BigAngus752

I understand your logic and applaud your care and consideration, but you are aware that we can kill and eat them? Not trying to be a smart-aleck, but if I choose to lip a bass and keep it out of the water for 90 seconds to weigh and take a selfie, it's got a hella better chance than any walleye I catch. I'm not knocking what you choose to do in any way, I'm merely responding to your question. And as for the "bath of fungi, bacteria, parasites, and viruses" they are living in the same water that I ski, swim, and drink and they are much better suited to surviving it than I am. I guess what I'm saying is I just don't feel it's quite a dangerous for them as you feel it is. God made us a hardy lot and he is infallible. Again, you are living your life according to your beliefs and I support it. My wife loves it when I send her the big fish selfies. She keeps a slideshow of them running on her work computer. I'll be sending more.

Lookin' skinny after winter!

Very true. I know a very large number of guys that do their own reloading for this reason.

^^^well done^^^

I have to say that everyone is throwing out "ideal" cartridges for specific game but not mentioning the circumstances. This is like asking what lure I'm throwing without asking what the season, water temp, clarity, and conditions were. Are you saying you are picking a cartridge to hunt this animal in a game preserve in Tennessee which is completely forest and a 50 yard shot for a Dall sheep? Because you won't be using a .300 Win Mag. If you are hunting a Dall in their home, however, you will be using a .300 Win Mag. Are you baiting the coyotes? Because you can use a 5.56 or a 12 ga for that matter. Are you hunting them in open fields near my house after the beans have been harvested? You'll want a .22-250. I'm just saying that the circumstances dictate your choice as much or more than the game. I don't want to know what lure you're using until I know the conditions your fishing in. Same with hunting.

Slow movers (vibrating jig/toad) early pre-spawn, movers (cranks/spinners) pre-spawn, and exactly what @PBBrandonsaid when they hit the beds.

Solid guy. Try to find that in the NBA.

Poison Adrena / ONE LEFT. I was going to buy the 7'3 MH. I've exerted superhuman willpower and I took it out of my cart. Important note: It says $299. Nope. Put it in the cart and it goes down to $270 with $20 shipping. You're welcome. https://www.southernreeloutfitters.com/products/shimano-poison-adrena-casting-rods?variant=39335479377955

Wife and I might take a July vacation to Wausau. Looking at a rental on the river. It seems like that’s a small section between locks. Is it worth taking the boat in July just to fish the immediate area around Wausau? It’s not a fishing trip so I’ll probably only get a few hours once or twice to fish. Anyone with experience fishing that section?

Ok. I've got an idea of where you're located. Don't hesitate to try Banner Marsh. Especially if you get a kayak or jon boat. You may be able to bank fish at Spring Lake and that's got good bass. I heard that Powerton got flooded out and dumped into the river some years back and hasn't recovered, but I have no first-hand knowledge of that.

Welcome! I'm in the same area. Have any favorite lakes?

You know what using FFS sonar makes you look like?

Burton and Rabun are beautiful. Chatuge isn't far. Of course Hartwell is very well-known. Clayton/Toccoa/Hartwell were on our short list and we were shopping for property when I got a job offer I couldn't refuse.

I will be back when my beard makes me look like a member of ZZ Top.

^^^me^^^ Cool bonus, the left-handed baitcasters are on clearance a lot more often than the rightys. I hold my phone, reach for things, carry anything, etc. all with my left hand. The right stays free at all times. This is a lifelong habit. Gun hand stays open at all times. I agree 100% about the casting and then switching hands. It's highly inefficient, which is why I learned to use a lefty baitcaster.

Well, I may get my first kayak now.

Blessed to have a heated garage. This is a 1968 Mustang I have owned since 1988. I'm restoring it for the second time. Next time it's my son's problem.

Congratulations! That's fantastic! I've been on one of those and they are really well-built boats. It's about the same color as my RT188 so I'm all in. You got a great deal too. What a great day! If we get to vote on your initial upgrades, my very first priority would be a TM with GPS lock unless it already has one. I fish alone in a windy state and I would fish with no electronics on the boat before I gave up a TM with GPS anchor. My Ultrex has increased my catch rate more than anything else I've done.

This is what I got out of that post. Fishing on your honeymoon. LEGEND.

Absolutely not. What you are calling 'luck' is actually confirmation bias. You had success with that set-up once, twice, three times and then began to LOOK for success with that set-up. You then started excluding other lures and/or rods to use that one because it was "lucky" when it was actually just working in those circumstances. You may have other lures or rods that are statistically equal or even superior to that lure/rod, but your personal bias leads you back to that one combination. It's possible that during the majority of your success with that lure/rod you would have ALSO been successful with another (or many other) lures or rods just because the fish were active, but there's no opportunity for that because you have excluded other gear for that gear. All this scientific stuff and words like "bias" make this sound bad, right? But it's probably NOT a bad thing. You, through experience and outstanding application, found a set up that you have been able to repeat success with over and over. That success had caused you to favor that setup and now you get even more pleasure out of fishing when you use your "lucky" setup and catch fish. That's a awesome. The only time this becomes a problem is if you feel dejected or like a failure if your "lucky" setup doesn't catch fish AND you continue to exclude all other possibilities because you cling to your "lucky" gear. That's a failure to adapt to conditions. "If you love it so much, why don't you marry it?" Yeah, just don't feel like you're married to that lure and/or rod and you'll continue to have success with that lucky setup and still adapt when necessary.

Regardless of what you buy it could be the most reliable vehicle you've ever owned or it could be a lemon. You can read US News and Edmunds to get better odds, but the best advice I would give you: 1. Buy something you can afford 2. Buy something you (and/or your wife) like. 3. Buy from A DEALER CLOSE TO YOU. Whether the dealership is close to your home or your work, buy from someone near you. What you don't want is a car that needs repairs, even if covered under warranty, and try to get into a nearby Chevy dealer when you bought it from a different Chevy dealer 100 miles away. Huge difference in service taking a car under warranty to the dealer you bought it from, even when you just need an oil change.

Celebrating Xmas all day with my amazing wife and sharing a pour of an outstanding Smoke Wagon private barrel. Has the standard "buttery" flavor and oily legs of most Smoke Wagon bourbons with great cinnamon, cherry and vanilla taste.

Absolutely! Egg was the highest value protein until powdered whey isolate came along. I eat six egg whites for breakfast every single morning. I pray that I'm still in the gym at 82. The gym and fishing are things I cannot live without.

I used to regularly get eggs "fresh from the chicken's butt" from a good friend but he and his wife stopped raising chickens. It is astounding the difference in taste! Boy I miss those farm fresh eggs. Even the just the whites tasted better.