Darth-Baiter

I think I can in a boat. I better. I have 6 days straight coming up. I should probably lift some weights and do cardio. Dang.

I fished yesterday. 2:30 am wake-up, long drive, hot weather, long distance in a kayak, long commute home. I did wash my truck like knucklehead. (Not typical) I slept 10 hours. Haha. Two days in a row would involve an overnight stay at the lake. It would be tough. I maybe if I fell asleep right when I got home. I don’t think I can do back to back kayak days.

I got this… I wish I had an IV bag.

How exciting was that fish fight?

Black is slimming. I use black.

My wife is not happy w you. Jus saying

I’ve been on this one just over a year. I know how it feels underneath me. I can stay standing on some boat wakes. I have figured out where everything goes by now. I can pee to the side. It’s a good fit for me. If it broke and Hobie told me to go pound sand, I’d buy another one. (Maybe cover up the Hobie emblem with a big sticker :D) I cruised almost 8 miles today. Made a dumb run to find fishless shoreline and had to turn around. Never leave fish to find fish. I remember always fishing using the buddy-rule. I’m comfortable flying solo. I like solo. today I pulled up the drive and the rudder and paddled over weeds to find open water. Score. I was unbothered by boats. jets skis can fly over weeds apparently. My friends were boating the Delta today. We had a gentleman’s tournament. I put on a clinic. I doubled his bag weight.

I braved the hot weather today. Strategy was to hit the lake at 5;30 and fish until it got too hot. My third cast was a surprise. I landed a five! Then nothing for two hours. I rallied and went old school. Weightless t-rig SENKO sent into the grass. Most casts got fouled, but every once in a while, “blamo!” The tug, tick, or moving of the line to indicate I fooled one. I didn’t get many fish today, but I got the right ones. The smallest was a 3. I got back to the ramp at 11:00 when I started feeling uncomfortable, and my water ran low. this secret lake is very under-pressured. Only a few aluminum boats carrying fisherman. They hugged the shore fruitlessly. I went mid lake and found 15 foot tall grasses in 15 foot deep water. I LOVE THIS LAKE. The bass were buried in the grass. I did however remove the new-truck look from my fresh truck. It looks it just circled Thunderdome. I’ll wash it this evening.

do you have a multimeter? i once found out one of my friends batteries was defected. he bought three at once, but they drained fast. one bad battery will drag down the other two quickly. (at least that was my theory) i think everyone with car batteries or boat batteries should have a multimeter.

115? wow..i would mummify in my fishing shirt. and in my defense, i am exerting effort in a kayak and not lounging luxurously in a boat.

there is a local like i like to visit. i have to drag my kayak and gear 1/4 mile and lower the boat down a steep ravine to reach water. but it is clear and deep. it is an old quarry, so it is 50 feet deep everwhere, EXCEPT where the old truck road was excavated to allow vehicles to the bottom. i love fishing that "ramp". i went once and as i approached the area, i noticed swimmers. they had hiked around to the ramp and would walk down and swim. i was mad/bummed, but i dont own the lake. they got there first. as i neared, i noted that they were all elderly women. total badasses. they grew up swimmng together, and as their husbands died off, they kept the tradition of swimming as a team. i talked to them, and after an hour i was hot enough to dive in. those ladies could swim me to death. i was cool with it all. i found fish in the middle anyways smashing a popper. my dog loves that lake.

i love dogs with Human names.

thread title is about REELS? i would go with something closer to 7 foot for shore fishing..unless that shore is a beach.

i have learned to double read, sometimes TRIPLE read what you write. you are a wiley one.

Joke is on me! hahah.. i got a TW box and inside was everything but the sinkers. essentially the "fluff" to bring the value up to $50. my sinkers will get here next Wed. looks like i need to use my supply of 1/8 lead sinkers. the horrors.

i evaluate on smell alone. and texture if it is too close to call.

the blue stuff?

yup. that guy flat-out catches them.

my dog ate something that gave him the runs. he ran out at night and i had to see if the cleaner diet we restricted him to, was working.

that kayaker guy on the TUBE catches awesome Smallie and Pike in SD.

i'm kinda sad the finger-lakes are on the other side of the country. Blanchard kills them out there.

All the time. I just fall out of my kayak.

Might be my imagination but I think river fish are more muscular and fight awesome.

i remember defrosting a iced up freezer with my incandecent Stinger. that thing was a warm loving glow.

i asked! my wife said mean things to me. ouch. i guess i am not getting the new Native.