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@gimruis little pops of chartreuse play huge for me here. Love a chartreuse jighead. I always keep that thang on me.

If I was honest with myself, I'd be able to only carry three colors in any soft plastic: - junebug - green pumpkin - white And that's pretty much in order. I've caught on other colors, and I keep that stuff around just in case, but it stays at the bottom of the bag.

Be sure to tune in next time on "This Old Pond" to find out what happens next.

Interesting. One of my silent gripes about spinning rods is that so few have any useful grip area above the reel seat. And that's because I choke up on the rod as far as I can – there is so much more control up there.

Yo I have that same rod, but different.

If I had to sit in an ice fishing hut all winter to get a fix, I'd be a slobbering drunk, too.

Black on black on black. Goes with everything, easy to accessorize around.

I like beer okay. I like my fish whistle better.

I've used both, and both are fine.

Soft plastic colorways are like fashion trends, people fall in and out of love with them on a cycle. Eventually, even my beloved junebug will fall out of style. Some of my most fun (if not productive) days on the water have begun with me finding a bag of some random worm/thing that I forgot I owned in the bottom of my backpack and thinking "what the hell? let's give it a shot." You can learn a whole lot on days like that.

I'm not going to pay a dollar a worm.

I fish stickbaits, but I don't fish Senkos.

Perhaps they were Aphaenogaster picea?

Losing production of a favorite color crankbait sucks. I still mourn the loss of one specific colorway on the academy house brand lipless. Still haven't found anything that'll replicate the confidence I had with it.

I can show you some chunk rock here (I find it by feel) that'll cut through it like a hot knife through butter.

Sometimes you just gotta throw it out and see if it'll work. This is a cage fight. There are no rules.

Plastic worms are about all I catch smallmouth on. little TRDs finesse worms trick worms curlytail worms They all seem to work just fine for me. As long as they're purple.

*angrily goes to find wallet*

I wouldn't rule anything out with her. This is the cat that brought a chipmunk in the house, then kept it cornered just to screw with it.

@Mike L means twilight, like at dawn/dusk.

Bean's favorite show is birds and squirrels in the feeder that's suction cupped to one of the living room windows. I'd give anything to watch her come face to face through the window with a big ol raccoon. She loses her mind when another cat comes onto the porch.

Purple worms are best worms.

Man, I miss our little countertop herb garden. Couldn't catch a fish this morning, so I took a picture instead.