Nitrofreak

I know, I may have been misunderstood, all I'm saying is that we often talk about doing something like this, there was once that we tried or talked about doing one each year in a different part of the state, periodically there is a thread that pops up for a meet and greet and you never know where it will be. You haven't picked a location or voiced an opinion as to where you would like it to be, you have an idea?

It seems there is always interest in doing this, it is a good time and I believe you will enjoy it, I know first hand of the hard work and long hours of our farmers, while I may have only a handful of years invested, you have a lifetime, we are grateful for you and your families hard work. We will try our best to do this from time to time and could even possibly try more than one, who knows, keep an eye out !!!

As you learn about structure and there will be many valuable posts to this thread I feel, there is no better visual than a rig you choose to feel what's on the bottom, it transmits the continuation of what you see above the water level, while you are learning about structure I think it's important to note what you are able to see above the water line as well, the angle of the ground as it enters the water, the placement of assorted rock and the size, the ground itself, sandy, pebble, clay and so on, clues to possiblly aid in finding key elements that will attract fish when you search and explore primary structure. These will be clues that can offer valuable information in addition to what you will see on maps.

Obviously you misunderstand what a lot of us are like, this is not about the equipment you use my friend, in fact, your parents would be welcome to join us if they so desire, you keep an eye out for a date and a place !!

Is there something impeading? Do you work weekends or something?

Post spawn will have the bass pretty well exhausted, I look for quiet, shady, secluded places along areas of a body of water that the bass have used to spawn, bluffs, docks, coves, this is a period of time where you have a few different things going on at the same time, some are just moving in to spawn, some have spawned and moved out or are resting in these secluded and shaded areas, bluegills or pan fish are moving in to feed and spawn as well, some will be actively roaming picking off a meal here and there so you will just have to determine what the pattern is, if it's a shallow pattern and there are a lot of anglers, move out just a bit from all the pressure and look around.

LOL !!!

From a feller just a touch older than you, happy birthday Raul, those were some really good times!!

They make a pill for that you know...

AH YES, The Income Redistribution Society... I am fully aware of their shenanigans my friend ! I'm just not myself without a snickers bar... and a Budweiser... I think I'll just stop right there. LOL !!

The only time I really use Lizards is when I am tossing a C-Rig around or using a pegged weight, it's not that it's not effective on a T-Rig because it is, I just prefer my T-Rig to be used for my slower presentations, as for your retrieve question, it can be any number of ways and as others have stated, you have to find out what the fish want or the way they want it, most of the time it's just a smooth sweep of the rod, starting out sweeping fast enough to allow the weight to barely make contact with the bottom then slowing down just to the point that the tail and appendages are moving, maybe a pause or two in there for good measure or a twitch or two.

Wacky translation school = educated at the school of hard knocks, $12,569.62 Time taken to achieve the Master skill level = A lifetime Finding out that the Tooth Fairy actually does exist and just happens to be one of our very own BR members = Priceless !!!

Just a lucky guess, but now that I have conformation I would like to take this opportunity to let you know that I have two grandsons now so, when you come to visit them, hit me up, we can go fishing, just leave the outfit in the truck... LOL !!

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I never took that game seriously, it always involved at least one cooler full of beer. He is one of the greats in that sport, sorry to hear of his misfortune but I guess it just goes to show how bad things can get from time to time, even pro's aren't immune from having terrible days.

By sight or by smell it is that you found it ? LOL !!! Got to hand it to your grandson, that is one place no one would think about looking for an egg...

I don't wish to be dead but what an event that would be to sit in on man, if they are having a jam session though, I would bet my last dollar that my Dad is there LOL ! Good stuff buzzed bait !! thanks for the conversation !!!

March has been a month to remember for the amount of fronts we are experiencing and now April seems to be copying the same pattern, It seems last year our fronts would come through right as the weekend approached but this year it seems to be every second or third day, the wind has really not stopped blowing at my house with the exception of just a couple of days the last month and a half.

Always a great song, I believe he could have sang the phone book and made it a number one hit. My father introduced me to his music way, way back, my first song I learned to play on the guitar was Silver Wings, I watched a show on TV called Moving On with Claud Akins and Frank Converse, I couldn't wait for the show to come on because I loved the song he sang, mostly because it had my name in it (Sonny) LOL but, I would pick up my Uncles Fender Telecaster and play along every time. So many great hits from him that if I had to choose a favorite, I don't think I could.

I am taking it pretty seriously this year as well, been to Anna a bunch of times and haven't even got a line wet, the last two years I had only wet a line when I took out Veterens or family, this year I hope to improve by a big margin, I've studied structure, bait, bass and the behavior and growth of the bait and bass in Anna, I have kept an almost diary like log of everything. Your doing a fantastic job Matt and your videos are really entertaining !!! Great job Nitro !!!

That right there was a pretty darn good video man !! Congrats on a great day !!!

Got the news today of the passing of this legend, the report included that today was also his 79th birthday. A tremendous talent who wrote over 700 songs and made a huge impact in country music as well as a lot of lives, your music will live on Hag! Thoughts and prayers are sent out to family and friends, truly a great loss, may God bless and be with you all.

For those who wish to have a boater/non boater event like this post. NOTE: this event would take some planning and would most likely be held toward the end of this year.

Let's try it this way and see what we get first if you don't mind me helping W/C. How about an input on how many will be willing to attend a bank beater event sometime in May/June? We need a show of hands here for ALL who would attend, it's important so that we pick the right place. For those interested and for the sake of having a hundred posts to sort through simply like this post. NOTE: both this post and the one below will be given two weeks to gather votes.

There are sometimes techniques within a technique, there is also a proven baseline within each as well, a baseline is thought and also proven to be simply shaking your rod tip with a shakey head which is very effective but, you can also slowly drag it across the structural area as well and be just as effective, same for another technique, jig fishing or example, just because a football head type jig performs very well when slowly dragged over structure and cover does not mean that it is it's only means of attracting attention, sometimes you have a pattern the fish like better, one hop, drag, two hops, pause and so on, you simply found what the fish wanted from your presentation, good job !!! Keep this experience in the back of your mind and store it for similar outings and conditions that you used on that day, it may repeate itself.