Darth-Baiter

i cant believe i forgot the term "split-shot" hah. brain farted. thanks. i am going try tomorrow. i find my weighted hooks. which i think are 1/4. and some split shot or pin a tiny worm weight.

i would do this. maybe even glue a knob to it so you dont have to drill a hole? but a hole is pretty easy to patch i imagine. any portal into the void? like a hatch opening? not familiar with that boat at all.

i have some weighted wacky hooks somewhere. the ones i bought feel so heavy so i never use them. probably be like a sideways worm jig at that point. on my kayak i can go weightless for the most part because i have nothing but time. i can let the worm drift. on my friends boat, i am at the mercy of his pace. i sometimes feel the need to get my worm in the strike zone quicker before we move on. maybe a tiny pinned worm sinker? or a tiny lead pinched on sinker? (cant recall what they are called, its been years!)

Newport is taking a chunk out of Torqueedo business! i am seeing them more than i see the torqueedos these days. all the guys i talk to run the smaller motor on a bigger 100aH battery for all day power. i considered it, but watching my friends dick with the extra hardware, is flattening my enthusiasm for it all.

nice. I like it unsweetened, but subtly sweet is nice sounding.

I've been using a tube of Yamamoto stuff. it seems to not make anything worse. it smells nice to me. edit: it's called Megastrike

I hate selfies but I still take them on occasion. they are fast. I have however, started clipping my GoPro to the end of my paddle to do them. quality is diminished tho.

I get this. I needed the reel ASAP. same thing happened with my mountain bike I bought it about 15 minutes before they said, "here is the new model!"

true. you have to wear pants at a "in-person" meeting.

I snuck up on a friend and snapped this. (probably shouldn't post pics of friends).

I get it. I have the balance of a drunk person. the single thing that brought me to standing up in my Compass was paddling it around standing. you are motoring along and you forget about balance. you just do. you are so focused on paddling. now I can stay standing if a mild boat wake hits me. just sway and move at the hips. really helps when I need to pee. I can stand and aim to the side....

I am a Civil Engineer. before I figured out things require money, I went for a Bachelor of Fine Arts..in photography. interesting enough, photography is beneficial in photography for the ubiquitous fishing pic. the grip and grin. pictures of ME and my fish typically suck..haha.. but I seem to click a few great images of my buddies. the conversation at the tackle shop left my face sore from laughing so hard. we were showing off bad pictures taken by buddies. faces cut in half, tiny images of fish by being way to far away.. get closer, and pay attention where the sun is, and check out the background.

brutal. I think the availability to have online meetings has really increased the frequency of the LONG meeting. this is going to be a long day. I do however have a Shimano 150 MGL showing up today, so I can spool it up off video. haha. (argh..I am out of line!!) the first 30 minutes appears to be "how to use Zoom". waahhh..

agree 100%. sometimes I look around on my Outback and it feels tiny.

like this: it's super important to cover the ends of the barriers or they will get into the hole at the end. https://birdbarrier.com/product-category/default-category/birdslide/

I dont think I have ever read a fishing book written by a pro.

as summer trudges on. I like to amend my response above. gas prices hasn't affected me that much. we have the highest prices in the country probably. I have adjusted everything else. we got my wife a Tesla, so we drive that for EVERYTHING. I only take my truck to my office on a short commute, and I use my truck for kayak fishing. I can go 2 weeks on a tank, but I fill up once a week at the half-tank mark. the California Delta is a 2 hour drive, Clearlake is a 1.5 hour drive. I still go!! I wake up early anyways, so I get to Costco at 5:45 am and buy the fuel at the lowest price available in my area. pennies count.

I only have the phenix. not entirely sure BFS fishing is my jam, but it's is fun indeed when any substantial bass grabs the bait. this weekend I threw a 1/4 oz topwater on it and the bait felt so heavy. not an ideal application, but it didn't disappoint in the fun-department. the Phenix is a nice stick. ethereal for sure.

to prevent mud swallows on our bridges (prior to construction - retrofit stuff) we sometimes put in the contract that the first order of business is bird mitigation. we have the contractor install these inexpensive plastic boards to cover all 90 degree corners, where they want to put their nests. it was a commercial product, endorsed by our biologists. seemed to work. I'll ask a biologist when I see her.

From shore; I like to first throw out a lure when I’m still far from the water.

please please get this on video. hahaha

that's fast!!! nice!!

peacock bass in Brazil is on my bucket list!! WOW!!!! and off a kayak.

wading and fishing is a lot of exercise. pulling a kayak thru shallow water is brutal against a river current. good times!!!

never thought about it. not enough to take my number of boated fish, and divide by the number of strikes. i dont think i can even guess. i do recall cussing but not the frequency.