CrankFate

Anyone fishing for these will tell you a picture is worth 1,000 words (and rigs). *not me in the pic. I pulled it from the internet. Better than my PB.

I never cut the line. I pull the line. It never breaks off at the rod tip. No one should ever cut the line.

Powerbait power worm chartreuse tail.

That’s interesting. Basically the opposite of why I don’t usually don’t use the leader on my T-Rigs. So I can save my rigs from most hang ups. I actually use the Fluoro leader when I don’t expect to get snagged a lot.

That about sums it up, yes.

I, personally, use orange beads. Prevents the fish from focusing on the bullet weight ?

Rod Ratings.

Usually this means something isn’t seated right (possibly from the drag being backed off too much) or a bearing is not lying flat. If you don’t know how to reassemble a reel, getting the help of someone who does will almost certainly have it working better than ever.

I had always fished for bass, as a kid, but was not good at it. Back when I was in high school I happened to work across the street from where I caught the bigger bass that I’ve posted in the reports. At that time, 30 years ago, the water was closed to any fishing. But seeing bass in there, every day. No way I was not fishing there. That was when I first really got into catching LMB. It took me some time. But within a few weeks, I was able to start pulling them in. I worked there every summer, as a teenager. So I fished there every year. By that time, after spending every one of my summers in the Midwest, as a kid, I had a decent grip on what to do.

@Capriceragtop hard to say. The spinner you got will go lighter. Fish the two you have, then the holes in your techniques will appear naturally. FWIW, here’s my opinion on finesse fishing. When finesse = very light line and super small baits, it’s pretty overrated. Any cheap light spinning rig will do. When finesse = using gear that appears way too light for the technique and size of fish, but it holds up like a heavy rig — that’s when you break out the ???

I prefer the small gamakatsu octopus circles for porgies (bream) and big bluegills. These work best, because that extra bend prevents large, very strong panfish from ever shaking the hook.

I spent every summer sent away to travel through the Midwest and mid south. The only hobby I was always into since forever, was fishing. Everywhere I’d go, I’d be fishing. No, I did not catch many bass. But if you are near water in places where there are no oceans, the #1 or #2 thing you are going to be talking about with every other kid you talk to near water is bass. Besides dirtbikes all any boy between 6 and 16 is going to be talking about is bass. I would put girls up there at #1, but that’s just me. Bass was definitely #2.

I see mentions of cigars. I have a few decent stogies in my humidor. A few years back maybe 9 years after quitting smoking, I was painting and doing a lot of work around the house. When I finished, I lit up a cigar. Made it about 40% through it. Got dizzy. I could not take all the nicotine anymore. I couldn’t finish it. Last time I ever lit one up.

I would think that people might need more brakes (or think they need more brakes) when dealing with heavier baits. That could be why they make these from a marketing standpoint, on paper. But, IMO, the main issue with throwing heavier and lighter baits is usually the rod, not the reel.

I always overspool to the point that the spool can’t be removed from the reel. Then I get all kinds of backlash. I then trim a few yards off at a time to get to the point that casts right. Then, over time, from cutting and retying rigs and losing rigs, it gets to the point that I have to cast as hard as possible to throw anything and get overrun issues with shorter casts. At that point, I start over and respool.

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Well, If he’s still alive now, there will be even less left than there was back then. Believe me.

Trust me. That’s better than if he was around until you were around 19 or 20. My father was into heroin and whatever other drugs he could get. The alcohol was only for when there wasn’t any money for anything else.

Do what works best for you. I fish BC because of a lifetime of fishing related right hand/wrist injuries. I don’t have much of a choice. If you do, the choice is yours. If I ever get arthritis, I’m screwed. Because at 45, my right hand and wrist are all messed up from fishing overweight, heavy metal spinning gear dating back to when I was 2 years old. If you have kids, please get them light, modern gear. I’m not kidding when I say I was not permitted to write in script dating back to the first grade, because of hand/wrist injuries from fishing. The only time I was ever permitted to write in script, as a kid in school, was when the test was to see if we knew how to write in script. By the first grade, there was no way I could drag a # 2 pencil over the paper in a marble notebook 5 days a week.

All I’ll say is I read on the internet that the best way to remove paint from an irreplaceable HVAC vent returns is vinegar. So I got a Costco bottle of white vinegar and soaked the custom sized vent covers that came with my house in it for about 3 days and it peeled right off. Rinsed them. Dried them. Repainted them. Worked perfectly. It’s been about 11 years now. No problems.

Kastking Compass telescopic. Great price. Versatile real rod. A little heavy, but the price makes it a no brainer. I’ve used it and absolutely recommend it as a top quality mainstream occasional use travel rod. For what my recommendation is worth, anyway.

I never understood the backwards reeling option on spinning reels. Always seemed dumb to me.

You have to protect yourself from the sun. I’ve had about a dozen “precancerous” moles removed from over 40 years of sun exposure. Normally, I’d say neutrogena spray sunblock is the best. It does last about 10 hours, but it’s been recalled. Copper tone sport spray is OK or Aveeno soy sunblock cream is good and all 3 of these do not repel fish. I use sunblock, a buff a hat and long sleeves or arm sleeves. Because I get a lot of sun. To the point that I have a mole on the palm of my right hand (no not hair. A mole.). The sun is dangerous. Cover up. It keeps me looking young and pretty. That is just as important, IMO.

Pause. Always pause. Because most things the bass eat are not constantly moving. Edit: except a paddle tail in low visibility water. Don’t pause these.