Darth-Baiter

great looking hook @webertime!! I googled it. looks similar to the Ryugi I use. I like the bulk(er) pack available thru TW. thanks for the suggestion..sometimes the Ryugi is sold out.

I wear the Lacrosse Alphas. got them on super sale, which meant I bought the ugliest pair ever. green ones. I oddly dont consider them hunting boots. I do turkey hunt with them because we are a swamp in the spring. I can walk pretty far with them blister free, but I cant do major hill climbs. yuck. I will blister. they are the best weed whacking boots ever. and I wear them on the job site during winter. great multi-taskers.

my friend says the same thing. he went with a simple set up like this. a clamp. it clips to the tiniest and thickest branches. he had a smaller kayak at the time and the trolly always put his anchor way out back or far out front, juuuuuusssttt out of reach.

I agree. I had a guy tell me it is like being blinded in a smoke filled room. we would immediately feel for the walls. same goes for the fish. they need to be next to something according to him.

I was out yesterday, doing my thing. Lake Berryessa. my secret kayak launch is not so much a secret anymore. kayak after kayak slipped in after me. I thought to myself to try to stay away from my fishing crutch, this spring. the senko it has been killing it. tiny Neko sinker to nudge it nose down as it shimmy falls... well, I forgot to restock my senkos from last time, so I only had the tattered one in my vest pocket and one in a bag. I went to the Deps Bullflats. experiment time. mine are the 3.8 (?). 3/0 Haymaker hook and I sent it. I watched it sink next to my kayak and it was almost suspending. I got a fish that way, but I got so bored and tried with a 1/8 bullet, it was kinda cool. it spiraled down, still fairly slow.. it is a hefty bait, so I thru it on a heavy rod. the FMJ. it skips like a flat rock. they share the same body type. very weedless. the haymaker is NOT the right hook. the point aiming out invites snags. I'm going to try a straight shank, or a hook with less outward angle. maybe a Ryugi. it isn't a Senko, but you get the same vibe fished the way I did it. I would fling it at the tree trunks, and let it drift down. fun fun bite. the FMJ lets you do those rock star hook sets.

I bought a tiny one. a 75 maybe. it is like Fish-AWAY! hahaha.. nothing, and I have sent it thru some juicy stuff simply because I dont think I would hate it if I snagged it and lost it.

I don't think I've ever even seen one. chiming in to learn stuff.

Man that was fun! I got a few fish in the dark morning slow sinking a stick bait. I kept seeing fish rise. I briefly tried a frog. Zero sniffs. Then I decided to make a racket. I tied on my Bone-colored Kicknocker. It’s the second version. At rest it seems to sink lower at the tail section. I was bombing them amongst the trees. The hits were always a surprise, and very enthusiastic. One smallie came completely out of the water and dove on top of my lure. He avoided every hook point. Fish after fish. I got a five that slammed it on the pause. No pics because she got all three hooks in the mouth. Took a bit to free her, then all three trebles buried into my net. Then one into my glove. my favorite walking bait. I easy to get it to sachet across the water. Good in breezy waters. Loud. The hooks kinda suck. Had to replace all three just now. rod. Perfect Pitch levante edition, 50lb braid , and the most beat up reel I own. SLX DC. No leader this time. The lure is the smaller one. I think it’s THE PUP.

I fish the 3.5 and 4’s. for the 3.5. I use a owner covershot straight shank in 1/0. I’m rigged up now! Lake berryessa tomorrow. 90% green pumpkin.

I had a similar conversation. shop owner cant get a particular swimbait he wants. so my friend is currently in Thailand, coming from Tokyo with 5 of those baits in his luggage. hahah..(I'm to bring second batch in November). 550-->670 is not quite the 24% (in my head math, which shouldn't be wielded in public cuz it sucks).. from high school economics class, this is the exact thing tariffs do....it passes the costs to the consumers.

I can stomach the price..but the availability is hard to swallow. I dig the grass piece. the Mexican bass snapped one off and I was cussing in Spanish quickly.

weightless tex rig worm... cast to the open pockets in grass. let is sink sexy like. in dirty water, I think the bass cant see well at all, so they stay in closer contact with cover.

in general, I agree. but off a kayak - not so much. I didnt go bigger than a 7" screen for one reason. I needed to leave a landing strip for me to climb back aboard if I fall out. it's tight, but I fit.

my first fish finder was a Garmin Striker 4 or something. i was doing really well with it. very inexpensive, easy to use,. i gave it away when i upgraded. i was gifted a new one in a box, and i gave it away as well. it takes little juice to run all day long. it has what i consider the most important to me. depth and the water temp. mostly depth. when i do catch a fish, it is nice to mentally note the depth so i can try to find similar patches of water to repeat successes. your kayak you may have some transducer challenges. mounting it. you can glue it inside your hull in a big homogenous glob of silicon, but that was not fun. my bud kept getting air pockets. hahah.. and the motor, again...mounting it.

this works. you can however use any stainless utensil as well. we had one at fish camp and it shocked me it worked. shocked.

I use braid. and I use a leader. for me, braid is so limp some cast result in a helicoptering lure that tangles with the limp line. just a couple of feet of relatively stiffer leader material mitigates it pretty well. just me.

I have a bud with both, and he thinks he likes the Tranx better. so naturally I got a Lexa. hahahahaha

google (lake name here) bass fishing. you'll get videos and commentary. people cant help talking about their successes. the really loquacious ones give up the goods.

Yea that won’t work for your purposes

when i was fishing Brazil, i had brand new toenail clippers in my bag. i heard clipping and found my friend in the back of the boat clipping his janky toenails. i asked, "you brought nail clippers?" he said, "nope. found them in your bag" ARGGG! about 20 minutes later, the Brazil guide was clipping all his nails. hahaha...a bunch of savages. i let the guide keep them. which made him way happier than i imagined a pair of Tweezer-Man clippers should make someone.

i dont. but i use the Rod Mule. i think that is what it is called. it holds all my rods when i get on my friends boat. it has a sleeve that accepts all my rods in their individual rod-sleeves. will that work?

my mom had both knees replaced. the first one, she was stubborn and didnt pay attention to the PT person and she paid the penalty. the second time, she followed instructions 100%. i think she was moving freely (limited with a cane/walker) a mere week(s) after. and she is not a strong person. basically a wuss. you got this!! i would however, have TOTO Washlet toilets installed in the downstairs bathroom ASAP. i suggested this to my retired boss and he exaggerates and says, "i saved his life". hahahhaha..

dumb question. does a tick provide any natural benefit to the ecosystem? are they a food source for something?

i came up fishing from shore. i ran a more budget friendly FC due to snags way the hell out. i seem to lose a bit of line. casting with the wind in my face, snags, me being dumb. i ran 12lb Sunline sniper.

^^ what about with a person in it?