BassinLou

I wish you guys the best, if you all are able to get a bragging rights tourney off the ground. Caylub, has been working at trying to get one off the ground for a while now. I have been following you guys on here for a little while and i think there are enough of you to give the tourney a go. We were fortunate and very successful launching and maintaining the same tourney down in FL for 7 consecutive months last year. It was a fun experience and we had a good time. Best of luck to all of you.

^^^^ what he said ^^^^ especially here in Fl when those afternoon storms roll in during the summer months.

You are one adventurous angler, I gotta give you that, and its paying off with some great fish so far.

Welcome aboard. Remember to post over on the main forum in the intro section.

You have horny toads, and also look at the hollow body frogs. Those are really FUN!! Once you experience a blow up and thud of a strong hookset, it's over....

St. Croix, Dobyns, and Carbonlite's serve me well.

Buzzbaits and spinnerbaits.

Dude sweet fish!! That is a heck of a secret spot. Looks pretty froggy...

Thank you for the responses. I am relieved I am not the only parent that thinks children should not have cell phones til they are older. Someone mentioned, how they know where their kids are at, at all times, and I second that statement.

Cellphones. I am a parent of 2 young kids 5 and 7. I was blown away one day when I picked up my son from 2nd grade, and I saw a few of his classmates pulled out smart phones from their book bags after class and started typing away on them. THEY ARE 7!!. Maybe it's me but I think that's a little too young to have a cell phone for yourself. Yes, some can bring up the case in case for emergencies they will feel safer, but they are in school. Anyways, I just wanted to hear the thoughts of some of you who are parents. Non-parents are welcome too.

That's so cool Snook. Jack's are really fun when you come across them. Nice pea too!!

Did anyone get to fish before the storm passed today? Just curious if the fish were active.

I just use the split of my Rapala pliers. I give the pliers a nice tight squeeze and the braid is cut.

I am Costa's guy, however another pair of glasses that I have that are not bad at all are Native's. Good lense, light frames. I bought the pair I have for around $99.

I use braid on my spinner and leader if the situation calls for it. I will use the alberto knot and it has yet to fail me.

Tough one, when you can't get your hands on one. I have never fished an aetos, but I have fished a B/C Avid 7ft MH for several years now. Great tough rod. It has landed many a nice fish. It suits me well. Every rod will have there pro/ con's and if you are going to drop $200 on fishing hardware that you plan to have for a while, I would try to get my hands around one before pulling the trigger.

No cellphone??...... We would have loved to have seen that beauty.

Welcome aboard, we have few quite a few South FL guys on here. We may cross paths one day.

Remember bass will spawn at different times through out their spawning season. I have caught big bass spawning in June still. If the conditions are favorable.

Look at that.... you get married, and you start catching bigger fish. WTG!!

Cool dude... that's awesome. I saw a couple spawning on the same day I caught that 4lbr bass. I didn't want to mess with them. They were 2+ for sure, but I have seen much bigger.

3lb range. Nice catch.

No fishing for me this weekend unfortunately. Work stuff. Let's see what happens this week. PitBoss, I am glad the new outfit and tips I gave you at the park is working out for you.

Looks like a great location to fish. WTG, on those catches.

Had an interesting day at the park. Work was light, so I was able to go out in the morning, chilly, overcast,winds from the NW. Fished the back lake this time before the ski boat started up. Was able to land 3, 2lbrs and lost a nice 3.5-4lbr. All spinnerbait again. Then I got a call from the school to check on one of my kids, and on the way back from some errands stopped at a canal and landed this nice piggy, same spinnerbait.