Fishlegs

The fuego has a better handle, a better bail, and magseal. Here’s a link where you can do a side by side comparison of the differences. Daiwa Spinning Reels I have a couple of Daiwa Excelers that are very similar to the fuego minus the magseal. They are nice reels for the money. Look around and you can find the regal for under $50, or the Exceler for about $60.

Excuse me while I wipe the coffee off my screen.

I hope @Unk can go because I know what you'll catch, but if for some reason he isn't able to make it...

Figuring out the pattern, and landing nice fish like that tends to get a fisherman keyed up. Well done!

When did you take a picture of my yard? ?

I'll tell you just like I tell my wife...

I've done a bit of boat fishing lately, but it was back to the bank for me on Saturday. I started out testing a large squarebill that I recently got. It's fairly heavy so it will cast a mile. After I had some fun seeing how far it cast I wanted to see the action. I was walking around on a dock, dragging the lure just under the surface so I could see it, and wham! This little greedy fish jumps out from under the dock and grabs it. The lure is listed at 3.1 inches. The bass probably wasn't much more than 10 inches. It always amazes me what a bass will eat. In the evening the rest of my crew went to a show that I wasn't interested in so I headed to a friend's pond. It was nearly dark by the time I got there, but I wanted to try. I'm not used to fishing after dark, but they were biting so I stayed for a while. Everything was under 2 lbs, but it was fun. Taking pictures of fish in the dark is tough. I tried several times, but never did manage a decent picture. I didn't want to let any of the fish die because I couldn't get them in the frame, so I settled for this one. TX rigged trick worm in junebug with a chartreuse tail was the lure of the evening.

TX rig mostly, but they are versatile. They make great trailers too. Green pumpkin, smoky shad, & KVD Magic have been good colors for me.

Congrats on a good season, and good luck in the state championship tourney @HaydenS.

There were 2 tournaments on Pickwick this weekend, but @roadwarrior & I wanted to fish so we hit the water on Saturday. The day started out with great expectations. It was "fish on" just a few minutes from the ramp, and we had three good fish in the first 30 minutes. The one in the picture below was my best on the day. I got it on a chrome lipless. Unfortunately we didn't notice that the net wasn't in the boat until we caught the first fish. The first fish was small enough for me to flip in the boat, but I wasn't about to try to flip this fish over the rails of a pontoon so I used one of the tips I learned from watching BassResource videos. I got as low as I could, grabbed the line, said a little prayer that it didn't shake the lipless onto my face, and pulled the fish up Glenn May style. It worked! Thanks for the tip @Glenn! Roadwarrior caught a similar sized fish just a few minutes later. I pulled it up the same way. It was a single hook lure so it wasn't as scary as the trebles on the lipless. ? Unfortunately, the fishing went downhill from there. Around 9:30 the wind picked up to a steady 25 mph. That didn't help us, but apparently wind is great for sailing. There were sailboats everywhere. Shortly after that the hoards of pleasure boaters came out to greet the first 80 degree weekend of the year. I don't blame them. It was a beautiful day. It made finding a fishing spot tough though. Pretty much every wind protected area we went to already had a party. If have ever fished with Roadwarrior, you know it's always fun. You're either catching fish, or hearing an interesting story about previous experiences. He worked hard all day navigating the wind, sail boats, jet skis, pleasure cruisers, tourney traffic, and helping me retrieve my lure (which I blame 100% on the wind). ? As always, I appreciate his generosity, and letting me tag along.

Beautiful fish!

I got to fish on Friday, but I'm just now getting to post. We started out throwing fast lures like chatterbaits, lipless, squarebills, etc. We got no takers on riprap, in the creeks, or on grassy flats...other than some pesky white bass, and one hungry little catfish that hit a lipless. That was my first catfish on a lipless. We decided to change gears, and throw jigs, and shaky heads at laydowns. That's when we finally started getting bit. The day started out slow, but ended up pretty good after we made the adjustments. The best one was the spot in the picture. I got her on a green pumpkin jig.

Very nice fish. I enjoyed the report too. Thanks for sharing.

Nice fish! Congrats @Unk.

That's just crazy talk...unless you mean 8pm then maybe. ?

Hang in there, man. I lost three big ones on a lipless in the same day recently. If they’re biting them we just have to keep throwing them. You’ll be landing them again soon.

Tell him the boat catches fish just fine.

Sad news. Sorry to hear that.

I don't know anything about the procedure you mentioned, but I hope you're able to find a way to get some relief.

Never! ? Maybe sometimes. ? Every single time. ?

Welcome! It's a good place to get questions answered.

Welcome!

Are we doing this fishing thing wrong?

Congrats!

Way to go. Congrats on the win & new PB @HaydenS!