Darth-Baiter

My reaction time is fine. I’m still have great feeling in my hands. Almost spidey senses. im Now old enough to afford some of this now. Win!!

hey Neighbor. I am about to start retrofitting the Real McCoy ferry for the State soon. so I am nearby. my jam is kayak fishing. if I lived on the Delta, I would go that route for sure!!

I am not so much pitching. (I pitch plenty tho) for my lightweight stuff, 1/8th weights plus creature or worm; I am casting. I like to stay away on my kayak, which is super stealthy to begin with, and casting from a longer distance. I (right or wrong) think the bass dont know I am there and I have better success. in clear water, it is super rare that I catch a bass I have seen. I think it has seen me, already. I cast to targets. submerged stumps, weed-lines, you name it.. I prefer to throw the bait a distance. I can underhand toss a bait under a canopy to the water's edge if needed.

Humans.

i killed on the brake/reaction test thing. i remember i angled my foot so i was poised to simply flip my ankle to hit the brake. i didnt lift my foot and move it like other people. i was superhuman, until the instructor noticed what i was doing. heel/toe. however, i feel this is a bad comparision. well, maybe it is the perfect comparision for a frog bite where it is all visual. you see the blowup, you strike. haha. but bottom contact, bad comparision because it is all tactile. the rod makes the difference.

I love my Furies, but I am moving away from them for my own reasons. I have the most fish taken on my 733 to date. I own the spinning version, but my friend has the casting. Phenix Max-73H or something. it is an awesome rod. same money, kinda ugly if you dont love camo color. you dudes with camo-bedsheets and couches will love them. he loaned me the casting once when I buggered up my reel on a hike in fish trip. he carried two rods, I carried one. it is pretty fantastic and made me question the Fury. hahah..

nope. I have enough stuff on my kayak. on big fishing days, I will tape a few spots on my hands with Leukatape. I see ocean guys using them, but I dont see the need at my magnitude of fishing. those guys put their backs into the knots.

me and my kayak have a strange gravitational pull to jet skis.

I got nothing, since I am on the other side of the country..but that is a neat looking lake!!

I wish I could post a video. I got bit when I was eating something. I didnt know I had a fish until the rod itself moved to the side. it was a long time.

only on finesse jigs for me. Keitech Balls in particular.

My dentist is a bass fisherman. He loves to talk during the procedure. He can interpret my ,”mmmph errr,,gah”. As say, oh..”on a drop shot..interesting “

My favorite! I love going into a snag. I freeze and ease line in…slow. If it moves without my input? Hammer time! Sometimes just stop. Wait. Wait for the fish to send you a note. I learned this from a Mexican fishing guide who didn’t know a single word in English. Thank goodness Mr Gonzales my Spanish teacher taught me more than asking “where is the library”. we would cast into branches. Everything felt like a tap of a bass. I get the tap….wait.. wait. You’ll feel it if it is a fish very quickly. If not, you haven’t buried the hook into something woody, and can jiggle it thru.

I argue I lose more fish because I’m to reactive. It truly depends on the technique.

A dude on the YouTube says a 3000 balances better on a Windbuster, but I just like 2500 series.

You’re knocking the sleeve over the nut off? I did that and had to super glue it.

I actually love a walking bait in wind and waves. But I use a Kicknocker.

You have to clip in the fish on the lower jaw up front where the jaw bone meets with those bones radiating away. No way a fish gets loose. The clip doesn’t need to be that strong. It’s nit trying to open the jaws. Just pull thru them which is impossible. Here.

I don’t disagree. And this is my system.

wow!! awesome info MNFisher!! I am so gonna impress my fishing friends..or annoy the heck out of them.

@Drawdown I get it. I watch my line like a hawk. and I bought a REALLY good rod. if you asked me what the bite felt like, I probably can't describe anything except the hard thumps. the rest are so sublime. but feel it. I find the fish seem to hold the bait long enough for my next "hop". which is great because I need no slack for the hookset.

can you schooch a pontoon boat up against cover? I ask because I dont know.

same whiskey...just a bigger ice cube and I drink it faster. @MN Fisher have you tried GreenSpot? its a great Irish version.

if I had to guess, a 5" Yama Senko is about 3/8th oz..and with the hook, I choose a heavier wire hook to beef up the mass. 3/8th+ isn't anything unusual for a good bait cast reel on the right rod.

I'm full of patience when I am waiting for a bait to sink. I think fish bite on the drop, mostly for me. I use 1/8th most times, and sometimes even go less. I think the bait undulates better when it drops slowly, versus being stretched out on a faster drop. I have heavier weights that I use when the current washes my bait to and fro.