Darth-Baiter

in general, if you have to sell something to buy something else you cant afford it. step one is to quit considering being boatless, "suffering". that's dramatic. suffering is something else altogether in my opinion. there is a dude out there with a Janky truck and no bass boat, wishing he at least had a decent truck.

nope. i'm eyeballing that Lews Pro reel. i'm trying to perfect my birdnest picking skills on deep deep backlashes. but good point. i'll try to skip a senko on my BFS.

i should get my feeble brain on board with this. i'n not sure i'll ever master skipping a baitcaster. this would put a Neko/Wacky worm on a spinner for me.

True enough

oh..i like the "out of ten" description!! i say i am a 6 out of ten most days.

i asked him. he was turned around trying to lower his Boondox landing gear wheel. he said the wheel is hard to pull out and when he forced the issue his body weight went way out..whoops.

a fair number of my friends use a spinning rod for a jerkbait. they need way far casts, and they use lighter line to keep it from being seen. it feels weird for me but i can totally understand the argument. i dont think there is a one size fits all arguement here. for me it is about the drop shot. even wacky worm weightless, i seem to plop the worm more gently into the water with a baitcaster. i feather the reel as the worm hits the water. i make a bigger racket with the same bait on a spinning.

Yesterday, i found a grove of Tule and it was bunched up against a grove of other green growing stuff. a "bush" , for lack of a better description. the tule was bent down and it formed a tunnel. my goal was to fire a worm in there. the hole was the size of a laundry basket. i was casting from about 25 feet away. baitcaster. i would forearm cast it and if it was going high/wide, i'd jam down my thumb and arrest all forward motion, cuss some, reel in quick, and cast again. i got into a rhythm and was hitting that opening!! four cast, was four bass. it was fun!! the wind would blow me out of positions and i would either reposition myself or fire at the increasing angle. i realized i am not that accurate! i couldnt pitch because if i stood up the wind would push against my body and thrust me into the weeds. oddly, backhanding a cast i am just as good..maybe better on some days. i can hit a distance fairly accurately. dropping that worm inches from the base of tule wasnt a problem. i think i should be better than i am after a year of fishing. (spinning reels are fairly accurate for me.) how good are you? i'm too busy to sit in my front yard aiming for a bucket. i cant even begin a discussion about skipping a bait.

hahaha.. dang.. now i am wondering what was on the line!! argh.

:D. even then, i'd still drag for the rod/reels. he has some nice stuff.

Civil. i am in Construction so there is some remote work, but most of it is on a jobsite. great question. it's wild how everyone wants to work from home. i like getting out of the house as much as possible.

my right pocket of my fishing PFD. i leave it empty for trash. if trash is a bunch of tamale corn husk wrappers, i stuff it into cup holder.

you could easily avoid all things kayak, dude. it's been noted you are not a fan.

being dumb

it can be amazing. a buddy flipped his kayak. a bunch of relative stranger converged on the area, and rigged up treble hooks and spent real time dragging the bottom. we found several to the owner's delight. i mean everyone stopped fishing and kicked in to help. for hours! it was a sight to behold. nice. humanity recharged.

how many people? table for one?

GREAT topic i was pondering myself. i love spinning setups. i have 3. which is weird becasue i only dropshot with it now. i need 1. when i started all this, i grabbed a bunch of baitcasters from a friends junk drawer and went fishing. casting an unweighted senko was a challenge. probaby a 50:50 mix of my skill and equipment. Now? i have transistioned all weighless yamamoto senkos to a baitcaster. even a 4" yama senko feels substantial. i can wing one out there. a 5" worm is a missle. i think a jerkbait might be better on a spinning reel but that's about it for now. even my tiny crankbaits get sent out with a BFS caster.

heal up quick!! how about trolling from your kayak? some day after stressfull work events, i find just being out on the water very theraputic for body and mind.

i have limited jig game. i am only tossing the Keitech football in my area. i actually got a decent bass yesterday. i think i casted it directly into it's mouth. it hit as soon as the bait landed.

me too!! its great, and adds protien. yum.

mmm...that sounds GREAT. i dont add butter to my oats. just didnt grow up eating it that way.

i get bored trolling. except trolling for salmon in a boat because i am preoccupied with puking my guts out. are we saying that those exact bass wouldnt have hit that plopper if they were casted beyond them and reeled back in?

such a bummer at many levels. but me being me, immediately thought, "wait, isnt there fishing in Cambodia?!" i ask him and he said, "i dont know, but my dad has a tiny fishing boat". two things i have always wanted to do. mountain bike Cambodia and fish the mighty Mekong river. i heard there are giant catfish and rays. hell, any bass sized fish on bass sized gear would be SICK!! i'm gonna help him pack.

as i aged, i have quit eating breakfasts that resemble desserts.

Yesterday i did well on the worm. really well. well enough that i self-pryed (from my greedy clutches) my rod from my hand and picked up another rod(s) that were rigged with reaction baits. a Vision 110, some tiny Megabass crank, and a LV500. Nothing, Nada, Zip. i casted like i was musky fishing. i even tried different retrieves. i could see suspended fish arches on my electronics. even my early morning frog tossing was just a lesson in casting accuracy. nothing. as the day went on, i picked up my slower fishing methods and got back to catching. tex-rigged worm, and worm drop shot. at this point, i am not sure why i even own hardbaits. should have bought google stock with hardbait money.