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Losing a loved dog is hard on the soul .

I'm sad for you . I love dogs . When my "Kayan" died , I lost a partner .

Fireworks show at my brothers tonight . The river there is flooded so I guess I wont be fishing ,instead I'll be drinking cheap beer "Busch Light" and flirting with the ladies .

Any of you guys remember the song "13 Questions" by Seatrain . Its one of my favorites from my teenage years but hardly anybody has heard it .

The weeds I fish , a crankbait will not work in them . I dont know what kind of weeds people fish them in but I have never encountered them .

Thats the way I do it , give it a jerk , reel in the slack then resume the retrieve .

I fish muddy water a lot . Its the norm . Bass have no trouble finding lures . I use willow leaf spinnerbaits , plastic worms , Beetle spins . The dirtier the water the tighter they hold to cover .

Guess what the weather says right now . Too dang hot . I havent been in two weeks and wont go next week . I'll make up for it when it cools off .

The Abus and Shimanos had oil , a wrench , three sizes of brakes and maybe Shims .

I had one with An Abu 4600C mounted on it . Find the right weight spinnerbait and you will find it an accurate enough rod . I guess a 1/2 ounce will fit it best , maybe 3/8 .

I never have used any . Maybe I dont know what I'm missing out on .

Do you catch bass like this ?

When you start fishing rocks you will experience sinkers snagging .

There is a place close by that looks like that . Its backwater to the Mississippi river that is protected by a levee . It use to be a fantastic area for big bass . Its silted in now and too shallow . It holds no bass .

I have a large Rebel Popper . Dont know what it is called . Also a large Pico Pop . These lures spit water 6 foot or more with sharp, short snaps of the wrist . Back when I could fish during the hot summer days , I used those two lures a lot in standing timber . Had several 50 plus days with them but not a lot of keepers .

That looks really shallow . Any culverts there ?

I always wanted to fish Reelfoot , then one year I did it . Its probably my least favorite lake I ever fished . I couldnt catch bass, ended up fishing for bluegill , it was that bad .

I have several wrenches .

I meant the clearer the water the more colorful the living creatures are .

Weight is key . If I'm continually casting to the left the weight is too light . Too my right its too heavy .

Too add to my post above . The clearer the water , the more colorful the critters .

They need to start that again . I use to keep those handy little bottles of abu oil in my tackle box . I remembered this the last time fishing when one of my reels was feeling a little "geary". I use to put a drop or two on the bearings and worm gear and that would take care of the problem . I searched through all my garage stuff trying to find a little bottle but to no avail . I keep oil at home of course but would like some of those little plastic bottles again ,.

When I was a kid I seined a lot . Different waters had different craws . Lots of colors . Blue , purple , green . brown , with red , yellow , orange accents . Also seined a lot of darters . Orange throated darters were stunning .Turquoise , orange , blue , just as colorful as any store bought aquarium fish . I had them in an aquarium but they would not take to fish food . There are a lot of colorful creatures under the water , so all those weird colored lures might not be so weird after all.

Nothing wrong with fishing visible cover . Make precise underhand cast by selecting the lures that, weight wise, match your equipment best . It doesnt take long to get it down . Overhand lobs might catch a few fish, low trajectory precise casting might catch you a few dozen .

I'm still catching them shallow . Bass like to hang around stuff so I've been casting at stuff . Spinnerbaits , buzzbaits , toads and texas rigged worms are the lures I've been using because they work well at the stuff I'm casting at , mostly weeds and wood.