Darth-Baiter

Not sure if I’m correct or not. On occasion: I’ll get a bite. I’ll edge my kayak over the depth the bass bit. Let’s me read exact depth on my FF. Then I’ll cast parallel to shore so I can keep my bait at that depth a lot longer.

Is hiring a fishing guide a possibility? Might help you learn new places and techniques. or it tempers your expectations and shows you what terrible is or isn’t.

This checks a few boxes for me. Easily towed w my existing truck. Fits in garage, good on fuel.. not that costly. a 15foot fully loaded bass boat. I hope to look at one in Japan (for kicks).

ahhh...thanks. the Gov is making all the money from the tariffs. the consumers pick up the tab at the register.

That a duty tax right?

hahah..I actually felt the same way about my first Zillion. it was an odd reel. but we have gelled, and now I own two. best reels I have. we have an agreement that I do my part and it will keep backlashes to a bare minimum. 4 more weeks and I will step into a Tokyo tackle shop. I will buy a zillion and a Zillion HD, I think. I have a salt water reel I "need" so that may temper my Zillionaire attitude.

that would mess with my OCD.

No. In general gasoline for a bass boat would keep me off the water more. if you replaced chips w a duffel bag full of bitcoin storage devices. Yea. ffs on my kayak and I think I could dominate:)

placebo affect I imagine. I love getting a rod and setting it up and that first cast standing in the middle of my street. 80% backlash. I cant help it. I fire like I am casting for the horizon. second cast after fixing the reel, is more tamed and deliberate.

I am not aware of this. sorry it affects you and I wish I had answers, but no sounds tough.

I dont use the berlypro thing. believe it or not, I use that Orbits pipe tape. it comes off clean and a $5 roll lasts me a long time. I just change out the beat layer every once in a while. and heavy is relative. I can hork mine around easily.

I got my butt absolutely kicked. first time in my life I considered LIVESCOPE, haha..

moderate fast. since its a moving bait on a taut line, I find I dont need fast-fast. I just need it sensitive enough to feel the lure doing its thing and if it hits grass. needs enough backbone to yank it thru the veg. my BanderSnatch is proving perfect for this.

Friday. Wait, some history. My dentist that I adored retired 2 weeks ago. We moved away from his town, but I kept him as our dentist. My wife and I would schedule with him appointments back to back and we would road-trip to him twice a year for our check up and cleanings. last visit was May and he gave us the happy news. so we shopped for a new dentist. We have an initial consultation appointment end of October. My molar had other ideas b friday. Eating Saag Paneer, I felt a crunch. The dish is the softest food on the planet! You can eat it toothless. I licked my molar and it felt like half of it was gone. Waaahhh! I left a message with my potential new dentist. I called the rest of them nearby, in a panic. In the meantime dentist #1 called and put me down for tomorrow morning. I locked it in. One other dentist called back and asked me to come in ASAP to see what was what. I’m okay. A big filling fell out. He poked at it and there was no pain. He suggested I keep my Monday thing and let her replace the filling. He said if I didn’t jive with her, come back to him. He is taking new patients. He was cool! im taking my retired dentist out for dinner soon. A double date with our wives. Have I have a story for him. ‘’my timing in life is not ideal. Haha. I can’t wait for Monday! It can’t get here fast enough.

its official, I have a single paragraph limit on forum discussions. I cant read a dissertation. hahha.. my eyes glazed over.

I had 3 gleeful years with my #1.2 Almight. zero fuss. I bought two spools, so I put on the second one. it is so friggen PINK!!! shocking almost. I got used to the faded version for so long. hahah..

I too pull my kayak out of the truck Jose first. Set the nose down. I use scupper wheels , but in your case I would lift the kayak off the bed extension and set it on the wheels. Then: I put the nose of my kayak into the water (and float the nose) and then lift it to drop the wheels. I then pull it parallel to shore and hop on.

I'm going bass fishing tomorrow. I figured I would retie my drop shot flouro leader to the Almight braid. mine is 3 years oldish, faded somewhat, but seemed fine. I tie the FG knot, put on gloves to pull it tight. I lean in and it snaps. the braid snapped. hmmmm..I try it again. you can never have enough FG-practice anyways. it snaps again. I go up a few feet, pull and it breaks under my load. I think the sun UV damaged it?? wow. I pulled it all off and put on fresh Almight. #1.2 (18.5lb) stuff. I'll search for a new sinking braid for the next run at em. I use my fresh stuff I just loaded until I cant. just wanted you to have the info.

I think it’s a simple matter of calibration. You are calibrating to a smaller space. I lose a normal amount of LMB. My hooksets are normal. Sometimes I just reel into them. stay calm and fight. You’ll find your calibration.

you all ever notice how you never see WRB and the Bait Monkey together at the same time? coincidence?? I'm good, a thread just like this got me before. I'm stronger now, better...now to text my therapist.

it is what I love. I get bored with "Same-o-same-o". nothing gets my bass fishing interests up like slipping into a new lake. this lake is far. but I suspect my free-rig will be a big question mark for the smallies there. I promised myself to fish a decent smallie lake this year and this is my run at it. just gas money. I love new lake exploration!!! my wife was..the ocean is turbulent? hey want to come to the ladies picnic with me? me: does the truck have gas?

My parents didn’t fish or hunt. but they insisted I learned in school. And learned manners. fishing and hunting? Oh, I’ll take it from here.

Scary!! I once had a boat bearing down on me. I stood up in my kayak to make myself more visible and to get ready to jump off. He veered last minute and played it off like it was all planned. He was watching his skier im sure.

ohh...the tilapia Nigiri gets someone every time

salmon/steelhead rod. maybe a tad noodle-like, but it will get it done. mine is 9.5', I think.