BayouSlide

Got a TW gift card at Christmas and planned on using PayPal for the balance for an added level of protection. For some reason, checkout required a credit card for the $12 remaining charge...the PayPal select wasn't active/allowed. ? So I used the credit card I use only for purchases on websites where I'm unsure of their level of security. That card is seldom used and easily cancelled.

For the first time in many years, I have something I want to do on New Year's Eve: listen with my wife to a live Billy Strings concert on Bluegrass Junction on Sirius XM while sitting on my couch sipping martinis between my two German Shorthaired Pointers, then bed at a reasonable hour. ?

My 24-volt Ultrex has been excellent: don't understand negative reviews, certainly not my experience. I'd buy another in a heartbeat.

Not whining when commenting that, after a series of hacks, TW needs to up it's security game. I still order from them, BTW, but in the future I will probably go through PayPal for the added level of protection.

My card was one of the one's nailed. Got an email regarding it today but the card was already cancelled due to over $2,600 in three fraudulent charges. I think this is the second time my card has been comprised at Tackle Warehouse. They need to seriously upgrade their security game.

OK, my pet peeve(s), beyond people trashing the out of doors like the whole world is their garbage can, is people that are in so much of a hurry that they "wake" me in passing by me (or anyone else who is fishing). I always slow down well in advance, and get back on the throttle long after passing by, so as not to disturb the water for a fellow fisherman or rock their boat. Just seems like common courtesy towards a fellow angler.

...or dropping my scissors over the side of an aluminum boat ?

When I was roadracing motorcycles, I was nearly always a backmarker (way back in the pack), but for companies that offered me a product discount or the one that tossed a little money my way, they'd get a sticker on the bike. So if Bass Pro or Tackle Warehouse are listening, you can get a spot on my boat for a yearlong 10 percent discount...as before, I'm not that good but I'm very cheap to acquire ?

Both Dobyns and Lew's have very reasonable warranty terms, making replacement of rods that I have accidently broke very easy and economical. Service from both companies has been impeccable. The last one, a Dobyns baitcaster, even arrived on a Sunday—received it in two days since I'm just one state over from their offices in Texas!

I bought the deal at Academy for $9.99 a while back (less another 5% for using my Academy card). The baby finesse worms have become a new favorite of mine. It's a no-brainer at that price if two of the items are desirable. Give the rest away at Christmas as stocking fillers and everyone wins. ?

45 minutes ago, Gera said: take this with a grain of salt and the over protection of my company's antivirus. this is what i got when I click the link Never a problem here from when I first downloaded the file a while back or when I redownloaded it before posting the link. Of course, YMMV.

https://fishrook.com/2021-ultimate-bass-lure-selection-chart/

My dental bill today for an extraction begs to differ. ? ?

Very pleased with my Tatula SV reels, both the current and prior versions. Trouble free and user friendly.

Pay attention when retrieving across the bow of the boat when the trolling motor is on auto, lest the prop grabs your line and pulls your new Dobyns Champion XP medium fast casting rod into the trolling motor and breaks it's tip. ?

The September/October 2021 issue of Bassmaster has an excellent illustrated calendar of which months to fish the grasses, with useful illustrations of coontail, milfoil, hydrilla and peppergrass which clearly help delineate the four.

Looks like coontail, all the "leaves" are the same length vs. milfoil, "leaves" are varied lengths.

Been fortunate enough to live out in Montana for two to four weeks for the last three years in the fall. I feel the same way, though, having grown up in northern New York near the Canadian border, I harbor no delusions of the joy in living with four months of extreme cold and snow. Get to bass fish all year down year ?

One of my favorites, especially on a shaky head.

From the foothills of the Judith Mountains, a bird hunter's (and bird dogs') view of a distant Lewistown, Montana. Later we spotted a mule deer buck tucked safely within one of the folds of land.

Some words of wisdom right there. We all have to find our path, but to do so we have to live bravely.

Fishing bass busting shad yesterday on a bayou...a Ned Cut-R in Morning Dawn was the only bite on something other than a Suicide Shad underspin.

She's obviously a lady whose priorities are in order. ?

Great action on the fall as well.