ironbjorn

1/4 oz ned head with a 4" Senko isn't even a Ned Rig anymore. Try a 1/15-16 oz ned head with a TRD. Won't hang up nearly as much.

It's hard to find a surgeon at the lake.

Just like my shampoo, whatever my fiancee decided to buy. ?

I can be very spontaneous and not really think things through in general. When my mood is on this level I'm very much so a "yes man." I've traveled from the Indianapolis area to Tennessee just to fish a friend's pond for a couple hours. I've traveled from Illinois to Michigan for a Smallie day trip. I've traveled 200 miles from Indiana back to my hometown in Illinois to fish the river with a friend for a few hours. Things are only as difficult as we make them. I just do things. Life is short.

Hardly anyone in society knows who professional or YouTube fishermen are, let alone these goof balls. We are niche. I think they'll be fine unfortunately.

If you can't fish a spot someone else put the time and money in to find, then you can't fish a bait someone else put the time and money in to create. Create your own baits. See how stupid this can get?

"It's me, hi, I'm the problem it's me" I've just had soooooo many spots and techniques ruined by sharing the where and the what

The whole lake becomes unfishable if you have a problem fishing where others have and do. The only unethical thing about this would be if you pull in and fish on top of someone.

We're in a different league my friend. If I have $350 to spend I'm explaining to the old lady why $400 is a better deal for an Expride and SLX XT combo.

When I'm wading for Smallmouth, there is nothing better than grabbing my humble 6'6" M/F Fenwick Eagle rod mounted with a Pflueger Trion and spooled with 8lb Trilene XL. It stands up to SMB from 6 inches at best to my PB SMB at right around 5lbs. I can dunk it, snag in the trees and recklessly yank it out, carelessly lay it on the rocks, fling lures outside of its range, use it as a walking stick to propel myself in crappy situations, and is stands up to all of it. That's what I wanted in a SMB wading rod. Something that takes abuse but is cheap enough to not be a bother if it breaks or gets scratched and beat up. Sometimes these cheap rods give you a sense of freedom and leads to some wonderful days.

A little rich coming from me, someone with 14 active setups, but that's because the industry is full of bleepity bleep bleep on what's actually necessary for bass fishing and certain techniques, yet we fall for their money game. It's just amazing how our forefathers of bass fishing were able to catch anything at all when listening to modern talking points.

If it's the most abrasion resistant for you, why do you prefer something else for moving baits? Genuine question. I'm not in the loop with braid at all. I gave it up years ago. Not my favorite for anything.

He could have caught them on the hogs or lizards. Ben is crazy good. But let's be real, of course he's going to Stan 6th Sense. That's his job.

It's not just about setting the reel up properly. That's simply step one. You also have to have proper casting mechanics and thumb control. The rod can be important as well (matching bait and technique to the rod), but I don't think it's as important as people make it out to be, and certainly not more important than mechanics and thumbing. Many of us frequently use light weight plastics like weightless Trick Worms on stout MH rods and cast them just fine despite the rod hardly loading, if at all.

Meh they're spinning reels. Something as cheap as a Pflueger Trion does a good enough job.

I just watched a woman hammer a teener on casting gear in the slop on Instagram this morning before seeing this post a little while later. The sex didn't even cross my mind. When I clicked this article I was looking for the 20 something pound weight of the fish and was very confused until I realized there's a different records category for women. Just bizarre to me.

Pending world record caught by a female angler. I thought this was about the world record bass, period, at first. I didn't realize separating the sexes was a thing we were doing in bass fishing. Silly world. Really nice bass though (beats my PB by double!). Happy for her.

I do much better with the feathered version.

Bass fishing is easy. Anyone can catch bass. Go to almost any body of water with a TRD or Senko and have a good time. It's professional tournament bass fishing or personally fishing for only big bass that's hard. Catching them is the easy part. Weeding through the herd for the right ones is the hard part.

Colts and Sierras are excellent moving bait rods. I vote Dobyns.

You should be closing it by hand anyways.

Craws do not hibernate, but they do go dormant in freezing temps.

Shimano SLX

It sounds like, had she been diagnosed today, that she would have been given the Schizoaffective diagnosis. Just a fancy way of saying one has Schizophrenia AND a mood disorder at the same time (it can be depression or bipolar [a mix of depression and mania]). I look back on your mother's generation frequently. The horrors they experienced at the hands of the government and medical "professionals" of the time is abhorrent. It still scares sufferers to this day. I'm a Millennial and I'm scared to death every time I see my therapist or psychiatrist. While I know the horrors are from a different time, I worry so much about telling too much. You're an outstanding son for being there for your mother not only for her illness but also fighting for her during a horrific time to be mentally ill. That someone in the bass fishing community knows so much about my cross to bear (while I wish your mom hadn't had it) is a great relief. I'm happy to hear she had such strong faith. You're right, by the way. I have strong faith too, and leaning on him indeed helps.

I find DC to be completely unnecessary. Get an SLX XT. I've bought several and I love them, they're my very first thought when I need a new reel right now.