Darth-Baiter

i use a stone that the vineyard workers use to keep their trimming tools sharp. not ideal, but it works. you?

i fish solo quite often. i like fishing with a group plenty. i am a bit of a professional trash-talker. wagers? nope. i let my buddies do their side bets and stuff. they know to leave me out of it. i just dont gamble. not even for fun. last time, two of them bet "biggest single fish" measured on a board. winner got to pick lure of choice from the losers kayak tackle box. my friend lost his lucky A-rig. hahha. it was funny to watch and part of me wished i had participated. but in general, i will only participate on who gets to pay for lunch, if anything. money? NEVER. two friends are going to Washington for Salmon. i think the wager is up to $600 now...and they havent left!! it is just the pot that has developed. hahah. you?

not many responses that say, " i buy too much S___". i own more than i should, and honestly, i keep using the same old stuff and could really take a bunch of bait boxes and dump them. i gravitate to the same 6 rods. i move the other six around just so my wife thinks they are being used more than they are. my honest to heavens answer is that i buy too much crap. if i got the chance, i would poison-dart that insidious monkey.

looking at the specs, that would be a decent thick mat punch rod as well. dare i say, "multi-tasker"?

good point.

they had $500?!! dang kid ballers!! did that have more?

i have two bags. i think mine are the tiny ones. i waited with bated breath for something to suck in the tiny halibut looking thing. NOTHING. same goes for the Geecrack worm thing. nothing. i tossed them all into my spring high school bass team giveaway box.

oh, i am doing this!! that looks great. i have the Zoom frogs, but they are very floaty. 1/8 oz and they suspend in my waters. Kermit is going diving!!

my allergist doctor friend said that humans change allergies every 7 years. not sure this is true or not, but i didnt go to med school, but i am now able to eat blueberries. i used to turn full body red and rashy.

i fished this past weekend. two cool, very cool things happened. first i dislodged the biggest crayfish i have ever seen. it jumped out of the weeds, swam about in circles and then went back into the weeds. it looked like bug, twitching its tail like a swim fin. there isnt a bait i know of that can provide that kinda of swimming action. my big takeaway was, "dang, that thing is the brightest red!" shortlly afterwards, after rigging up the bright red Rage Menace, we got into them, big time. bass were keyed in on a crayon, cartoon red. second thing. in shallow clear water, i saw a small frog kicking along underwater. it would pause and then kick/swim away. i lost it in the weeds. i told my friend, we should texas rig a frog. he said he has. with success. even a heavily weighted hook would drag a Zoom frog underwater. not all frogs swim across duckweed mats. i know a bass has eaten an underwater swimming frog. is this a thing? a texas rigged frog?

my friend gave me a 7'3" heavy rod. he said that tossing a frog into cover requires power to get that bass out of that same cover. i learned that when a relatively small bass sucked in my Booyah, and i had 14lb flouro. it was, "oh-o!", right from the get-go. i casted it way out there too. this is in my area, for me. on Clearlake, i still think i can go lighter, but i am FAR FAR from any frog expert.

truly the ONLY real benefit of being more mature is the fact that i now have more money. hahaha.. it sucks getting physically older..financially older is okay. i'm still okay in the healing department. the hair on my head is a moot point, and my reading glasses need ticks me off.

i sold my Hobie Compass for one reason. i wanted the option to install a torquedo type motor. so i bought an Outback that has the inserts out back for the powerpole and trolling motor option. i have yet to buy a motor, but at least the option is there. maybe one day. yesterday was the first time, i thought, " i should pull the trigger on the motor...". i was using google earth to map out travel distance to some lagoon i found on the Delta. the closest marina to launch from is not that close. i think sometimes you need to start with the correct blank canvas.

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I tried it. it wasn't ideal. the back floatation rested against the seat back of the boat. I just wore it when we were under power. I want a full time thing.

i climb aboard my friends bass boat on occastion. his "boat vest" are not only uncomfy, they dont fit me. they are HUGE!! i know plenty on what i like in my kayak fishing PFD, but searching the boat version was confusion. i dont think i want an inflatable type. not for the infrequency i actually boat fish with him. is there a comfortable all-day wearing boat vest? venting for summer would be nice. i want my own vest, so i can be 100% pfd compliant. i promised my wife. (and myself) if you think an inflatable type is my only hope, okay. i can accept that. but they are $$$. i am hoping for $

that looks brutal. not to hyjack myself. i punch a creature bait. using my my last stash of Yum Bad Mamas, and moving on to the Palmetto bug by Zman. i saw a bunch of older guys punching what looked like a 7" Senko worm. it looked interesting.

people on the CA Delta are skipping those Berkely Gillys under docks and things, for some biggeees. i do what you do.

i am not a bass expert by any measure..but i do know that a bass will hit a soft plastic bait a myriad of ways. you cannot count on them all being the same. some days, it is unmistakeble. you feel the heavy electric shock-like surge thru a rod of bass grabbing on HARD!! then the next bite could be the most ginger bite. subtle. you just feel something is not right..a weight. slammo!! i like a lightest weight presentation if at all possible. it is just fun for me. but sometimes you need some heft. wind current, whatever. even a fast boat captain moves along too quickly...get a heavy weight just to get it down fast before we move on.

they just got back to me. they suggested the regular guides. but you do have a great point.

oh..a fellow Leo? happy day bud.

i think i am gonna follow your lead and get myself a Sierra 766.

wow!!!! i glove up and wear a mask when i spray for ants. hahah...

Dobyns responded to my email and suggests the Sierra 766 (as mentionsed above)

i'll watch this later!!! thanks. my arm is back to normal this morning. i will see what i am doing wrong, and mitigate for future punch adventures. i was holding various rods in my garage to see what i could have done different. i think i was just so excited, i let all thoughts to proper form and technique go out the window.