Darth-Baiter

Just wondering. I put a “no-skunk” sticker on mine yesterday. I grin when I look at it. I have another one about bananas and fishing but I hesitate due to it being bigger. thoughts? Is your kayak festooned with stickers?

Fantastic gesture.

It happens. I saw it at Clearlake once. The area smelled so bad from the fish pushed up on shore. my local hike in place just got sterilize by nature. I hope they bounce back.

d**n. I was drinking coffee! Pffffhhhttt! It burns. so funny. None of my stuff matches. Not many reels don’t clash with a D-Fury rod. I came close pairing a Kaden with a Vanford, but the rod didn’t grow on me.

I got the best voicemail. We drive 2 hours to our previous resident city to get dental work done. Our dentist is THAT GOOD. We opted to keep our dentist despite the fact that we moved. (He said we were not his most distant clients) to maximize the visit, my wife and I always schedule a morning appointment back to back. That way we carpool and we get to eat at some of our old favorites for lunch. We blow off the day with respect to our jobs. So we make our appt months in advance. he left a message hoping we could come a day early (Thursday) because he wants to take every Friday off to bass fish the springtime. Haha. We both fully endorsed the reasoning. We do love swapping photos of fish. im glad he really isn’t a cold weather fisherman. We can go back to a Friday in October. But I’ll tell him he should at least hit October! to add: he only fishes Comanche lake. Shares a boat with a bud. I’m dying to get him out on a kayak with me.

I’ve never even heard of the prejudices against spinning? What gives? just because taming backlash is difficult? Or is it the robust drag numbers? I’m friggen accurate with a spinning setup. And fighting a larger fish on spinning is wildly exciting.

I don’t worry about my manliness while fishing. I’m pretty sure a double digit would make me cry like a girl.

Are you pegging the weight? Thanks for the tips. My first attempt was a fail, but I’m waiting for spring for the real effort.

The motherLode lakes all have smallies right? They are an intimidating group of lakes. On the far drive side, but I really want to try a few. New Melones and almanor for sure

Come on! Ill show you around.

Not me. I hate it. What I am however is easily influenced. Somebody tells me this bait is the silver bullet, I buy it to try. ifi try it and I don’t like it for whatever reason. Really try it, it goes into a donation bag. I’ll send it to a school bass club.

I’ve done a few. My latest iteration has been my best effort. First I used an aluminum handle. Super light. My friend gave me a 20 foot alum tube!! i discovered that expanding foam needs air to cure. Squirting it in the end doesn’t work well. You need to drill some access to squirt into a few spots. This time I simply recycled some foam packaging cushions from our latest office computer delivery. I just cookie cuttered cylinders and stuffed them in and silicon sealed the end. My goal was 100% sealed to prevent the transfer of zebra mussels and plant-life. And it floats. Wrapped it with Winn fishing rod grip tape since it’s made to work wet. I ended up with a net with a handle thin enough to hopefully fit in one of those YakAttack cradles. oh. My end cap is one of those cups you fit over then end of one of those old school kitchen chair legs. It’s perfect!! Net.

I managed to find a storage solution for two kayaks that uses the same room as one kayak. I’m not putting old faithful out in the elements just because there’s a new kid in town. Cost me $25. I may never sell my other kayak. Hehe.

He says. “Maybe we can go fishing?” duh! O hell yes. He’s always wanted to see Clearlake. And I have two Hobie kayaks now. I hope to make an impression. Early March was easy 2021. Hope ‘22 is similar. I can’t wait now. I might buy a few more rod combos:).

I have a paltry list in comparison. And I don’t have it memorized. I do want a better punch rod. My sixgills is too heavy. Hurts my elbow.

I use one jig for SMbass. It’s the version 2 Keitech football jig. 3/8th I use either the green pumpkin or that brown one. I use tiny trailers. Some rage craw thing. this is for CA smallies. Your mileage may vary. (I’m gonna try a hula grub this year!)

Roger that. My friend moved and his parting gift was his secret hike in spot on the RR. He kills them on Mepps spinners

To be clear. I keep the insides clean. I can’t stand a filthy interior. Gross. im always wiping the insides. Hell I have a million wipes.

That’s a nice rig!!! I’d wipe that down daily with a moistened silk diaper!!

I bought this work platform to wash my truck. Reach the high spots. I haven’t used it for the truck yet! It’s been a table, kayak support……etc. I’ve never stood on it.

My wife bought a Tesla. She loves it. How it changed my life is I no longer sneak off in the evening to fuel up her car anymore. And now I’m back to car washing. I drive a 2006 Toyota Tacoma and it’s dirty. If I do wash it, I go thru a car wash and drive away. No biggie. Wax it? Maybe in the spring. wife’s new car, I’m now back to my old ways. I keep it pristine. The door jams are spotless, wheels wiped down. Vacuumed. What sucks is I’m older. Haha. It is good exercise and I can squat like a teen. I try to really limit my water usage, so there’s that. what time us it? Why it’s half past beer! I have kicked around the idea of buying the cyber truck. I would never wash it. I’d just power wash it. Boom. just finished her car. I didn’t want to wait for the weekend because I want to go kayak fishing. Hehe. She took my dirty truck to work.

At least not the slower swimmers.

That San Diego knot is AKA the jimmy Houston knot?

I’m still rocking the improved clinch knot mostly. Learned it as a teen and my muscle memory takes over. leader. FG and I do the dropshot knot. Those 3

d**n. I bet you can do the one foot thing!!!