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I have the same problem. One day it was so bad that I removed the trailer completely and it worked , for that day. I kept trying it without a trailer and began losing fish again. I got just as many bites though.

You're having three surgeries in one day! Hope this works out and you be slaying the fish in the spring. These long layoffs suck. I've had four extended time periods where I could not fish, its not fun.

I dont use much braid. Its on my frog rod only. If I cant cut it with scissors, my pocket knives are kept razor sharp.

Ive had good luck with dark brown in the clear ozark lakes for all three speices of bass. I use the same color in the dingy lowland waters up north. I just bought some 4 inch tubes in june bug and watermelon red flake for pitching in brush because those are proven worm colors.

A calm overcast day with a slight drizzle is buzzbait time. Back to Backs. One on a buzzbait the other a spinnerbait. The month of June.

I use a big willow leaf copper blade when fishing in extremely muddy water. Everybody says to use a Colorado because the bass can find it better. They have no problem detecting the willow leaf . No doubt in my mind it would make a good night bait.

If its for cutting line I just use scissors.

It will work. I have never used one but it will work. I use the Strike King Midnight Special because I have to use something,

I was amazed at how much strength and stamina I lost in a short period of time. I ride an e-bike 10 to 15 miles most days and walk a few miles. I'm still tired when its over but getting stronger every day.

Do you have trouble with the tube balling up on the hook? I've been watching videos and that seems to be a common problem. I have some parasite clips that would fix that if it becomes a problem. I love fishing tubes. They probably get more bites per cast than any lure I've thrown. I use the traditional tube jig head with exposed hook. Now I'm wanting to expand into thick cover where I pitch Texas rigs and jigs.

What size do you use? I have 4 inch tubes.

I'm making lures , organizing tackle and next time I'll be a little stronger.

I acquired some 4 inch flipping tubes. I plan on pitching them into brush piles , beaver dens and laydowns. What hooks do you like for this? How do you like to rig them?

This past week ordered 4 different sizes of white Indiana blades to make a spinnerbait I had a lot of success with long ago. I must have made a mistake when ordering as the smallest size is red. So I'll make a white and red one and see what happens. That got me to thinking about accidental discoveries of lures in the past. I was planning on making a tandem spinnerbait with a gold willow and silver Colorado but was out of silver blades . So I substituded a copper blade and caught lots of bass on it. Thats one I throw now whenever I encounter bluegill beds. In around 1990 I bought a Long A Minnow and when I went to use it, I discovered that it had this unwanted propeller on the rear. Reluctantly , I went ahead and used it. I tore the bass up that day and have many days since. My largest limit ever was caught with this lure. So what have been your accidental successes?

My mother had a brain tumor removed about 25 years ago. She said her head looked like a baseball afterwards. I'm no x-ray tech but the black areas and white areas dont look right. Good luck with your recovery.

Its been so long since I caught a fish , I thought a six lber was on.

I havent fished since early May. I wanted to take the little plastic boat , battery, trolling motor... to a small lake but i'm not strong enough yet. So I hooked up the Lowe deck boat . It was tough. I got tired my back ached, it was hot so my trip was cut short. I did manage 6 bass the biggest 3lb 1 oz. Caught it and another on a top water Bomber Prop A. The rest came on a plastic worm. Its a start. I'll try to get out a few more times before winter. The boat needed running . First time this year and it ran perfectly.

I plan on fishing tomorrow for the first time since May. Its going to be sunny. I'll be taking the Lowe to Mark Twain lake. A lake that is tough to crack this time of year but my cousin and I won a 500 boat tournament there in 1986 during September. We were catching deep bass but those spots have all been discovered and no longer produce much.With the sunny skies tomorrow I may end up chasing white bass. A cloudy day would make it much easier to catch bass shallow.

cloudy>sunny

Thats too cool.

Resurrection of an old thread. I had a Fleck Weed Wader back in the late 70's. It had a vinyl white/grey skirt and two white Indiana blades. I think it was a quarter oz. It was one of the fish catchingest spinnerbait I ever had. Just ordered some white Indiana blades and going to recreate this lure with better components. Hopefully I'll get to go fishing this fall and I'll be chucking it.

I once had a river smallmouth track my lure as it was flying through the air. It was a weightless grub that I was buzzing on the surface. I watched a wake follow the lure and hit it as soon as it touched down.

You have your own 15x15 private dock. Can you sink brushpiles concrete blocks... to sweeten it up? Or would that be too exhausting? I'm recovering from esophagus surgery . Havent fished since May. I was sunned at how weak I was after two weeks in the hospital.

Just scored 4 Rogers Big Jims on ebay at a decent price. 18 dollars shipping included. These lures in the small size, have caught more 4lb plus bass for me than any other crankbait. They dont have a lot of action which is why I think they work so well. They hunt and nobody throws them . I had two in a sunfish pattern that I found at an antique store. I lost one in a tree .

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