Bluebasser86

I've had one of the musky sized one for years. The first time I fished it at my friends pond his dad was right in the middle of making fun of my "beer can with treble hooks", until a 5 pounder crushed it next to a weedline.

Did the wives send you?

The baitcaster has been superb so far. The reel looks great too, which is just a nice bonus. Doesn't hurt that it's only $80 either.

Spinning or baitcaster?

I fished a Big Bass Bash for the first time last year and enjoyed it. You should be fine in your boat, just expect heavy boat traffic.

That's why I love jigs, they catch bigger than average fish. Congrats on the new PB!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

Welcome!

My oldest just turned 3 but he's already a pro. He asks to go fishing at least a few times a week even now when it's too cold out for him to go. He caught his first fish all by himself this last year when he was only 2.5. He's not at all scared to hold a fish and already has his professional pose down. Loves going to Bass Pro and picking out baits and looking at the fish.

It's close for me between a buzzbait, Slammer, jig, or bladed jig. Topwater is fun for obvious reasons, and the anticipation of how big a Slammer fish might be just adds to it, but that bite may never come also. Buzzbait catches tons of fish in our lakes and are super easy to fish. Bladed jigs are an obsession of mine because they're so effective on numbers of fish as well as big fish. They suit our shallow, stained lakes well too. Jigs are my all around favorite bait to fish. Putting a jig in a nasty place on a heavy rod and line, getting that hard thump and winning a serious tug-o-war with a bug eyed beauty, that's as good as it gets.

Telescoping lure retriever nor only saves my baits, but gets other people's baits out of the trees too. Not only saves me money, butends up making me money.

They don't lose them where I walked. The lake runs north and south, most fishing occurs during the warmer months when the wind typically blows from the south, so I walk the banks to the north of popular fishing areas. This lake is one of the most popular in the state, thousands of people fish it every summer from boats as well as from shore. The shoreline fishermen actually are probably the ones that lose a lot of them and just have no way to retrieve them. I do find some from obviously lazy fishermen though. The bladed jig was hanging in a tree by the boat ramp parking lot and I literally walked over and pulled it out of the tree by hand. Whoever lost it could have gotten it back extremely easy but for whatever reason chose not to.

Got out the first time since the baby was born. The fish were not very nice but we did catch a couplegood ones. I had some baits I've been working on to test out and all our fish came on those so that was a nice bonus. My buddy had big fish with a thick 20" fish that went 5 1/4.

You need a combo for every technique. Changing.baits is a pain. Try to do a flip when you jump off the ledge.

Rage Menace in KVD Magic is my future replacement for that color whenever my supply of Line-Purple Passion Pitboss runs out.

Well I ran out of time and the bucks on our property just wouldn't cooperate. This doe comes in at least once a day, so I ended up just taking her so I can have my summer sausage and snack sticks. It was still a great feeling harvesting a deer off my own property, something I never imagined I'd be able to do.

They're my favorite bladed jig trailer because of the great swimming action.

Heavy pressure, I walk that same 1/2 mile stretch every year at least once.

Only the bladed jig was in a tree, I got that one before I even put the boat in the water. The rest were found walking the bank.

Had a good lure finding day today.

Berkley Pitbull, H2O CRS, and Strike King 1.5.

I use 1/8 or 1/4oz mushroom or darter heads that I pour myself.

I don't think Table Rock or Stockton officially have zebras, at least I've never seen any. There's probably more zebras on the dam at Melvern than throughout all of LOZ, it's like fishing through a pile of razor blades, broken glass, and rusted sheet metal. Tubes slightly protect the line and knot, Ned rigs rarely touch bottom.