Darth-Baiter

not really @gimruis. she moved to the boonies in NM. i wont see her that often, and she has never been to my new home. hahhaha.. one the same note. i have a friend that i fish with. let's call him Steve, cuz that's his name. he is a marine (back in the day). punctual doesnt even describe it. he is alway set up so early. kayak ready. and i am always early. yet he still beats me. i have taken to getting to the lake ridicoulously early simply so i can evacuate..well, you know. coffee, bran muffin, long drive..you do the math. 3x i beat him to the lake and it drove him insane. he was 1 hour early last time. cracked me up.

yea. they should call it the 3.75Hundo.

my honda generator is my best friend during storm issues. i just run my fridge and internet stuff.

light mono. agree with Mo..6lb. braid if you can tie a leader knot, but that is a whole other discussion with this group.

i have three fresh packs to harass Clearlake bass with this weekend. so far, the CL bass have not been interested in anything. but i think they have moved to rocky outcroppings according to my contact at the bait shop. hahah

my sister is always late. always. i have gotten to the point i dont give a poop. i will start dinner without her. big group dinners. she always gets mad we didnt wait. eating out, with dinner reservations it is a big problem and i avoid it by not including her.

dang. i bought a 10 pack off of Amazon. you all roll in style. legit. i need to upgrade.

i was told it was overnight low temps. but i just cast blindly..not much science in my methods.

@Ashboomky Maxim is my second one. I sank my first one in a lake flub. it is my oldest rod despite having to get my new one. Most fish caught and the drop shot with that rod. In the hundreds. No issues at this point. It seems durability is not a problem w the one I got.

i have never caught a fish after skipping a bait beautifully thru it's front door.

@Columbia Craw overdoses from Pot? or the pot is the transition drug? i grew a few plants two summers in a row. i dont smoke so i gave it all away. i learned quick that bucking and trimming and drying SUCKS the big ones. my garage smelled like skunk. my wife would roll in an park her Tesla and immdiately start up with the eye rolling. this year, i grew tomatoes.

if he is punching, i start with a 1oz. if it slips easy, i drop to a .75oz. more often than not, i have to go to a 1.5oz. sucks the life out of my elbows and shoulder.

i have never heard myself, but my friends tell me i sound like i am having sex when i am fighting a fish. i think they are effing with me... my friends are jokesters.

Phenix Maxim. well, that is my vote. get ready for the blitzkrieg of conflicting information

my friend has a bass boat. he only fishes the CA Delta and he stores his boat at a dock that has his boat in the water for him (charged and gassed (if he pays) . he cannot back up a trailer to save his life. on his boat, the Delta is our plain white canvas. we can explore and look at things, and try spots. many of these spots i LOVE! i always note the Marinas we pass. we find spots that look "kayaky" if that makes sense. sheltered, smaller channels, etc. we found a place like this yesterday. the nearest marina is 4 miles. there is another Marina almost exactly 4 miles in the other direction. 4 miles in and out is reasonalble, but maybe not where there is a tidal current. i fought a current 2 miles once and it was tiring, and i felt like i was abusing my pedal-drive. if it broke, game over. i paddle like a person that was born and raised in a desert, because i was. i suck with paddles. i can see myself with a third method of movement. an electric motor pushing me around. the luxury!! my friend keeps sending me Vexus boat advertisements. haha.. the Delta feels like a different place to me. like we are in an abandon bayou sometimes. abandoned boats, cars. it is amazing.

i have that Rod-Mule transportation system i will use next time. hard to think straight at 2:00 AM.

my right pocket on my PFD is like a superfund site. i left and apple core in their for a week. it was nasty. i hosed it out, but the damage is done. i stuff everything and all trash in there. plastic baits, wrappers, line..dump it when i get home.

is the flagship reel called the Master Bates? sorry, i got nothing else...sorry. seriously sorry.

i keep my vehicles clean. insides more than the exterior. i lead a fairly adventurous existence that puts me on a dirt road quite often. it would be stupid of me to keep washing my exterior. i vacum and wipe the interior all the time. no trash, no spills. i even keep my work vehilce the same way. i have asthma and sucking in dust and silica from a construction site is no bueno. house is GREAT compared to my friends with kids. we even hired a house keeper and i want to hug her everytime she shows up. but i dont want to make it weird.

i am going in a few weeks (!). i hate guessing and asked the main dude, what is a typical tip. he told me they typically see $400 in an envelope at the end of the trip. he divides it up. i already have the envelope!! :D. i put a few $20 on the side if anyone helps me land a 20+, or i break something

you are punching? thru the hydrilla?

isnt there a lot of "moment" at the connection points for those outriggers? "moments" is eng-speak for rotational load for the most part. you have them cantilevered. (i cannot enlarge your pics to be sure - so apologies if i am seeing it incorrectly). wouldnt it be better and stronger to mount the outriggers on a single long pole so it spans everything? and i would move them closer to where you are sitting. with the seat raised, the seat is another cantilever trying to rotate the entire mass.

im with Bama-spot. i use pliers, i am not bonking a fish with my hand.

i am a lover of the 14lb line variety. i like to work the fish, but i am ham-fisting it for sure. i trust my knots and line: probably too much. yesterday, i got a good bass. it was jumping but i had hammered the hook into the roof. the fish was not getting off. but it dove under the mat, and immediately went from a 3lb fish, to a 50lb fish. i couldtnt move it. we positioned the boat, and my buddy stuck his arm up to the pits and worked it loose and i boated it. i imagined it sucked for the fish, so i quickly released it sans picture. sometimes, i pays to hork it in fast.

do over? noooo.. "DOO over". hahah. thanks to this forum and @RRocket i grabbed a couple of packs last week. i fished the Delta yesterday, and my buddy was flipping a very fashionable jig. when we first pulled up to our first Delta Stop, it was magical. rip-rap peeking out behind various plant life, like a fig tree, regular shrub, bamboo. lots of skipable overhanging stuff, floating mats, etc. this place may as well be the moon, with respect to a kayak. i cant get there with my plastic boat. well, my friend laughed at my CoverScat. unlike RR, i have the 3.5" version and it is a very aerodynamic 0.50oz. it flies!! well, i flew it up against some riprap, next to tule. i watched i sink, and whup whup! i felt the bite. FIRST CAST!! i wasnt UL fishing. i am baitcasting on a Megabass FMJ rod. a heavy rod. 14lb flouro. i should go 16ish.. i got that fish in. and it was a beautifully colored 2lb delta bass. my friend said, "give me some poop dude" i had one bag with me, and we nursed those things all day. for a bass fest. he cut that jig off so fast. since this is such a limp, slack line approach, the rod matters. you need something sensitive to feel that something isnt normal at the bait. then some faster reel to pickup the line, and the backbone to drive a relatively heavy 5/0 EWG hook home. i packed my lunch today, and i am going to eat it during a meeting so i can go to the store to buy more. my buddy is going to order a bunch and put them into old Yamamoto bags to cloak them from his usual fishing partner. he said his partner has been kicking his butt the last three trips on a Senko. this will be his secret weapon. note* the baits are fragile. they almost get spongy after a few soakings. like the salt is dissolving and leaving microvoids. do not get attached to them, they dont last. proof of life