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I seldom have brown water because of all the thick green grasses we have everywhere in South Florida. Lots of grass to filter the water. My biggest job is moving to the cleanest I can find, and away from dirty water. The only time I have experienced this is fishing Ga. after heavy rains and their red clay. I might as well been fishing the moon that day. I would use a big U-Vib and let that tail vibrate like crazy at different depths!

On outside ledges with deep water I will pull the claws off to get a faster fall. Don’t know if I got less or more bites but they have worked either way. Bites change so often because of multiple reason during the same trip. Hard to pin it one factor like claw, no claw. One thing I would never do is leave just one claw, with no weight, the bait would spin on return. Could cause line problems with long use!

My father was an electrician for DuPont. He loved when stuff broke in the middle of the night, because he was always on call, it was time an a half, double time on holidays, triple time on X-mas, New Year Day, and a minimum of 6 hrs. Even if it just resetting circuit breakers!😄🎉😄. Gotta love the Unions!

One thing I’ve noticed over the years. Lite to moderate rain in warm lake waters the bass will get active. Heavy storms dumping inches of rain the bass get funky for a few days, then get active again!

Staying at Lake Arrowhead in Waleska Ga. Only saw one boat this morning, and no jet skis allowed. A true old fart lake, I love it here! Just chilling all week!❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Happy 4th to our great administrative team, and all the brothers. Tight lines! 🎉😆🎉

Just do what makes you happy and don’t worry about what others think. There are hundreds of ways to catch them, and you may have stumble on the secret way. Just remember what works today may get you skunked tomorrow! If we had the answers we would all be on TV and millionaires! Most important thing is just have fun!😆👍😆

I would never pay that much, go with a zoom fluke in a similar color, or a big ez. The fluke weightless will glide nicely from side to side, and only cost you 4 dollars a bag. Just glide with long pauses between pulls. A hungry bass will hit it. Numbers will be better, but the 20 dollar glide might get a bigger one. The fluke Texas rigged can also be throw in the thick stuff without hanging up. Good luck my friend, don’t get stuck throwing away good money!

The thumb was destroyed in 2 hours!

I once went early morning to the S1 area the state built to clean the water from Okeechobee before dumping it into the Everglades. They filled it with vegetation and wildlife. No motor boats allowed, electric motors only. I drove about six miles down the access dirt roads until I saw some bird action, and big swirls at the surface. For two hours I had constant action with HB Frogs, and big senkos. Most fish were 20 to 25” in size. After 50 years bass fishing I never had a day like this and never since. With repeat trips to the exact same area. That day I never moved my feet 6 feet from my starting point. I will try to add a few pics, but not always successful.

In South Florida, either very early or late. Done by 10:00 am. Deep, or thick cover close to depth changes. Least favorite season all year! The humidity is brutal!

Years ago, I did this far more often than I do today. Its just the prep you have to do, and the advancement of the senko type baits which I use far more than other plastics. When I did use the CR rig, I often used a big hollow tube bait, and a long leader. I stuffed the tube with some Styrofoam so it would float high above the big weight stirring up the bottom. Then Texas rig the tube right through the tube and the stuffed Styrofoam. Sitting still the tube would dance in place with just the slightest twitch of the line. When pulling the weight, the tube would dive down and then float up slowly. It was a good paring but a pain to deal with in the boat. The big weight would also often snag on limestone rock bottom, and I would have to reverse boat direction to remove the snag. This happened far too often in our deep Everglades canals.

I once saw him at a BPS giving a lecture. A class guy, it's just sad seeing these old timers we watched in the beginning passing away. It has also happened with the guys I personally fished with in the past. We are only here for a short time, so make the most of it!