NHBull

Go to a place where you know your going to get 40 bites and swing at everything, doesn't matter. I try to real down to my 4 o'clock and swing to my 10:00, sometimes it's like swinging a golf club including the toe pivot ?

Being Canadian, you must have been issued one of those crystal balls that tell you when bad things are going to happen. We don’t have them in the US, so we opt to be prepared for that special occasion ?

Swingings are free and they always get your partners attention ?.....

It's he simple things!

There is no substitute for a trained thumb and properly spooled line. You should not be digging in with 30 lb if the two are good. On a side note, are you finding it happened more when casting in to the wind? Are you making an occasional long cast after a a bunch fluffy ones?

Awesome for swimmers and this Summer had great luck with craws.......and as saved above, get the ones with the screw on piece

Again, this is one of those old threads I don’t mind revisiting. This year, my primary bottom contact rods have been MBR style rods with a fast action and braid to FC.......and I swing at everything! And put more in the boat than ever before. while I may be in the minority with this non JWR rod, it works for me.....

This happened only once this year as most of my dock time is mid week. In this instance the owner came down and started yell and said they were going to call marine patrol and fish and game. My son was with me and asked if he could help....the home owner replied “ only if your marine patrol. He replied, “Marine patrol is under the department of safe, which is the State Police, then pulled out his badge He I formed him that his father (me) was well within his rights to be here and suggested he stop elevating the situation. I then hen turned the boat and motored to the next dock. While this was histarical , it could have gone sideways real quick and It just isn’t worth it

The FG will pass through the smallest of guides

There are some braids that are more resilient than others, but opting for a uni knot may be the easier solution. The Pitzen, and SanDiego knots are also solid choices...... you could also go braid to FC leader and use the above knots

Can’t speak to PA, but I know NH, ME and Vt are, that said it is still easier to set the hook on a weighted TRIG bass with a smaller weight

As I watched hours of video today, it’s remarkable how many run towards the “bang” vs how many ran away. Kind of makes ya think!

Lead is illegal, and while not lightly to get caught, it’s a small price to be paid to follow the law. Additionally, when setting the hook, pulling a smaller object through the mouth to ensure a better hookset is easier

No problems yet!

Spent the day consoling kids who's friends and family were in the towers. Tried to go "active" again and was denied

Like anything else, it is the human driving them. I actually have more problems with pontoon idiots. That said my nephew converted his and it is a great set-up that can cover a lot of water. He even uses it for stripers

Almost time for the Christmas sales

I agree with @Sam but this summer the Fronts were coming through so often that the bite never fell off here. The other thing I noticed was while the day bite would subside the nights never did. No direct evidence, but believe the night bite is less dependent on highs and lows. Would love to here thoughs on my observation

Best historic thread to date......

Started an informal fishing club at my school... Reminds me why I love this so mucn

You need to turn off the TM......unplug to save battery....same as Talons

Conquest rod with a Met DC or Conquest 100

Not to hijack, but why wouldn’t you run the tag through the bottom loop before the top making the San Diego jam........just courious?

Howdy......how thick is the ice today ?

I will try to find the article and not sure how relavant it is to the OP’s question, but my take away was that fish caught on plastics were likely to re-hit another plastic in about 20 minutes, whaile bass biting a hard bait can be shy for over a day. Will do some digging this afternoon