Bankbeater

I've never fished with anything over 50#. The only time I use that is when I am punching through mats.

Welcome to the forum.

My top 5 for this year is around 19.5 lbs. My average fish catch per trip so far this year has been 5.29 fish. Hopefully, those numbers will go up.

A black jig with a natural color trailer is a fish catcher around here when the water is stained.

On Saturday I went out for a couple of hours and discovered that the spinnerbait bite had turned back on. The second spinnerbait bass was a feisty 2 pounder that really wanted to shake that hook loose. After I got the hook out I realised that my blades were missing. Looks like the wire broke just above the knot.

I have four friends and we all share fishing lake info back and forth. Other than that I'm tight lipped unless I see someone really struggling.

Hey Big-O It's good to hear from you!

Some of the lures I find I put new hooks on and fish with. Some of them work and some of them don't. The baits that are too far gone go into a basket. My best catching found bait is a Red Eye Shad that I found about 5 or 6 years ago.

Rebel Pop-R.

After it has been dark for a while I fish on top with a Jitterbug, and on the bottom with a jig and Texas rig. Jitterbug is always black, and I start off the bottom baits with black and go from there.

At least you managed to keep the skunk away.

I've done it both ways and hardly slept at all either way. Now that I have gotten older I look for a ramp near a hotel.

I've torn up trolling motors hitting logs in ponds. I can't imagine hitting a heavy object running at top speed.

I use a small sharpener I got from Amazon for about $4.

I'm going to be fishing around submerged vegetation until it starts to die off. Then I'll either look for wood or deeper vegetation that is around well defined structure.

Most weeks I only get out on the weekends. If it's too windy for a boat then I fish off the bank. Thunderstorms don't tend to stick around more than 1 to 1-1/2 hours so I will wait them out. The only thing that keeps me home is hard water.

I fish in a pretty pressured lake so it's fairly common for boats to go around each other. What really burns me is when a boat runs right through the area I am fishing in.

I just start mixing and matching rods and reels until I hit a combo that feels right to me. If it feels good when casting then I leave them paired.

I loosen my drag on all the reels. I don't want to snag the line on something and break the rod, or lose a guide.

I'd see if I could return the gift certificate for cash.

The bass in the water I fish don't really head up into creek channels, but they do start to move around more.

That was cool.

Look on the bright side. Maybe they will have some good eats.

I have a 24 oz. mug that I fill up at work probably 2 or 3 times a day. When I get home until the time I go to bed I have 3 or 4 16 oz. stadium mugs of water. In between, I will have a glass of milk, and maybe some tea.

Oh wow, that is great to hear!