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Alex from GA

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About Alex from GA

  • Birthday 10/02/1940

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  • Gender
    Male
  • Location
    Gainesville, GA 
    middle FL winter
  • My PB
    Between 7-8 lbs
  • Favorite Bass
    Spotted
  • Favorite Lake or River
    Lake Lanier GA
    N GA rivers for shoal bass

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  • About Me
    All I do is fish and mow the lawn.  Summer weekdays in the lake in a boat; weekends in the rivers in a kayak.

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  1. There's lots of fishing around there. Lake Hartwell to the east and several smaller lakes to the west and lots of river fishing. Russell, Burton are a couple of good bass lakes.
  2. I have a 12' jon boat in our pond that the neighbors use to pull water lilies and spatterdock. The neighbor and his son probably weigh well over 550 lbs and it holds them up with a load of lillies. That's what I'd use if I was able. At 70 it was no problem with me to handle.
  3. Unless your lakes/ponds have 9.9 hp limit get at least a 15 hp engine to be able to plane.
  4. Finally made it to FL after several false starts. Called a buddy and he wanted to go fishing today, Monday, at the Rainbow River. We got there about 11 and headed upstream. Started fishing floating down river and caught a few small bass, my first bass of 2025. Using T/R worms we worked our way downstream and had a steady catch. I caught about 10 and my buddy caught some with a 4.32 kicker. Feels good to be on the water again.
  5. I fished in the salt and the only conventional reels were right hand. I hold my rods usually with my right hand but can set a hook just as well with my left.
  6. All you need is a heavier Rapala.
  7. Last January I got sick and was in the hospital a couple times for almost 2 weeks and had to start over with being mobile. Ever since my balance hasn't been worth a darn. No more kayak fishing and have to sit in the boat all the time. My fake shoulder failed and it hurts to cast for a long time also. 84.
  8. Zoom green pumpkin finesse worm, 1/0 worm hook, 1/8oz bullet weight, 6 lb mono.
  9. Last year I gave a friend a '50s how to catch fish book that had some interesting information. This was before spinning and baitcasting and fly fishing were the methods used. All my Herters catalogs are long gone but I still have a rod I built and some lures from their catalog.
  10. I'm a glasses wearer and used to wear the flip down clipons. My buddy had a pair of Cocoons that he had me try and they were far superior to the clipons. I look like a dork but can see pretty good with the Cocoons. They have a 2 for the price of one sale that I take advantage of.
  11. I also tried Vanish when it first came out and discarded it the first time I used it. I've been using Vicious FC for at least 10 years on a baitcaster and even if it gets a bit shredded it works.
  12. Up until a couple of years ago I used a Shimano Bantam 100 4.7 reel for worm fishing and even caught a fish. Then, when I used my last one because pinion gears were unobtainable, I bought some 7 and 8:1 reels. Can't say I'm catching more fish or casting further but they're lighter and wind the worm in faster past the strike zone.
  13. South to FL every winter for the past 10 years.
  14. I went from an electric steer to a cable controlled trolling motor and wouldn't have anything else. Instantaneous response compared to having to anticipate ahead.
  15. Back in the '80s I worked part time in a tackle shop that a friend opened. I only fished in the ocean but and was taught how to bass fish by some of the customers.
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