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Glad to her they found the issue, and it’s treatable. Not being able to breathe would be pretty scary.

Good luck in the tournament.

Beautiful fish, @T-Billy!

It's along the same line, but I was thinking of this one. 🤣

Got you. That makes a lot more sense. I appreciate the explanation.

I know everyone's circumstances are different, but thinking you only have 2-5 good years of fishing left at 50 seems quite pessimistic. You never really know, but I'd like to think I have a number of good years left in me. When I grow up I hope to be catching fish like @Swamp Girl and @Lottabass. They catch more fish than most on this site, and there are a lot of good sticks around here.

I'm just now seeing this, but it's looking good @Joedodge!

@Dwight Hottle Wow!

Very nice.

I've never tried that color, but I use those spinnerbaits a lot. Now I have to get that color now...thanks a lot. 😂

Wow! Those are some beautiful fish @A-Jay!

I believe it’s a Strike King tour grade in morning dawn.

Great post. Thanks for sharing, and congratulations to her, and to you. Looks like you've been doing something right.

Beautiful bass! Congrats.

I'll try to make a long story short-ish. I took the day off of work to go up to Tennessee to fish with a friend, but when we got to the ramp his boat wouldn't start. We tinkered with it for a long time trying to get it going, but no luck. Since it was after 2:00 by the time I got home, and I had burned a day off of work I went to a friend's pond just so I could catch something. It was a disappointing morning, but the evening turned out alright. This pond had no bass in it when he bought the property. We caught bass from the river to put in his pond, so it's possible that I have caught that fish before. We need to find a time to fish together. I'll send you a PM.

It makes me happy to see everyone catching fish, and making this thread active again. I got to fish for the first time in a while. I fished for two hours before I caught anything. Rotated through a number of lures, and colors with no bites. I tried a red, nose hooked yum dinger, and caught 8 in the next two hours. All on the red dinger, but only if it was nose hooked. I tried TX rigging the same worm...no bites. I tried different color worms...no bites. So I quit fighting it, and stuck with the red, nose hooked dinger. The best being this 4 lb 8 oz LM.

Sounds about right. Maybe that was the part of the "documentation" process that stopped me last time I thought about doing it. I looked it up. It's just a $5 processing fee. I might still do it. I'm pretty sure I can qualify as a master drum angler. 🤣

That's gorgeous @Siebert Outdoors. I would have a hard time not biting that. 🤣 I like yours too @FishTank.

Tennessee has a similar program. I fish there fairly often, but I've never applied because I just didn't want to deal with the documentation process. Based on how cool I think your certificate is I might just do it next time I catch a fish that qualifies. Congrats on the accomplishment, and thanks for the motivation.

Sorry you're having such a tough time. I hope things get better for you @BluegillsTightlines.

"It it is illegal to intentionally run over or otherwise kill an alligator in Georgia except under very specific legal conditions. Alligators are protected by both state and federal law, and unauthorized killing is prosecuted under wildlife and animal cruelty statutes." If there's a next time, get their boat numbers and call the cops on those criminals. @Swamp Girl He did say, "Bubbas". I don't know about Maine, but down here in the south that explains everything we need to know. 🤣 Awesome write up Koz. Sorry about the big one that got away, but to hook two giants on consecutive trips means you're doing something right, my friend.

Does it come in a fudge round, or a nutty buddy pattern? If so, I'm in. 🤣

Great fish, and well told story. Congrats on the new PB, Koz!