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I have success with a topwater bait like a Skitterwalk or a Chug Bug worked fast right through the commotion.

Hard to believe how young the team actually is. And they’re doing all this without Freddie. Acuña has missed lots of time and has yet to find his rhythm. And yeah I don’t like Ozuna either, but there is no denying he’s got a great bat when he gets going. Not to even mention their young staff. Fried has turned into a true front of the rotation guy. They have the team to go deep into October this year, and for a lot of years to come. Good time to be a Braves fan! And man am I rooting for Pujols to get to 700.

Nice catch! A pure muskie is probably the hardest catch on the esox bucket list. That’s the last one that remains for me.

Lately it seems I’m getting one fish, maybe 2 per Rage Bug. Which I can deal with because the Rage Bug just gets bit.

We want that back to back WS trophy!

And just like that, the Braves are tied for the division lead ?

With my home lakes, I’ve spent years picking them apart, learning the best spots, techniques, seasonal patterns etc, so I’m usually fishing the tried and true approach. It’s gotta be a really tough bite for me to mix things up on my home lake. But when it’s a grind, it’s fun to grab the drop shot rig, head to some deeper water and look for stuff with the depth finder.

Yeah something isn’t right with that. First thing that comes to my mind is your line is being dragged across something abrasive. Taught braid is about the least abrasion-resistant line there is. If you’re dragging your line over a sharp rock, it can fray until it breaks. Do you see any fray in the line when it breaks? Are you sure the knot isn’t slipping? (Although I really doubt that). Try fishing the same spot with a line that you can feel abrasions in, like monofilament. If you’re dragging mono over a rock, you can feel the roughness in the line when you run your finger down it. If you feel the scuffs on the line, then I’m guessing the braid is being scraped until it frays apart.

In my experience, any rod that isn’t at least a fast action will not be a good rod for poppers and walkers.

Tiny bit of dish soap can help reduce fogging on the lenses when using a face shield or neck gaiter as well.

Id bite that thing even with treble hooks.

If you’re looking for numbers of panfish, a small piece of nightcrawler or waxworm is hard to beat. Using artificials probably won’t increase the amount of fish you catch over live bait, but they can certainly be effective. I like to use Rapala UL Pops, small roostertails, or tiny curly tail grubs on a 1/32oz jig head. If you want to have a lot of fun catching panfish, try this on some light monofilament line: https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/search-tackle.html?start=0&count=30&searchtext=Rapala+UL+Pop

Ask @A-Jay haha But yeah, Spinnerbaits for bronze bass are very effective. I typically slow roll them over deep rock piles, or up points and drop offs.

Most commonly I use a leader with braid for presentations like jigs or Texas rigs. I use 20lb Yo-Zuri HD Fluorocarbon Leader Material. Very strong, abrasion-resistant, and have never had a leader knot fail on me.

Had to get more KVD L&L, and obviously had to throw in some more stuff to get that free shipping.

In my experience, bluegill get a little tight-lipped during dark hours, but will bite willingly all day long. Pop-Rs, Rapala UL Pops and Storm Hopper Poppers are the topwaters I throw for bluegill. And yes, don’t get too caught up in what animal the crankbait is supposed to imitate. Craws do scoot through the middle of the water column sometimes, like when they are trying to get away. They scoot up and backwards, sometimes several feet off the bottom, and I’ve even seen them scoot right up to the surface. Either way, a bluegill will attack a little crankbait whether it’s a perfect craw imitation or not.

Aside from pre-spawn fishing in the spring, September is my best month. You can have some incredible days on the water up here in September. This is the month where average size starts to increase as well.

Exactly. Nothing beats time on the water. The more hours spent actually fishing, the more things begin to just “click”.

Well the only way to know if the bass are biting is to go fishing…so I go any chance I get.

I had a Ranger for a few years. Thing was a beast. But using it as a landscaping truck really beat it to hell and sent it to an early grave. Miss that truck.

Most of my bucket list involves fishing or at least the outdoors and camping. In 2017 I got to check off my number one bucket list item, which was to go bass fishing in Lake Baccarac in Mexico. Should be tops on every bass fisherman’s bucket list IMO. I have a feeling I’ll be choosing to go back here before a lot of my other bucket list to-dos. Another big one for me it to fish for trout, salmon and grayling while camping in Alaska. A road trip across the country to Yellowstone is up there as well.

I’ve tried lines that I ended up throwing out because it wasn’t working for me, but I don’t know if they were bad spools, or just the nature of the line. And I won’t be trying them again to find out. The main lines I use, Trilene XL, Yo-Zuri Hybrid and fluorocarbon, and Power Pro, I’ve never had bad spools of.

Only thing I’ve noticed is the Rage Baby Craw in “Bama Craw” will sometimes not have the orange bottom. To me it’s mostly a non-issue as Rage Tail baits are great quality fish catchers and slight color variations won’t negate that.

I use a small tripod for my phone that I got on Amazon, and have it set up ready to go on my boat at all times with the camera timer set to 3 seconds. With a waterproof case for the phone, it’s a really simple way to get decent photos when fishing by yourself.

Some poppers can be walked too, such as the Megabass PopMax and the Storm Chug Bug. But like everyone is saying, I wouldn’t limit yourself to one topwater technique. There are times where a popper fished painfully slow is the key, other times where burning a spook is the best choice, and times when you need a hollow body frog to fish over the slop. Topwater fishing is completely addicting, and also extremely effective at times. Spooks, Chug Bugs, and Pad Crashers are good baits to start out with, and together will cover a lot of bases for topwater.