Alex from GA

I have personally caught 12 of the 19 recognized species so far.

9/28 went to the Chattahoochee River to try and catch a Chattahoochee Bass for the GA Bass Slam. They are gorgeous fish and a large one is 12". We floated in kayaks and had to walk several places, drops and low water, on slippery rocks. Pretty tough for an old man but worth it. Caught 6 with the largest 10 1/4".

Just wait until the afternoon to charge it/them. I've been using a lifePO4 battery for my trolling motor for almost a year and it's the best improvement I could have done to my boat. I can run for several days on a charge, it weighs 1/4 what the group 27 lead acid weighed, charges in 1/2 the time and the boat gained .3 mph.

On Lake Lanier the Corp of Engineers almost requires lake front owners to put rip rap up but allows wake/surf boats. Builders must put silt fences up but boats wash shoreline. We need a bigger lobby.

When a bass gets into a brush pile and you can't get it out I disengage the reel and wait for it to get itself out. Sometimes it works.

Geese flying over and Great Blue Herons.

I fish lots of GA rivers that used to have native species. It's hard to find a pure Redeye, Chattahoochee, Altamaha, Shoal, Smallmouth or others. Where I fish mostly, Lake Lanier, I catch several times the amount of Alabamas compared to LM. I talk to old timers that fished here when the lake was first impounded and they say there were all LM.

Like a lot of others I'm up in age and crappy on balance. I can't fish as long as I used to or want to.

10 or 12 should be fine. It's springier than mono so 10 might be better.

I carry all my tackle in a fly vest. Saves me from carrying a box.

Doesn't work Glenn.

Me too. I've found if I enter "https://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums" it will bypass the menu and go directly to "forums".

6 or 8 lb mono or fluorocarbon, 1/0 worm hook, 1/16th or 1/8th oz bullet weight and a 4 3/4" finesse worm. Docks, wood and points. From Maine to California and all points in between it works.

We used to have a house in Palmetto and I went to Terra Ceia often weather permitting. I was in a 14' boat. The inshore fishing was usually good all winter. Snook, redfish, trout, whiting, sheepshead and jacks mostly. All I used were artificials except for sheepshead. Just like bass fishing but the saltwater fish fight harder and taste better. Discount Tackle in Bradenton is the best tackle store close by.

When I click on the menu at the top left nothing comes up. I have to go down and click on a thread then the menu comes up like it used to.

I lay the butts in the truck and strap the tips to the corner with the tips sticking up.

I have a couple of Shimano Bantam 100s that have 2 centrifugal brakes on a pin on the spool shaft. There are different weight brakes that slide on the pin and I took one off to try and it works fine. They're easy to lose as they slide off the pin so I have to take the reel apart with the brake side up. Todays reels are much more user friendly.

I only buy Mercury primer bulbs. They cost more but last several times longer.

To answer your question a $150 blank computes to a $300 plus rod. Super sensitive and light weight. These rods are almost all for bottom contact baits. That being said a crankbait rod doesn't need an expensive blank. As to your finishing problem Flex Coat has probably the best videos for rod building. When you apply finish be sure the rod is not tilted.

When I'm in FL a spinnerbait catches bunches of mudfish/bowfin/grinnel and usually destroys it. Bending them back shortens their life and they break like the one you have.

Send some of the rain you'll be getting down my way. I had to take my boat out of the water yesterday due to no water in the dock. I haven't fished anywhere else in about a year except rivers in my kayak so a change will be a good thing.

Thanks Jig Man, I'm off to wrap. I guess they still bend back if they're wrapped.

Tuesday was a pretty good day for me, it made up for Friday. 6 Alabama bass and 2 LM with the biggest a 3.75 Alabama. Mostly docks and blowdowns with a worm for bait. This morning I caught 3 and a big LM jumped and spit the worm in my face.

Very interesting. I wonder if they fit a Motorguide 45 lb trolling motor. Thanks

Attach an 18" length of 3/8" chain to an anchor line and run it out of the front or rear handle of the kayak. Put a clam cleat on the gun wale of the kayak to hold the line where you need it. I use a carabiner in the handle for the anchor line to slide on. I don't bring the anchor in the kayak just secure the line with the clam cleat and paddle away. Cheap and easy to rig. Use 3/16" rivets on the cleat not 1/8ths.