12poundbass

Ribs....Michigan you say? I’m there!

40 dink’s to win and FLW event? I think it’s more of a fad than anything. A handful of years ago you could ask those same guys and they’d say they have one or two spinning setups on there boat and some wouldn’t have one. It was last year or the year before I started using them again.

I’m not a bed fisherman, but with the temps we’re finally having and will have for the next week I think there will be a ton popping up this weekend. It’s looking like another Saturday I’ll have to work so no fishing for me Saturday morning and my son has football Sunday. I’ll still fish but probably not the species I want or lake I want. Then the following weekend is the weekend us Central and Northern Michigan guys hate....

He’s out there religiously. After he caught that we took the pontoon out and I tied on a spinnerbait for him, no luck on that but he won’t give up which is good.

Walking along our shore yesterday I spooked a couple bass on their beds, right tight to the shore. I’ve only seen 3 beds so far.

The neighbors dog patiently waiting for 6poundbass to catch one.

Persistence pays off. He finally caught one from shore.

I work outside all day everyday 12 months a year. I’ve gotten a little sunburn through a tee shirt. It’s only happened a couple times and my shirt was saturated with sweat which probably contributed but it was a plain cotton shirt.

I swear Huk clothing has rabbit DNA in it because they sure are good at multiplying in my closet and hat rack. BTW I noticed they sell sunglasses now. Reasonably priced at $50 too!

Your pics don’t look tiny. Your fish are so d**n big it gives the illusion of tiny pics. ?

It’s been forever since I did a whole lot of plumbing, so long ago pex was just coming out. But it does look like that could be soldered on. What do the directions say (loud gasp from the crowd lol)? The reason I ask is with the advancement of pex I thought soldering was a lost art, but this is retro fitting. If you can indeed solder it get that rubber O-ring off from there so you don’t melt it and put it back on after it cools. Any map gas torch will work. You can get them fairly inexpensive just about anywhere. You’ll need sand screen, flux, and solder.

Like @Sprocket said wait until Icast. Word on the street is Garmin has some cool stuff coming out.

Well done Sir! Helluva day! The year is still early but already a great one, giant brown bass, giant Musky, what’s next?

Holy crap! ?

You’re right. I have a Helix 7 SI G2N and I wish I had a 9 or bigger.

You’ll get an image but it’ll be very small. Take a pop can and turn it sideways, that’s about the size of screen you’ll get.

I’ve only been out a few times as well. Sunday was the first time I got off the lake I live on. It was about 38 and breezy Sunday morning. We froze our butts off and caught nothing. Work has been preventing me from getting out like I’ve wanted. I’ve been working every Saturday and my son has football on Sundays. Hopefully this Saturday we don’t have to work and I can try my hand at the brown bass.

Bright colors reflect the sun, thus keeping you cooler. The darker colors in the color spectrum absorb sunlight which will make you hotter.

Well done and congrats on the new SMB PB!

If there’s no set screw and it’s copper then the copper probably has a threaded male end and you can just unscrew it and replace it pretty easily. Make sure you have Teflon tape to put on the threads. If the seals are good on the faucet I’d leave it alone and just replace the spout.

^^^^^ I second this

Our neighbor gave my wife an Oriole feeder a few days ago and she’s gone through almost a half jar of grape jelly! Eating all that sugar pretty soon they’ll be too big to fly.

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My parents had property in Nahma right on the Bay de Nocs so I grew up walleye fishing. I spent plenty of hours at the helm trolling at 3mph for those d**n fish. Probably explains why I’m not much into finesse fishing.