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Relax and enjoy!

@Chris Catignani, What is that, a plastic tube? Does it help keep the blade & beads in the correct position? @Chris Catignani, What is that, a plastic tube? Does it help keep the blade & beads in the correct position?

I have a BASS 1992 Tips and Tactics magazine that has the article "The Quest For The World Record." There's a paragraph in it that states when he caught the 21 lb (not the 22 lb) it "anchored a 72-pound, five-fish limit." Wow!

@Bdnoble84, Go to the Victory hooks website and click on "Our Legacy."

@TnRiver46:

@ATA, For California, https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Records

@Ohioguy25 I don't mean to derail this thread - I went to the link and it said: "Custom Duratech formulation" What is Duratech, and does it play well with other plastics? Or is it like ElaZtech? Or is it another name for ElaZtech?

Google "twitch bait". There are many saltwater versions that might work. Mirrolure make some smaller twitch baits.

@Bluebasser86, I thought it might be a Flier until I counted anal fin spines. I looked up Flier and they have 7-8 anal fin spines. I live in California, we don't have Fliers here (we don't have a lot of the fish that are in other parts of the US). Another thought: Maybe we need a "What Fish Is This" pinned to this topic area?

As @MN Fisher stated, determining species by color "is problematic given that the color has mostly washed (digested/rotted) out" Sunfish have a spiny portion and a soft portion of their dorsal and anal fins. Count the spines on the anal fin. Crappie have 5-6 anal fin spines, Bluegill have 3. Count the spines on the dorsal fin. White Crappie have 5-6. Black Crappie have 7-8. Bluegill have 10. Buy a good fish field guide.

Glad to hear she's doing better.

@Blue Raider Bob, If you don't live bait fish, why are you setting out a minnow trap? What are those larger fish on the right-hand side?

@Captain Phil https://bass-archives.com/florida-strain-bass-changed-the-world-of-bass-fishing/

Hope you had a great birthday! Only 25 years to go for 100.

Wishing the best for both of you.

It was a limerick about @Munkin using a limerick hook for Ned jig heads.

there once was a young man with much time he used to make his jigs quite sublime much time did he look to choose the right hook of a type that resembled this rhyme

Happy Birthday! Thanks for sharing your info with us!

@PUTitinYOURmouthFISH, There's a BR member who has videos. Google "smalljaw 3 color wire tie"

My favorite is chicken. Chicken tacos, chicken parmigiana, chicken teriyaki, chicken potpie . . .

They are a "western" fish (a large predatory minnow). Another name for them is Pike Minnow. There are several species (three or four, I think). We have a Sacramento Pike Minnow where I live, but there is also a Colorado Pike Minnow, and a Northern Pike Minnow (there might be another).

Happy 50th Birthday to Lynn.

@TnRiver46, FYI: A live bait cooler is not like a citrus cooler. LOL

https://cdec.water.ca.gov/reservoir.html Select "Daily Statewide Reservoir Report" for California reservoir details.

I think you ate all the larger ones last year! LOL