Jar11591

Coconut anything is amazing. Love me some coconut water.

If I had to pick one weight, it would be 12lb. I use straight monofilament on 2 casting setups. Trebled topwaters get 10lb test, and buzzbaits get 15lb.

Pesto, risotto, bolognese, I love it all. I usually opt for white dishes more than the red ones, but I don’t think there are many Italian dishes I don’t like (or any dishes for that matter lol). My absolute favorite is Carbonara, but too often when I get it it too closely resembles Alfredo. I worked as a fill in cook at an old school Italian restaurant for the last few years. The owners just retired a few months ago. My best friend was the head chef, and is ridiculously talented.

I was mistaken. I got a month ahead of myself. Walleye season is open until the 15th, as well as the esox season.

Edit* I was erroneous in my initial response! @KSanford33, Both esox and walleye season is open until March 15th. Both are active in cold water and abundant in the Mohawk. I forgot it’s only March 1st.

Usually about 5’ when I first tie it. I’ll let it get down to 3’ or so before I change it out.

Of course I love a sale, but your statement describes me for the most part. When it’s time for a new rod or reel, its time regardless of whether or not there is a sale going on. There are also times when I grab something I didn’t know I wanted until it was on sale, but if I need something I usually don’t wait on sales. My budget is certainly not unlimited so I still have to stay within it. My money may go further waiting on sales, but for example if I need a new frog rod for July, I’m not gonna wait for Labor Day. @TNBankFishing, I’m curious where you got the MSRP vs True MSRP numbers? Manufacturer website or vendor website? Thanks.

I put function over form, but I certainly appreciate a slick looking set up. I do minor cosmetic upgrades on some of my gear.

If you asked me a year ago I probably would have said it was possible although unlikely. Now, I believe it’s only a matter of time.

Every time

A week and a half ago I was talking about getting ready to go fishing. This week we’re getting hammered with snow

Something narrow with a recessed eye.

I felt this on a personal level.

Next you’re gonna tell me I have to cook my own groceries too!

This is a double edged sword. If I only threw a spinnerbait when traditional thinking says it’s a good idea (windy, choppy, murky water), I’d catch a lot less fish. I catch as many fish with a spinnerbait in clear calm water as I do in choppy stained water. What the data says is often a dud in my experience, and possibly based on some anecdotal evidence that people ran with for so long it became “fishing law”. My point is if I only threw “what the data says to throw”, I’d catch a lot less fish.

The SV TW is a sweet reel. I can zing 3/16-1/4oz jerkbaits a mile with it. It has a shallow spool, so I would opt for a thin diameter mainline to be able to fit more on the spool and really get some bomb casts.

By storage for soft plastics do you mean storing them while you’re fishing, or storing them off the water? For on the water, I use a worm binder. It’s a 3 ring binder with ziplock bags that hold packages of soft plastics. For off the water, I store them in stackable plastic storage bins, in their original packaging. I always keep my soft plastics in the package they come in.

That should make for a happy anniversary!

This has been my experience. Gaining confidence on one body of water definitely translates into confidence on other fisheries, which in turn results in more fish, thus increasing your confidence even more. That’s why time on the water is so valuable to becoming a better angler. You can read and research all day and night, but if you aren’t putting enough time in on the water to put some context to the information you’re receiving, it won’t do you as much good.

What makes it worse is that we’ve had an extremely mild winter, both temperature and snow-wise, but are getting our most winterlike weather this week. Nasty ice storm last night, temps dropping to single digits, and getting whacked with huge snow storm Monday into Tuesday. Really struggling to contain my enthusiasm to get back out there, especially since my reels just arrived back from DVT. ?

This is what I’ll have tied on for my first trip post ice-out, projected late March as of now. -Rapala X Rap -Rapala Rattlin’ Rap -Rapala DT-10 -Strike Pro Gill Raker -Strike King Tour Grade 3/4oz spinnerbait -Z-man 1/2oz chatterbait w/ Rage Craw -Savage Gear line-through Trout -Siebert brush jig 1/2oz w/ Netbait Chunk -Zman Baby Goat ned rig -4” YCB Senko wacky rig

A few inches of snow and ice predicted for last night turned into 1 solid inch of crusty icy snow. Not fun with a shovel or a blower. And the next few days will be some of the coldest of the winter. Just when I was starting to gear up for an early ice out

I’m so glad NYS opened up their bass season year round. Only caveat is from December to June it’s artificial lures and C&R only. Both things that don’t affect me at any point during the year.

I’m actually really into this. Dang. I did not need to see the this post. Thought my spring shopping list was complete but it appears not.

Spinnerbaits, lipless cranks, jerk baits and Ned rigs.