Darth-Baiter

dang. i am not sure i even know how to handle a big catfish. wow!!

Lead drop shot weights are so readily available. i buy as needed. 3/16th is my norm. just picked up a small bag with 25 count. no big deal. i like tungsten better for the most part, but of all the techniques, i think DS requires littlt fanfare with the sinker.

my friend and i fish for bass togther.. collectively we both said, "think we should try the ocean?" i think we shall!! we are considering dipping a toe into salt water. a gentle wade in, to dip our toe into the pacific. kayaking a lake is sometimes intimidating. the ocean? well, we are staying in a bay. no big blue open waters just yet. word on the street the Halibut are hungry. figure some protective grease on all the electronic fittings and a good hose down with the garden hose afterwards, what can go wrong? i have one single spinning reel (3000) that is salt-water ready. i think my med-heavy spinning rod will be my only option. i am not gonna buy anthing ocean specific just yet. any salt water kayakers here? i dont even know how to rig a bait for a halibut...but i assume i have a few days to ask around. 20lb braid, 15 leader is what i am going to use so i dont have to respool anthing. hehe...

if was a smart inventer type, i would take a play from the mountain biking playbook. i would invent a pedal drive assist. just like in a elec bike system. it only activates when you are spinning your feet. you save energy in yourself and your battery by working together. battery can be smaller, lighter. you get less tired. win/win. a hybrid of sorts just like on a mountain bike.

Your first kayak fish could eat my first kayak fish. Awesome. you’ll figure it out. My back hand cast is every bit as good as my forearm cast. game on!1

since our energy cost have been creeping up. we have taken tiny steps to keep cost down. one was to figure out how we could line-dry our laundry. I fought it for awhile because I kinda grew up with that warm, soft, lofty laundry that comes out of a dryer. my wife wanted it so I figured out how to do it in our side yard where nothing really happens anyways. hanging garments and unhanging them is a pain. slow and meticulous. but I am kinda impressed with how it is working out. a few hours in our summer environment dries everything. sure it is kinda crunchy feeling. but it smells kinda nice. you fold as you go and BOOM - done!! winter wetness is coming, (hopefully-praying for rain) so I will get my lofty fabric softener clothing back soon enough. you drying cloths outside? old school?

we just sold our 2005 Subaru Forester. a rare stick shift car. mixed bag. we had a valve tap issue that required a full top end rebuild. once fixed, and it was a BIG fix, the car was great. no more issues. road/wind noise was a problem. I find all cars with the glass of the side windows not surrounded by door steel to have this problem. car was turbo, so it was fast. MPG was abismal. when we sold it, it was still clean. interior was very robust and so was the paint. it looked new. tires. it was AWD like all subies, so if you destroyed one half worn tire, it was HIGHLY recommended to change all of them to keep the diameters consistent. the car was fun. it was very capable on some rough fire roads. I miss it. DIY maint was easy. oil changes cake. air filter and cabin filter..cake. spark plugs are a GARGANTUAN pain the the hind side. rumor has it you have to lift the motor. boxer config with the plugs up agains the unibody. good times!!! I got them out and in DIY but I had two good friends for support and help. it wasn't fun at all. but we did it without lifting the motor.

It’s the only hook I use. I actually tossed some others when I discovered this version. ‘’I get some line twist when I rig my bait all janky. Usually trying to keep using the same torn up worm for as long as possible

It’s really the mud patch where the lake was. I’d have to cross it to get to water. It’s a forested lake with steep sides. It’s a process.

I can do that. Thanks.

I have some line twist after todays session. I’m thinking of cutting off rig and running line out, trailing behind my moving kayak? Then crank it back in? It won’t work on dry land will it?

hahaha..I have been searching for this worm for a long long time. nothing was biting. nothing. then I thought..mmmm..dropshot? my new worm? first cast. boom!! all the other kayakers were shocked and they all reached for their dropshot rigs. but nope. they didn't have the "worm du Jour". I was catching among the guys. I got three in quick succession and decided I wanted to spend time with my wife for lunch. Zoom Z-Drop in Morning Dawn. !! fishing is such a puzzle. I will say it again. the Zoom Z-drop is a fantastic worm for the dropshot. now to search for more. I'll shop the BR naughty list.

WHOA!! not how I thought it would play out. I started on the road at 3:30. coffee. breakfast in a a food thermos for later. I went up that road in pitch dark. it was awesome. I got there and saw the most horrific thing EVER. they closed the boat ramp!!! I walked to the end of the boat ramp and it was pure mud. but then the MOST awesome thing happened. about 25 screaming bull elk came out of the forest and walked out onto the mud..SCREAMING and Bugling. I had goosebumps. I have an elk call but decided blowing it would be stupid. I ate my breakfast surrounded by "the boys". it was so dark I couldn't see them, but could just make out their shadows and antlers. I drove to another ramp. IBID. they must have done a big dam release because the water is so low!! I hit the road and did the lake right by my house. did "okay". all in all, I wasn't mad. burned time and fuel for nothing, but the elk encounter is not something I will forget anytime soon. I will try to call a friend up there and see I don't understand.

Well put.

my brother is way up there in the LEO pecking order of things. in the beginning he barely fished. he really nurtured his career. has he went he fished more and more as time allowed. he even bought a bass boat. you'll know.

i rig Ned rig bait as a tiny Texas rig. 1/0 wire hooks, light bullets weights. does really well, and they just dont snag.

it that is right, i'd rather be wrong.

forget fishing. i would go back and ask Diana C out on that date!!

i hate that clip!! i have clumsy fingers. but that clip is for someone to store the tag end of the line when it isnt threaded thru the rod guides. a spinning reel will darn near unspool itself it you dont secure the tag end.

just filled my truck up with fuel. (gas is down to $5.05 here) i am headed to my furthest lake Tomorrow. Boss sanctioned a hookie day. it is way out there and the final 45 minutes of my drive is a fire-road. some hardcore guys will drag their bass boats up when weather is good. bad weather, 4x4 is mandatory. i cant imagine washing a boat after that tow. nevertheless the boat traffic is very minimal. anyways, last time i was there, i got one single fish (+ a few pike minnow). this was one month ago. i know where the Hyacinth is growing thick in about 8 -10 feet of water. i think i am going to try punching the depths with a big weighted presentation. there has to be a void underneath hiding bass. i havent been skunked since January 2021. hahah..i am strangely nervous. i cannot convince any friends to go with me to spread out the attempts to pattern the fish. my friends hate long shots. i think i learn from long shots.

i got nothing...sorry.

X whatever we are up to at this point.

oh..,, new for me.

ahhaha...i was the same way until i bought a Vanford. but i think i understand your thinking. line just peels off on casts, so there is a lot of wiggle room w respect to the mechanicals..maybe.

i have a fistful of swimjigs. i think they look awesome plowing thru grass. i have taken ONE fish. i was almost shocked silent when the fish hit. i need to tie one on this friday. i am headed straight for the thick stuff on a lake i havent visted often.