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I had no problem with it in the past. However 2 years ago I was fishing a bed in a clear water bass and bluegill pond. I caught the male and bluegills completely devoured the eggs. They came in for the feast seemingly out of nowhere. I released him as fast as I could but the damage was done. I felt absolutely awful. I had known this could happen, but I had never seen it until that moment and I wasn't proud of myself. I'm one of those guys who takes it hard when I gut hook a fish and it ends up dying. Rare for me these days but it happens to everyone. I had that same feeling knowing I'm the reason that bed got destroyed. Now I will never intentionally fish one again.

Yes. I literally dream about fishing too. Completely obsessed.

That's not your hand, right, Scott?

That website seems to be a leader in illiteracy.

I feel like I need to cancel my cards and burn my phone just for clicking on that website.

Jimmy Houston is just a legendary name to me, like Bill Dance. I watch Roland regularly on YouTube though because of Scott.

As I said, I'm not 30 yet. Haven't had cable or satellite in years. I stream everything like everyone my age. I learned how to Bass fish watching YouTube videos of guys around my age. Bill Dance is lore to me.

I've seen some YouTube videos after specifically searching for him, but otherwise I don't know a lot about him. I almost 30. Fairly young yet. He seems like a good guy. Seems to me that for the older guys it would be finding out KVD or Scott Martin was in the hospital. Prayers for a speedy recovery.

Basically. I clown on it because it isn't bass fishing. It's "whatever will bite" fishing. They were definitely using some sort of live, dead or prepared bait, and casting it out and waiting for whatever would take it. Some guys like it and that's the only way they fish, but most bass guys aren't about it. This style of fishing will do nothing to help you to become a better bass angler, and that's OK if you want to fish but don't really care about a target species. Here, we target species.

Watching paint dry.

Exactly

I hope I'm allowed to post this video. I'm not affiliated with The Fish Whisperer or trying to advertise for him in any way. This video is very educational.

Doesn't impact you. Just the corporate suit and tie goons making millions off the little guys.

TW is so good that I'm surprised it took you 3 times. As you said, what happens in shipping is out of their control, but still, they're great, and they made it right by you by the sounds of it.

Nope. I used to be on the fluoro bandwagon to get any advantage I could. Didn't notice a difference and the line breaking sucked. And of course the idea that the line will scare the fish away but your shiny hook and weights and wires and all sorts of pieces to a lure won't is laughable. Total marketing gimmick. Line diameter matters more.

Mustangs are always for the ladies.

Outdoors Walmart... I mean Bass Pro... Can barely keep up with any other tackle shops, online or brick and mortar, when it comes to deals. They would have to say free to peak my interest.

I wouldn't paint it. It works perfectly fine as is, looks aside. Don't fix what's not broke. You somehow mess up and have to get a new one, might as well have paid for a regular one at that point.

I have a friend that fishes that way. I scold him every single time but somehow that's the only way it's comfortable to him. I just don't get it.

Yeah everyone has a unique style. It's hard to describe my style or any one style. Just have to see it. Nobody will be the exact same. An example I can think of is I fish a Senkos differently than anyone I know. Guys will lift the rod and let it do it's seductive sink back down. Not me. Most of my bites, most of my aggressive strikes, and most of my bigger Senkos fish happen differently. I cast it out, let it sink, and then instead of lifting the rod, I give it a snap. To work the way I want it to I need to feel the snap in my rod, a connection to the bait. The Senkos darts erratically and then does the seductive sink. Sometimes I'll snap it 2 or 3 times before letting it sink.

There's a video of me somewhere dancing to this Taylor Swift song while I was fishing. Didn't look much different than that flamboyant gif. My wife was fishing with me and she was jamming to it. I decided to have some fun with it.

If someone has a problem with it just do this

It was -58 degrees here in my part of Illinois today. 4 inches of snow coming tomorrow. On top of the piles of snow we already have. With this brutal deep freeze, polar vortex from the pits of hell, I've realized that ice out might come later than I was hoping. And yet, year after year, I choose to live in this crap hole. I just need warmth and open water. I open my eyes I try to see but I’m blinded by the white light I can’t remember how I can’t remember why I’m lying here tonight And I can’t stand the pain And I can’t make it go away No I can’t stand the pain How could this happen to me I made my mistakes I’ve got no where to run The night goes on As I’m fading away I’m sick of this life I just wanna scream How could this happen to me Everybody’s screaming I try to make a sound but no one hears me I’m slipping off the edge I’m hanging by a thread I wanna start this over again So I try to hold onto a time when nothing mattered And I can’t explain what happened And I can’t erase the things that I’ve done No I can’t How could this happen to me I made my mistakes I’ve got no where to run The night goes on As I’m fading away I’m sick of this life I just wanna scream How could this happen to me I made my mistakes I’ve got no where to run The night goes on As I’m fading away I’m sick of this life I just wanna scream How could this happen to me

Good deal. At the end of the day, it's the same thing. My OCD wouldn't allow for it, but that's my own problem. I recently picked up 2 more Presidents for $30 each. A local business had a going out of business sale and fishing gear was half price. Unfortunately it was a Walmart knock off kind of a store and the Presidents were the only worthwhile buy. The only political thing I can say is, I'm surprised the angry leftist mob hasn't insisted that a Lady President is sexist and demanded it to be taken off the market. Oh (and but) if I could buy all purple reels I would. Purple is my favorite color. I just don't dig pink at all. And I wouldn't give a bleep what any insecure dude had to say about it.

75 and 110 only here