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@12poundbass I found my Dad's service records for WW2 on the US Navy's websites. For some reason many Vietnam records are harder to come by.

Sorry y'all but ice goes in your tea not on the ground!

Last Friday my middle brother pasted away, he was a Vietnam veteran, US Army. Like many war veterans they didn't take a lot about their time in country. I'm trying to find a little bit about he's service records but every website I've tried are total BS. Any suggestions? ?

Everyone has their own personal repertoire of confusion that works for them. Ya gotta leave the weedgaurd alone, ya gotta trim the weedgaurd, ya gotta thin the weedgaurd out, ya gotta flex-n-fan the weedgaurd out. Personally I buy quality jigs & seldom have to touch anything. That's a Hack Attack Fluorocarbon Jig, no adjustment required.

I ain't never caught a bass on dry land. Fishable structure is below the waterline.

Joyeux noël, c'est christmas dans la Louisiane.

Hear the Bahamas are nice this time of year!

So y'all can not see the points & flats on these humps?

Dem humps got points on em!

Look at all them underwater points!

Just a dumb Cajun's opinion but while y'all looking at that I be out here looking at this.

@casts_by_fly Dude that's some serious investigation right there!

My grandfather was a carpenter, my dad & his 4 brothers were carpenters. They built entire houses with a folding ruler, a framing square, a hand saw, & a wooden handled hammer. At 12 years old I was framing houses, doing trim, & building cabinets. At 14 years old I was running crews. At 21 years old I was the youngest general foreman working for Brown & Root. I'm also an ASE certified automotive mechanic, licensed A&P (Airframe & Power Plant) mechanic, Certified Manufacturing Engineer (CMfgE). I raised 6 kids & 2 grandkids, if I taught them anything it's a strong work ethic!

YES! And a more detailed topographic map. Based off what I see, nothing interests me.

IDK! KVD has all his tangled in a box, doesn't bother him, ain't gonna bother me.

Ravine, Cut, Drain, or Washout; all are created by rain water running down hill causing erosion. Would definitely like to see the surrounding topography.

Go nuthin concerning Smallmouth I may have missed it but I didn't see any mention of water depth. One thing I love about Toledo Bend is hooking a 8#+ on the bottom in 20'+. I've had em put me on my knees. Saltwater try moving a Goliath Grouper!

There's something about that little curly tail worm that is hard for bass to resist. Y'all were discussing secret lures & I committed, I use overlooked lures. One if the most overlooked & deadly worms is Mr. Twister's Curly Tail® 6" Phenom® worm.

From bank shallow out to 10-12' of water. Every kind of cover & thickness. Lakes/Reservoirs, marshes/swamps, rivers/bayous, & ponds. Two reasons for the weight, casting distance, & I'll flip-n-pitch to isolated targets. Pretty much my goto setup

While I agree with the above recommendations being from South West Louisiana I have to ask. Are you fishing areas that are tidal effected? Tidal waters changes things quite a bit.

Zoom's Horny Toad is a stupid ugly chunk of plastic that's extremely deadly. Greg Hackney's win on the Sabine river brought the Horny Toad to light as an effective buzzbait trailer. The Ultravibe Speed Worm & Craw has the same deadly little tail.

I throw Zoom's Ultravibe Speed Worm or Craw with an 1/8 oz bullet weight. Reel em on top!

Something I do a lot during the winter. I will throw a 3/4-1 oz jig around shallow (10' or less) stumps or standing timber. I'll hit the stump/tree & let the jig free fall on semi slack line. Once the jig hits bottom I rip it up a couple of feet. If nothing move to the next target. From now through March the Rat-L-Trap bite is on! Burn it a foot or two under the surface. Something else I do unconventional during winter. Everyone says fish the north west bank because it warms up the fastest. I will target the south east shoreline which is the coldest. Not all bass migrate to the warmest water!

Speed up during winter by either using heavier weights or faster retrieval rates.