Tuckahoe Joe

Good looking smallies!

Awesome fish...good for her!

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I do both of these things. I just figure that loosening the drag is probably easier on the reel when not in use. Therefore, when I get to the lake, my drag is already loose so I have to re-set it. Fortunately I haven't lost a fish yet due to line snagage or my drag being improperly set but sometimes I do forget to tighten it up before I start fishing. Luckily for me I always realize before I get bit. Sucks about your friend but like others have said, he learned his lesson the hard way.

Not a bad looking fish!

Beasty fish man...congrats!

Awesome fish man...congrats!

This has been my experience. I know the beavers are there but as long as there not around at the particular time I'm fishing, I usually do ok. If I see a beaver swimming by every 15 minutes, the fishing is usually slow. A couple days ago I was fishing a Hula Popper and had a beaver swim into my line. It kept swimming, pulled the popper into the side of its neck, and then I got to fight a beaver for 3 or 4 minutes. Luckily it got itself unhooked. I didn't want to lose my popper but if it hadn't come off soon, I would have cut the line.

Welcome!

Hello and welcome!

Welcome to BR!

Awesome fish!

Hello and welcome to BR!

Nice fish...congrats on your first bass...there'll be many more where that came from!

Awesome fish...congrats!

Awesome fish! What did it weigh?

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Hello and welcome!

LOL...that's friggin hysterical...good stuff!

I killed them last year on squarebills, mainly the Strike King KVD 1.5. Caught my first fish on a lipless crank this past spring though and I've heard they're a good fall bait as well so I'm anxious to see how my Red Eye Shads do come October.

Don't feel like reading through 6 pages of replies. My take on it is that if I spend a lot of money on it, with my luck, it'll be lost within a week. I don't think I'd spend more than $10 or so on a single lure and that's pushing it. Maybe $15 but it would really have to impress the heck out of me. I haven't lost many this season (knock on wood) but if I bought an expensive one, rest assured, I wouldn't have it very long.

Awesome fish! And for the record, I've never had a blind date go well...

Awesome day! Awesome fish! Wish I could catch em like that!

Welcome!

I could have sworn I recognized the guy in that episode from somewhere. Now I know. Good episode. EY seems like he'd be really fun to fish with. I love his goofy antics but at the end of the day, he's still out there to catch fish. As far as the new season goes, I'm like 98 percent sure that I read somewhere that the show was picked up for another 14 episodes or something like that and they only aired 7 or so new ones. So there's gotta be more coming in the not to distant future. Probably sometime this fall. Hopefully they don't make us wait for spring. Believe me, I'm checking the guide every Sunday and got my DVR set. I'll try and remember to hit you up with a reminder if I see any new ones coming up but I can't promise anything.