Swamp Girl

Protein bars and peanuts for the salt. However, I'm working harder than a lot of you because I'm a paddler. I eat a bowl of oatmeal before launching, but by eightish, my tank is empty. ^Protein and salt^ Makes me wonder if GreenTrout is a paddler too.

So true. Many times, I feel like I cast my popper into an open, awaiting mouth. I really like feathered trebles too, but if the bass are really smacking it, the feathers won't even last one trip. Do I bother to replace it? No. Does it make a difference? I don't think so. Whereas I agree with @The Baron, there will be times when you can't retrieve it too fast for bass. I'll utilize a walking retrieve and they'll hit it.

Agree. Glenn is a gifted teacher. I highly recommend his videos. I often apply Glenn's experience/teaching when I'm fishing. Ha! I'm just trying to simplify a newbie's angling. I don't use leaders and I don't lose bass. Plus, I catch hundreds/thousands of bass so my lines are being stretched and I'm often fishing wood and weeds. No truer words. Yep, yep, and yep. Yes, please listen to Al here. And please listen to Al everywhere else too!

Well angled, @The Baron!

Throw the leaders away. No need to use them.

I use Mayors, Zakos, and Keitechs and love them all.

Oh, Tommy, we've never met, but I'm still crying.

You're a tough man.

Yep, they are post-spawn. Fingers crossed they fatten and fatten for the fall. However, their skinniness doesn't keep them from stretching my line. They dunk my MH rod tips in the water.

I ordered a Ranger decal and am going to put it on the bow of my canoe. If you're a bank angler, do the same, but attach it to your chest or shoulder. #yesI'maRangerowner

Some days I'm happy to paddle and catch whatever. Other days I'm hunting a big northern lmb.

The kid and I fished this morning. We never quite clicked with the bass, losing about half the bass we hooked. I tossed a popper at four spots and couldn't trigger a single hit. Everything was underwater, mostly with an underspin with a Crush City Mayor in white, but also a T-Rigged lizard, crawfish, and Burner worm. We finished with 35. Here's the kid with a typical smallie: And here are three bass I caught. A 17-incher: An 18: And neeeaaarrrly 19: The kid did catch a 19 with his dad yesterday. I sure was proud of him:

Respect. I don't flee from many challenges, but I bought a zero turn mower, used it once, and asked to return it. It was soooooooooooo hard to steer.

GP, why are you awake in the middle of the night? I'm up because I'm about to go fishing.

I don't fish many weekends, but the kid and I fished last Friday and there was one pontoon boat, two motorboats with three people each, and four kayaks, which is a LOT for a Maine pond in my area.

Rain is my favorite time to fish. It makes me even sneakier.

That hasn't been my experience. So far, they're remaining effective in Maine.

Me too. I'm trying one on tomorrow for the kid and me. Tying on a frog too. Bass learn to avoid plopping lures, but not popping lures.

He loved that moment. The bass lodged under the canoe and had my MH rods bent all the way into the water. Then it suddenly surfaced and threw the hook. The kid thrust our big net as deep as he could and pulled it up. Neither of us knew if it would be empty or full. Thanks! It was fun and we're going again tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed! I'm rigging a frog, a burner worm, an underspin with a Crush City Mayor, a blue lizard, a popper, and the T-Rigged Rage Bug that worked so well for him last time.

Paying attention is pert near everything. I don't have a lot of luck casting to bass that just chased shad to the surface or plucked a bug off the surface, but seeing them tells where bass are feeding and I move accordingly.

I don't even bother with docks because I don't want to ding them and when I fished them, I nearly never caught bass. Me too.

Russ's video is funny. @TnRiver46

Jesse, I assume you had a guide at Lake Baccarac. If you did, how do you think you would have fared without one? For me, time alone doesn't always mean I can crack the code. I lived on the Wisconsin River for more than a year. I fished nearly every morning and if I caught half a dozen, that was a great morning. There was just so much water that didn't hold bass. It had strong current, it was shallow, and sandy-bottomed. Tough conditions...for me. High, muddy water would intimidate me. You're also casting into trees and barbed wire for DDs...in high winds. That's akin to fighting Siberian tigers on an icy tightrope over a thundering waterfall.

ICD is the best. And Al @Lottabass is morphing into @Pat Brown!

Yep, you're dancing with the Grim Reaper.