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Have the kayak rental company meet you closer the the desired fishing spot. They may have some good ideas.

Spoilers below! So stop reading here unless you've see these two films. They're both about damaged goods women who turn out to be the unsuspecting goddess of an unknown death cult at the expense of every male around them. That's pretty similar considering they're consecutive films by the same writer/director. You'd think he could think up some different material. Midsommar would be a good film on its own. But it's a pretty lazy follow-up for the same writer/director. And if you saw Hereditary first you have already experienced the same kind of shocks Midsommar delivers. Maybe I saw them too closely together.

With a kayak in the back of the truck, look for a place to launch that's closer. You don't have to worry about a trailer.

Great novel. *SPOILER ALERT* The marine biologist was having an affair with the police chief's wife. Yes, you should. If you do, you can skip Midsommar. They're the same movie with different scenery.

Mandmade lakes usually are made from freshwater streams. Try some artificials. Try different colors and sizes. I feel so confident with a jig that I'd still have one tied on even at a place I knew didn't have any craws. It's a big bass bait. I don't see any straight tail 7" bubble gum worms swimming in my local lake, but the bass eat them up.

No. I mean, there aren't any worms in most of the waters I fish. But crawfish exist in almost all bodies of freshwater. There may not be huge concentrated numbers of them. You may go years without seeing one, then catch a fish with one sticking out of its throat. I didn't see one for almost 40 years on L. Wateree, SC. Then I caught a bass "passing" a claw. I helped the poor fella out and tossed him back.

I'm usually fishing it on a jig. I'm targeting a specific piece of cover. Almost all bites occur on the initial fall. I lift and drop it a couple times. Then I work it through the cover a bit. Not because that's how crawfish act, but because it's in the cover. No bite-I reel it up and do it again. But I don't burn it back anymore because I've had a couple fish chase it out of the cover and I was able to catch them. I've also had them bite it just steadily swimming it through stumps and laydowns. But most of the time, casting and retrieving a jig gets me no bites. I'd use a worm for that. I know others have different experiences. Just my $.02.

Did "IT" happen yet? I gotta go fishing soon.

When I was 13 or so my dad bought a Ryan Craft aluminum bass boat. It was a thin gauge metal riveted boat. He had a 40 HP motor on it. Eventually, some rivets loosened up. We would spend off-seasons drilling them out and replacing with pop rivets with some silicone on each new rivet (before popping it in). It's a weaker design. Thicker gauge metal helps though. But if you were only going to use it with maybe a 10 HP motor or a trolling motor, you probably wouldn't have any problems after replacing the few leaky ones. We beat up on that old Ryan Craft pretty good. I would also mention the welds on ribs across the floor used to crack over time and need rewelding. Just the ones near the front that took the pounding. As you mentioned, you want to check all the seams.

try Dove Men Care Extra Fresh 48+ deodorant. I've never been able to wear anti-perspirant more than once in a row without breaking out in a red rash. My skin has some reaction to it. So I just took more showers and used regular deodorant. I went on vacation in FL and forgot mine. I bought this on a whim at a drug store and it works great. It lasts longer than regular deodorant. However, if I came home from fishing smelling like I just had a shower, fishing was not that good.

I wouldn't go under 8#, just my $.02. And that would just be my leader on heavier braid.

Well, the idea was to reel them slowly enough to just tic the top of the grass but not so slowly as to be de-grassing the bait all day long. I was able to do so with the Trap and it's not very deep over most of the lake. It could be the retrieve speed was just right.

I've had days where my buddy outfished me using a gold Spot. I was using a gold Rat-L-Trap. The Spot is much deeper gold. This happened more than once before I bought a couple Spots and the disparity disappeared. Anecdotal, maybe, but I feel confidence in the Spot. It could be something else like the number or size of BBs in the Spot. They almost look identical in size and shape. I also tried other color patterns of Trap with very little success while my buddy was killing them.

It's not strictly horror as much as a simply dark story. But I'm digging deep for you. I'm also into gangster and gritty crime/police dramas. I just watched Arkansas on Prime. I recommend it.

The Void VVitch In The Mouth Of Madness Nosferatu-with Willem Dafoe Super Dark Times The Invitation The Endless The Strangers The Ritual Cabin Fever-this is what I was thinking of when I said Cabin In The Woods Paranormal Activity-actually scared me It Comes At Night As Above So Below Open House

I've seen all but Poughkeepsie Tapes. I'll have to check it out.

I get a lot more bites on black/blue craws than any other color unless the water is very clear, which it rarely is here. But I can't seem to buy a bite on black/red, even when I put one on a black/blue jig. As for your own experience, you showed the bass something they liked and would bite, then from their perspective, you changed it on them. It could also be that you wore the school out, they decided feeding time was over or some other unknown factor.

Here are a few can't-miss lures in my bag. I don't always use them. I don't even use all of these because I'm usually trying to target bigger bass. But they flat out catch numbers of bass. Trick Worm, weightless Zoom Finesse Worm or French fry or some other type do-nothing worm. Some people like them on a split shot rig. I usually just do a light weight Carolina rig. Small lizard, same rig. GYCB Hula Grub. The biggest bass I ever hooked (and lost) was on this bait, T-rigged. Senko Spinner, like Rooster Tail, Panther Martin Small Tubes Ned

Probably injured when the tree fell on it. ? JK. If the oxbow flooded recently, that could explain them holding very tight to some cover. I've always wondered how fish hold on in very strong currents. My friends have a small pond that routinely overflows the entire dam, yet they maintain a healthy population of good size bass. The overflowing probably helps with that. The water temp is pretty warm. Could be there's some parasite or bacteria affecting them. All kinds of nasty things thrive in warm water. A buddy of mine told me he caught some crappie that had eggs last week. It's very warm here and so is the water temp. We're in the stable dog days pattern. On this body of water, we have never observed the typical crappie spawn, where they come shallow in spring to get frisky. Maybe the bass do it differently there.

Here are a few sleepers I enjoyed that you've probably already seen: Cabin In The Woods Dead Silent Trick Or Treat (1986) Starry Eyes - Particularly disturbing Something Wicked This Way Comes The Blackcoat's Daughter Suspiria redux - The original was just too Euro-hispter for me. Heredity Midsommar - If you've seen heredity, you've really seen Midsommar as well. As others occur to me, I'll post them. I like horror and realize it's a genre that dips into B film territory. So I make exceptions for B actors if the plot is good and the ending is not cheesy. Castle Rock series on Hulu is good. Probably the best arrangement of King's material I've seen. Bates Motel is a good series as well. If you've seen these you are truly into the deep cuts and I probably can't help you. In that case, give me some recommendations. I like suspense a little more than gore. But some gore is a necessity for some films.

Hit this guy up in the comments of his latest video. He always responds and he can probably help you out. Seems like a super nice guy. His video content is great as well. https://www.youtube.com/c/CreekFishingAdventures/community

I always try to take the eyeball size into account. Big fish have "bugeyes". You're not long-arming it. I'm guessing high 5 lb range. Pond fish can be older than their size indicates because there are seasons of limited food. A pond fish that reaches that size can eat whatever it wants, including other bass.

Happy Birthday my man!

WP's can be hit or miss. Poppers get more bites on average for me.

So, naturally, I wanted to get out and do some fishing this morning. You only get one 50th birthday, after all. I went to my favorite small lake and it started off slow. I was about 1/3 of the way around the lake and finally got a pounder under some overhanging trees with the black/blue jig and craw. About 20 minutes later I skipped the jig way under some trees. The cast was a thing of beauty, not my usual noisy entry. I started to retrieve and the bass yanked the jig back. I set the hook and the bass immediately got as entangled as it could. I had to go get it, guerilla style. I attached a pic of the jungle I had to go get it from. I could see the bass was right at the surface, pinned against limbs. I disengaged the spool and let out a little line as I paddled into the brush. I grabbed the bass and pushed back out with the paddle. I had to cut the line because there was no way I was getting that jig through all those limbs. I weighed it. 7.2 lbs. I took pics and released it. It took me 10 minutes to get my jig retied because the eye on this Seibert jig is tiny! The fish had wrecked my 20# mono leader. And my hands were unsteady. I paddled on around for about 30 minutes and caught another nice fish on a Chug Bug. 5.4 lbs. And this fish didn't suck the bait in like most big bass do with towaters. It annihilated my Bug with a huge splash. It was a better fight than the 7 pounder because it was on a treble lure (looser drag) and out in the open. I ended up with another 2 pounder on the frog and several 1 pounders on a finesse C rig with a small lizard and spinnerbait, 7 fish total. It was a great morning. Happy Birthday to Me!