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Biggest of the year so far This was one of the thickest, roundest most healthy looking bass I've ever caught.

d**n man, I wish you would post more pictures of the hogs you catch. It never gets old seeing the pictures of monster bass that you somehow pull out of Northeast waters. Awesome fish. How big did she go?

Fishing, camping, basketball, throwing a baseball, watching baseball, fantasy baseball.

We could rank the panfish by tastiness In which case my order would be this: 1. Crappie 2. Bluegill 3. Perch

5'' senko....BORING. lol

HOG!

Favorite by far is a topwater lure in open water, such as a popper or spook-type. Least favorite: spinnerbaits. Never ever ever ever have even had so much as a strike from a bass. Great pike bait though lol.

Probably a watermelon w/ red flake baby Brush Hog for T/C-rigging.

I know crappie populations fluctuate greatly from year to year. One year they can be over-abundant, and the next they can be very sparse. I remember reading something recently in "In-Fisherman" or one of the other magazines that said years with high water levels and heavy rains often lead to higher crappie populations due to the greater amount of cover high water offers as it floods new areas. It offers crappie safer spawning locations and better protection for the fry.

I tried Berkley pro braid, and it was ok at first. But after not too many uses the line flattened out and didn't cast worth a d**n. I switched to Spiderwire stealth braid and had no complaints but I've since switched to Power Pro and it's by far my favorite.

Berkley Trilene XL low-vis green.

I used to use live craws a lot, and they are great for largies and smallies. Haven't used live bait in a long time but when I used to, live craws were very effective. Just hook em through the tail and drop them down weightless.

Baby pike

Tiny rooster tail

Gut hooked fish are usually the result of user error. If you set the hook right when the fish hits your bait, odds of it swallowing anything is very minimal. It just takes concentration and paying a little more attention. I honestly can't remember the last time I hooked a bass too deep to remove the hook. That being said, your situation happens to everyone from time to time, and yeah its kind of a bummer. But the only way to completely eliminate that from happening is to give up fishing altogether and that's not going to happen.

My guess as well.

Yes. I use tungsten for everything that I can.

It would be the price of tungsten.

Storm Chugbug, Rapala Skitterwalk

My philosophy is this; I'm always pleasant and polite with people as long as they are the same with me. Even if I'm a paying customer in a restaurant, that doesn't make me any better of a person than my waiter/waitress. Just the same as a customer coming into my job doesn't make them any better than me. Everybody has bad days and you don't know what someone's situation may be. If people are pleasant, then being pleasant and polite back will get you further and make life more enjoyable for everyone. People who are unpleasant for no reason usually have an issue with themselves, not the person in front of them. Pretty simple concept if you ask me.

With all the hopeless ignorance in this world, sometimes I really wonder how humans have advanced as far as we have.

Culprit 10" on a 4/0 EWG Gamakatsu with a red glass bead and bullet weight on 40 lb braid.

I would head right to the island and cove.