Darth-Baiter

Yea. My regular life I’m in the sun. I was exaggerating about being pasty. I just don’t do 8-10 hour sun stint sessions.

the "A" stands for Alabama? as in Alabama Rig?

as long as you dont accidentally screw up your credit rating..all good. lessoned learned?

I will cast into the shade of a floating corpse looking for a bite. hahah just kidding. you all do you. I'll do what I do. for the record, I might be too vigilant with sunshirts. if something kills me, its might be skin cancer. I cover up like I live in the sand dunes. I might be the only fisherman that fishes as often as do and still remain pasty-white..hahah. I dont bag on the the guys fishing shirtless, like I dont comment on the PFD-less. it is what it is. you all do you. no judgements from me.

i love mom/pop fishing stores. same goes to the small hardware stores. love them. but there is no denying that some of it is their own doing. it is no suprise that the bigger venues are taking over and online sales are the norm. they had to change their business plan to adjust! maybe do some online presence? you cant go down like Blockbuster Video. stick and move!! stick and move!

no way. in 2040 we wont even have fishing line. two words, "Tractor beam"!

hahahha... next time i should mute my mic before laughing. my meeting got awkward.

this guy^^ in 2040, the spawn could be in December. hahahha.. and my California fishing license will be $1352.00. and it will take $2980.00 to fill up a bassboat with fuel. oh, nobody on the planet will be able to drive a stick shift or change a tire.

every industry. if you are the best, you are making money. i have a passing admiration for pro fishermen. sure. it stops there. i only know a few names, and that is from their youtube channels. i've never watched a bass tournement on TV. Take Martha Stewart. she became a millionaire showing us how to fold towels. skills. if i were to talk to an outdoorsman. i would pick Steven Rinella. that dude can tell a story!!

in my limited experience. Oklahoma has it right. for a few bucks, i opt for the hard card fishing license. it is the same size as a credit card so i just goes into my wallet. every other state is different. oddly, or coincidentally, the most annoying is my home state of California. it comes on a rolled paper. my fishing tag is about 4" wide and maybe 18" long with sections i get to cut off and discard. storing it is stupid. i already lost mine. i have a copy on my Phone which is good enough to keep me out of wilderness jail. NM. lets me print it on 8x11 which is worn out in about a week. original question? i use a ziploc type ID card holder for all my tags. i fold them into submission so they fit.

i think it should work. pegged, and rigged up on a texas rig. hook buried in the body to be weedless. bass cant care if it is swiming canted right? i have tried it but have yet to get a bite. i think Fall season is my best shot. i like how i can remove a worm and just thread on a swimbait and go. is my logic flawed?

i start eyeballing smaller swimbaits about this time of year. keitechs on jighead, underspins. i will buy a few smaller topspins to try as well. i need to figure out a few more weedless options.

wait.."top shelf"? there is a bass celebrity pecking order? hard pass. i'd rather learn how the regular joe is catching fish.

recent pandemic showed us if we dont want to "wear something" we will absolutely not and maybe even MOB about it. haha.. PFD. if i see a guy about to drown without one, i am taking a long hard pause about rescueing them. i will evaluate my own safety first. will they jam me up? flip me? let me think about it. a panicked person is scary.

all part of the covercharge to live here. i am cool with it.

i LOVE my PFD. hell, i own two. drowning is my fear death. haha. kill switch, i sometimes have to remind my friend to clip in when we are on his boat. to be honest, if i die fishing, it will be off his boat. my kayak is totally safe by comparison. i am not super comfy racing across angry water in a bassboat. i feel like a stone skipping across the surface. i am just not used to it. back to kill switch. those guys that put the spot lock trolling motors on the nose of their kayaks. no kill switch. my buddies eyes went wide when i pointed it out to him. if he fell out under power (rare i suppose) he will watch his kayak move away slowly. i see guys standing and casting while on the motor up front. slow, but faster than he can swim i bet.

i didnt get access to him until Outdoor Life. i liked the old magazine format, but i dont miss it. i hated tossing them out. felt so wasteful, but i wasnt gonna hoard them. i should try a few online subscriptions to check them out.

to be clear. Roadwarrior is suggesting the line is not holding to the spool and is spinning. good times!!

maybe the last minute schedule is to prevent any long term plans for robberies.??? an unscrupulous employee wont be able to tell Oceans 11 that next thurday he will be driving down route 12 after picking up the payroll from some Casino and Military base and will be driving slow with the rear door ajar? sorry, i have been watching NCIS reruns. good luck with the search. i got tired of the rat race, and went back to college and got a new degree and never looked back. i got lucky.

i love flannel. but i dont wear it often. just doenst get cold enough here.. plus it clashes with my flip flops. hahah..just kidding.

haha..i used white bread.

nothing. i started collecting vintage Coleman lanterns but ran out of steam at my second purchase. i should sell them both ASAP. i like my life simple. uncluttered.

i still see them. i'll buy stuff from them when i can. but yea. i dont see it lasting that long.

i have gotten super accurate with spinning. i never do an overhand cast because i have rods in holders behind me. it would be disasterous. i sidearm it. accuracy will develop. stick with it. i'll stay out of the pecker measuring contest that is sure to develop. hahaha

congrats!! personally, i can wait for my freebie. i could wait forever..but that is not to be.