Fishlegs

Retired friends are great. They can fish any time. It's those of us that have to work to pay bills that make it difficult.

So sorry to hear that. I can't imagine how difficult that would be. Do your best to take care of yourself, & the kids. They will need a good example to look up to so they don't follow her down that dark path. You can do it!

MMM, MMM, MMM! You always bring another dimension to your latest catch pictures. Maybe you should start a thread called, "How the latest catch tasted". ?

That's some impressive lure/hook organization A-Jay. Do you just clip the bands when you use the lure? I don't think my fingers could unwrap those without getting stuck.

Soft plastic swimbaits/a-rig near the wall, and crankbairts, and craws for the riprap. Good luck.

Well done!

FIFY

Absolutely. I always mix a few up in one section of my box because it works.

That’s strange. I found some zoom trick worms in disco violet in an old tackle box that I haven’t used for 25 years, and they looked normal. They work fine too because I’ve caught fish with them since then.

I probably fish a lipless more than anything except a TX rig. Big bass will definitely hit a lipless. The Rat-L-Trap is tried and true, but I've never had much luck with them. The ones I've had the most success with are Yo-Zuri, H20 Xpress, RES, and Booyah.

Fat cat! Nice fish, brother!

I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. I had a family gathering on Thanksgiving day where the family lives on the water, so I took a couple of rods in case I had an opportunity to fish. I'm glad I did. Once we had eaten all we could stand, played some games, watched some football, and most folks were ready to take the obligatory nap I decided to head down to the water. It was just after dark, but my ears told me that there was a lot of activity. I heard splashing all around. I guess the fish were feasting too. I had a spinnerbait tied on one rod so I threw it in the direction that my ears told me to. I couldn't see much so I mainly threw to deeper water. No luck on the spinnerbait so I grabbed a black & blue jig. I was just throwing randomly into the deeper water until I heard a large splash behind me in the shallow area. I threw the jig in the direction of the splash, let it settle. I felt a thump, but I thought it was just the jig hitting the rocky bottom so I didn't react. After letting it sit for a second I started to reel, but I felt the line move so I set the hook. It pulled hard so I knew it was a decent fish, but it was so dark that I couldn't see it until I pulled it up onto the dock. Happy Thanksgiving indeed! This was a picture worthy fish so I ran to the house, turned on the porch light, and got a quick measurement, and photo. It was 21 inches, and quite healthy so I'd say around 5.25 lbs. After that I ran back down to the water (as fast as I could in the dark), put her back in the water, and she swam away. Nice way to end a great Thanksgiving day.

To my eye, the bigger difference is the location of the weight rather than how the blade attaches. The weight being at the front vs the middle could make the bait swim (or fall) differently.

Gorgeous fish, but I'm with @TnRiver46 for the opening remark. ?

Georgia was impressive. They had a great game plan, and executed it flawlessly.

Well written article. Thanks for sharing.

Here's a fiery red sunrise from a fishing trip last week. Here's one showing the fall color later in the day.

This kind of game is what makes college football great. UGA is certainly good enough to end their run, but these Vols are starting to develop that "team of destiny" feel. Should be a fun game.

Nice job @Bluebasser86. My favorite part was when you gave the catfish the Mushu dishonor line. HaHa!

I asked someone at my local academy about this recently. He said that they were just rebranding like someone mentioned earlier in the thread. He told me that they were already starting to get some of the new H2O stuff. That made me very happy. ?

I imagine that there will be plenty of online sales. There's a thread about sales on the tackle forum that has cost many of us more money than we'd like to admit. lol Latest Tackle Sale Thread

Since it's late October I would recommend waiting until black friday and try to find a rod on a good sale. You could get a better rod and still stay in your price range.

Sounds like you should be posting a lot more fish taco pictures. ? ?

That kind of fishing really stinks! I'm sorry. I'll let myself out. ?