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I finally caught a musky this year . Its a little one . Only my third one ever.

I dont care about wind direction its speed that I keep an eye on . Fishing from a jon boat is frustrating with winds over 10 mph. From my deck boat , the sides are high so it gets blown around pretty bad too . I also dont go if temps are over 90 or too cold . This week the weather is going to be pleasant and I plan on going at least twice while I still can.

I couldnt find terminals small enough to fit the wires and large enough to go over the post. So I did this. No problems.

Happenned to me last year.I extended the trolling motor cable and must have did a poor job of it. Rigged the trolling motor and depth finder in the bow with battery in the stern of a john boat and caught the wires of both units on fire. Burnt my cooler and my jacket to boot. I was at the far end of a 200 acre lake when it happenned. No way I was going to oar all the way back. So I cut off the burned parts, hooked it back up and continued fishing . Now I have new bigger wires.

Small stream fishing today . I had three nice fish get off. Twice my line broke. 12 lb Big Game . Must have been nicked from the rocks. Then I dropped my camera in the water. I dont know if it will work again . I got a photo of one bass. Caught a larger but camera shut down. Using Hula grubs rigged on a jig head below riffle's.

Buzzbaits are my favorite lure to fish. That being said, I havent caught a single fish on one this year. It just hasnt been a buzzbait year.

The forecast here are highly accurate for temps, cloud cover and precipitation but not wind. Last weeks predicted 5 mph wind had gust so strong that lily pad leaves were being ripped from plants. A whirlwind had them flying in the air like Dorothy from Kansas.

Man, I do a lot of things wrong.

I got that from a youtube video . The crappie bobber stops from Dept stores dont work . I got these from Amazon , super inexpensive, free shipping.

I have been using Yum Dingers predominately and use this hook . I add a bobber stop to prevent the worm from balling up on the shank . It has worked 100 percent. Yes, I know a pack of hooks can be ordered that comes equipped with a keeper, I just refuse to order a pack of hooks. A thin wire hook with the worm staying in place allows me a very high hook-up percentage. Even in heavy brush. I'm not catching ten lbers so the hook is adequate.

I read about it but never tried it.

I use the first hook because Bill Dance used it on a show in 1975 . Tried the second one but prefer #1 on worms. #2 on fat baits when needed.

Weather wise fall is my favorite . Fishing wise, some lakes are down right awful and others great. I like smaller lakes in the fall . The entire thing can be fished and often results in some big fish.

After the initial hot spring spinnerbait bite I tone it down . Get rid of the brightness and downsize the blades.

17 lb Trilene XL or Stren in clear blue fluorescent. I like that visible line

I dont know. The past two weeks the bite has gotten better later.

I'm an introvert and dont have many bass fishing acquaintances. The people who ask me questions are generally spincast , worm and hook dudes.

Either rolling on floor or rate of fall. Its hard to tell with Catt.

Sometimes instead of a lift drop retrieve with Texas rigs, swimbaits , neds... I'll lift the bait then hold the rod high and allow the lure to pendulum back on a tight line. This is a retrieve I found a few years back and its what the fish prefer at times.

I was a firefighter. The first time I got overheated we were checking hydrants on a 100 degree day . Its been down-hill ever since.

Fishing from the old Jon boat.

4lb 3oz caught on a Texas rigged Yum Dinger bream color , in three foot of water off a laydown .Back end of creek.

I have never thrown a :Wacky rig :Neko rig :Alabama rig : Inuit rig, or whatever that stupid thing is called

I cant avoid line twist with Texas rigs. I take my time ,rig them as straight as can be and it still twist . I'm not a noob either been throwing them for almost 50 years. All you guys who say you dont get line twist , I dont believe you anymore.? Liars!

I recently saw a video where a guy would take line that is kinked , fold his leather belt in two, pull the line through to smooth out the kinks. I havent tried it yet.