Bankbeater

Good to hear.

We started a tradition when we were first married. The tree goes up the first weekend in December, and comes down the first weekend after New Year's Day.

Very sad news.

Not around here. Hollow body frogs attract more bullfrogs than bass.

It depends on where I am fishing, but most of the time I don't even think about it.

When the bite gets tough I tend to use smaller baits. Weightless finesse worm, split shot rig, or a finesse jig if there is vegetation. I’ll use a small crankbait, small lipless crank, or a small spinnerbait in open water.

Welcome to the forums.

I hope the recovery is quick and painless as possible.

I usually have 4 or 5 presentations rigged up. If I can use all five then I will, but most of the time I will only be able to use three or so. I fish with each of them. When I have used all of them then I change the baits, unless it is a jig. Then I'll just change out the trailer.

From that piece that is bent over near the top I'd say coontail.

A few bass from September.

Fishing has been good in 2025. No PB yet, but I haven't been skunked since March, and this summer the catching has been slow but consistent. In 2025, everyone is healthy with no illness, but work has been extremely stressful, which is never a good thing.

I can still remember where I was and what I was doing when it happened.

I'm glad your recovery is going well. Take it easy and keep healing up.

The Scoundrel has been one of my staples for years.

I put on my trailers when I get out on the water.

Where I fish I have to let the bass tell me what they want. Sometimes the bass want craws and creatures right out of the bag. If the bait is missing an appendage it won't get bit. On the flip side of that, I have caught bass on a plastic worm when the only thing holding it together was the hook running through it.

When I go fishing I don't take the entire package with me. I only put 3 or 4 baits in the box. After I get home I put them back in their package until next time.

I use 15 lb Big Game. According the the TW website the diameter is ,015 inches.

I don't use a trailer when I fish a spinnerbait.

Most of the time I'm fishing with green pumpkin.

If the willow leaf is large enough to give off a good vibration it will work.

The jigs I use include Strike King, Booyah, and Outcast. Most of the time the trailer I'm using is a Super Chunk or Super Chunk Jr., but when I need a small profile I put on a Netbaits Tiny Paca Chunk. A lot of the time I will use a Senko or a plastic worm as a trailer when they get too beat up to stay on a worm hook.

Good to hear you're back out on the water, and catching again.

Glad you got the hook out without a visit to the ER.