OkobojiEagle

I buy jig heads on Ebay that are less than a dollar each and I choose the hook size and head weight.

When fishing turbid water it's a good pattern to try... if you have one.

Bandit 200 dives +/- 6', the 300 dives +/- 10'... both are pretty small.

perch

yes

Isn't Sniper a fluorocarbon line?

Time to replace braided mainline... parameters are: lightly coated, 15lb - 20lb, hi-vis, using Daiwa Pixy to throw Pointer 78's, 95's, 100's, Megabass 110 jr's, as well as some smaller walking top water baits. Anyone have a similar set up and a favorite braid? Thanks for any ideas. oe

Is this some sort of online support group???

Ahhh... retired end of August, real estate will be gone October 1st. Not much fishing so far, but that is going to change soon. oe

My turn... TSI321 lightly in spool bearings. 80/90 wt. lower unit oil in frame bearings of casting reels and all bearings of spinning reels. Cal's drag grease on all drag discs, gears, and every tiny screw I remove gets very lightly dipped into this grease before I thread them back in. oe

10lb test as leader material

I use Cal's drag grease on the gears with some success.

I would prefer we not talk about this...

I've had good luck giving stuff away...

LC Gunfish 95 & Caffeine shad jr. ...

I am very, very fortunate... I have the potential of catching a state record from either of two lakes inside of 20 minutes driveway to launch.

worth repeating...

I enjoy 'fishing', whether or not I catch fish...

Sonar has taken away the excuses I used to have not catching bass...

Many of the smallmouth I catch have blotches on them also... OP, I read your posts and so many of them you seem to be unhappy. I find happiness when I fish, I hope you can find that also. oe

far more rods...

smallmouth: Maxscent lunch worm

30+ years ago, my then 7 or 8 year old daughter and I were paddling our canoe down our residential shoreline. As we came upon a neighbor catching panfish from his dock I stopped to chat a few minutes. Paddling on a few minutes later my daughter turned to me and asked if that was her dentist. "Yes", I replied. A few more paddle strokes she turned again and sternly replied "I hope he washes his hands when he's done fishing!"

Owner twist-lock un-weighted