Darren.

That's a happy haul, KyakR!

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100% agree here. I've been having a great early fall on my usual bevy of soft plastics. Even added the Jika rig to my fishing arsenal and done extremely well (by my standards, that is). It has crossed my mind to throw some hard lures, but I continue to throw soft plastics. Haven't tied a hard lure on in months. Primary rigs (of late): Mojo, Jika, Weightless Wacky, Weighted Wacky I'm using a baitcaster for heavier rigs (4/0 hooks, heavier weights, etc), and spinning setup for lighter stuff (1/0 round bend hook, 1/8oz weights, etc.) Weightless will be on both depending on what's working what's not.....

First, as Paul said, check with your local authorities in your neck of Canada. In Virginia, you can pretty much go anywhere w/a kayak w/o needing a permit (other than fishing permit) unless specified by the "owner" of the body of water. I.e., local reservoirs here require you get either a yearly or per day permit to kayak (and/or fish) on them. So you'd need a fishing license, then a separate permit for kayaking. Before I recommend even buying a "cheap" kayak, I recommend finding a local kayak shop where you can go in, ask questions of the staff, sit in various models, and perhaps even demo some on the water. That's truly the best way to get your feet wet in kayaking. And cheap is relative, so you'd need to specify what kind of money you're thinking here.

I just want somebody to take Charlie Moore off of the NBC Sports Network. I mean, COME ON MAN! They left him but took away so many fishing shows that were 100x better than watching Charlie catch a few bass, smoke stogies and eat at expensive dives. Rant over. As y'all were.

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Great hauls, ww2farmer!

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The Gammy Wide Gap Finesse are -- IMHO -- the best weedless wacky hooks out there. I have tried the Owner wacky weedless, but the guard is rather flimsy. That said, the hooks are excellent! All that said above, I've begun experimenting with building my own weedless wacky hooks. Normally I like 2, 1, and 1/0 hooks. I will use 2/0 for really big worms, but I've found the 1/0 sufficient for most big worms that I use, 5, 6". For my own rigging, I use the Gammy Wide Gap 1/0, and use Malon-7 coated stainless cable from BPS in 20 lb test. I will usually wrap it around the shank with some braid, and use thin shrink wrap tubing to bind it. So far so good. 20lb was the sweet spot, 30 and 40 were just too stiff. Take it FWIW.

And so it begins! Enjoy every minute of it!!

<gollum-speak>What is "break", Precious?</gollum-speak>

Read about this tonight. Absolutely disgraceful. Prayers, and such, and all the best to AP.

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Typically reel down and lift the rod swiftly - but not to rip the hook out of the basses mouth. Sometimes it is an instinctive lift and set, but normally what I said above.

Agree with Marty. I scratch my head when I see 50, 60, 80+ pound braid being used for bass fishing. I guess the point is not to lose the fish under any circumstance, act of God, or otherwise. I've been amazed at what can be caught with lesser poundage lines. But this is just me and my paltry .02. I don't fish tourneys. Although I have caught onto such braid that's been snagged and cut. What an absolute pain to deal with! LOL.

Swag, you can do whatever you like! I've caught some nice bass wacky rigging under a slip-float. So yes, it can be done, and done successfully. I'm also a believer in not over-sizing wacky hooks. The largest I use are 2/0, and that's *only* for big worms (over 6"). My PB (7.5 lbs) was caught on a size 1 hook in thick slop, so I personally don't see the need for big hooks. A larger/heavier hook will change your bait's fall rate -- the converse is true, as well. I use wacky hooks down to size 4. My absolute favorite are the Gamakatsu Wide Gap Finesse hooks. I prefer to buy in the 25 bulk packs, and recently bought them in the 25 pack in size 1/0 and have been DIY rigging some for weedless presentations. You can use hooks designed for TX rigging, although, they (IMHO) are not optimal for the technique.

Glad nobody was hurt. Great analogy your nephew came up with, LOL.

Hey Felix, there's this great upstart of a team on the other side of NY. Buffalo Bills! They would welcome you with open arms!

I usually get excited when the baro-pressure drops! I look for any opportunity to get out and fish But yeah, other times I can tell when a front is coming through. Can be lethargy, headache, etc.

Nice catch. Again. And again. And...