Bankbeater

Anyone that fishes out of a kayak. I'd capsize the second I stepped on board.

Good video!

Nice smallies!

Welcome to the forums.

There have been a lot of times when I've just raised the outboard and let the wind push me across the coontail that is matted or just under the surface.

I go by trial and error. Around here, different topwater baits work in different bodies of water.

I fish a jerkbait with three different retrieves. I'll fish it with a pause in between jerks, a retrieve with small steady jerks, and finally with a steady retrieve with no pauses or jerks.

No.

I've called them several times to get new parts. Their customer service is very professional and courteous.

I purchased my SLX about 4 years ago. I bought it to cast small 3/16 and 1/4 moving baits. It's caught everything from bass to a 60 lb grass carp. It still works great and I've never had any issues.

There have been a lot of trips where all the bass were caught on one or two baits, around a certain type of structure. Then there have been the trips where you catch 10 bass on 10 different baits, in 10 different locations.

The winter keeps me indoors. My season ends around the end of November, and starts back up again around the middle of March.

I've been stuck many times but I've never had that happen. Glad it is healing up.

Weightless and split shot rig.

That's one thing I never had to do with my parents. My mom stopped driving about a year before she passed away from dementia. My dad stopped driving about three months before he passed away. He had leukemia and finally became too weak to drive. I don't think either one ever had a ticket, or was responsible for a traffic accident.

5'9". My dad's family is English and Scottish. My mom's family is German, and Native American.

Another great video. Thanks @Glenn!

No way. Each bait is a little bit different.

I'm another one that uses an Excel spreadsheet. Over the years I've added and removed different fields. Some of the columns include Trip number, Date, Day of Week, Location, Bank or Boat, Weather, Cover, Structure, Amount Caught, Species, Bait, Color, Trailer, and Type of rig.

I take them out of the bags and just put them in the 3600 boxes. I move the dividers around as I need them.

When I'm walking the bank I only carry 3 or 4 of each plastic bait. The entire bag of plastics take up too much space, and adds extra weight. When I get back home I put the baits back into their bags.

Resident Missouri and Non-Resident Illinois.

I eat breakfast before I leave, usually something on the lighter side. I'll bring a two liter bottle of water, and some sort of granola or peanut butter bars to snack on while fishing. If I have a long way to drive I'll stop and pick up some White Castles for the trip.

I hate to say this, but with the amount of traffic you are describing, a fence may be necessary.

A small creek from last summer. I'm hoping to get back there sometime this year.