SoFl-native

As somebody mentioned it is all calories in and calories out. Assuming your diet hasnt changed you are burning more calories then before from the change in activity level. Same calories in as before + More calories burned then before= weight loss. simple as that.

That isnt true. You arent dealing with constants here. There could be quite a difference in calorie burn depending on the exertion level. Even if the distance is the same. To illustrate: Get in your truck and drive a mile at 5mph. Then drive a mile at WOT. The fuel used will not be the same.

Great story.

OP: I never, ever would have given that guy a fish.....especially after he was being a jerk.

Funny looks? Try wearing a full faced buff when fishing fresh water. Guys look at us like we are crazy. Long sleeved shirts, buff, sunglasses, hat pulled low. Buff blocks out 99% of UV radiation.

I know many humans who dont seem to learn anything.

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ughhh dont get me started on that.

Forget landing the fish......i hear about huge fish that just hit the bait. They always use half pound increments too......Like: "I had a huge fish crush my top water......it was at least 8.5 lbs." As if guessing the weight of a fish you barely see isnt BS enough.....you actually expect me to believe you noticed it was an 8.5???? Puhhhh leaze.

Your Dad kind of looks like a younger Paul Newman.

I ordered a reel from them a few months ago and had no problems at all. Got it in like 2 days.

how big was the gator? That sucks. Usually with a small fish you can man- handle him into the boat to escape the jaws of death.........but not with a 9 lber.

It was also interesting to read what he had to say about fishing during the spawn: Philipp recommends that to preserve bass populations across North America, management agencies need to protect the nesting males during the spawning season. "There should be no harvesting bass during the reproductive period. That makes sense for all wildlife populations. You don't remove the adults during reproduction.

He got 6 nightcrawlers with minimal effort while his perch buddies chased minnows all day. Sounds pretty smart to me.

On the second or third boil and miss, i would have made a change. A smaller more subtle bait, a different color, lighter line, slower presentation.......something.

^that.

Why do you think it should share the record? It weighed less than the world record. There is no way of ever knowing what it weighed just out water.

Is it the first saturday of every month? Anybody know the details on this? Entry fee? etc....

I will discover a pattern and then over analyze it and try to make it better. When i should have just stick with what was working originally.

Spro frogs and buzz frogs cast well on baitcasters.......unless you are dealing with crazy wind or something.

it depends. If i hook a fish and he jumps off after a few jumps then sometimes no. Although i will cast in the area again hoping to find a different fish. Now that i think about it......i almost always make a follow up cast.....even if i know they arent coming back.

the buzzbait is kind of a unique bait in this situation as it can draw many short strikes. You should always have a follow up bait with a buzz bait.

pondmaster32 on a thread making binge.

Did you fish for peacocks in So FL or S America?

It totally effects how a person fishes a bait. If you have ever seen a person fish a bait they dont like.....they reel it in way early with disgust.....they work the bait with frustration.....it is horrible. No surprise they never catch fish on it. The confidence factor IMO is more important than the color of the bait. Sexy Shad is a shad clor with a chartreuse stripe for god sake........its not the color......its the confidence in that color.