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I would say they are at fault just based on ettiquitte . Nobody likes getting rolled up on like that, wheeler sure didn't. Aaron martens will always be second place if he just keeps following whoever is in first and trying to copy them. That's exactly what he did to KVD in the classic on the Louisiana Delta

Those guys would still beat us bad but at least we wouldn’t zero! The lakes here all have keeper limits higher than 12” or 1 lb Yeah I see enough of that crap on the water everyday, made me sad to see it at a “world championship” although that seemed pretty rinky dink for a world championship

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I and all my friends have been known to catch a lot of 1 lb 1 oz bass

A 600 acre lake is still quite small, most of ours are 30,000+ acres. @Dirtyeggroll put up a report in the fishing locations section today where he showed up blind to fish off the bank at a large reservoir and had success, it can be done. Back when I was bank bound I always liked to fish below dams

Mayhem is an understatement for the atmosphere at every game I have ever been to (a whole bunch) and those were all BEFORE they allowed beer sales

Nicely done!

Lesson number one of bass fishing: ponds are easy, lakes are hard. I grew up fishing a golf course, lots of grass and bass. The fishing was always easy and didn’t take long to start catching. I no longer have access to these ponds and could care less, i enjoy fishing large reservoirs from a boat way more than I ever enjoyed pond hopping. Like @BigAngus752 said, it’s all about the challenge

The dump

As a non tournament fisherman, I wish my livewell dispensed ice instead of water! Cool video

Thanks! I'll tell him you said that as we are going fishing this evening and tomorrow morning . That pic was from January 2016 on Cherokee lake. I'm guessing the spinning reels you are throwing are north of $25 tho... Haha. The cardinal in the photo I acquired for free.99. I found it under my buddy's passenger seat on the way to the river and he says "huh....that's been under there for years... You want it?" It still works well, got a 42"+ gar with it Sunday

I would rather eat anything wild than store bought. I like food that tastes "gamey." I don't hunt because it cuts into fishing time and is expensive but thats what friends are for! I still get to eat deer and turkey and upland birds and long as I invite everyone over for occasional fish fry's

Electronics are all kinds of fun. Even if you don't have them experiment in deep water with a big Shakey head or Texas rig. Just drag it on bottom somewhere between 15 and 25 feet. The anticipation when setting the hook on a deep fish is quite exhilarating Once they commit you still won't land them! Haha

I have a picture of a finger on the rotor with a lipped fish somewhere........ found it! i always feel like I’m flipping the camera off but it works

If you are worried about drag on the spinning reel, click it over to backreel and fight the fish that way. When smallmouth finesse fishing I set the hook and hold what I’ve got to determine the size of the fish. If it feels big I click over to backreel because those deep water smallmouth will dive down hard every time it’s easier to handle them with the reel. I had never heard of backreeling until 5-6 years ago and the first time I tried it, it felt completely normal. Not really something I had to get used to except for: don’t let go of the reel handle at any moment, especially when boat flipping .

I think I’ve head horse creek (?) Marina is a good spot

Nice fish! I wish there were lily pads in my neck of the woods....... looks fun

Bass are good at spitting treble hooks! You’ll get em one of these days.

Thanks for the update

Never hook them in the first place! Sorry I couldn't resist . Putting your rod tip under water is all you can do. There is no sure fire way to "prevent" them from jumping, all you can do is keep the rod down and hope

I sweat through my pants and boots from 8-5 at work so I wear shorts and flip flops to fish from 5-9. Sunscreen never bothered me. When it gets to mid September the evening mosquitos are too bad for shorts so I leave my work pants on which are hand me down BDU from my game warden buddies pictured here (shameless excuse to show off big rockfish picture)

I would put a spoon on the other

"cold" front.... Hehehe

Most consider it in the southeast . I've also heard it called "mid south" as opposed to the "deep South." The university of Tennessee has played football in a conference with the name "south" somewhere in it since 1896. A school we have competed against in the same conference since that time is Auburn , whose mascot in addition to a tiger is a "was eagle." This is where @Tennessee Boy and I get our disdain for the name of the fishing lures, a rivalry dating back to the late 1800s..... Football is kind of important in the south, not sure if you've heard. Where Tennessee's identity in the "south" got confusing was during the civil war. They say our state was almost divided half and half with some young men fighting for the Union and some for the Confederacy. There were truly some families that had brothers on each side of the battles. As far as Maryland goes, I believe it was considered in the south when they decided to make the national capital in Washington DC