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I only throw a black Cavitron, no trailer.

Never gave it much thought 🤔 I must be rubbing my hands on my shorts because the wife says the laundry basket smells like fish. Now if I accidentally drop a catfish on the boat carpet, that gets scrubbed as soon as I get home.

Right or wrong I keep it simple and look at the hook that's getting shoved in the mouth of the fish. DS = ML Neko = M 4.0 EWG = MH

Welcome to Bass Resources. Sounds like the bait monkey 🐒 is gonna be feasting 😀

I abandoned the old school C-rig years back just to simplify. Went with the Mojo rig with bobber stops and also use Peggz depending on what bait is being thrown and how deep.

I've never " unrigged " except for Elaztech and rods stay in rod locker, no problem.

What a way to kick off your first outing....... really good fish. 👍

It's part of the fun of fishing. Tricking the fish into taking something artificial whether it's natural forage or not. Healthy lakes should have an abundance of forage and an abundance of fish

Took my wife out for Bluegill and Crappie, we caught 18 on trusty ole' nightcrawlers. Accidently caught a really nice bass that the wife wanted to keep. I said " don't be greedy " 😁

I'm a big fan of fluke type baits and know the reputation of 6 sense so ordered the flush in a couple of preferred colors. Anyone have experience with these and how would you compare them with Zoom flukes ❓

Casting gear will slow down drifting up the wire but I have very preferred spinnerbaits and prefer direct tie. Kinda expensive but a VMC .002 crossover ring will prevent drifting if you want to change out baits.

Good question. I'd say anytime I use the net it's a good fish but that's in the 3 - 4lb range. I'm mainly a finesse fisherman and pretty content with volume of fish.

Roboworms got their reputation as the standard for drop-shot. Imo That's what I use them for and do well with Aaron's magic. They have great colors as well.

Yep. My father was in WW1, Korean and Vietnam and I was to young to thank him.

I also love the drop-shot as a skunk killer, always works here. BUT also consider a Mepps #3.

Welcome to Bass Resources

Mine never went bad but blink at speed 😔

Why were 6 dead at weigh in ❓ Deep hook ❓

Spinnerbait for sure. If you're in a boat stay tight to the bank and cast parallel.....a spinnerbait.

Bluebird skies, mid afternoon the bass started hitting a Drop-shot on points. Water temps still haven't hit 70 here in these deep clear lakes.

1st Ned bass of the year

Got back out this afternoon. Mepps #3

Got out this morning in light rain. Caught 14 on spinnerbait and Jackall flickshake, one fat Spot. Water temp 67*

Doesn't matter. Dyno oil, synthetic blend, synthetic ,one year to the next, engine will be fine. I've done it for many years. It's one of those topics that gets overthinked. I've ran nothing but 10w-30 in everything mentioned above in Mercury 4-strokes.

Yes, hope Minnesota makes it interesting. I do think OKC vs Indiana would be an interesting series.