813basstard

Wait a minute. Make sure I’m still fluent in English as well as weight and measures and the standard figure of 60 minutes in an hour. you caught 18 double digit bass in 60 minutes? Im not sure I have a response for that type of day....I don’t

Is there another body of water you can fish or do you live in Iran? Largemouth fishing is tough in the Middle East this time of year...I would assume

^Cool story...I’ve also caught bass on beef jerky while we pounded beers. However, that wouldn’t be a suggested way to do it all the time. I’ll go 4-5 trips without recharging the trolling motor so slinging crankbaits all over isn’t what’s going on but neither is dropping the anchor, pulling out a sandwich and soaking the same area for one hour for one bite. May as well throw live bait. I love jigs, swim baits, creature baits just having a tough time with worms at the present. It’ll pass. Fishing ain’t that hard

55’ huh? Jesus. That’s a couple casts ago. Love the insight and all. Sometimes it boils down to telling myself ‘shut up, tie it on and fish’ like I tell my son

Yeah your right. I need to re-light the spark. Tonight it’s Teddy Pendergast cassettes, microwaved Hot Pocket and ribbon tail 7” June bug worm. I may even put up my Emmitt Smith poster and challenge the wife in Tecmo Bowl. Thanks boys, happy 4th

Not fishing a worm hardly at all. Lost my feel for it. Wondering if some of the more experienced anglers here have grown out out it or is it still a valuable tool

I’m sure like most of y’all, I grew up fishing worms. Texas or Carolina rigged. That’s what we knew. As I gain more experience, I hardly can’t fish a worm anymore. Texas, weightless, dropped, Ned, Florida, senior, mojo, big, small, stick, ribbon tail, etc not much success lately. I’ll throw a jig all day in a rain puddle, but when it comes to worms now?? Any advice, tips, atta boys welcomed

+1 on the not whipping the caster. New folks I fish with whip the rod so hard/fast that you can audibly hear the rod going thru the air. They also reel the lure to close to the tip before they cast. This puts a lot of the strain on the knot instead of the lure. just a thought

Watch how your casting it as well. If you sling it, it’ll tend to do that

Schooling bass are like the last woman at the bar. Slump buster...other than that, fish a technique and location you never use. If your gonna zero, may as well add some reps with different techniques.

Man, I think we all been a bunch without a bite. Refuse to be discouraged. Keep throwing, keep switching tactics. Keep at it, ain’t nothing but fish. They’ll bite

Crazy right? People tend to lose more weight when they eat less too. You may be on to something...

My wife does that when I order hot wings

^yes this..how they bite is important too!

The first time I first time I fished a brown/green jig with GY paddle tail trailer...”oh so this is why they fish these things.” Now, I can’t get one untied from at least one of my rods

Real..weather has a bunch to do with it too. I feel 7-9:30 is a window, 10 -noon is a window, noon to 3, and 3-sundown. Patterns change?

Is first bite/catch enough to get into a pattern? How long do you staying chasing the second bite on first pattern before switching gears?

Never walk straight down a bank towards the water where you can’t see the shoreline. Always at an angle so you can see them and more importantly they can see you and you don’t spook them. That’s when they get stupid fast and aggressive. We’ve eased up on some 12 footers that whipped around and the wake and splash they make is unreal! be careful!

No, no your correct on this..it’s just most of the dudes I know get a dozen shrimp, three dozen Miller Lites. Wife laughes when I return home in the 3rd grade with a Key West grunt and a sun burn.

Yes you are correct on both accounts. Seems like I need new saltwater fishing buddies.

They ain’t got the whole thing in their mouth. Have to reel down. Hook sets on slack line won’t catch fish. Many times you can feel they have the back of the bait in their mouth. Idk about the 2 second theory or none of that, when I feel them MOVE the line, not tap or thump, but pick the line up and move it, get after him

Why? So many other tasty species out there. So many bigger ones. So many more predictable ones. Saltwater buddies give me a hard time but timing up the tides, slapping a shrimp on a 1 oz and throwing it close to a bridge pilling isn’t exactly angling to me. Man, I think I’m at the point where figuring them out is as fun as catching them. There’s magic on the water at daybreak with a top water, or junebug worm when it’s 157 degrees outside and there’s 2 waters left in the cooler but your thumb is raw from lipping so many that day. I’m not sure they get that part..so why do we fish for bass?

Yes Spider Wire is to thin for me. Wind knots and the “throw it to hard knot in spool” syndrome. I believe you’ve made the right choice. Where does it break at??

appreciate all the input for real..I just don’t want my preference to miss some actual black and white differences. Because look, we can all catch fish here but I don’t want to miss fish to another dude who catches because of semantics that I’m not fishing..

Thanks for the input! Last question, I flip and pitch with an 8 foot Ohero Inshore rod and 3000 Ohero reel with 25lb Power Pro. Besides being taboo, am I missing something a bait caster can offer in this situation besides cranking power? I get bit and catch my share of 3-4lbs in these Florida weeds but I need to know if I’m handcuffing myself