Bluebasser86

I don't know about today's schools, but I can say that I was taught much more about pre-Civil Rights history than I was about more recent history, and that was 15 years ago, a lot has changed since then. It seemed like the teachers forgot that what had happened in their lives, hadn't also happened in ours and was therefore history that we needed to be taught about, otherwise it had never happened in our eyes.

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Slogging through late summer right now, it's rough with not many bites and even fewer quality fish.

It varies from each individual IMO. I've caught members of both strains that fought extremely hard, and some that were very disappointing. A bass can certainly peel some drag, nothing like a drag burning run some other fish can make, but I've had plenty of stout green and brown fish gain a fair amount of ground on me, especially when fishing lighter line or treble hooked baits when I'm not horsing them in as fast.

Welcome!

I didn't understand the move to bring in Flacco, and it looks like an even worse move after seeing that performance.

Too nice to go home after school tonight, so after I picked him up, Lake and I got the boat real quick and hit the water for a couple hours. He almost got one his first cast, and pretty much caught them steady the whole time we were on the water. His casting was great tonight for a 5 year old. It's amazing the difference the nicer equipment I got him is making.

Rarely ever anywhere else unfortunately.

Never ran into any Oak Mites but I've heard they're terrible. September is a rough month for fishing around here every year. I went to Springhill in my kayak today and scraped out about 10 in the wind and none the size I go to that lake for.

Pink and white trick worms wacky rigged have saved my day more than once fishing for stubborn smallies.

Are they actually getting the bait or missing it completely? I fish mine on braid so all I have to do is crank into them. If I don't feel the hooks digging I can start walking it again and they'll come back and get it again a lot of the time.

So I don't see a shotgun and it seems really early for goose season, did you hit it with the boat? Caught myself a skinny one, and a toad this weekend on a slow day. I don't mind it when I get bites like those though. I even caught them both on a crankbait! When they start filling up the big Frabill Power Extend net like this chunk did, that's the kind I'm looking for!

I've seen some pretty big dust devils run onto the water and swirl it up pretty good but never get close. I've seen a couple actual tornadoes too and I'd be fine never seeing another.

Welcome!

Welcome!

Those are some big ones too! They're supposed to be excellent eating. I had a couple heart breakers this weekend. Both were in laydowns right were a big bass should be and absolutely crushed my squarebill.

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5xd or 6XD

I make my own.

I've been using the Owner heavy cover in a 1/0 and completely sold on them. Academy had them on sale here for $3 a packs and I bough about a dozen packs, they're normally $5 a pack.

Nope, and I've worn the paint off the nose of a 68. Very few fish at all. I really like the pulse tail though, better than a Hudd.

They work great in Missouri and Oklahoma too.

There's several I haven't even fished, so I can't say anything about them. Lake Lenexa has good shoreline access and lots of fish, but mostly small. Pay attention that you don't go to any lakes that need a special permit without buying the permit first. You can pick up a FISH atlas at most any Wal Mart in the area and they will show you which bodies of water require an extra permit.

I have several Okumas, including some Helios rods. They've been great for me. I have a theory that the majority of people that post reviews are the ones that have negative reviews. It's so hard to judge how many have them and love them but never bothered to say anything about them.