Bankbeater

Welcome to the forums. Looks like you got it figured out.

Congrats! I use my old plastic baits as jig trailers.

Go get it looked at. It could be any number of things causing the pain.

Just be happy it's a chest cold. Hope you and your Mother are feeling better soon.

I like to use the bigger worms on deep structure. I'll drop a worm with a 1/2 ounce or larger weight straight down and move it up or down, or throw out and work the bait back in.

I keep most of my stuff in a BPS 370 bag. For walking around and fishing from the bank I use a Plano 1155 box.

Nothing wrong with quantity as long as you throw in a toad every once in a while.

I like to check the area out in the daylight before I night fish it

In lilypads I like to use braid. If the line gets around a stalk the braid will cut right though it.

That is a nice looking BG!

Bass season is year round for me. The biggest problem for me is the weather.

A lot of times it happens when I'm fishing a jig or t-rig. I get the birdnest out and find that my bait has moved. When that happens I start dead sticking.

I fish some very pressured water. If I don't get skunked I consider myself lucky.

That's the way to do it!

Good going!

Washing the truck?

Last year I was fishing a small lake and saw something sticking out of the water near a point with a drop off. I got closer and discovered it was a baby stroller. Fortunately it was empty.

This is one of the times I am glad to live in the Midwest.

Thanks for the review. I had one of the first gen models and sold it. Father's day is coming up and daddy's needs/wants a new rod.

I went fishing Tuesday. It sprinkled off and on all morning. Most of the bigger fish were staying down in a creek bed that runs across the lake. They were definitely more active.

I use the voice recorder on my cell phone. I play it back when I get home, and put the info down on a excel spreadsheet. Got the idea from someone here on the forum.

I have caught most of my muskie on rat-l-traps while bass fishing.

Without knowing the specifics of where you are fishing, it's hard to choose. I picked blue/black because that is the color jig I usually always start off using.

There is a pond a few miles from me that I fish sometimes. If I use a black Spro I will have 3 or 4 bullfrogs after it.