TnRiver46

Well I’ve never won much (maybe anything) so I should be good . which kind of bass would you say is a drum? 😂

Why did I think you were in Rochester, NY? seems like I rolled thru Clayton GA on my way to the 2022 bassmaster classic in hartwell. ‘Twas mountainous on hwy 23 I believe? A welcome alternative to the interstate , nice little drive

I seem to recall you talking about fishing different bogs and ponds a few dozen times

A bird flew by when I read the rules the first time so I’m not sure but…… if my state record smallmouth is 12 lbs, does that help or hurt my chances ?

You’d make a fine meteorologist

I didn’t say dinks or finesse ???

In a tournament where the best 5 isn’t what they tally up to see who wins

That’s the point I keep trying to make, in the format of these BPT tourneys every fish counts. They can rack up a large cumulative weight with large numbers of 2 lb fish. In a “best 5” format , 2 lb fish won’t do any good in FLA so people wouldn’t bother targeting them in their previous stage at Conroe, many of the fish weighed would not even be legal to weigh in at a best 5 tournament

They made a law banning wake surfing within 200 feet of the bank, but of course nothing changed. They still do it all day

Yikes

My buddy Mike chases the wake boats in his kayak and surfs them on purpose live a little !

Looks like a night crawler threaded onto a 4/0

Only problem I have encountered with eating rock bass is the black spot disease, sometimes they are eat up with is so bad they are crunchy like you battered them in sand

Yep

Baylee looks quite unique, bet she could go fast !

Buzzard in a tuxedo

I think he wanted it to be secret! Wish I had a few

Everyone knows the bass are too smart for that! 😂 (just kidding, kind of ) Tom got them all on hair jig with pork trailer I’ve got that one too

I stand corrected, sometimes I swear he lurks here

Water is coffee + creamer thick here, below a dam somewhere might be my only chance

Because if you are going to compare your data to anything before BPT was formed, people would run away from a school of 1.5-2 lb fish in a traditional tournament (or the 2022 bpt that was best 5). Whereas now they can sit on a school of 2 lb fish and win MLF keeps all score tracker data and drop shot, @gim’s favorite, is far and away the leading fish catcher year after year (Bardin et al, 2025)

I keep all my kayaks bare bones, bring 2-3 rods and a tackle bag, drop it in and go fishing after work

I’ve purchased some smoked fish in leelanau aka fishtown