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  • Birthday 10/14/1966

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    Southaven, MS
  • My PB
    Between 9-10 lbs
  • Favorite Bass
    Largemouth
  • Favorite Lake or River
    Chewalla

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    Career: chemist

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  1. I had an eye exam yesterday & was happy to see that the optical dispenser has really expanded inventory since my eye appt 3 yrs ago. They actually had about 15 models of Costa sunglasses and about 10 varieties of Costa frames for regular glasses. Problem was the sunglasses were crazy high priced. $324 for green mirrored Tailfin model. I priced same at Academy for $140 on sale. Even Costa website is cheaper, $220 regularly but 20% off right now. I called Costa customer service & got some info. They will put in the Rx lenses but you have to buy the frames directly from them. Think it’ll be cheaper if I buy my own frames & have Rx lenses put in. One good piece of info I got from the customer care rep - You can get the same exact Costa 580G lenses put in by SportsRx for existing Costa frames you own. Gonna reach out to them & find out cost.
  2. Sorry you’re not in close proximity to an Academy. They do have good sales occasionally. I feel over last 5-10 yrs the sales are less frequent & not as good as they used to be. While back it was common to walk into one and stuff would be majorly discounted. And there were always ads with fishing stuff on sale. And seems the fishing depts have slowly downsized, at least at the ones in my area. That being said, Academy’s everyday prices are usually better than Bass Pro & other big box outdoors stores.
  3. I’ve been to 2 local Academy Sports in last couple weeks as well as one about 2.5 hrs south of where I live. They don’t have an official spring sale going on, but all 3 had a section with fishing stuff on clearance.
  4. I can tell you one non-mainstream color that DOESN’T work for me…….. Bubblegum. 🤣 I’ve caught diddly squat on bubblegum colored flukes or senkos. Friends swear by the color & I can’t catch jack on it. Merthiolate not much better. But I will get the occasional bite and fish on this color.
  5. Yeah, could very well be <8”, but my buddy said that’s what weather channel was reporting for Pensacola area. Either way, crazy amount of snow for the FL panhandle! 😳😳😳
  6. My buddy that lives near Pensacola has been sending me pics & videos since yesterday. He’s freaking out. 😂 Think they got an estimated 8.75”. 😳
  7. 😂 Funny you mention that. My buddy who I was fishing with when I dunked my Costas, he bought 2 new lanyards for Christmas.
  8. @J._Bricker mine fell off top of my head reaching down to lip a bass. Unfortunately this lake is super grassy & I immediately lost sight of them. Oh well, I got plenty of use outta them in 18 yrs. Think I’m gonna buy another pair of Costas & have prescription lenses put in them. My insurance might pay for the prescription lenses. I’ll have to check.
  9. No snow now, but this was from the approx. 8” we got in the Memphis area on Jan 10th. Took a full 7 days for all this to melt, and that’s even after a couple days where high got in the 50s.
  10. I’d go ahead and pull the trigger on a Li battery now. I paid $300 for my 12v 100 AH Li Time battery 2 & half yrs ago. Last time I looked, they were only $200 now.
  11. I need some new polarized sunglasses. I lost my Costas back in early Fall few months ago. Had them around 17-18 yrs. I had prescription lenses put in them about 11 yrs ago. Here’s my dilemma….. I hate to buy another high dollar pair of fishing sunglasses like Costas only to turn around & have after market prescription lenses put in them. I mean the great lenses are part of what makes Costas expensive, I would think. Thinking of just buying some inexpensive frames & having my eye Dr send them off for the polarized prescription lenses. What does everybody do?
  12. I fell for that gimmicky Dance’s Eel over 4 decades ago & never caught a fish on it! 😂 Not falling for it again. That’s a big hard pass from me!!! 😂🤣
  13. I catch a big one bank fishing every now & then as well. Part of the thrill for me. Never know when some lil pond gonna hold an unexpected giant. 😁 I caught this one last spring on a popper. I had no idea this little pond had anything this big in it. 😳
  14. I still bank fish all the time. Boat trips are typically reserved for the weekend. But there’s nothing like a quick therapy session bank fishing for an hr or so during the week after work. Holds me over til I can fish a full 8-10 hrs on a Saturday.
  15. Alright, since we’re going full blown deli sandwich talk now. I ate at Mother’s in New Orleans a few yrs ago. We decided we had to go there after watching an episode of Man vs Food or some other show on Food Network. They have a roast beef sandwich called The Ferdi where they take all the drippings from slow cooking the roast beef & it’s got all those little pieces of meat & seasoning & tons of flavor, called the debris (pronounced day-bree). So the sammy is loaded with the meat & fixings on a po boy along with generous amounts of those day-bree drippings. Oh my gosh! What a wonderful sandwich!!!
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