A-Jay

No need to brave the elements my friend. Amazon Prime to the rescue ~ https://www.amazon.com/Wonderful-No-Shell-Pistachios-oz/dp/B01E76E5MQ/ref=sr_1_9_s_it?s=grocery&ie=UTF8&qid=1542683192&sr=1-9&keywords=pistachios ☺️ A-Jay

Well Sir, I'm right there with ya ~ However when I'm at my best I can ration them out . . . A Shot Glass at a time . . . Usually goes pretty quick though: especially if I'm manning a second shot glass simultaneously. ? A-Jay

Hello and Welcome to Bass Resource ~ A-Jay

Fixed that one for you. A-Jay We may never know. Oh Man, it's only November ! A-Jay

Maybe . . . ? A-Jay

Nice Bass ~ Congrats ? A-Jay

Solid Plan. Admittedly I do much of the same thing; including some of my own exploits. But it's not even Thanksgiving yet so I'm not quite ready to start into that deal just yet. Close though . . . . ? A-Jay

Brett Hite who has been a long time fan of using a glass stick for vibrating jigs & has but many, many Benjamins in his pockets with one, has apparently jumped ship to a composite blank. btw - for what's it worth - I prefer a composite blank too - but I'm a hack . . . ? A-Jay

Haven't tried them all - but here's what I can tell you . . . First, I usually do not prefer graphite for cranking. (there's always a few exceptions) I own & have fished The Lamiglass SR705R & 765R both very nice fiberglass (yellow) blanks a few years back. After two seasons of cranking with them I'd say they were decent but definitely a little softer than I'd prefer. A couple of seasons into it, I 'tried' the first run of Quantum KVD Composite Cranking rods. Loved them. Bought 4 more. IMO they offer the type of bend & balance I had been looking for. I have since re-homed the first run models and purchased the newest line and have been fishing these with quite a bit of success ever since. My PB smallmouth as well as more than just a few other trophy class brown bass have been taken on these rods. I use the TKVD706MB & TKVD746MB the most and for deep cranking the TKVD7106MB gets the nod. For the price - they are hard to beat; but I'd pay twice what they ask to get the same performance. ? A-Jay

While perhaps leaning towards more 'moderate' than 'moderate-fast' - and although they 'weigh' more (c'mon really ?), when throwing many moving baits and most all treble hook baits (except topwater) my favorite parabolic bend stick are All Composite. ? A-Jay

Tucker & I on the way down the trail this morning. He seems to be wanting to know ~ "When do I get to pull the sled ? " ? A-Jay

We are well on our way to good sledding conditions over this way ~ Tucker's seemed ready this morning. Won't be long. A-Jay

There are a few brands that will include a few "moderate-fast' action sticks in their lines. However many are limited to the MH & H blanks and are often only offered at the longer lengths. St Croix's 2018, Legend Tournament Bass line however, offers blanks they advertise as Moderate Fast Action. They can be found in M, MH & H power and in assorted lengths. I have & fish a couple of these and Like them quite a bit when I want a 'softer' rod for a specific presentation. ? A-Jay

This still image was created by a Japanese neurology professor Yamamoto, and he told the instructions below: If its not moving, or just moving a little, you are healthy and has slept well. If its moving slowly, you are a bit stressed or tired If its moving continuously, you are over-stressed and might have mental problems. But I think it's moving backwards for me, so I must be all jacked up ! ? A-Jay

A friend of mine's new PB ~ 12.23 lbs Just obscene. ? A-Jay

The cold weather in-the-house footwear (OK Slippers) for the past several years for me has been Cabela's Shearling-Lined Bison Slippers. Very comfy ~ ? A-Jay

Me too ~ ? A-Jay

Yup - that bait has yielded several plus sized brown bass for me as well. Fortunately I have not experienced any type of MB bait degradation - ie the swelling deal. Kind of happy about that quite honestly. Are your baits stored of left in super hot or humid locations ? ? A-Jay

Been throwing this deal for a while - not as long or with the same effectiveness as @Catt but I still manage to catch a few. Clearly standard jigs have their place and I fish them often. But when I want to get into & just as important, out of, moderate to heavy cover, including timber & grass, I use this rig. Accordingly, I prefer to peg the weight. ? A-Jay

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Totally a fan of not jacking up a fishery in any way. One reason I chose not to bed fish - ever. (And that's a whole different can of worms right there) And if I ever could 'find' one of these magic wintering holes, where there's thousands of giant smallies congregated on one spot, I'd have No Problem sore lipping a couple of hundred without ever retaining a single one for even a minute. Never really have tough - especially if we keep having December in September . . . ? A-Jay

Perfect - not so in this jurisdiction however. But there is a time frame of catch & IMMEDIATE release, so boat rides are prohibited. (Wow - tons new emoji's) ? A-Jay

Something to consider perhaps. Mr. Pyzer offer's some interesting thoughts. And while I'd agree that moving fish a long way from wintering holes prior to being released may be unnecessarily stressful, I can not agree that this article (and his 'research') confirms it as a death sentence. "Unfortunately, the problem occurs when we livewell the biggest bass that we catch in the fall, cull them out as we move around the lake, over the course of the day, and then photograph them at the end. Often letting them go miles away from where we caught them, far from those critical fall home locations. What appears to happen, as OMNR biologist Barry Corbett demonstrated when he replicated Ridgway’s multi-year tracking study on Lake of the Woods in northwestern Ontario, is that when we move the bass, instead of binge feeding in the fall and restoring their energy levels, they use up their reserves as they desperately search for home. Corbett speculates, in fact, that the fish expend such enormous amounts of energy searching for their familiar home ranges, that they go into the winter starvation period in much poorer physical condition and perished. What he discovered, in fact, was that between 35- and 50-percent of the bass that were moved, were dead the following spring" Were all these dead bass confirmed - or 'speculated" ? How did he arrive at this number.? Whatever the deal is - the recent B.A.S.S. Elite derby results regarding the size & numbers of smallmouth bass caught on the St Lawrence River this year - must have not been part of the research; because it was ridiculous & record setting. Seems that population is in pretty decent shape. A-Jay

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No problemo ~ Funny, I don't fish them locally. Real Pike magnets ~ snip the boot tail right off ! Hate it. TW has a decent selection & $$ A-Jay