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How long do your batteries last? Usually about 1:30 - 2:00 pm I'm outta juice 🤔

No one has considered the bass! Even if both anglers are standing shoulder to shoulder it virtually impossible for both to make it exact same cast. There will be times when being a foot off target will result in being skunked.

Pre-spawn starts around the 3rd or 4th week of January.

IDK, 4/0 Mustad UltraPoint penetrates pretty fast. I think it's the same hook on the Siebert grass jig. I throw lighter jigs than most anglers, I will go down to a 1/4 oz when targeting the outer grasslines or openings.

X2 😉 Seibert's grass jig at one time was listed as a grass/swim jig. He's Shot Caller Swim Jig would make a great grass jig. What are Swim Jigs designed for?

Genetics matter 😉 https://texasoutdoordigest.com/fishing/freshwater/lake-naconiche-record-bass-is-descendant-of-falcon-reservoir-sharelunker/

Texas's ShareLunker Program is the exception. Every body of water in the state is man-made & stocked by the ShareLunker Program. Some are maintained for all around pleasure fishing, some are maintained for tournament fishing, some are maintained for trophy fishing. For trophy bass genetics is first consideration, if the genetics are not the rest doesn't matter.

@Swamp Girl In the beginning there was only red, green, blue, white, & black. From there we went to infinity

6th Sense Movement 80X

I know Green Pumpkin is loved by most anglers but it's my least productive color. White is a color I throw a lot, white Ice is probably my favorite. Bone (white) Orange Belly poppers. Sapphire Blue jig trailer or lizards Gold, Black Back, Orange Belly Rat-L-Traps & Rogues White, Chartreuse, & Blue spinnerbait skirts Black Neon Falcon Lake Craw on this jig

There's a plethora of "cross over" lures. Any soft plastic lures & techniques. Zara Spooks, Chug Bugs, Pop-R Single spin spinnerbaits Buzzbaits Various spoons Alabama Rigs Hard Jerkbaits, shallow crankbaits

One fried - one smoked

@woolleyfooley In my personal opinion Strike King's Hack Attack Fluorocarbon Jig is the best jig for everything but rock. Bend the weed guard down & it's a straight line to the hook similar to a Texas Rig. Like @Jigfishn10 mentioned I do not want a stand up head in "grass". I do however want a jig that doesn't fall over when at rest.

Work great for vegetation, timber, or brush

The Rinky Dink is a 1 ½" x ¾ oz chunk of solid lead that vaguely resembles a small fish, a small spinner is attached to the tail end. Thrown in is a small treble hook that not even attached to the lure; the line is threaded through a hole in the body and tied directly to a split ring/hook, meaning the weighted body can move up and down on the line. The lure was developed in the early 1990s by local angler Hugh Rinkle molded off another local bait called a Wing Ding that had been discontinued. Once the bait was put on the market, anglers began learning just how effective it could be but the only problem now with the lure is it's not longer in production. However, there's still an option: the Norman Knock Off; as the name implies, it's a copy of the Rinky Dink. Rinky Dinks are late fall and winter structure bait fished deep on the main lake or shallow in the creek channels. While many anglers equate cold temperatures with slow moving small lures this can be a big mistake. Rinky Dinks are most productive when casted and fished with a yo-yoing retrieve, the bite all most always comes on the fall and will be extremely subtle. When you feel something that's just not right, set the hook! To effectively fish the Rinky Dink or Knock Off, I usually use 12# fluorocarbon matched with a medium to medium-light rod; even at ¾ oz the Rinky Dink (5/8 oz Knock Off) is definitely not a power bait. Lighter line makes a difference in the number of bites and the lighter rod will give you a better hook sets without ripping the lure out of the bass's mouth. By Glen Freeman from Louisiana Sportsman Magazine

What I look for in a jig is a smooth transition from the line to the eye & around the belly, which requires the eye to be slightly rolled forward. Examples: Terry Oldham's Eye Max Strike King's Hack Attack & Flourcarbon Seibert's Supreme Grass Jig Most anglers try forcing a jig through grass which is all wrong, you gotta finesse the jig through grass! When you feel the jig starting to load up in the grass...stop. Release pressure, pull up until you feel heaviness again but apply slightly more pressure, then release, continue until the jig breaks free. You want the motion to be similar to & as fast as working a shaky head, you're just applying more pressure. The denser the grass the more vertical you want your presentation.

@Mike L Moma is doing a lot better, her appetite is back yet.

Oh happy day! Only about 80% & improving 😉 Stomach bug pretty much gone. I damaged both knees but the right knee more. That's the one I tore the ACL, had surgery on, & did damaged the ham string. Thanks for all the prayers y'all

Being sick is often described as being under the weather. Well I've been under a category 5 hurricane since Veterans Day. That night I jacked up my back & both knees...again. Then Saturday before last my wife & I contracted a stomach virus that's spreading here locally. Spent most of the week taking meds & sleeping. But I will be back...soon! Later Y'all 😉

Still cover the same amount of water. There are just as many times a slow retrieve will out produce a fast retrieve or vice a versa.

@JHoss Covering water doesn't mean fishing fast. I cover as much water as you i just do it more effectively. I throw Megastrike Cavitron Buzzbaits which are designed to be fished SLOW.

Why certainly 😉 Most anglers fish buzzbaits to fast.