Team9nine

Yeah, you're wrong. Buzzbaits will never become obsolete -

No interest here. My general opinion is that any time they try and mix two distinctly different materials to create one great new one (line), the results are mediocre at best, and you usually end up with a line that does nothing great, but a lot of things just 'OK.' I much prefer the actual parent material where appropriate. Not what I'm after with my fishing, but am open to trying eventually if I hear good feedback from a few trusted souls...not holding my breath though

This might go contrary to many opinions, but I base the decision primarily on retrieve speed combined with target depth I'm fishing. If you need to slow the bait down, use a larger Colorado. If you need to speed it up, go Indiana or willow depending on how fast. Lots of component variations to get the desired outcome irrespective of water clarity.

Haven't seen any of the mentioned videos or anything, so just an opinion...but I don't see: > FLW changing their stance on co-anglers in 2019 > BASS and FLW merging in any way in the near future ...and the big wait and see in the room is the potential announcement coming from MLF later this month about their [possible] big expansion plans.

Best 'tip' I ever got - "There's no such thing as, 'The fish aren't biting!'" It puts the onus on the angler, where it should be. Doesn't matter what the weather has been like this year - I'm still catching plenty. Accept that if you aren't, you just need to keep trying alternatives until you come across the right combination of location, timing, and presentation for your waters.

Not at all, but I believe it is a 2 minute penalty under MLF rules...

Here's a somewhat different take. Just my experience, but to win one of these things, it's usually best if you're throwing the "right" bait, right from the beginning, and all the way through the event. Since you say one of these baits usually wins, and your track record at guessing isn't great, just pick one of the two and commit to fishing it all day, every event. When the bait you pick becomes the "right" one for that week, you should be competing for the win, then simply don't worry about the other weeks. You'll still catch your share of fish from the sounds of it.

Exactly... ?

Ditto...

Nice mixed bag today from a local reservoir. Besides a dozen green fish, I found a big school of white bass willing to eat along with a bonus walleye. Sat on that group for about an hour and caught a bunch before resuming my chase for bass.

I've got a couple ponds where they go nose to the shoreline in those depressions. Figured out many of those fish are catchable even after I spook them off the bank ?

Rolled my eyes at it the first time I saw it pre-ICAST...opinion hasn't changed

Biting bass were just a nice bonus tonight...

Warm summer evenings and biting bass - a good combination in my book...

Lol - Glenn may need to update the sites filters to throw some astericks my way next time

Dippin' or Doodle Sockin' were also common names given to long pole fishing in various parts of the country, and in some areas applied to both bass and crappie.

Jigger Pole

I'll try and do the same. More just curious than anything as text explanations sometimes just aren't ideal. Agree that if a knot works for you, that's all that matters - don't fix it if it ain't broke. Thoroughly whipped a 16 pound buffalo yesterday on 3# braid with a 6# leader and a FG/Palomar knot combo.

Would be interesting to compare short video of how we each tie. My main doesn't cinch before tag with any line except braid, and in that instance, I too always pull tag only at that point. But fluor/mono/copoly all just cinch together instantly by pulling both lines equally for me.

Sounds like this might be a bit contrary, but IMO, if you are tying a Palomar correctly, you pull both lines (main and tag) together and there should be almost zero friction with this knot. It simply cinches up immediately. The only line-lure connecting knot I've ever used with every line type for over 30 years now without a problem.

Nose hook on a splitshot rig and actively fish it...as in stitch them in or slowly pull and let sit...or drift along tight to bottom if in a boat. Never been a huge fan of dead rods myself.

If you want to learn all the details, track down and buy a copy of "Lunkers Love Nightcrawlers." Should be able to find a reasonably cheap copy for sale online. It was published back in the 70s by the editors of Fishing Facts magazine, and covers the original Binkelman 'Nightcrawler Secrets' material, along with Buck Perry structure concepts...and more. Still the seminal piece of work on the subject to this day, and just as effective in the right circumstances.

Only ever happened once on a baitcaster, with a leader, and to a $25 Megabass no less. It was somewhat of an experiment and has never happened again...mainly because I removed all braid from my baitcasters and simply went back to my trusty fluorocarbon ?

August, and the bluegill in two ponds nearby are still making beds

LOL - They have made a couple reels I really liked, and they have made some pieces of junk I couldn't stand. The problem is, they (good and bad) were often in the same basic line of reels, not high price/low price. Quality control must have been a big issue in the past. Maybe they've resolved it by now, but my share of their reels is at a minimum because of those past issues. Maybe A-Jay is on the Quantum "A-Team" along with KVD and doesn't get "off the shelf" stock models ...jk