12poundbass

I usually only use 4/0 and I have several, but tied on the 3/0. I’ll switch and see if that does the trick.

Brand new Gamakatu.

Today I went out for a few hours on our lake. I decided to try a new set up I haven’t really given much attention in the past. I had a bites and had three largemouth and one decent rock bass on. Only one I was able to hook good to where I had to take it off the hook. The others let go at the boat or came unhooked at the boat, pretty frustrating. My rig was a simple weighted Texas rig. I had a 3/0 EWG, 1/4oz bullet weight pegged at the hook, and I was switching between a Missile Baits D-Bomb, Rage craw, and a Rage bug. I lost a bass on all three and the D-Bomb was the only one I was able to land a bass on. I will add almost all our bass are post spawn (I did see a few small ones on beds), and we have had a MAJOR cold front come in. We’re on day two or three of temps 20-30* colder than they were, blue bird skies, and very very windy. So what say you Bassresource? Is the hook up ratio normal for this rig, is it the cold front, post spawn, should I slide the weight up?

Sounds pretty good!

Apparently we had to drive through the land of Oz last night to get to one of our lakes. Actually, while we waited 15 or so minutes for this house to get out of the road, a lady approached us and had said she bought it from the Amish and was moving it down the road to her land. I’ve seen it all now.

That job sure makes mine seem pretty safe.....but also very boring. ?

Glad to hear it’s still a go.

Pad Crasher, hands down.

Hello from Montcalm county!

Lunker Hunt spider first time out, so far he’s caught 4 in 20 minutes. First top water of the season for him.

Hank got groomed....

Mine is simple. Why am I a dink magnet, and a brown bass repellent?

That’s pretty wild! Bass are pretty opportunistic feeders that’s for sure.

A nice surprise while 6poundbass was bass fishing off our dock.

A few weeks ago I lost a bladed jig when my line snapped. A couple casts later with my jerkbait I noticed line on my hook, I pulled it in and there’s my blades jig. Fast forward to a few days ago, my son was on our dock throwing a buzz bait. He got a pro backlash and his line snapped along with 20 or so feet of line. The very next day he calls me while I was working to tell me he got his buzz bait back! The exact same way I did. He was fishing and had line on his hook, he pulled it in and there’s his buzz bait. What are the chances of this happening, and twice? Have you had similar experience?

He’s set up perfect for what we call a ‘Texas heart shot’ ?

I’ve seen lightning do some pretty impressive things. I responded to an emergency gas leak one time. I arrive and the gas company was already there, so I talk with them. Lightning struck the house, traveled to the gas meter, down the tracer wire (plastic gas service) melted the service about 60 feet from the house, and created a fire ring in the front yard where it was leaking. But wait there’s more! It also traveled through the phone line to the phone ped, which was laying on the ground, and the inside was black with soot. The phone lines were melted together! Still not done. I get to the cable TV to locate that too. The lid to the cable TV ped is laying 15 feet away from the ped. It appears the ground wire in the cable TV ped did it’s job in saving the cable main, but the force of the lightning launch that lid in the air. These peds are locked by the way. That’s by far the craziest thing I’ve personally seen lightning do with my own two eyes. I don’t screw around with lightning, especially working, considering the equipment I use is basically a lightning rod. Lol

Fish the moment is a YouTuber who is good at explaining sonars (he uses Humminbird I believe). As far as which brand to get, it’s a Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge deal. Decide what features you want, research the brands and make your decision. The more you educate yourself the better off you’ll be.

It’s apples and oranges. I’ve never used either, but I had a wireless Motorguide for years which has a lot of similarities to the Xi5. The foot control sucks royally! The response is slow and it’s not as sensitive as a cable steer. Save your money and get the new tour Pro. You won’t regret it.

I’ve fished it a few times years and years ago. We saw some giant turtles swimming around in there, didn’t catch a fish though.

Hey the caddies still wear them at the Masters. The big question for the night is, underwear or commando under the jumpsuit? ?

Speak for yourself, I look like a white Shrek!

I bought my wife a pink Cabelas spinning combo about 11 years ago for her birthday. We went out that morning fishing, and she had a dink bass on and was about 10 foot from the boat when out of nowhere a decent sized pike came and took her bass! There was a big blow up, followed by her screaming, followed by a big tug, then a broken line, more freaking out, and me saying “that was awesome”!

Gman just announced it on his Live today that the 2021 Bassmaster Classic will be in Texas at Lake Ray Roberts.