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All my baitcasters have the handle on the left, it feels more comfortable and I feel more “ at the ready” when setting the hook. For when you get that bite right when it hits the water or when pitching in the heavy stuff.

I glad too…. I have went and got friends of mine and towed them back, so might have had to call in a payback haha.

Yep my day was a bummer but it wasn’t the worst day I’ve ever had. I going to change fuel, clean filters, and drain carb. Charge the batteries. The trolling battery is old, like 4 years old, it doesn’t owe me anything if it’s ka-poot. Things like this just happen So true…. Almost loosing my watch and going over board, made me think of @papajoe222 with his inflatable not working. I was wearing mine but I going to change the bobbin anyway.

Hi everyone, My day of fishing yesterday was a total bust….. I haven’t fished with my boat in a few months. Planning a trip to the Keys, wife’s birthday and family get together has taken a lot of time from fishing. I did bank and dock fishing, just not the boat. Well, the day before, I pre-rigged poles checked my gear, put line conditioner, started the boat….. You know all the pre-check stuff, I thought. Went bed not with sugar plums dancing in my head, but with me casting in just the right spot, netting bass, all that good stuff. Morning of, it just daylight I head out, mile from the dock, boat quits. Anything over an idle, it stalls. After monkeying around with the boat for a while. I decide I’m going to fishing, heading back to my dock, with the trolling motor. I drop TM in the water, head for the shore line, as I get closer. I notice I’m slowing down then not moving. As I raise trolling motor something catches my watch, pulls it off the arm, it flips for the water. It‘s canvas band the Velcro on. I manage to grab it just as it hits the water, with me almost going in too. Back to the trolling motor problem…. Dead battery…. So much for my pre-check. After that, I call it…. It just wasn’t meant to be. I got the outboard started finally…. Idle back to my dock…. It would have been a nice day to fish. Slight over cast, was supposed to rain that evening so that usually starts the bite. Anyway I enjoyed the morning on my way slow trip home, drank my ice tea, thanked my little boat for getting me home. I’ll start figuring out what all is wrong today.

Congrats on the 1000….. your pond looks so peaceful.

Keep us updated, I’ve got an empty rod.

Trout fishing and bass fishing aren’t that much different, having cut my teeth, so to speak on trout. @10,000 lakes Bassin is a great rule of thumb, in my opinion. I always say fish the transitions, shade line or shadows, weed line …… where a creek meets a lake or river. On the edge of an eddy or anything where there is a change. But @king fisher advise is the logical advise.

Palomar for braid Improved clinch for mono

Sounds like a good day on the water

Hi from the Sunshine State of Florida.

Great catches, beautiful place.

Wow Glad your ok

@Joedodge ……Looks good, did you bolt, or rivet the framework. When I pull up the pic it gets fuzzy. Getting rid of 100lbs is going to make a difference in the boat. I had a lot of fun when I did my build. Can you post a pic of the overall deck area? From stern to bow or vice versa.

Welcome back From the Sunshine State of Florida

I would change it too…. You thought I had a crank bait missing an eye. Man did I catch the smallies on that thing. I used to tell my friends that the fish realized he didn’t have an eye and the bass thought he couldn’t see them on that side, and they would blind side him. I lost it in the rocks, bought one similar, pop his eye out, don’t think I ever got a bite on that thing.

I fish @BigAngus752 said out a little further from the tree or cover, I try and fish the shadow line of the morning sun. We have a few springs on lake George too, just have to find them hanging out around them. It attracts the party people in the summer too, hard to fish the transition of the sand bar with a Za-Zillion people parked on it.

Happy 4th everyone, glad to be here, in the United States of America.

Sending good vibes your way…. Been there too.

Hey …. There you are, been ok?

I went thru the coffee phase for a while too… I had a press, percolator, drip , pour thru, and I settled on a Keurig with reusable cups. I like the coffee grounds for the compost.

Zoom finesse worm, green pumpkin, Texas rigged …. toss it in the thick stuff.

Wow @geo g gave that thumb a work out. I loved when it all seems to fall together

Hi from the Sunshine State of Florida

Hi from the Sunshine State of Florida

Hi from the Sunshine State of Florida