BrianMDTX

To me, this is the best benefit. I can stop a bait with spinning rigs, but nowhere near as smooth and silent as I can with a baitcaster.

My only Senko regret is that they didn’t come out until 1996, which by that time I had left fishing behind as I focused on deer hunting. Had the Senko been around in the 80’s my life may have turned out differently! ?

Congrats. Whatta tank!

I feel the same about the IC. Simple to tie and strong enough for bass.

I have a Tatula, two Fuegos, an H2O Ethos Express HD and two Abu Black Max’s. I gotta say, to this day I enjoy the heck out of fishing with those two reels. They are pretty smooth and to be brutally honest, tend to cast a bit further than my more expensive reels. Drag seems relatively stable, and as I use my thumb a lot, the mag brake works well for me. It’s a good reel to learn baitcasting with. Pair it with a Daiwa Aird-X MH/F and go fishing! OP- I don’t have a yak but fish from a small inflatable boat with an elevated seat akin to a fishing yak. I find it easier to fish 6’ 6” to 7’ 0” rods better than 7’ 3” to 7’ 6”. Both in casting and boating the fish. I use both. In fact, I think I’m starting to prefer LH retrieve better.

I think you are spot on. Most of my jerkbait catches tend to be on far casts. I don’t get many close to the boat or bank.

I did that a few years ago. Every other week I took a trip down Memory Lane. A six of Budweiser, Miller High Life, Coors Banquet, Pabst Blue Ribbon, National Bohemian and Rolling Rock. Other than “From the Glass-Lined Tanks of Old Latrobe”, I remembered why craft beer became so popular! ?

Well, not quite THAT bad! ?

We had those as well. Always wondered how sodium ferrocyanide sounded like something good for a kid to have lol.

My boat sits low in the water (or I sit low to the water lol). I started with baitcasting but came to realize it’s a helluva lot easier to work the bait with a spinning rig.

Darn! Coulda made a fortune instead of playing cops and robbers or cowboys and Indians. ?

As a boy in the 60s, I had this toy called Creepy Crawlers. It was essentially a steel hot plate with various molds into which you poured (I assume) plastisol and made various “creepy crawlies” lol. Thinking about it now, I bet some of those would have caught bass. Man, back then toys that could burn you were plentiful lol.

NOW we know what those Chinese balloons are for! ? I get you. I’ve also been on a hunting site since 2003. The site changed hands several years ago (along with the format) which made it less user-friendly. But an influx of younger hunters who came of age with YouTube hunting seemed more “in your face” and were more interested in telling others how their hunting styles and gear choices were best rather than learning from more experienced folk. I do not see that on BR. It a much more friendly and helpful site. Which is a testament to Glenn and the mods.

I have some old lures. Like 35-45 years old. Hula Poppers. Jitterbugs. Heddon Tiny Torpedo. I would definitely have to swap the hooks out for sure. Every time I think about it I tie on a Whopper Plopper or Megabass PopMax lol.

No, as a true albino lacks pigment of any kind. The eyes are pink or red due to light reflection back from the retina. Gold bass are caused by a genetic anomaly known as Xanthochromism or xanthism. It is often associated with usual red pigmentation being replaced with yellow.

Man. You just made me think of a good pizza steak with pepperoni and mushrooms. Or a cheesesteak stromboli. Used to get them at Romano’s in Essington. The birthplace of the stromboli. Good tomato pie, too!

I meant white but am used to saying “yellow American” at the deli lol. I cannot find a decent hoagie roll here. Either they are spongy soft or way too crusty. At least Kroger sells thinly-sliced steak. But without the roll it’s really lacking. Most people I know in Maryland get cheesesteaks with L-T-M-FO-HP lol. That’s a cheesesteak hoagie in Philly. Never saw many order those while I was there. Almost always nothing but steak, onions and cheese. And most use hot cherry pepper relish vs whole cherry peppers chopped on the grill. I like both.

I could never be a true food critic. If I really like it, I’m speechless! What I always find amusing is everywhere you go other than Philly, Jersey or most of Maryland, a “Philly cheesesteak” always has green bell peppers, and often, Swiss cheese. No one in Philly or the surrounding area EVER puts green peppers on a cheesesteak. And it’s either provolone, yellow American or Cheez Whiz. Never Swiss. Hots may be chopped red/green cherry peppers (that’s real Philly) or hot cherry pepper spread. And don’t get me started on hot Italian grinders or chicken cutlet hoagies. People can hate on Philadelphia for many things, but if you love good food, it’s a paradise.

The sad part? I didn’t even get a single bite. It looked good. Lots of cover. But it was dead as a doornail.

Claussen sandwich slice pickles. A good Swiss cheese, like Finladia. Mix Dijon to yellow mustard 2:1. But…it’s the bread that’s so hard to replicate. I used to go to a neighborhood joint not far from the Big Sombrero in Tampa years ago that had THE best Cuban sandwiches. All due to their bread.

I fished a local pond smack dab in the midst of a frisbee golf course. One of the frisbees hit sideways and rolled down the bank opposite where I was fishing. The “golfer” walked close to where his disc went down the bank and he asked me if I had seen it. I told him it was about 5’ below him. I also told him (truthfully) that a coral snake had just swam across the pond five minutes ago and was likely still there. Those discs must be pricey as he didn’t hesitate to slide down the bank and retrieve it!

It’s really hard to beat a quality cheesesteak on an Amoroso roll. Piled high with chopped and grilled thinly-sliced fresh rib-eye steak, scads of fried onions and provolone cheese. I prefer a cheesesteak hoagie with lettuce, tomato, mayonnaise and hot peppers. It’s one major thing I really miss about living in NE Maryland and working in Philly.

Oh, pooh! I’m blocked up tonight!

You’re probably 100% correct, which is why I remained polite. But I ain’t lyin’. It weren’t easy! ?

I can eat 50 eggs! Quail eggs lol! I really tried to be nice. For the first 4-5 minutes of chatting about fishing and the outdoors, I could deal with it. When it started getting personal was when it got cringe. I swear, I thought she was going to pull her top off and show me that she no longer had boobs! Finally I did a <looks at phone> “Holy crap! Lookit the time! I gotta scoot!” Thank God she just hadn’t underwent a colonoscopy!