DitchPanda

That looks incredible

Went back out to the ponds I've been hitting since ice out this year...caught about 15 trout again. My persistence paid off finally...got myself a nice 3.16lb largemouth. May not be anything to write home about but that first good one of the year always feels great!

So I am by no means a wine guy..much prefer beer and especially whiskey. So I may be asking to much out of a wine but my lady is a wine drinker and I'd like to share with her. What I'm looking for is a bottle of white...mid range sweetness and dryness to appeal to both of us...decent acidity so it can stand up to pork and spice...under $15? We both like fruitiness but I also need that acid\citrus so its not just sugar bomb.

How about some Red breast 12yr? Btw don't throw shade at Jamey...it's an introductory whiskey so it serves a purpose.

I have used the Bang spray but haven't noticed it helping much if at all. JJs magic on the other hand has made a big difference on a few occasions. Although I'd say I think the flash of color makes more difference than the smell.

I use 3 colors of jigs...brown,green pumpkin and blacknblue. Blacknblue in dirty to muddy water or in low light conditions..brown in cleaner water...and green pumpkin in any water color except mud. For trailers I use a zoom super chunk or super chunk Jr, zoom ultra vibe speed craw or a missile baits D bomb with about 1/2 -3\4 inch cut off the nose. Like said above don't get to deep into thinking about this or you will drive yourself crazy. Visit siebert outdoors or even PM mike @Siebert Outdoors on here and tell him what your dealing with and he will set you up with the right jigs and trailers for your situation.

I'm using 10lb original power pro on my Ned rig rod and so far I'm really impressed. Considering getting some 15lb for my shaky head rod.

Mepps spinner...kastmaster..2 in twister tail Or as @jbsoonerfan said live minnow

I understand this and think in certain cases it makes sense. But in my job situation I would have a hard time making what I make with years of experience operating an Ethanol plant and finding out that the guy who came here from a packing house with zero Ethanol experience is only making 2k less a year. If I didn't find out then I guess it wouldn't matter. If I dud then I guess I wouldn't actually have a hard time...would make my decision pretty easy.

1\8 or 3\16

Well this guy is in maintenance and I'm in operations...besides how would he say I make x and its almost identical to what the guy he said it to makes? When I say almost identical I mean less than $1 difference. Also I will ad that if it was me talking about a guy who just started with no experience in the field making the same as me after 7+ years experience we wouldn't be having this conversation. I would quit on the spot and go find a real job with real managers.

Plastic worm and spinner bait...more recently a swim jig.

Let me take this from the position of worker instead of manager and let you know what ive been seeing in my job lately. Background on me is ive worked for a biofuel company for 7.5 years..I'm a plant technician 3 so that means I'm lead operator on my crew and I'm in charge of shift when my supervisor is gone. So yes I have some leadership and management responsibility but I'm not on the management team. Recently we hired a guy with some maintenance background but nothing pertaining to what we do...end up finding out he is making as much money as the lead maintenance tech 2 on my day crew...found out because he has a big mouth and has been bragging about it. This is a huge management fail as this may cost them a quality experienced maintenance guy based off resentment and perceived lack of respect for his ability and tenure all to save a new guy that can find his own a#$ with two hands and a flashlight. Stupid. Another incident occurred where a maintenance tech on the night crew I follow got fired for "attitude issues" and poor attendance. Normally I'd have no issue with this except in this case there is a guy who is plant tech 1 that's been with us maybe 8-10 months and in that time he's missed more work then I have in 7+ years...yet he still has a job. Our management team has shown us they play favorites and that there in consistent accountability across the board. Weak and pathetic. Best part in all this is they keep saying that they can't afford to lose any good people because of the day to day demands. Yet it seems to me that through mismanagement they are trying to force people out. Yes we all know they have a business to run but nobody wants to work for people they don't trust. You think its bad when the inmates run the asylum...what about when the people in charge are power hungry and think they are not subject to the rules they enforce so they make them up as they go to fit the narrative? Hard to take managers seriously when they can't manage there way out of a wet paper bag.

Zoom chunk hands down. I also use a D bomb and a ultravibe speed craw alot.

I'm not much of a wine drinker either but you had me at bourbon barrel! My old lady loves wine so maybe ill look for this.

How was it?

Have to much stuff to turn back now!

That's how I feel about bluegill. Yes I spend the majority of my time pursuing bass , but if it ever gets to the point when I don't enjoy having a beautiful gill pull a float under its time to hang it up. Something so simple and pure about the pan fishing gig.

That's awesome

To the basics and really pair things down? Don't get me wrong I like having tons of rods and reels and endless baits..fun to tinker with crap and have tons of options. But I think if all I had was 2 medhvy bait casters and a med spinning rod,some 15lb big game and 8lb trilene, couple poppers, a few spinner baits, some 3/0 hooks, 1/8 and 1/4 bullet weights( lead not that new fangled tungsten!)and a few bags of worms and lizards I'd catch fish. Sorry maybe that's my inner old man talking...trying to shun new technology! Am I the only one who feels this way some times?

Check out Lynn Dollars YouTube channel...he has over 500 old tournament videos from like 86-06...Flw, bassmasters and mega bucks.

It was mid 50s and sunny over the weekend...the past two days have been mid 30s and snow. I told myself I'm gonna tough it out today...woke up to snow,fog and like 28 so I said no. I'm only 37 but I'm not as diehard as I once was. Ill go out in cruddy weather but there is a limit. Plus there are much better days coming.

Thanks for that info I've only ordered them from Tackle Warehouse.

Is this a bite that stays good for a few weeks or is it just a few days? My ice has been out about a week I'd guess

I've never used a slider head...don't tell anybody....oh crap now I've done it