Trox

My first wife, yes, she was very resentful towards my fishing hobby (I normally only fished once per week, nothing crazy) which is one reason why she is now called my "first" wife. My current wife encourages my fishing habit, sometimes fishes bass tournaments with me, is addicted to crappie fishing, and all but begs to go fishing with me every chance she can. It's kind of "our thing" and I think I'm going to keep this one! Of course, I'm not saying that anyone should choose fishing over their wife - but when there is a large amount of resentfulness and negativity towards something that plays such a major role in our lives, and for most, brings us a form of peace, it has a tendency to stem from, and/or cause other issues. Especially when that thing isn't affecting any other obligations or commitments elsewhere

For the love of all things can Choke Canyon and Canyon Lake get some of this "rain" that y'all speak of?!?!

Well, sounds like you got it. It's very easy to get caught up in "people pleasing" the ones you love and forget that they would just as much love to "people please" you just the same! It can be hard to imagine at times that others care about you the way that you care about them, but give them the room they need to do so and they will most likely surprise you! It's great to hear about the solution y'all came to - Sounds like you have a good group of people around you.

I don't. My wife does. I'm surprised we don't have solar panels yet...

... I recently went flounder gigging miles away from mainland a little after midnight... You can actually see those satellites flying around if there is zero light pollution, and they're fast... one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

Definitely one of those things you don't forget about!

I love this thread. I haven't been an "active" member for too long here, but since I have been, actually met someone from this site for a day of fishing who taught me a ton about the jerkbait! Now, the water temps are reaching 90 degrees here and I'm still whacking em on it if you can believe that! All it took was me spending a day with someone with condifence in something that I didn't know much about... Also, I love the continued effort by admins and moderators to keep the content organized. Really helps my adhd brain in this adhd world we live in. 100%!

Today, I was drop shotting the top of submerged trees in 25-30ft of water (trees topping out about 5-10ft below the surface)... Set the hook on a fish (zebra mussle lake) and the line snapped immediately so I spot locked to retie my drop shot. Once back up on deck, I moved to a different tree that I had marked (maybe 50ft away)... casted. played the top of the tree for a bit... reeled back in... about a foot from the surface I get whacked as a fish chased my bait all the way to the boat. I quickly boat flipped him (I mean, he was dang near in the boat already!) and he unhooked himself and flopped onto the deck, but I was frustrated as I saw what I thought was my drop shot hook and weight in his mouth still, broke off abount an inch above the hook, so I figured my line had broke again... Got the fish, got the hook out of its mouth with weigh hanging and threw him back... Looked back to my rod totally expecting to have to retie, but to my amazement, my hook and weigh was in tact!!! I had just caught the same fish on back to back casts, on different trees... He had literally moved trees as I moved trees, and refused to let me reel in without him on the other end of the line. Got my hook, soft plastic, and tungston drop shot weight back... I feel like he was saying, "HEY FOOL! YOU FORGOT SOMETHING!"... Now he's swimming hook free, and I got all my gear back... me and that fish are definitely homies now ?.

I very much appreciete this forum, and here is just one reason why... I would be very interested in hearing why everyone else here loves and continues to visit this great site! - My personality type is what is known to be a people pleaser. I HATE conflict. In fact, it has kept me from enjoying a lot of things in life such as (but not limited to) asking questions in fear of being called stupid, standing up for myself instead of just going with the grain, etc... yet, I have felt embodied to do both of those things here so far and I am appreciative for that... I don't post on Facebook, I don't post on whatever else, but I post on here for these exact reasons... I have questions, I have opinions, and I feel like everyone here has given me, personally, the leeway to just be myself thus far and let 'em fly - as long as they are respectful to the OP and other participants of course - This is something that I hope this forum never loses site of!

Been eating Gulf Coast oysters all my life... Really enjoy them with crackers, cocktail sauce, and some lemon... Now, with that being said, had a buddy fly in some oysters recently from the eastern coast of Virginia and I will never look at Gulf Coast oysters the same. First time I actually truly enjoyed a raw oyster without covering it of to mask the taste... Life changed.

I'm intrigued.

My wife absolutely LOVES musicals and theater... I could care less, but I go. Believe it or not, I have enrolled in a theatre appreciation class at a local college that starts this coming Fall semester because of this. Nothing says "babe, you should go fishing tomorrow" like me taking the initiative to have a date at the theatre... I just wish I enjoyed them at least a litle bit... hence, the class. How cool would that be for me to learn how to enjoy it, and win browny points by doing something I like as well... Will it work? we shall see. We go to the "famous" Majestic theatre here in San Antonio, for what it's worth.

Situational, but more often than not, I leave my sonar on. The only time I may turn my sonar off is when I can actually hear the pinging of my 360 as I am dropping it into the water. The condiitons have to be pretty dang calm for that though, and most of the time, I will just turn my Hydrowave on a very low setting to cover my tracks... Does it work? Who knows... The conditions are tough anyways ?‍♂️

This sport is so incredibly mental. Do whatever you need to get your mind right again. You likely didn't start bass fishing by searching for a trophy, I would suggest you go back to where your love began... And I feel like I'm right there with you... When I was younger, all I used to throw was a watermelon senko because I didn't know many other techniques, or any really. Recently however, I've kind of gotten back to that, but have added dropshots, shaky heads, etc, because I have developed the same confidence in those that I had back then with the senko... Sometime (speaking to myself), you just have to put down the big jig and go catch some fish.

Randy Blaukat would be so proud of you...

oh, they fit. I've had 8ft rods in my 2017 crew cab dodge along with 10 or so shorter rods, but none less than 6'10". Your passenger may not appreciate it though ?

Most of the time, it's just not worth the fight or frustration...

Oh man. I agree. I'm just trying to talk myself out of it ?

I can't do it... I just CANT!!! After 5 months, my LiveScanner unit finally shows up just last week, and I had literally just considered my boat complete minus the two Solix's that I've been waiting on since December... I just can't wait until 2023 for them to deliver something else (I know that the LiveScanner was a different company). Until Johnson outdoors can figure out their massive manufacturing and distrubution issues, I "just can't", and will learn to love my new LiveScanner, even thought it doesn't do half the stuff that this new product claims to do

Very early on in my marriage, I stayed in a few Motel 6's. At the time, it was the better alternative and the toilet at home was the last thing on my mind... My wife and I laugh about it now, but situation depending, hotels are can be heaven sent Outside of that, I've always typically enjoyed them (as long as it's no cheap motel!)... BUT ONLY if their AC unit was up to the load I was about to put on it as I cranked it down until it just wouldn't go any lower. I still can't get away with that at home ?

They are celebrating independence day

All of this... I don't know. The "too small, not worth it" thing could actually hold some value for bigger fish. Now, I don't in any way think that they actually have that type of thought capacity, but if the smaller and faster prey keep getting eatin by the smaller, more agressive fish, a big bass may become accustomed to waiting on a bigger meal that others may pass up... Of course though, there are no hard rules in bass fishing...

If you can mentally deal with the wake from wake boats in the hot summer, they break the surface of the water quite a bit and can have the same effect as wind when it comes to light penetration. I've actually had the bite turn on between curse words on those days...

My would be PB was lost this way as well...8lb test, skipping senkos under the only marina on the lake... It was very early in my baitcasting carreer. I still swear today that it was a 10lber being conservative. haunts me. I would go on to lose other fish due to drag as well, but not because it was locked down. Took some play, man. Had to figure it all out and learn the feel. Plus, drag is very situational... I don't know why but this question reminds me of this video...

I played soccer one... and my mother recorded it... In the footage, I am nowhere to be found, then the camera pans ALL THE WAY over to the opposite side of the field... And yeah... there I was, with my head stuck in the opposite net. This was just before they had to stop the game and have the referees help me out... After that, I scored my first soccer goal! Wasn't great though because it was a goal for the other team... But I was excited! Good times