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I didn't even know they had such a thing! I have been told (by other people who play guitar as well) that other CBD oils are not like putting raw grease on your hands too, so I think I need to try a different brand if I have problems again. Right now, I'm feeling pretty good! I've had some hand issues for over 10 years now which affected my guitar playing even before the chemo, and right now I'm able to play things I haven't played in over 10 years. Last time I was in Guitar Center, maybe a dozen people walked over to me and asked where they can hear me play -- which used to be normal but hasn't happened in a while.

I have been using a St. Croix Mojo Bass topwater rod. The rod's action is perfect for topwaters and jerkbaits. Unfortunately, my kid got a snag in a small amount of grass, so I have shipped it back and am waiting for my replacement under warranty.

Over this past winter, my hands were constantly numb and my joints hurt, pretty badly at times. I tried some CBD oil for my hands and it was the only thing that seemed to help but the particular CBD oil was like covering my hands in oil/grease, so I was not able to use it and do anything like to work, play guitar, fish, etc. Now that it's warmer, the pain is completely gone but I'm worried it will come back in the winter.

^ 8, 7, 7.5 While we're on rock opera, how about operatic metal?

My (newly demoted to) second favorite point to fish on is 80% underwater, even still.

This year we had a lot of rain, which for the most part let up in early July. For the most part, weekends were clear enough to fish, and so were most weekdays after work when I had time -- despite all the rain, I don't think I ever had to entirely cancel a fishing trip! However, I couldn't get a single overcast day with rain coming in as it was time to pack it up, you know the days they absolutely hammer it along the shorelines but I did get a cooler day after a heatwave that yielded a similar effect recently.

It is.

Crankbaits do work great at dusk or dawn in the summer, in the cooler parts of the country, but I wouldn't fish them mid day on a hot day.

Nice job of scouting the pond. I believe I have seen someone fish this pond on Youtube and a local resident who was a bit drunk started telling them they owned the pond (pretty sure they were full of themselves) and needed to leave.

I just got back from a camping trip with my boys (14 & 15). We found a pretty good fishing spot on a point which is obviously prime shore access for this time of year. We each got a fish on Thursday night, and again on Friday night, and my youngest son caught three on Saturday night. I caught my first walleye ever, and both kids got new PBs (2.7lb and 3.5lbs). On Saturday I did not land anything myself but I did not stay out long as I fell on a rock pretty hard on Friday. So by this time I had figured out the pattern, they like moving baits but soft plastics, jigs (the rocks are perfect to drag a football head jig along the bottom) and top waters too and I had figured out where these bass bite on the point is in relation to how high the sun is in the sky (as it sets, they move more towards the end of the point), plus it was a cooler day. I decided to keep it simple and bring a spinnerbait and a crankbait. I had spent most of the day at the museum and had to cleanup the campsite as well so I got out there a little later than I would have liked, but I caught two on the spinnerbait, but then lost it. So I threw a Megabass crankbait and initially I was not getting anything, but finally something big hit it, which ended up being a monsterous 4.5lb smallie. At this point I was catching fish every cast and my youngest son was as well who did not have his pliers so I had to help him get his fish off, as well as these young kids next to me. My next 4 casts produced a 3lb smallie, 3.5lb smallie, 3lb largemouth and a 2.75lb smallie (my oldest son had caught the very same fish which is his new PB on Friday night as it had recognizable scarring on its jawline). The next cast after that I hooked into a smallie that from the looks I would not have guessed was any larger than 3lbs but it put up one hell of a fight, kept going up and down and finally set itself free. I had reeled a little too aggressively to keep the line tight, and my next cast, the line got stuck in the spool, broke and the crankbait flew off and a fish ate it when it hit the water. I mentioned earlier there were some kids next to me who also did not have pliers and were not very good at getting their hooks removed so I had to help them. They had arrived as I started catching them, so they came to the same site of the point as a result and were keeping pace catching smallies as well. This one girl who couldn't have been any older than 10 years old was initially catching them on a senko on a EWG hook, but she lost the senko and did not have any backups and was catching them by just running nothing but the hook through the water. I have never experienced anything like this in my life, and if I did not lose that crankbait and spinnerbait I feel like I could have caught 30 fish that night. I also could have packed it up and left after that 4.5lb smallmouth and I would have been happy. I believe I doubled my bass count for the season this trip, it's been a horrible year for me. The bad news is that one of my rods broke (fortunately it's warrantied and St. Croix's customer service is excellent, but I will not have a dedicated topwater rod for about 3 weeks) and I fell on the rocks and hit my ribs so I hard I literally bounced (I'm still quite sore but luckily nothing is broken), and I lost that Megabass crankbait.

All I know is they get big bites from fish, hence the name and I can get them as low as $1 sometimes per bag, which is a great deal.

It sounds to me like you will have a tough choice between a MH/F rod and a M/F rod. A M/F rod that runs on the heavier side (like the St. Croix Mojo Bass "Plastics" rod or the 7' M/F Avid) , or a MH/F rod that runs on the lighter side (Dobyns Sierra 703C) would be a good bet for the lures you mentioned on a single rod. It's been said before as well but I will say it again because it's very true and will save you from regrets later. The St. Croix rods rated for 10-20 or 12-20lb line are basically one step shy of a heavy rod and would be too stiff for your liking -- even the fast tipped models. If you are looking for a rod that can throw soft plastics and frogs on the same rod and is a fantastic all-around jig rod short of the thickest weeds, they are perfect for that.

One thing not to do is what I did last night. My youngest son and I got in a fish off (we were getting large smallies just about every cast) and I hooked a large one that kept going down and then back up and jumping. So I reeled over aggressively to try to not lose it on the jump. As a result, the line pulled itself tight in the reel. Next cast, my line stops and snaps and I lose my ~ $20 Megabass crankbait.

So I thought I should add, I bought 3 blocks of ice last Thursday (9 days ago) and when I got back from camping, I tasked my kids with emptying the ice chest. Today, I realized they did not drain it, so when I went to drain it, it STILL had ice in it! Not too much, but enough where the water was very cold and it's been sitting out in the hot sun.

I don't think there's any sure way to prevent a bass from jumping. The best you can do is get a good hookset, keep your line tight and keep your rod tip down, and most important don't let them hear you playing Van Halen!

Haven't tried this one yet, but it might work pretty good in a nearby lake that was so polluted that it would not freeze in the winter no matter how cold it got...

^7. I got tickets to see Alex Skolnick with Stu Hamm and Joel Taylor tomorrow, should be a good show.

You can try it, but ideally if you are fishing at 20ft, I would try to get one that goes down at least 20ft. The reason being you want it to hit the bottom now and then and deflect. You can also try pegging a weight to the line a few inches in front of the crankbait which I've seen some people do to get a little extra depth, but is not something I personally do. Also I don't know the bottom you are fishing, but if it's mostly 20ft, but there's some areas that are 15 or 16ft down your retrieve, it may end up working well. And occasionally fish will hit a crank higher in the water column as well, so it won't hurt to give it a shot until you get something deeper.

To me, the only difference between mid depth crankbaits, deep drivers and shallow crankbaits is how deep the water you're fishing. You want the bait to bounce off debris at the bottom (primarily rocks), but not drag off of the bottom 100% of the time, so use the right crankbait for the water you're fishing. Crankbaits do work year around (although I prefer to fish them early and late in the day in the summer or on cooler days in the summer) and mid depth cranks are no different.

At that depth, assuming it's a sandy bottom not a weedy bottom, I would be using four setups: #1: Drop shot with a slightly heavier weight than you'd normally use. #2: A football head jig #3: A T-Rig #4: Deep diving crankbaits That said, a Carolina rig is also an acceptable fifth option, I just don't use it as much. This time of year, I'm fairly partial to the drop shot though.

If it helps, it can't be any worse than mine this year. I think I've caught 7 bass this year, which was a good day last year. I don't get it.

I camp a lot and got sick of buying ice every day when it's 85+ out and every other day otherwise. I was told to look at the Ozark trails at Walmart by many people, which are overall fairly comparable to Yetis in performance. I ended up grabbing a 70 something quart Lifetime model, which had similar insulation but I liked the clamps better as it was easier to open and close (and is Grizzly bear proof as well). It definitely holds ice much better than my Coleman. If you add a few ice blocks instead of cubes, I can see it not needing ice for a good 5 or 6 days of 89+ degree weather (after three days, they barely melted for me). As someone who camps a lot, it was worth it. But $450 for a similar Yeti? I''ll keep going out and buying ice at least for the time being. There are many similar models that you can buy for much cheaper. Just make sure it has thick sides that are not hollow and being grizzly proof is a nice bonus. I see no reason why any of these should not last me for the next 30 years -- they're certainly better made than the Coleman that my father probably had for 30 years before giving to me and is still intact today You don't even need to spend that much. I will note that Sportsman's Guide's Americooler is also similar to the Rtics, but the Lifetime and Ozark Trails at Walmart are about half the price and very similar.

The baseline Silverado/Sierra is rated for 7000lbs and will do as well. I own a '14 Sierra myself and I got that over a Ford/Toyota because it has more room and straighter seats, better for people over 6' tall (and over a Silverado simply because the local dealer is a GMC dealer). You'd probably be fine with a smaller aluminum boat if you want to keep the Tacoma.

Nice. The Avid X is the most expensive rod I own. Most of my other rods are Mojo Bass or Daiwa Tatula's ($130-150 retail range) which are a solid quality for the price point. And with a ML/XF rod, I'd probably be alright with the Mojo Bass as well, but a lot of the time when I'm fishing a ned rig or drop shot it's hot and the fish are pretty finicky so any sensitivity helps.