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I use a FireTV stick (just requires HDMI port and wifi connection)... or you can do as someone mentioned and connect your laptop to the tv via HDMI

Get it... you will have access to all the shows past and present. I cancelled a bunch of subscriptions while paying off some debt last year so I don't currently have MOTV, but I used to love watching ALL of Zona's awesome fishing show episodes on loop in the background while working from home... In fact, it may be time to resubscribe ?

Me waiting on that liquidation sale:

Speed is relative to hull design and is almost 100% dependant on what the current conditions will safely allow (unless you genuinely don't care about safety)... For me, 60-65mph is a super easy cruise speed in calm conditions with little to no pleasure boaters. At that speed, there is no chine walk and the steering is still very responsive. From here, the closer I get to 70, the boat may start to pick up a bit and a small chine walk will become present. 70-75+ is when the chine walk requires true time behind the wheel and experience to control. Now, the important thing to note is that THIS IS HOW MY BOAT WAS DESIGNED TO RIDE. Now, remove those nice, calm conditions and add a few pleasure boaters and wakes into the mix, and the 60-65 that I previously mentioned turns into 50-55 in order to maintain the same type control, and the speeds will likely top out at 65 when it is safe to do so... Add some more wind and even more pleasure boaters, that 50-55 turnes into 40-45 with a 50mph ceiling, and so on... All speeds can feel "fast" in each condition. Lastly, 65 on my boat is not going to feel like 65 on a different hull / prop type / boat not loaded properly / etc... There are so many variables that come into play with this topic, really, but the number one variable is the driver, and whether or not he is responsible enough to adjust his/her driving to the current conditions on the water and to not overpower their vessels, etc. But, in the spirit of the post, I believe that "too fast" is faster than the operator can safely handle a specific vessel given the current conditions...

Only fished Toledo one time for 3 hours or so (had just finished an event at Rayburn and figured I would make the "quick" drive to Toledo before heading back to San Antonio). The result was the 6lber in my profile pic... Flipping timber. If it wasn't for these forums, I would never have known grass was ever in that lake!

I didn't go... mainly because I was camping a lake in a tent and once the weather hit at midnight, the 50 degree gusts made sure I didn't sleep in fear of flying away... I ended up tucking my tail, packing up, and making the long 2.5hr drive home... Wasn't a totally wasted trip though as I had been out there since Wednesday night prefishing an event that was suppose to take place yesterday... for once, I was glad an event got postponed.

I have a buddy that says the same thing about the North shore... I'll have a 20,000 acre lake at my disposal and he will be like "You gotta fish that North side if you wanna do well" like all the fish just swam a 1/2 mile over open water for a couple of degrees. IMO fishing pressure/wind/available cover/etc plays more of a role than 2 degrees difference in water temps in a protected cove any day... If everyone and their dog are fishing the North side of the lake, I'll guarantee that you will find me on the South side fishing a healthy north wind like...

I cant state a specific brand yet, but I'm gonna throw the tar out of some 10"+ worms this year!

Is this what they call, "winternet"?

I always ask if it is ok that I fish their dock if I think it may be an issue. 9 time out of 10 they are like "sure! no problem! you having any luck?", and if you catch one under their dock they are typically pretty fascinated... I've forgotten to charge my trolling motor batteries once before a trip and they finally died next to a boat dock that the owner was hanging out on... Next thing you know, he's running an extenion cord to my boat so I can get enough of a charge to save my day. I could have just called it a day, but instead I was like "what the hell, I'll ask"... so yeah, always ask if you feel like it's a good dock!

Just adding a little something that I stumbled onto last night while reading a book that I got this past Christmas... When discussing the effects of barometric pressure in the book, High Percentage Fishing, Josh Alwine states that "Only in the most extreme cases of rapidly increasing or decreasing pressure did the bite rate seem to be negatively affected around the 3-hour mark after the onset of the change. These case are rare in the data and are usually associated with the passage of a major storm or frontal system"... ? After reading that chapter in that book last night this comment made more sense to me... It's not the "cold front" that we need to really concern ourselves about, but rather the cause of it that needs to be examined in order to gain an understanding of the topic.

I carry something like this with me as well, may be from a different brand but they all have the same basic stuff in it... Definately one of those things that are better to have and not need than to need and not have.

No one gains confidence in anything that they don't work on or put time into. So I would recommend that you work on whatever it is that you want to gain confidence in and put time into it

You may be right, but if there was any place where I felt I'd have a chance at an answer or decent discussion, BR is probably it. So here I am, taking my shot lol. Part of me wonders that if the severe weather these weather systems typically bring make it extremely hard to effectively track bass behavior... hence the lack of information on the topic? It is also very possible that I am indeed looking too deep into it! The bass in the middle of a front...

This is a topic that I've always had a hard time researching. Not pre-front, not post-front, but that time in between when the wind really starts to pick up for the first time, and the temperature is rapidly dropping while the barometric pressure is rapidly rising. The ACTUAL front. It seems like the amount of information online about the before and after (pre and post) of these weather phenomena and how they effect bass behavior is endless, but there is a noticeable gap of information about the "in-between". To even better describe what I am talking about, I captured a screenshot of an upcoming cold front, and separated the pre/during/post frontal periods by a couple of orange lines (see attached image at bottom of post) A couple of preconceptions that I have (Keep in mind that when I mention "cold front", I am talking about THE cold front. Not before or after): 1. To me, it has always seemed that the bite really turns on at the beginning of the cold front, up until about about the halfway point, I believe this to be true because of a few reasons: - The high winds shift the bait and forage around, as well as forcing a lot of things to re-adjust. Potentially making easy meals for bass to prey apon. - The oxygenation and new or increased current of the water causes bass to become more active - The combonation of likely cloud cover, rain, and/or the breaking of the surface by the capping waves, hides imperfections in lures, retrieves, etc, making presentations seem more realistic and appetizing to bass (think moving/reaction baits). 2. Now, 90% of the time I fish these conditions, the bite always seem to slow down about halfway through the cold front. And based on talking to others at the boat ramps after a full day on the water like this, after tournamnets, etc, "Yeah, the bite just died around 11 or so" is basically all I hear. Now, my preconceptions of why this happens are literally just me guessing but: - The fish are full and also tired from feeding since the front started - The word is out that I'm in the area (An example of the dumb things I tell myself when the bite dies and I can't actually explain why lol) so, this (finally) leads into my questions... And I apologize as they may come off as broad or high level, but I literally cannot find anything about the DURING of cold fronts and how they effect bass behavior... So any help, past experiences, etc is MUCH appreciated as it helps me piece together the final peice of the cold front puzzle... 1. As mentioned, once the barometric pressure begins its initial sharp rise and the wind begins to howl, the bite seems to really turn on. Now, rising pressure tends to be a mainstay for tough fishing conditions. Why does this seem to be the exception of the rule? 2. What happens, if anything, when the front is about halfway through that causes the bite to seemingly die off? Nothing has changed since the beginning of the front, the wind is still heavy as it was when the bite was good, etc... Are the fish actually just "full"? lol - I know I'm not the only one who experiences this... Maybe the temperature change in the water is actually starting to take effect and shutting things down? Maybe the barometric pressure is finally getting to a point where it's really starting to effect the fish? Maybe I'm just crazy? So, these questions are all based on personal experience and information gathered from other fisherman at the boat ramp immediately following a day on the water, so if your experiences don't align with mine I would love to hear about it and learn from it! I know there are a couple of other questions that I can't recall right now, but I hope this sparks a good conversation about this piece of cold fronts that seems to get forgotten, or simply untalked about imo.

My wife introduced me to those things after we got married, however, I've never seen the word spelled out before. "I learned how to spell charcuterie at BR" - this might become my new signature preference here

I plan to start always fishing with a purpose. Doesn't have to always be something big, something like "get a little more comfortable with a spinnerbait today" would be a good purpose imo. Not saying that it's bad to just go out there and have a good time, but why not get something else out of it while you're at it!

drag and pop over cover, unless it's slimy down there like @TnRiver46 mentioned.

"It's a Kentucky Fried Miracle!"

I don't trust anything prefixed with "beyond".... If you know you know...

Welcome!

I love this idea..

Worst nightmare... Makes me wanna make a quick trip to my storage unit ?

Aint that the truth!