Darth-Baiter

my stepdad (RIP), has never taken a hot shower. full cold all his life. even dead of winter. and he has never ever even tasted a hamburger. i dont know which one shocks me more.

one of my local lakes is an old quarry. just a big swimming pool. it is 50 feet deep darn near everywhere. the edges appear to be some what terraced. I should google historic pictures or something. but this time of year, it can happen anytime. you look across the lake and you see splashes of rising bass way out in the middle. it comes and goes, and can appear anywhere. when it does, it is pandemonium. I will crank top speed in my kayak and race out there and cast out a popper on my approach. I usually pull one fish before they go away. once I got two. you just unhook the fish as fast as you can, and cast again. I usually dont even boat the first fish. just reach down with pliers and let it go. I saw this happening in 120 feet of water once, but I was too slow and didn't have a topwater at the ready. I assume the bass are just herding shad? bass work in teams?

my travel rod is a humble Okuma. a UL version. I would get the rod below. another Okuma. 3-piece spinning. 8'6" and can throw a 1.5oz. you can push the envelope I bet with a lob-cast :). I find travel rods get beaten up a bit, but my Okuma came with a very good travel tube. I've backpacked 10 days with that thing. I think this is a Salmon rod: SST-S-863MHA,

I vote drop shot. and you can't get your kayak down the the water from the original lakes? one of my best fishing days was hauling my kayak down a ramp, across a dried up sun baked,cracked waste land to dump my kayak into water. we crushed them, but had to double team the kayaks back up that hill. it SUCKED!! I bet we went more than half a mile. the last bit was ankle deep mud.

this is an interesting conversation. I fish with a few guys. I always chat up total strangers out on the water. in addition, I have been known to watch a few youtube videos on the matter. I dont gravitate to the gear everyone is using. I never look and I never (mentally) question the equipment. when a youtube starts talking, "I throw this on a.....with a ......spooled with...." I kinda blur out my hearing. I am not that interested. I am however interested in how we all lean forum-wise. we are all over the place.

I've matured since this post. haha now, i just do me. if they want to fish, they meet me at the dock and find me. if not, solo-city fishing which is perfectly fine. I have made new friends and they all have different timelines, needs, wants, joys, etc. and it's all good by me. I have explored new spots with a few of them and found a few honey-holes. fishing is just that. trying to find enjoyment. I am not gonna sweat the details anymore.

I have 1-200, and 2-150's (one is new and unfished with). both reels are a joy to fish with. sometimes I toss a lure far and accurate I have to look down at my hands to see if it was a 200 or a 150 that got it done. if I'm not palming them, I am not sure I could tell the difference really if everything else was equal. I have a buddy that will not try one because he thinks the color green of the 150 is not attractive. if I had to guess, I feel the 150 gives me more confidence to go for that far shot between the sticks. I backlashed mine bad just two days ago, because I was firing for the shady spot under a try-hull boat. I winged it hard and didn't see a branch hanging in front of my face and center punched the leaves. it backlashed HARD. I rolled it up and went home. hahah. user error. I thought I had that cast in the bag.

Shimano heavy here, with a smattering of Daiwa, Lews and Abu. as they get upgraded my Shimano lists gets longer. but that Crazy old Abu, keeps zinging lures with the enthusiasm of a much higher end reel.

I’m with this person. I’ve been evacuated due to wildfire. Now I grab my SScard and passport, maybe leave my fishing license.

I’m light. 6 rods max dry bag with essentials. Tools, first aide, snacks, spare sunglasses, etc. Milwaukee tool box with two 3600 boxes and 4 ziploc bags full of plastic bags of baits _ plastics - inside I have my fish finder, pliers, snips, scale. full size plastic box under the seat - hard plastics in kayak cabinet- two 3600 boxes w top water stuff. net camelback bladder for water. all in my Hobie Outback. I need to leave room for my hopes and dreams.

Tanqueray is typically my gin. A heavy pour. 2:1 I imagine. Big squeeze of lime and toss it into the trash. Hendricks is great and may be the gin I would reach for now. It’s more vegetal.

I think it can be done. Some YouTube guy even punches from a seated position. im not great at it. I need to stand up. I practiced in my driveway standing. I should have sat on a tiny stool. Apparently.

I buy a meter from Amazon. probably a total rip off price wise, but it easy.

just tied on sexy shad for tomorrow. can't wait for it to walk an old lady across the street... hahaha..you are killing me!

I ordered new tubing, of course. but I am headed to the California Delta tomorrow. I dug out my old o-rings and rigged up a Senko. all sideways hooking it. I have a lot of o-rings so I ran two parallel. my ham-hands are not conducive to crossing them. sideways hook. thinking back, I have taken a LOT of bass before it got into my head that the hook needs to be perpendicular to the worm. I think I read about the perpendicular hook thing here. (thanks?) bass clamps shut on my worm and I set the hook, it is piercing something (inside its mouth). I forgot how easy the o-rings were. no piercing of the silicone tubing and stuff. I'll report back if I lose a giant are we over thinking the orientation of the pointy end of the hook?

never heard of you. just kidding. what a whopper bass!!!!

I used marking tape to remind me where I launched my kayak. I popped out on the lake, looked back and realized with the wall of submerged trees I would never find my truck. it saved me, but when I came back, it looked like litter to me and I took the time to clip it and put it into my pocket. I can mentally find a submerged car in a lake by memorizing a few trees over the year.

its possible to not understand a statement and love it at the same time!! hahahah

nice. I see them all the time now here. they look great. tiny short bed, but I think I can work with it. I would do a contractor rack and put the kayak up top. I am on Tesla Cybertruck waitlist. no clue. very silent truck updates. there is a guy that moves Native Max 10 in the back of his Toyota Prius. super cool. hatch is left ajar.

I have a small local lake. they stock trout for the kids. as a result, giant green bass. I have lazy friends that hate a long commute to fish. I'll be 2 hours away on some exotic remote location on the California Delta, and they get bigger fish 7 minutes from my home. it's a jagged pill to swallow, but I look for a balance of things fishing. scenery, solace, and just learning new things are on that list. my small local lake is killer.

Senko or Trick worm. it's kinda all I own. I have T-rigged a Z-Man, Fatty Z with surprisingly good results one day on the CA Delta.

Touche!! hahhaha..

Coastal = Salt water friendly?

I have seen a PA12 on top of a car twice. one was a small truck, and the other was a car. never saw the owner. so I know it's been done. it looks kinda crazy to me but admittedly, I tend to overthink things.

thanks!! I think the color might still exists, but the manufactures gave it a new name. "like Junkyard surprise" or something.