A-Jay

Congrats on that sweet PB and such a Great Bag of Brown bass. Welcome to the 6 lb Club A-Jay

That's excellent. Always nice to hear good news health wise. Exercise rarely can overcome an indulgent diet. But get both on track, there seems to be noticeable benefits. And the longer we can keep it going, the longer the benefits seem to last. Congrats. A-Jay bwt - this thread just went over 98,000 views. What does that mean ?

While I'd say 2/3's of my better fish locally are pre spawn chunks, My PB Brown bass came on September 12th and the PB Green bass came on November 11th. Although not a local resident fish. A-Jay

They can be berry twicky ~ A-Jay

My father was in the Navy as well. Do we win something ? 🤓 A-Jay

Ok then. I got nothing. A-Jay

Finished off the month with Workout Day 4. Seems a couple of shots of Old Number 7 in my pre-workout drink, is very relaxing. You should try it. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

I've had this happen. The fix for me with a weightless hook was to Slow Down the retrieve. A weighted hook would help if I felt like I needed to move the bait with a little more zest. A-Jay

I've dropped a few fish over the years. Some more memorable than others. Can't say with any certainty that one of them might have been a personal best. The ones that haunt me the most are the ones that pull like a freight train, but I dump before I ever see them. A few years back on what turned out to be one of the last casts of a week long trip on Lake Baccarac in Mexico, I hooked a LMB on a swimbait that just about ripped the rod out of my hand on the strike. She then proceeded to totally school me by running hard over a deep rock ledge completely shedding 25 lb FC in what seemed like an a 8 second ride on the back of Bodacious. Never saw her, she was gone before I knew it, and managed to scare the ba-Jesus right out of me. Haven't had a bass pull like that ever ! On the local fishing front, and one I got a very good visual on in this clear water, there's this beast of brown bass that slurped a jerkbait close to the boat. Looking back at it, probably Not my best hookset. But I get to relive it in 1080P and hopefully learn something. A-Jay

When I'm on The Right Ones, whatever the bait or technique may be, it's working for a reason. Personally, I do not have to know what the reason may be, just that it is working, is good enough for me. So I will usually let it play out. For a while. However there have been MANY deals where a slight variation to the successful deal has paid of. A different profile (larger or smaller) a different sound signature (rattle vs silent) a more subtle or even a super bright colored pattern or a different depth (deeper running vs regulars or shallow running bait, has allowed me to pick off a few more or even one bigger bite I might not have realized without a slight bait jog one way or the other. The important part of that for me was learning to and having the confidence to pick and choose my spots. As I do not believe it's totally necessary to change things up Every Time. My final tweak, is to go home and come back when they are feeding. YMMV A-Jay

My confidence baits are always seasonal pattern and current conditions dependent. This was last season's confidence baits. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/263885-productive-baits-2024-edition/ I can really only ever have confidence in a bait or technique when it 'matches' the above. There are many times over the course of an open water season where I feel like I'm about to make it happen. (insert confident) Sometimes it does and just as many if not more, when it does not. I might be a hack but I've never found ONE bait that gets the bites I'm looking for all season long. My confidence is born out of fairly repeated net, scale & camera use. My lowest level of confidence is a common theme when I'm trying or learning a new deal. However if & when I figure it out, that changes pretty quick. Usually end up building a nice cart at TW. 😎 A-Jay

Fishing is totally on the back burner for at least the next 4-5 weeks. I'm living ground hog day. Wake up, do yard work, Sleep and repeat. Try to sneak a workout in when I can. But honestly moving dirt is all I need for now. Long way to go and this is a least a two year evolution. Can only do so much at once or in a day. And Lynn has been simply Amazing ! 😎 A-Jay

Bambi has been spending the past few days balled up under some scrub brush in our side yard. Mom picks her up each afternoon. Photo compliments of Lynn and her trusty Rebel T7 ~ A-Jay

Sorry to hear that. Hope it's resolved soon. A-Jay

Being at the Right place, at the right time and doing the right thing can help. Sometimes the suns out, sometimes it's not. A-Jay

Accu Cull Digital Scale 55lb - Replaced the hook hanger with a small Rapala Fish Grip. It gets some use. https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/211811-brown-bass-tools-~-questions-answers/page/5/#findComment-2701982 A-Jay

Great Bass ! Lake Menderchuch strikes again Congrats A-Jay

Workout Day 3 ~ I was ready, willing & able. All good things in this particular case. I'm betting my bone density is pretty decent at this point. #borninfiftynine A-Jay

Currently I have 6 GoPro's I think. Two are the current version which operate OK and several from past versions that are in various levels of operation. While not perfect they are IMO reasonably dependable. My biggest grip is video operation in HOT conditions. They overheat and it's been an on going deal since - well inception I suppose. That said, I have been fortunate enough to capture some life time memories in both video & pictures from that video. So I can not totally hate on them. A-Jay

The stock 0W-20 is like water. I dumped it yesterday and used the 0W-40. Still pretty thin but better. I am choosing not to take my rig back to the dealer until the day I trade it in. If it makes it that far. I don't want them testing it and then keeping it leaving me hanging with some stink Azz cloth seated tank that I will curse every time I get in it. Fingers crossed. 🤞 A-Jay

Perhaps monitor they way the braid lays on the spool between cast and especially after you've reeled a bait all the way in. Seems something is damaging the line within the length of the cast. If the line is wound on loose on the spool or even has loops, they may be contacting the reel spool frame on the cast. This repeated high speed action often weakens the line which will eventually fail and somehow it's always at the most inoportune time. This can be a big problem with FC. Add in picking out a few wicked backlashes and air born lure loss becomes a regular occurrence until this is addressed and corrected. Good Luck 👍 A-Jay

That's a full day of bass catching for sure. Congrats. A-Jay

Thanks. Seems you ask as bit more of your rigs than I do of mine so IMO, I think you made a wise choice. In the big picture, this is mostly an inconvenience, still a PIA. I am willing to go the long way to help eliminate risk, not just manage it. But this deal is out of my control and that makes my left eye twitch. 😉 A-Jay

Old Info and mostly useless click bait. A-Jay

Experienced anglers sharing information, never goes out of style. A-Jay