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I think $75 would be fair, especially considering fuel costs which may be about to spike. @padlin $50 per week for an acre and they hauled away the clippings? That’s a great deal.

About how much property is it? When I mowed lawns, I charged around $50 for the 1/4 acre lots that I could mow and whip in about 30-40 minutes once per week. To bag the clippings I charged $10 or $15 more. Factors to take into account are size of property which determines not just how long it’ll take but how much fuel you’ll use, frequency of mowing, and whether they want it mulched or bagged.

Supposed to get a few inches of snow tomorrow, but after that the temps shoot up to 50s, 60s, and even a day in the 70s. Gonna revise my initial estimate. Maybe on the water by end of March? This is fool’s spring, and I’m dusting off the court jester’s hat. I’m jonesin’ to lean back on a fatty.

All Gamakatsu, all the time.

@Kev-mo I am not sure the scientific reason, as I’m not a biologist, but a Florida bass is now its own species in the Micropterus genus. Micropterus salmoides is the Florida bass, while the largemouth is Micropterus nigricans. Haven’t seen anything regarding changing of records to distinguish between the 2 now distinct species from any state wildlife agencies, which is very confusing.

I’m more shocked at the length than the weight! A 30” bass? That’s insane. Would this qualify as a record largemouth if it’s a hybrid between a larry and a Florida bass? Because as of a year or so ago, a Florida bass is no longer considered a subspecies of largemouth.

3/4oz Rattlin Rap in Bluegill

Lucas Reel Oil and Ardent Reel Butter.

@T-Billy I believe that would be Mr. @Zcoker

@Glenn I think Kirby is going to have a breakout year. It’s too bad you lost Suárez, but the AL West is still Seattle’s to lose. Meanwhile, 2 of Atlanta’s projected starting pitchers have already gone down with elbow surgery and neither expected back until July. Waldrep and Schwellenbach. Smith-Shawver will miss the entire season as he recovers from his TJ surgery. Their best reliever’s status is up in the air, as Jimenez recovers from his knee surgery. I could go on and on with the Braves injuries already. It’s like they used all their injury karma up during that magical 2023 season.

Almost exclusively I fish from my boat. If I’m walking the bank, it’s because I am having mechanical issues with either truck or boat, or I don’t have enough time to take the boat out.

Another vote for profile over color. I tend to not pay color too much mind. In the super clear waters I fish, I usually stick with natural looking hues and keep some darks and lights on hand to cover my bases. The size and shape of the bait is what matters more. And like @mcipinkie said, where you’re throwing your bait matters most.

@Swamp Girl yes, a couple nature preserves with bogs and ponds, and several shallow backflows of a large river all very close.

We don’t have bird feeders, but our yard is so full of all different kinds of birds I’m assuming because the entire yard is a healthy ecosystem, especially with our garden. It’s rare to look out the patio door and not see blue jays and cardinals. Mocking birds, white-throated sparrows (my favorite singers), pileated woodpeckers, redwing black birds, hummingbirds, common sparrows and more. A hawk has a nest in one of the spruce trees, and sometimes likes to do a low flyover while we’re out having a fire, always a startle. We’ll occasionally hear a bard owl hooting somewhere in the trees. And possibly my favorite avian backyard experience; every single day in the spring,summer, and fall at about the same time, a blue heron flies high above our yard, en route to its evening roost. Our yard just happens to be over its travel route.

I think generally speaking, a lure that runs true is using more of its potential than a lure that doesn’t. Especially when we tailor our equipment around specific baits, them running in a predictable manor is more efficient.

Spinnerbait

Spinnerbait, jig, lipless. In that order.

I let the bass do the scuffin’ of my worms

Pitchers and catchers report to spring training this week 😁😁😁

The Swampy Armada! Sounds like you got all the bases covered.

I use leader specific fluorocarbon for my leaders. What I want out of a fluoro leader is different than what I want out of a mainline fluorocarbon. I want my leader to be stiff and wiry, but if im using fluoro as a main line I want it the opposite. My leaders are usually 20-25lb, and a whole spool of that is pricey, so I use 30yd spools of leader material instead. My main line fluoro is Seaguar InvisX, AbrazeX, or tatsu. Leader material is Yo-Zuri HD.

Another couple inches last night and today, and the frigid temps continue. Getting down to negative double digits tonight and tomorrow. Absolutely brutal winter, coldest I can remember in a long time. It’s completely killed the industry I work in too, resulting in some cut hours for February.

My thoughts on eating bass: -selective harvest helps a body of water produce healthier bass populations including larger fish -a large bass being killed for the purpose of consumption hurts my heart (Legality doesn’t always guide my morality) -largemouth taste like the seaweed they live in -smallmouth taste delicious -when a fish fry is what I’m after, perch, sunfish, and crappie are what I go for Those are about all my thoughts on eating bass.

Only time I watch hockey is during the winter games. Some of the other events are entertaining as well. I agree that the summer games are much better though.

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