Lottabass

Hmm. Colors. A tackle companies and bait monkeys dream! Some colors work great for some, the same colors don't work at all for others. I'd be happy if all my lures were black...but they're not! 😉

@John Barger Pay attention to what @papajoe222 wrote. Read it over and over and keep it on your mind when you get on the water. Also, if you were having the kind of fishing you described and it changed that dramatically and quickly, well I don't know what, but something is wrong!

3/4 oz Booyah, #6 red colorado single spin, black skirt. Red has been good in the early spring (50 to 55 degree water temp). On a side note: I can't catch crap on orange! Water I fish is always dirty.

@GetFishorDieTryin Great! This is the info I was looking for.

@RRocket That's the hook I was wondering about! @papajoe222 I love fishing cranks in wood cover!

Has anyone experience with replacing the treble hooks on a crankbait with the circle or octopus hooks? It looks like they would be even more snagproof on a squarebill for example, and how is the hookup compared to trebles? If so, what brand and size would you suggest? Thank you for your help!

This is a good topic for us old folks. Lots of good advice here. Poor vision is one thing I don't know how to counter. I used to be able to knock the nuts off a knat at 30 feet but no more. One day I cast a Whopper Plopper by a stick up and little did I know there was a lunker holding that limb and when the Plopper got in the strike zone that big 'ol bass pushed that stick right into the trebles!

If a person chooses to fish tournaments that is their choice. Last summer I witnessed 2 local club events at the weigh ins. 20 or so people standing around with bags of fish for 30-45 minutes in 4 or 5 gallons of water on Sat and Sun. Weigh 'em and take 'em down to the boat ramp and dump 'em in the lake. Catch and Release? Ya, right. I came back on Monday and saw several floating in the area. I kill and eat fish sometimes but this is like shooting a deer and leaving it lay. This is what I saw and my opinion on it.

@Fairly Reliable This is funny! I'm still chuckling! I hope @Swamp Girl finds it funny too!

@Swamp Girl When I said desert I meant as far as fishermen. There are lots of people fishing but not many as consumed with it as I am. The fishing is great, I fish anywhere there is water. I've found the watershed lakes to be the best. No boat ramps and very little fishing pressure. Perfect for a small, portable boat. You have to drive on gravel and dirt roads to get to them and that keeps the Skeeters away. 🦟

@Swamp Girl Thank you! You catch some dandies! I use a pond prowler and my system is similar to yours. Also am going back to a tackle box for the same reason. My area is a bass fishing desert (except for the bass clubs, or should I say bass boat clubs) so it's nice to have someone to get ideas from.

@Swamp Girl I know you fish in a canoe. I'd be interested to know what tackle you carry and how you carry it. Thanks!

@Swamp Girl Yes, because teaching and sharing give you joy!

@Swamp Girl I started a B.A.S.S. club in the early 70's. Everybody was in their early stages of learning. We all had campers and took our families to our "tournaments". We would share our locations and methods with the goal of everybody learning and catching bass. Over the years more "gunslingers" joined and their goal was NOT sharing and teaching. Not my idea of fishing!

@scaleface Yes sir! It will be a sad day when I hang this one and can't get it back!

There was a story about Floyd Mabry in Bassmaster magazine in the 70's and how he fished a Bomber in the trees on Toledo Bend. Pistol grip rod and 20# Stren. I do it the same way today. I only have 3 left.

@WRB You said "sensitivity is between your ears". Would love to have you expound on that!

Remember when you filled out the paper order form and mailed with a check......showing my age!

Did you read @Glaucus post? Just a reminder to count your blessings.

@AlabamaSpothunter I have the first Autoboat unit that was offered by TBN. The first one they sent: The remote wouldn't work, and the Anchor Mode (spot lock) wouldn't work. They replaced the remote and we horsed around with trying to troubleshoot the Anchor Mode problem for 2 weeks. Finally they sent a whole new unit. It works but you have to have the phone app on and this will drain your phone battery in about 3 hours. Also, the Anchor Mode takes a few seconds to engage so you can be blown way off your chosen spot before it kicks in. One excellent feature is that you can adjust the "gain" if you have it on a small pond prowler type boat or a larger boat. So the Anchor Mode works great once it engages. Again, this is the first model, not the Smart Head that they offer now. I put it on the boat in late fall until freeze up here when I'm fishing deeper. open water. The rest of the year I'm fishing shallow or up the river. The electric steer is a pain in the butt then. So this is my experience. Not real happy with the experience but I will use it again next fall and will try to learn how to engage the anchor mode upwind of where I want the boat to be. Until the then the hand steer motor is my choice. @Blue Raider Bob I hope this helps in your choice.

Why does being a coach to an angler have anything to do with money or competition? I'm 74 and have been fishing and hunting since I could ride a bike. I had nobody to teach me. Love of the outdoors and the natural world drove me to learn how to fish and hunt. Many people (young and old) have shared my boat and most don't have that spark or drive or curiosity or whatever it is to want to learn (or maybe it's my inability to light that fire...?) When you do run across that special person it is wonderful, not only for them but for you, because when you teach you learn! I have a personal story to bore you with. I was in Viet Nam in 1969. There was a Montagnard village we frequented. It was near a lake so fish was a big part of their food which they caught using nets. This lake was similar to a typical midwest farm pond. I had my wife send me several of those cheap rod n reel combos and I showed those village kids how to catch fish by pitchin a crappie jig into holes in the weeds. It wasn't near as efficient as their nets but it sure was FUN!

@Glenn Yes, I got it. Thank you, I love BR so much I didn't want to miss out on anything!

@@Glenn My email is correct but I don't know what my password is. How do I change PW if I don't know what current one is? Thank you for your understanding! I went to FAQ. It said to go to name in upper right. My name is upper left. So there is the first confusion/frustration! Anyway, I went to Profile, then Edit Profile....and it still requires I know my password, but I don't, so how do I change it? This stuff is easy for most of you but it is frustrating for me.

Visited many remote Montagnard villages in VietNam in 1969. Lots of people but no trash, no landfills.

@Swamp Girl Happy HTTHOWD! People say that the winter break is good because it gives you time to reflect, plan, read, organize tackle, watch football, etc. I don't buy it! I'd rather be fishin'!!! 🥶