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Good luck in the big fish bash @Pat Brown!

I’ve never seen a Rayburn red colored crawfish in my lake, but that color sure catches fish for me. Try it and see. It might work.

@Pat Brown is back at it. Wow, man. Awesome fish!

I've struggled fishing from the bank so far this year so I was excited about my first trip of 2025 in a boat. The air temp started out in the upper 30s, but warmed up to a perfect 70 degrees. Bluebird skies, 50 degree water temp. It started immediately. I hooked up on the first cast! I was pumped...until it turned out to be a drum. Sorry, no picture @TnRiver46.🤣 That was the last bite for over an hour, and the next bite was just a dink smallmouth. After the dink we got nothing for about two hours. The wind was blowing hard against the current which made it tough to manage the boat. We were getting frustrated, but things finally started improving. After only catching two fish for the first three hours, we got 8 in the next two hours. The best two are pictured below. It slowed down again after that burst of activity. We only managed 2 more over the final two hours, but these two fish are enough to make it a good day. 4 lb 9 oz smallmouth 4 lb 13 oz largemouth

Absolutely. Whether I miss a fish, or catch a fish in a spot I like to go back to it. Sometimes a fish is caught in a random spot, but more often I think the fish is in that spot for a specific reason. I want to fish that spot again for that reason.

Does it come in red? 🤣

I've ordered from them more than once, and I've been pretty happy with everything except for the backorder issue I mentioned earlier. I would still order from them again.

@Glenn Great video, as always. I just noticed your new signature. I love it!

11 months. No joke. I ordered a couple of reels, a few weights, and one pack of lures that I wanted to try. I got an email a day or so later informing me that the lures were on backorder. The reels and weights were delivered quickly, but that pack of lures took 11 months. I had completely forgotten about it until it showed up.

54 lbs? Congrats, man! That’s awesome!

Prayers for good results for Catt!

Throw a fastball on every pitch, and eventually batters catch up. You have to mix up the speed to keep them off balance. Fish become conditioned to lures. Mix it up with your lures if you haven’t. Throw lures like spinnerbaits, soft plastics, etc. Maybe you can get them to start biting again.

He's still a great guy just like always. I'm hoping I can fish with him when the weather warms up.

I heard from roadwarrior last week. Now I need to listen to some Floyd.

Congrats, and good luck with the new position!

You both caught some very nice fish! Well done.

@AlabamaSpothunter has activated beast mode!

That's a pretty cool way to start the year @Peacedivision!

My guess is that it was a bad spool. Unfortunately, it happens. I have used Invisx, and had mostly good results. I did have a spool one time that broke off every time I hooked a fish. That’s the only bad experience I’ve had with Invisx.

Maybe you should try a jackhammer…literally.

You got me. 🤣

I agree wholeheartedly. I love seeing what everyone catches. I don't always get excited about every fish I catch, but I am happy every time I catch a fish.

Since we seem to be on a roll with the dinks I'll share one too. I caught some of the fish that @roadwarrior doesn't like to see in January, but this is my first bass of 2025. It's not big, but it had nice coloration. Hopefully, it will hang around this area so I can catch it again when it grows up.

Thanks for sharing that @Glenn. That turned the mood of my morning around completely. Do you list "trusty mustache" under special skills on your resume, or is that something you save to seal the deal when people meet you? 🤣

Every reel I currently use is less than 5 years old. However, my kids still use one my granddad's old Zebco 33s. I have no idea how old that reel is.