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By the way a bunch of it is 50-ish percent off. Most of the treble hooks.

Double-deep open 3700s. Many plastics will stand perfectly in the box if you fold the extra plastic over.

Favorite socks by far.

We must be able to verify the lower price through a valid online website (any Ebay auctions, Amazon, craigslist etc. are examples of sites that we do not price match). https://www.tacklewarehouse.com/SupportCenter/OrderInfo/

IMHO unless there a cut/creek channel/something, they probably won't be in the vast expanse. Seems too shallow for that. Cast length from where all that meets deeper water? Yeah go for it.

I'm in comically hot texas. These shirts will change your (hot weather) life. Huk Icon X is A+ Huk A1A is good if you have consistent wind, but I think the Icon is cooler when it is more still. My recent favorite is the Anetik. Both their shirts are the same but for a pocket and thumb loops. I usually have some breeze, and the thumb loops and integrated hoodie are nice. So far Simms are great but not for this kind of heat. The two biggest technical difference-makers 1) does it have some sort of active cooling dot material; this stuff really works 2) is it ventilated or thin enough to pass the breeze through.

https://www.amazon.com/Daiwa-24TATULA-100-Bait-Reel/dp/B0CKHNQ74G/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1M91H043SDP9Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1TUIDcTZ8LtipeotPicJAdAT5plchVWXOR5EpyLVEVGTyqU8-yrtnujjRmBGp-mSl6l-dTeqgtBoQoG6PLZD9GihUbPn7f0DiLbMwq3cfqw9SPb5yr5jjqGry3czb9XQw7oW_p-ERjpw8gZcpYTTDirMm5_Em1BVWocfAF_1T4GoLnL7NfGTm3D3HIQi4SAweQv0U0JutzAHeS9dBROeAdxuXOCZAFfRXTCdevdL9uA.F_p3V29FVIpfZnPcz8B2AjXWCE89deUoPZoQSfTLV2k&dib_tag=se&keywords=daiwa%2B24%2Btatula%2Btw%2B100%2Bbait%2Breel%2B2024%2Bmodel&qid=1718500679&sprefix=Daiwa%2B24TATULA%2BTW%2B100%2BBait%2BReel%2B(2024%2BModel)%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1&th=1 new tatula 100 from amazon.com (via amazon.co.jp) for 111.00. Should fish a tier up from either one of the reels you mentioned.

Mostly "I wish I had known" kind of stuff. The idea of being minutes from fishing and being able to just wander out back and hop in the boat seems great. But maybe you can't really leave the boat rigged up, you have to lock it down hard and take the electronics off because even with an enclosed dock some knucklehead will swim under. Or, there's no difference between five minutes away and 20 minutes away - by the time you hook up the boat, get it there, launch it, etc it doesn't really matter, you are either on the lake or not on the lake. Or "I got a little bored because my lake was big but has mostly the same features around the whole lake and I ended up towing my boat to other lakes half the time."

Greenpig's over there boat flipping fish from 20 yards out.

Wacky senko at a fry ball is pretty good at getting a response.

Lunker logs will be just fine in place of a senko.

One thing that helped me a bunch was watching older (like 80) guys cast. See how hard they -don't- work. Replicate that on the water. And particularly with the daiwas, whippy casts end in tears. Smooth accelleration and follow through pays off a lot. One of the casting habits I see with people coming from a spincaster is bringing the rod to a dead stop vs following through... don't do that - follow the stroke all the way through till the rod is pointing in the direction of your target.

For those of you who live directly on the water (and keep your boat in your own dock) or live within five minutes of a ramp, what do you wish you had known going into it? I'm starting to get a bit serious about living closer to or on the water, even if it is just for two or three days a week.

100% daiwa is putting the hyperdrive gears in the Tat SV. It's in the model below and above, and everyone loves the hyperdrive. "Geary tatula" won't be a thing anymore.

It's not about time - quit counting - just reel the slack up as fast as you can. The big side sweep hookset will help too as you can move way more than an 'up' hookset. More margin for error. Fish hitting it from behind is tough, they are moving right at you and it's hard to get the slack out.

Grossly oversimplified: -Hook is called a finesse hook MH or lighter. -Hook is legit thin/tiny, looks like something from japan or up north, or looks like it belongs in a crappie boat, M or lighter. -Hook is thick, anything 6/0, frog sized, has the word 'jungle' 'jack' or 'attack' then it's a heavy or higher. Except for owner's jungle wacky hooks. Lower stretch line then lighter rod, especially at the bottom end of thickness. Mostly the bait weights follow the hook size enough that just putting it on what seems right to cast it works, unless you are doing something like a finesse hook on a really long worm that ends up heavy.

If I recall correctly, that brand is known for having a great entry-level BFS reel.

Ok I'm in Texas and it gets legit hot here, so I get pretty serious about hot weather clothes. None of these are convertible. 1) Anetik - specialty west coast brand. Thinnest/lightest I own. Stay away from brambles. 2) Tied - Huk Creekbed pants (new) and Simms Ultralight pants. Both light, but not as breathable. All the other stuff (columbia etc) gets worn in the shoulder months like april/may or october. Not enough airflow for 100+ temps. Every one of those cargo pockets is another layer of fabric. All the waterprooff stuff doesn't get a breeze. Eventually someone will make ones with a mesh back on the legs like fishing shirts have, but until then the Anetik is the deal.

Round1: 3lb bass on a 5wt fly rod. The whole experience was magic. I had to get off the fly pretty quick though, I'm in texas and it's pretty unrealistic in most circumstances. Round2: First DD. Got me hunting for big fish instead of just fishing. "Oh, I can do this." It has some negative side effects, sometimes I need to 'just fish' instead of getting worked up about how to get on a big fish. I'm ok with the trade though.

A @WRB summer tip from a few summers ago: crank your electronics sensitivity up and find the thermocline. It'll be a fairly obvious fuzzy. Don't fish deeper than that, there's limited oxygen and probably no bass. A @Catt summer tip - find the intersection of the thermocline and structure and you're likely to get on some nice fish. Both of these really transformed my summer fishing. My tip - if you have grass, outside weed edge has always been productive when it gets hot. Might be right on the edge, might be a little further out depending on the water clarity and water temp. More clarity and hotter both drive them out, because out is deeper. I think a bunch of these outside weed edge fish are really shallow fish driven out by the heat.

TBH if it is taking on enough water that it's bothering you something is wrong with the frog.

While I can't speak to the frog issue, I do know for sure that crawling a big swimbait on the bottom you can't set the hook on the first thump, gotta just keep reeling. Story is that the bass is knocking it into the bottom to stun it. Maybe true, maybe not, but if I swing on the first thump I usually come back with nothing.

Most of the pre-rigging I've done ends up getting chopped off pretty quickly, so I can't fully explain it but I feel like I need to just feel the water and the light and the wind. Some standbys are on for sure, especially on dedicated setups like jerkbait or frog. Clips on crankbait rods, split rings are cut off on 100% of my crankbaits, jerkbaits, rattletraps. No downside, only upside, as long as you remember to check your line and re-tie.

Nice fish!

Ha! I was pretty sure that's what your hand looked like; it was just a random pic from the internet.