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I only target river smallmouth. I don't know of any smallmouth lakes around here. Good thing the rivers are loaded with them. 1. Ned Rig. It catches big ones in these rivers. Finesse TRDs and the relatively new Finesse CrawZ. 2. 75 & 90 Whopper Plopper 3. KVD 1.5 4. Bitsy Bug Jigs 5. Grubs

A lot of times it's the easiest way to get in the water especially in groups. Mama taught patience.

I've never had a LMB with red eyes, but I've had my share of SMB and rock bass with red eyes.

#goals

Oh geeze didn't realize this was a zombie thread

Edit: zombie thread

If you don't have the strong rod nor the strong line to fish such a mess, it doesn't matter what lure you use, it's going to be a pain.

A stout rod, braid, and Texas rigged Senko.

Dude that's messed up. A spouse/SO has no business destroying an innocent and healthy hobby. That's controlling and inconsiderate. Sometimes my wife's girlfriend's will ask her how she deals with me fishing so much, and she tells them that there are many worse things a spouse could be doing. Plus my wife fishes with me sometimes.

All major problems we all experience with boaters. I actually watched one of my favorite yak anglers on YouTube some weeks ago almost get sunk by a jerk in a boat who was mad about a spot. Dude cussed him out and tried to create big waves to flip him. I've seen it. Felt it. Many have. You'll find threads on every fishing forum bashing the lowly yaker because we need to roll out a red carpet for the 60k bass boat and say yes sir and no sir. I have some animosity from experience and words read.

This isn't about anyone here, but boaters in real life tend to feel and show superiority and once in awhile you'll even find threads on here bashing yakers. I guess their money makes them big.

Fishing bug is real. It doesn't matter the age. It's all about when, how, and why it happens, and you don't always get born and bred into it. I picked up fishing all on my own. Because of me my dad is getting into it. I had parents that wanted me outside doing normal stuff rather than in front of a screen. They built me up for football though. I was running 4:14 miles and being scouted as a freshman for WR and CB. Then I had a freak injury that cracked my skull, caused me to nearly bleed to death, forget most of my youth, and I later developed PTSD in another matter killing my football career. I picked up a rod at the store one day to see if I liked it and never looked back. It's my new life (well, many years old now but new as in it is what I do now rather than football)

I already do. Those are broomsticks.

Right. While there is no standard, there is "typical" if that makes sense.

The 6'6" MH casting for weightless or lightly weighted soft plastics. I just don't want to get it and it fish like a M. I guess what I'm looking for is a MH that is on the lighter side of MH but still very much so a MH if that makes sense. Edit: has to be their 6'6" because I max out at 6'10". A mixture of kayak, wading, and bank fishing over the years has made 7 plus very uncomfortable to me and I have no intention of changing what isn't broken.

Same. 3/8 to me is my all around large size. Anything under 1/4 is finesse. We're both Northerners though.

The problem with the SLX is that the selections are so limited.

I have some Tatula casting rods that I love. There's nothing wrong with those rods.

I've avoided them because I've always been told that their power ratings are laughably overstated. How bad is it really? I'm currently looking at a Fury that might fit the bill for something I'm looking to do. (doesn't matter, just looking at one)

McDonald's vs Red Robins Nah she's right. Daiwa wins.

Smaller baits in general will catch more fish. You're just sacrificing quality on a lot of those fish.

Somewhere there's a fat bass ready to eat that fool.

Yeah I'm not really buying that either. It's not that women can't fish, it's just that most women don't want to fish. My wife fishes with me. She's the exception, not the rule, but even then it's maybe 1 in 10 trips, and we just got her taking her own fish off the hook last year.

Not my point or position in the slightest

What will be your primary target species and where will you be fishing? Smallmouth or Largemouth? Rivers or ponds and lakes? Little of everything? This is important to know.