BrianMDTX

I got my name and went to TW and placed an order. Less than one hour later I got the “order shipped” e-mail. I think that broke a record for me. That was fast!

Good idea. Instead of one angler with a bass they didn’t catch that hardly anyone would see, thousands of anglers would drool at seeing these giants.

I don’t “jerk” them as much as I will crank the reel 2-3 times, pause, and repeat after it breaks the surface. I’ve gotten strikes on top, while cranking and while floating back after the pause.

Only thing I caught today was black, with a long tail and a white stripe. Think I had one nibble on a Senko from a bluegill. Beautiful day but dead, dead, dead.

Reminds me of when a bass I was taking a pic of with my phone started flipping its tail violently and oops! There went my phone, over the side. It also “almost disappeared” from view. But I made a snap decision that I wasn’t losing my phone, so I went over the side. Got the phone. Still works fine. Lost my truck keys lol.

Something, I know not what, got on the handle knob of my Revros and now the knob is deteriorating and sticky. From what I see per the parts diagram, you have to replace the entire handle, not just the knob. I don’t see an attachment screw. Anyone know if the knob can be replaced without replacing the entire handle?

Different day. Almost the same results lol. Hooked one on the blue/black jig. Maybe 12”. It flipped and flopped and threw the hook before I could boat it. I got zero bites on nothing else, except for one bass that hit a Siebert Fogy. Not huge, but it was a bomb cast so a fun fight. A front is coming through this afternoon so I had high hopes. Still a fun day, even after getting caught in an early shower and getting wet lol.

Happy Thanksgiving! Today looked to be the best of Thursday thru Sunday, so I decided to fish this morning. Only caught one on a blue/black jig. I was thankful for that. I think the bass was, too. After I removed the jig, I noticed it was gut-hooked with a dropshot hook and a dipsey sinker with a snap swivel, with the remnants of a plastic worm. I got the hook out with no damage and off it went. However, I did have something whack a Siebert Fogy. I set the hook, the drag screamed and it was gone. After retrieving it back to the boat, the hook was completely bent open. Whatever it was, it was big.

So sorry to hear that, Tom. Truly. My thoughts and prayers are with you today.

I woke up at 6:00 am and tried to decide where to fish. I was going to go to one of two different ponds, but after a long, busy week, I didn’t feel like doing the longer drive and longer portage to launch the boat, so I went to my normal pond that’s 1/4 mile away. Took my time and was fishing by 8:00 am. I started with a 6th Sense jerkbait as that caught my only fish last weekend. Didn’t take long and I caught a bass. Only a 12”, but that beats the skunk. A short time later I switched to a blue/black jig with a blue craw trailer and got a strike, but it slipped the hook. Later tried a chartreuse/white Siebert Fogy bladed jig with a green pumpkin Rage Menace trailer and a A-Jay Special, but no bites. Even tried a weightless TR with a 5” watermelon/cream laminate Senko and no bites. I sighed and figured that was probably it, and then I looked around and thought, “Dude! It’s the Saturday before Thanksgiving, it’s 75° and partly sunny, and you’re fishing! How many others wish they still had decent weather to chase bass in?” So I decided to simply enjoy the weather and being out on the water, and began tossing that bladed jig again. I think I was on my third cast and “wham!”, it got hit hard. When it jumped I figured it was a decent bass. It was a nice 4 lb. bass. Later caught two more on the jerkbait.

Ah, a thread dear to my heart! My 2005 Dodge Ram QC 1500 4x4 shows the years spent during winters in Maryland. Yeah, it’s got rust. And it’s got several minor things like a loose driver’s control panel on the door, a courtesy light that functions when the doors are opened but the on/off microswitch is broken and the windshield wipers will move if you pick one up to get leaves off the window lol. But I haven’t made a payment on it since 2011 (bought it in 2007), and after 178K on the odo, it runs like a top. Manual 4WD shifter, no fancy-schmancy electronics. Still has a seegar lighter lol. I’m driving it until one of us is dead.

Wow. One 12” bass on a jerkbait. Nice, overcast skies with a slight breeze. Thought it’d be a better day. But better than the skunk.

Our oldest daughter and her boyfriend flew down to visit as Thanksgiving travel is a hassle. We’re having Thanksgiving Dinner with them tomorrow. I “knew” he had something to talk to me about, but I did not know that he wanted to go fishing until just before they got here. So as my boat is a one-man affair, we fished off the bank. I rigged up a #956 Senko WR for him and I fished several different things. We each caught one bass, but his was bigger and he lost two, so my future son-in-law came out on top. Yeah, that’s what he wanted to talk to me about lol. He outfished me. How could I say no? 😁

Cork is my preference. Split grips are my preference as well. EVA is ok but prefer cork.

Whatta pig! Congrats on the new PB! Gorgeous brown bass!

I still use ol’ school Mann’s Jelly Worms.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie, In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe: To you from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shall not sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields.

Been years I’ve caught more. Been years I’ve caught bigger. But I got out and fished quite a bit and I have no complaints. Except for that one huge bass that threw the hook on a bladed jig. That will haunt me for a while.

@TnRiver46 those are some gorgeous pics. Really beautiful.

Another slow day. Only caught four. Two were one lb. fish. The other two were a bit bigger. A 3 lb’er followed by a 4 lb. bass. Only two baits got bites. One of the one lb. bass was on an A-Jay Soecial. The other three were on a black/blue jig with a black/blue craw trailer. I have not had much success with that combo in a jig, so although slow, I’m happy that this jig-n-craw rig got bites. Viscious bites, too!

Oh boy, does the Bait Monkey have you bamboozled! That’s his MO. Why buy 2 when 20 will do? 😂

I feel your pain. But the Bait Monkey does not. So buy several that look familiar until you find the right one and he’ll be one happy simian.

Sometimes in an inflatable the wind is your most vile enemy. Sometimes it’s your best friend. A slight breeze that moves the boat slower than any trolling motor setting. And if it’s just so, parallel to the bank, it can work wonders. You get multiple casts at the same spots and then it’s just off and at another spot, and so on. Sometimes I’ve left a Zoom Trick out and the slow movement on the bottom works better than my manipulation of the bait.