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I can usually tell if the tap is a bass or a bluegill. Also, in my experience, I rarely miss a fish after feeling the tap tap.

My panties are fine. Apparently you didn't understand my thoughts because you asked me a question about something I didn't say, as if I said it, and you're right, I can't understand your point of view because you didn't give me one.

That bass is a savage. ??

Because I have a thought that doesn't end at the first sentence? Read further and you'll see somebody's complete thought.

If it was a decade ago, and they've depleted the food source, you may not actually have many big ones, if any.

If you read the rest if my post, that is not what I said at all.

Natural colors in clearer waters and darker colors in dirtier waters will likely get you more bites most of the time. So, yes, I'm confident in the right color in the right situation, and thus I fish better, and yes, color does matter, but it isn't the top priority and less traditional colors for the conditions will still likely work, even if a bit less.

Regrets his skin mount and is trying to convince himself that it's better.

Night fishing can produce amazing quantity and quality. Naturally the worst parts are the bugs and lack of visibility. Another pro, however, is the lack of sun and heat on a pleasant summer night. Preparing for the bugs is like preparing for the sun. Proper spray and apparel makes all the difference. The only true suckery is losing a lot of your main sense - eyesight.

I actually just talked to one of the guys working on it. The plant life died and sucked the oxygen out. They went in cleaned it out, have an aeration system, and got with the DNR and will be restocking it when it's ready. So the answer is, it turned.

My son and I like to walk 5 minutes down the road to fish a little pond. It's a great numbers pond. Occasional 3 and 4 pounders, but usually 1-2 pounds and less. Well, we walked down yesterday afternoon to see that the water had suddenly turned rancid, and we stopped counting at 43 dead bass, catfish, and bluegill, mostly because of the smell. It was all so sudden. We had just fished it a couple of days prior, and the fish appeared healthy and fine and the water, while weedy, was good looking. The town took action pretty quickly. A few hours later clean up crews were down there taking out the dead fish and weeds, and some kind of pump or filter was going. What could have happened?

To be fair, where are the gonna park? Spaces often can't hold a truck with a boat unless it's at the pump.

A new pet peeve was discovered today. Some young kids came up to the pond I was fishing this morning and were scooping dinks up with a net from the shoreline. Kudos on being able to scoop them up without spooking them. But I dont understand what the heck you are gonna do with dink bass?

I'm actually a perfect specimen.

I always flip my bail by hand. And the weird thing is - and you can't tell in the photo - is that it looks like a tag end.

No idea, let me look into it. I have 2 accounts. One is several years old and the other is a year old. Use both and don't pay anything. It's right there, brother, as I said. It's free unless you want more uploading space and extra perks. As far as a standard account, it's free. Does ImageShack cost anything? A subscription is required to have full access to all the features ImageShack has to offer.

I've been meaning to post this since I discovered it last weekend. I've never seen something like this before. Is it normal? So I noticed a knot was tied in my braided line (Power Pro). It appears to me that 2 batches (?) were connected. Would you trust this or cut it?

That's completely false about ImageShack. I have used it for years and I don't pay for it. For more uploading space and extra perks, it costs. However, it's all I use and I have never run out of space.

So much easier to just upload to ImageShack and copy and paste from there. Clear, large photos in seconds. Nobody listens when I recommend it though.

I know guys who sneak up to the water like they're hunting wabbits, wash every bit of scent off of them that they can, and focus on super quiet entry.... Never noticed a difference in catch rate or quality. Opportunistic ambush predators with pea brains are gonna eat regardless. Don't get too caught up on that stuff. It ain't deer hunting.

Yep. The biggest things are, you need to properly set up your braking system and the spoon tension knob thingamajig. Once those are set, it gets easier. Also stop the spool with your thumb right as the lure makes water contact. You'll get to the point where, with a properly setup baitcaster, you'll barely need to use your thumb. The only backlash I've had this year was when a frog decided to eat my Trick Worm. So I'm like, ok big guy, you wanna eat my bait so now you're the bait. Went to cast his butt out there for a bass to slurp up and joke was on me because I backlashed.

5-6 lbs

Lol, what? You don't have a "substance abuse problem" simply because you have a cooler of beer while you're fishing. We call that normal and relaxing. Get a grip.

Rarely. Days where I only catch 1 or 2 are more common, but those are few and far between as well. I usually fish ponds and will hop around until I find one where they're biting.

It's a Largemouth.