Bird

At least not here in VA. Was fishing a 2100 acre deep clear all week, camping with the wife. The bass were biting extremely well and I didn't even realize that many of them were Alabama " spotted " bass. So talked with 2 park rangers about my experience, they claimed that the spotted bass were accidentally stocked and will dominate the largemouth. That certainly was not my experience fishing this lake all week. Probably caught 50/50 largemouth to spotted. I'd get into heavy submerged timber and catch all largemouth and when the cover got rocky, all spotted bass...... harmony. I will say this ! give me all the spotted bass, invasive or not, those fish fight like a largemouth on steroids and one of the best eating fish I've ever had. Not sure why we wouldn't want them.

1. People swimming at the boat dock 2. Slimy algae 3. Wind 4. Litter 5. Cottonwood trees

Non ethanol is readily available around here so that's all I use in my 2/4 stroke engines. Also use this seasonally.

Not living in a big fish geography. Not much pressure but mountainous clear water just doesn't produce many big fish but there's that one.

Fished a perfect day, dark overcast and no wind. The fish were very cooperative with Shakyhead and flickShake, both GPM. I did keep one of the Alabama bass for the wife, delicious.

Yes indeed, pay attention. The durability of Elaztech has it's downfall. As salt is released over time the bait becomes more floatatious, actually floating to the surface, weightless.

Nevermind, used the search feature and found my answer.

Since joining this forum and following many rod threads it's apparent we have many rod guru's...... I'm not one of them. Was fishing yesterday and snapped a just under $200 spinning rod and need to replace it. A friend of mine has a brand new 6'8 med XF Mojo Bass 3/16 - 5/8 that he's willing to sell. It's only use will be wacky flickShake/finesse worms on 1/16 head, 15# braid to 8# flouro. The $189 rod I broke 😔 was a 6'8 med fast 1/8 - 3/8 that worked well. The hooks on these wacky heads are much more robust than a drop-shot hooks so wanted to stay away from a ML rod. Will this Mojo be over kill and should I actually consider a ML rod ? Thanks

Whatever one is closest to purple. My favorite warm water worm is a Jackall flickShake in cola...... looks purple too me.

3/8 outcast swim jig in Orange and brown.

All seats give a width, depth and height when you go to order. Just measure what you have.

Zoom lizard in cotton candy chartreuse is the only lizard I throw...... killer in the spring.

Heck, I didn't even know it was a spotted bass. 😂 Them things fight.

Fished a deep clear lake in central VA today. Fish were on beds. Caught several and snapped a really nice rod with a lifetime warranty.

Keitech easy shiner 1/16 head.

English definitely has some loop-holes in it. Bass guitar 🎸 Bass fishing 🐠

This news must be fresh of the press as a Google search revealed nothing.

My fishing partner lost his PB last week. The water was gin clear and as I looked over the edge of the boat with net in hand , The fish looked me in the eyes 👀 and gave it one more big dig and broke off. He was throwing a deep diving crankbait on a 6'6 med light and wants to blame me for spooking the fish. 😂 Sorry for your loss

Pulled the boat to a new lake in the metropolitans that held a lot of fish but nothing of size. Still had fun on a wacky finesse worm.

I never let the connecting knot get into the spool. It limits knot contact with the guides allowing better casting. Imo More specifically, My leaders are 6 ft in length.

A husky Jerkbait works year around.

All I remember was it was in the late 80's on spinning tackle, 5" Culprit worm. The reel was more than likely a Shimano.

I fished a lake in WV 2 years ago that was littered with cicada. It was predominantly a smallmouth lake and about all the fish I caught were with a top water bait. I remember I didn't do a steady retrieve like a buzz bait but replicated the action of the cicada........ Devil's horse, Whopper plopper and pop max. All the fish were bloated with cicada so it was definitely a banquet going on.

It's a QB league for sure but college success does not equate to NFL success as we've seen so often.

White / Pearl / Bone all seem to be universal.