A-Jay

A Musky catch of most any size is a beautiful thing. Here's some video of two of my favorites - solo by the way . . . https://youtu.be/ex3v1uogEcg?si=-Lz2BSBHtmiD1cRV&t=330 https://youtu.be/c8ncmrbV3-M?si=lcTImsnXc8ezRuT8&t=504 A-Jay

Same Bait—different bait, I've seen both work, and I've seen both not work. Here's a same bait throw that worked this spring. She took a poke at a jerkbait once and then got it on the next cast. A-JATad took a poke at my bait once and got it on the next cast A-Jay

Things are progressing gradually but steadily. April & October We kept the dogs off it all summer so it could establish. They'll be back on it once there's some snow on the ground. They will like that. A-Jay

Nice fish. So what's it like being in the witness protection program ? A-Jay

Hello Evan and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

Hello Mark from Houston, Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

Nicely Done ~ Love the "Action Shots" too. Congrats A-Jay

Thank you, but no guiding for me. I'm just a hack who gets lucky sometimes. A-Jay

I get that - However, a 3000 deep spool spinner can hold a bit more 10 lb braid than I'd probably ever need. So I make up the difference with a little backing. As for my connection knot - I look at it like this. My knots don't know where they live. This implies that a connection knot attached to my bait is indistinguishable from a knot attached to my backing. Either it's good or it knot. See what I did there ? A-Jay

When plus-sized bycatch is common, reel size & line capacity matter. These fish are capable of pulling significant drag, particularly using bass tackle. Getting spooled is a very helpless feeling. I use 3000-size deep spool spinning reels & 150- and 200-size casting reels. Usually with at least a little backing, especially with small-diameter braid. A-Jay

Back at it with Workout Day 1. Completed 3 working sets of the 5 scheduled movements. It took me a couple of extra warm-up sets to get into the groove. But I got there eventually. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

Hello Dana and Welcome to Bass Resource. Sounds like you guys do a lot of snagging. A-Jay

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I've been hitting it hard the past two weeks, my version of that at least. Including yesterday, it's been a bit frustrating, honestly. Water temps everywhere here look more like August than mid-October. With almost a week of cold rain coming in and a couple of the better lakes turning over now, I'm going to wait for a last-minute chance at a Hail Mary. Meanwhile, I'll finish winterizing everything except the boat. Might be able to get into November, which would be unusual. A-Jay

It's a 13-year-old reel. When new, popularity varied. https://www.tackletour.com/reviewdaiwat3ballistic.html Shipping costs have gone up quite a bit recently. It's worth what someone will pay for it and I think it would be inappropriate for me to put a price on it as I'm not an interested buyer. Good Luck with your sale. A-Jay

SK Sexy Dawg Hard Knock does a lot of heavy lifting for me. And I use spinning gear. A-Jay https://youtu.be/Vsl5A_YmHzs?si=Di4qKhtErmIZaxlg&t=44

IME, triggering fish that have already fed can be a tricky proposition at best. So many overlook timing—just because we find fish on bait doesn't mean they are feeding. At least half the time if I leave and come back at a different time or day. I get bites. That's a 50 percent improvement. Low light surely helps. Good luck A-Jay

Congrats on the cool bait find. I use #4's on my 110 size jerkbaits to handle the size fish I catch on them. #nottoobig A-Jay

After a fun day on the water and a maintenance day off, I was back in the home gym for workout day 4. Completed 3 working sets as scheduled with one exception. For the last two Day 4 workouts, I've performed a bodyweight lat pull-up instead of the cable lat pull listed. I like these and will probably make the move a permanent change. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

I think it was spring 2024. Might have been fall. Vision 110 in Shrimp. A-Jay

Hello Mike and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ Nice Intro. A-Jay

I just saw & read it. Hope it goes well for her. A-Jay

First off, how's your Mom doing? My custom cover is high quality and very protective. Still doesn't do anything for the water spots on the hull. Goes on & off OK, but is sort of time-consuming and a bit of a PIA doing for every trip' solo and in the dark. The shortcut is the long way and the long way is the shortcut. YMMV A-Jay

@Nitro 882 ~ Congrats on the unexpected discretionary income and good luck with the recarpet job. I'd say that you have a wonderful selection of tackle and associated gear. I empty my rig before having it serviced at the end of each season. Two years ago I snapped a picture of what came out of my Lund. Since then, there have been slight changes, but not significant ones. I realize that my tendency towards redundancy may seem excessive. but it's been a part of my life for many years. I've 'tried' a few times to work towards lightening the payload. But everytime I take two things out, I put three things in. I was losing the battle so I'm going to just stand pat for a while and see how it goes. A-Jay

Agreed, the just pulled out of the water the wipe-down is the best-case scenario. However, I still have a need for this product. At least half my Lund trips on the water include me staying late and I'm putting the boat on the trailer well after dark. Then there's the chilly early & late season (snow) or I need gloves or fishing in the rain trips. These scenarios see me wiping the rig down in my garage when I get home or even the next day. A-Jay