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Nope. One daughter working and one daughter just started her sophomore year in college. Probably going to have a shortened semester with online finals. That is what they did in the spring.

I have a Revo S on a St. Croix MH/F premier rod. I like this rig for weightless 6” senkos and weightless flukes. All other weightless plastic baits go on the spinning reel.

I use suspending and floating jerkbaits. I have a couple of sinking baits, but I can’t remember the last time I used them.

If I have fished the water before then I usually have an idea of how to rig up. If this is a place I have never fished before then I try to find information on the web, and I rig up based on what the weather is like. Cloudy, sunny, windy, warm, or cool all have slightly different presentations.

Nice! Congratulations!

I've used mono, fluoro, and braid. I always come back to the mono.

I use the same rod / reel for spinnerbaits and chatterbaits.

If that's like the gunk that gets on my line, it should come off when you make a few casts in clear water. Shouldn't hurt anything.

Make sure you have an anchor heavy enough to hold the boat and not drag in the current. Also in the river I would make sure I have my life jacket.

I have some of these in my dad's old box. Looks like I'm going to be fishing with them.

A 1/16 rooster tail has kept the skunk off of me many a fishing trip.

Jig and a t-rig of some kind.

We had one here about 12 years ago. We had a couple aftershocks during the day when I was at work that made the file cabinets shake.

I can catch dinks all day without a retie as long as I’m in open water. When I’m fishing around rocks or timber I check the line after every cast. If I feel something funny in the line then I will retie.

I use the 3/0 EWG for the 6” size and a 2/0 EWG For the 4” size senko.

I swim the same jigs that I use on the bottom. The big difference is in the trailers. Sometimes I’ll use a paddle tail, sometimes a craw, and sometimes I just use a plastic worm.

I fish with the 1/8 ounce bitsy bug and the 3/8 bitsy flip on a regular basis. This time of year I use them in the vegetation, especially the 1/8 ounce.

Not after a lure, but I went in after the top half of a two piece rod before.

I like shad, firetiger, or a craw pattern.

I've had this happen to me multiple times. You put on the same bait, but in a different color, and the bites stop. Sometimes I think that the color of the bait matches, or is close to, some type of forage in the lake.

Shallow running crankbait. Work it just fast enough to get it down where it won't cause a wake during the retrieve.

Eight Legged Freaks is more of a horror comedy but it was entertaining. Dog Soldiers was probably the best werewolf movie I’ve seen.

I would use a texas rig with a 1/2 ounce weight on it. Cast it out as far as you can and then when it hits the water pull off some line to make the bait fall straight down. Maybe 2 or 3 arms lengths. Watch the line as you do this to make sure you see bites. After the bait gets on the bottom either drag it back to you or reel it back with short hops.

Happy birthday and congrats!

Just like work. Hurry up and wait.