Glenn

It's as if the weather shifted one month this year. Feels more like February than March. Had snow flurries a few days ago, and frost every morning this week. Usually that all goes away by the end of February.

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This has been discussed in-depth here: Feel free to pile onto that thread and add your comments.

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Yep. Just thought about it yesterday, in fact. Freaked me out when it originally aired. That launched a whole new era of reality-like movies and tv shows.

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Show off? Meh. If it's truly a lunker, then ya, it's great to show people what you accomplished. But really it's about taking pics of something you enjoy doing. Everyone does it, be it biking, hiking, building a deck, vacation pics, family pics, endless baby pics.... If they love it, they take pics of it. I love seeing pics here, regardless of fish size. <begin rant>I get annoyed by people "calling out" somebody because they think a fish is smaller in the picture than claimed. I know for a fact most people cannot accurately guess the weight of a fish from a pic anyway, so the argument is pointless. But let's play along and assume somebody has the superpower to accurately know the weight of a fish from looking at a pic, and said fish was smaller than the angler claimed. So what? Who cares? He was out fishing and caught a fish! YES!! The dude with the superpower is just being a jerk, and has completely missed the point. Let the guy embellish a little bit. Who cares? Such a petty thing to be concerned about.</end rant> I love seeing all your fishing pics, all shapes, sizes, and species. Seeing people out there enjoying the sport with big smiles on their faces just makes my day every day!

I never understood lumping in Chatterbaits with crankbaits for this very reason. I use the same spinnerbait rod for Chatterbaits without any problems, and I'd never use that rod for crankbaits. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

No need to PM anyone about it. We automatically get notified when that happens, so we already know about it before you can PM us. Thx

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Some of us old-timers might remember the old adage was that you could tell a female from a male by the shape of their anus (oval vs. round). That myth has since been debunked. But I still see people clinging to it and passing it around as "fact". So if you still think you tell the sex of a bass just by looks, well....time to shed that myth.

Wait, what? Really?? Is that you Don? Man I thought you left for good! Well golly Miss Molly! Glad you're back. I get get your original Avid profile back for you, just let me know. And - again folks - check your profile NOW to make sure your email address is current. That's how these things happen...over and over again.

How about "Irene"? She's tired and wants to call it a night. As soon as the door is opened to let Covid exit, this forces its way through the opened door. Geeze. Can't we all just have a boring year for once? Fishing is supposed to be fun, relaxing, exciting, and for some, an escape from stress. So topics like this aren't what I want to see here. It goes against all that. However, this is literally on the forefront of everyone's minds worldwide. It would be remiss not to at least acknowledge it here. It's been acknowledged. G'night Irene.

Yup, this is what I've been saying all along. See how he dropped the tip of his rod an instant before setting the hook? "Cracking the whip" is what I call it - putting a small amount of slack in the line and then slamming it home! And so many people dog me for not doing a tight-line hookset like Hackney. I'm not saying one is better than the other, but Shin has the "slack line" hookset down to a science and demonstrates why it works so well. That's exactly how you do it.

I used to have friends (and ex-girlfriends) ridicule my obsession until I created this as my response: Haven't had to give that speech in decades. On another note, I live in a state where the game department has declared bass, walleye, and catfish an "invasive species", and is on a quest to exterminate them, all in the name of the Almighty Salmon. Despite, of course, any evidence or studies whatsoever that demonstrate they harm salmon populations. So...that has a way of "empowering" trout and salmon anglers to discriminate against warm water anglers.

Wow guys. I'm humbled just to have been mentioned and honored it's more than once. I'm speechless. I've fished with many BR members, and can truly say each time was a unique, memorable, and fantastic experience. There's no way I could limit who I want to fish with. I want to fish with all of you!!

Straight from the pro who introduced the technique to the U.S.

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Your original account had a Hotmail email, which I presume you no longer use. So I merged your new account with your old, but retained your new email address. You should be able to log in now. Folks...check your profile NOW and make sure the email address is still valid. This happens every spring when guys return the forums after some time off. Don't be "that guy" LOL!

It's worth repeating:

And if that's not enough, here are several more points to take into consideration - really this is about enhancing your PFDs....