for later use. Especially the tip top. I used to save the handles to help re-spool line but I have an actual line spooling station for that now. Beyond that, I do like @FishTank's tomato stake idea. A-Jay

I try to remember when fishing a jig/trailer that I am presenting on the bottom, (not swimming) that most all of the strikes are going to come either on the fall or while the bait is sitting stationary on the bottom. So if 'the bottom' is not suited for that, I'm fishing something else. What does suited mean ? Glad you asked. The harder the better in most cases for me. Big wood, sand, rocks for sure, and hard bottom areas that have stem like weeds such as lily pads can be good. However, Super soft, mucky or algae cover deals often see the jig sink down into it and often completely out of sight. So besides having to continuously wipe & clean all that spooge off my bait every cast, it's most likely not fishing very effectively. If I feel like I MUST put a jig in there, I'll go super light, fat bulky trailer (rigged flat) and big mono to help counter act some of the above. Doesn't always work and I'm usually better off fishing something 'weightless'. Come at me bro A-Jay

Nice Bass ~ And may your Loomis IMX jig rod rest in peace. (or pieces) Congrats - Condolences & Congrats (on the new rig) A-Jay

I am on the road but will respnd here in a few hours. Btw, I managed to get my PB brown bass on video. Stand bye. A-Jay

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

I do what I can not to make what's already a pretty stressful deal for a bass, any worse than it needs to be. Recently streamlined my 'handling' to help decrease the time out of the water. I believe the times we live in have improved this sport wide but there's always going to be at least a little carnage. Either way there seems to be far less of this . . . . . A-Jay

Happy Birthday my friend ~ I know it can be difficult considering the circumstances, but perhaps treat yourself today, even if it's something small. Lynn & I are keeping both you & Dee in our thoughts. A-Jay

See, so it's not just me. In the service during 'transfer season' (Summer basically) about 1/3 of the entire service relocates/moves. So we found out real fast who we could count on, who we couldn't. The best folks helped everyone they could and got all the help they needed when it was their time. A-Jay

I knew this was coming, even before I read it. Can't argue with your success my friend. Just wish I could duplicate it. A-Jay

Best way I've found to help determine what level a particular friendship may be at, is to ask the person to help me move. Somehow the thought of lifting and carrying heavy furniture & very large appliances filters out the phony bologna (or baloney if you prefer) Maybe it's just me. A-Jay

I think that counts for double ! All nighters are a Bear . . . . A-Jay

No doubt and even earlier if I need gas in the truck or the boat. As an OG I need to off the water by noonish or I'm nodding off at the wheel on the ride home. No Bueno Hardest part might be climbing in the rack the night / afternoon before, two or three hours before sunset to get enough sleep. A-Jay

Big Fan of first light and have been for a Long time. While I love the night bite too, most of my biggest fish (including my PB) have come before or just at first morning light. https://youtu.be/frJAlndpO7E Next several weeks or so there's often a wide open very first light topwater deal at at least two of my favorite brown bass haunts. Doesn't last long but it's so addicting and so worth it. Deciding which one to get out on is often the hardest part. Love first light - it's a commitment. A-Jay

I can admit to all of the above ~ Well, except for @Darth-Baiter's deal. Which I'm very happy for. I can add that I probably don't go fishing nearly enough. So often I'm waiting for 'the perfect type weather'. (wind direction, & speed) A-Jay

Same for me. I am no longer in denial however and the last few years at least I have taken steps to reduce my deal to a more manageable level. #sellingstuff Still have a ways to go. But at least now there's more going out than coming in which was not the case for a LONG TIME. A-Jay

Before you respool, run your problem line out behind your boat for a minute. Nothing on the end, no leader either, just the braid. Then reel it back with a little tension between your fingers. It will untwist it which might be part of the problem. Fish it for some time and see how it goes. Someone will be along here shortly to list what can cause the problem, or at least contribute to it in the first place A-Jay

I get that. My overall point was, although on the surface it looks I'm long bombing casts with little to no regard as to where it might land, that's not always the deal. Often times I'm directing my presentation to a spot or target (isolated laydown or weed patch) at depth, that I can't see and is a long way out there. Misses have little to no chance of success. Also I might not know if I missed, as I can't see it. Casting to a bush on the bank, I pretty much know if I got it or not. Granted I do not need to hit a tea cup, but it's all relative considering the distance. I started fishing this deal because it's challenging and no one else here does it. The little shoreline cover there is gets hammered. I fish stuff that goes relatively unmolested. A-Jay

Cool Idea but how do we know it's a 'him' ? I'd go with Amphibius or King Harold A-Jay

Cleans my Humminbird screens & units nicely. As well as the consoles & winds screens. A-Jay

I don't think my casting skills are anything special. It's clearly an important aspect of my fishing, usually takes practice to be good at it and I have put the time in; on the water and off. I fish clear water, mostly for fairly wary brown bass, so I'm routinely quite a ways 'off' the fish hoping not to alert them to my presence. I get a few so my casting accuracy seems at least average. But I've come to learn about a different type of casting accuracy. It happens at night but totally comes into play during the daylight hours as well. And it revolves around my electronics. Under the cover of darkness, rarely can I ever 'see' what I'm casting at and or fishing. So I had to learn how to read, interpret and judge direction & distances from my sonar unit and then translate that into an effective cast. Big Learning curve right there for me. Started out doing it from a canoe with an extremely basic Humminbird unit that did not exactly offer a high level of accuracy. Have since been able to take those skills learned and put them into action on the The Pro-V Bass; with far better units on board. The external heading sensor was and is a game changer in all of this day & night. I am now able to get pretty darn close to marked targets (most sub surface and I never see) with regularity. Gets me a lot of memorable bass. At night I can usually be positioned closer to my targets but during the day most all of my 'casting accuracy' needs to happen while long bombing a cast. I do a modified two hand, 3/4 side arm thing, some of which was born out of hours and hours of standing in the night time surf on the east coast. Gear used there was big and taxing to use. Bass fishing gear, IMO is not. Add in the wind and it becomes a very interesting & challenging deal. But I love it all just the same. Finally, anglers with the newest Forward Facing Sonar units have taken most all of this to a whole new level. I might never see that deal. A-Jay