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I don't think they are saying it's all luck. I hope no angler thinks they should stop trying to learn and improve and just rely on luck. We should always try to improve what we can control, but we also have to recognize that there are some things we will never be able to control in bass fishing. If we could control everything we would catch our quarry every time. That wouldn't be any fun.

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Some have already said it and I'll say it again. It requires skill and luck to catch big bass. Why does it have to be one or the other? Why can't it be both? It's obvious that Mike Long has excellent large bass catching skills but that doesn't rule out the element of luck . . . . . being at the right place at the right time, deciding to make that final cast after one decides to leave, etc. The big bass skills of the angler will absolutely make a difference over the years in how many big bass he/she catches, but it doesn't eliminate luck. Luck will always be involved because there is so much going on under the water that we will never be aware of. And we can't read the pea brain of the bass. Those of us with less developed skills depend more on luck than someone like Mike Long, but some of Mike's fish are still caught due to luck.

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;D I should expect as much from the Lord of the trolling motors.

Fact 1: We have new members who occasionally ask redundant questions or who do not read the rules and stickies. It is useful for senior members to assist them in obtaining information in the most efficient manner (I.E. searching for past threads.) Fact 2: We have some senior members who occasionally shoot off their mouths for whatever reason. I'm not talking about jabs and jokes or rebuttals that are warranted. I'm talking about arrogant, condescending responses to legitimate, honest questions. In my opinion, the responses in Fact 2 are not needed and I think we, as a membership, could do a better job of policing ourselves in this regard.

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Genies popping out of a bottles of JJ's . . . . . what a silly idea. Everyone knows that Genies come from lamps! But I'll play along . . . . I would ask for one of today's sensitive rods. Secondly, I would beg for my Lowrance.

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What else can be said? For many teenage boys of the 70s, Farrah was the ultimate fantasy. But there was more to her than her beauty as she demonstrated by her three Emmy nominations, and by her willingness to have her battle with cancer displayed for all to see. RIP, Farrah.

Great explanation, Kent! I already understood derivatives. What I don't understand is why they aren't regulated more and why it isn't a crime, in some cases, to do this. To me, what happened with the Derivatives market relating to the housing debacle is fraud and should be punishable by prison sentences. The news media seems to think that some of the organizations selling these didn't know what the possible results could be. I beg to differ. I took only 15 hours of accounting in college and I knew better. Give me a break. These people sold fraudulent securities, walked away with a rich commission, and faced no risk in the process. All of the risk burden belonged to the economy and the working men and women. That's not free enterprise. In free enterprise you take the risk and if it pans out you reap the rewards. These people reaped the rewards with no risk. Did they know that many of the home buyers wouldn't be able to pay the bills to ultimately back the mortgage derivatives? I think that anyone with a basic understanding of accounting should have seen the writing on the wall. Sorry for getting on the soapbox. This subject makes me mad as hell.

It's only six feet deep and it's summer (The location is in Texas I assume). "The night time is the right time."

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Welcome, Matthew! Click the Fishing Articles tab at the upper left of this page and you'll find plenty of reading to help you get up to speed with bass fishing. The articles under the "For Beginning Anglers" section may be especially helpful initially.