basswrangler83

He should watch Bass Resource's YouTube channel. I know exactly how you feel when someone doesn't take the initiative to help themselves.

I've also found that wearing the sun gear (long sleeve shirt, buff....) keeps me cooler because the sun isn't on my skin.

I use a sea to summit removable soft roof rack on my 4 door Kia Forte. I ratchet strap my yak to it. Just 2 ratchet straps, that's it. Don't over tighten it though.

You can make anti fog. A little dawn dish soap in water. Spray on your glasses and let it dry. Wipe it off and you're good to go. I had the same problem so I didn't cover my nose. Then I experimented with the solution I mentioned and it works.

Simms UPF 50 long sleeve, buff, gloves and wide brim hat. Sun screen on my nose. Make sure your shirt fits snug around your neck or has a collar or there will be exposed skin on the back of your neck.

I'm glad you asked this question, I wanted to start throwing swim jigs myself

I fish booyah frogs. The paint job on the top doesn't matter. What color is underneath on nearly every frog? White. That's all they see. Booyas are soft enough to get a good hook set and still very durable. I use poppers on windy days, and crashes on calm days.

TIG welding. Very clean (free from spatter), best choice for repairs and I don't have change out spools of wire if I'm going from stainless to mild steel, just grab different rod. I do prefer to sharpen my tungsten on a diamond wheel or belt sander, it's a pain in the butt with a 2" buffer 120 grit pad. (Finish with a 240 if you can).....

I have broken the shroomz hooks off where the keeper is welded on. That's the weak point. The resistance weld that holds the keeper on makes it brittle. (I'm a welder). I've broken them off on snags or after a snag when I'm trying to bend the hook back. I just use ball head jigs now

My wife does not fish, but that is outstanding! ????

Spoons like Johnson minnows with a grub, and spinnerbaits. Pelican has a lot of pike and bass, Dewey does too. Duck is good for bass. Long lake is mostly bass with a few pike. I'm headed up there gathers day weekend

I have Texas rigged them with decent success. I went back to the shroomz jig heads to try to stay true to the "system" but I lost 2 of them and 2 trd's because of snags. Most of the lakes in SE Nebraska are weedy, so using a 1/16 oz bullet weight and a 1/0 ewg hook can work. I've also caught a few on VMC finesse rugby heads in 1/16 oz size.

17" today one pb&j trd. 15lb braid, no leader. Caught several other small ones.

Cool story. I'm going out tomorrow and the water is in the low 50's here (southeast Nebraska). Had no luck yesterday, so maybe I'll try to go small tomorrow.

Pretty well. the weight of the trd helps. If you go with a lighter plastic like the finesse shad, it's harder to get distance