T-Billy

Thanks. Got the transom transducer mount fabricated and painted today, and the wiring about half done. Fingers crossed for next weekend. We've got some nights above freezing coming this week.

Catt, at night for sure. A-jay, cold water season, TnRiver46, summer float trip, Cyclops 2, that guy would be fun to spend a day with. 5??? Anybody else that wants to go. Good bunch here. Pros... Dance for sure, been watching him since I was a kid. Hack and Tharp in the thick stuff. Wheeler for an electronics lesson. Fletcher, to pick his brain. He cut his teeth on my local waters. Love to spend a day chasin smallies with Zona too.

Structural work and deck are FINALLY D.U.N done. Battery box mounted midship on the centerline per Admiral A-Jay's suggestion. Floor is gonna either get a rubber stall mat, or one of those rubber backed throw rugs. Not sure which yet. Need to go shopping. On to electrical tomorrow. Hunted high and low for a weather proof tackle box and couldn't find anything I liked. Ordered a Dewalt Tough System XL box to tote 3700 boxes. It'll ride in the center behind the rear seat and should hold 9 or 10 of them. Also ordered a Large size for soft plastic storage. Forecast is looking good to be on the water possibly next week, but most likely the week after next.

My wife enables my fishing addiction and enjoys going with me when the weather is nice. She's dangerous with a crankbait in her hand, to the fish, to me, to herself... LOL!!! Seriously, put her around them, she can catch'em. Best fishin buddy I've ever had.

Berkley fusion weedless wacky 1/0.

I just started wearing them middle of last year. I bought a couple pair of fish monkey gloves. I wear them all the time now. In addition to the sun protection, I get a better grip on the rod with them.

I'd go 7'3" Mag MH for a utility rod. Love my Tharp Moneymakers for Jigs, Trigs, Frogs etc. For pitching into the really thick stuff the 7'6" H is a better choice. Tharp King Cobra is my everyday pitchin stick.

I'll second that. There should also be a bass thumb sticky thread.

These guys aren't actors playing roles, we watch them for years and get to know them a little, or at least get a sense of who they are. Aaron was a genuinely great guy by all accounts. The world was a better place with him in it.

LOL!!! It doesn't happen often around here!!! April 2019, 30-50 per day for 3 days straight at Clendening, with a 2#+ average. Water was mid 50's and they were just starting to flood shallow rock structure all over the main lake basin. My boy caught his first TWO 5# on the same day. Crackin a 4" stupid tube.

The ULTIMATE cure for bass thumb!!! Simply apply and let dry!!!

Lip enough of them and your gonna get tore up no matter how you grab 'em. Then you'll adjust your grip because of the sore spot and that spot that's contacting the lip will get tore up too, and you'll adjust again. It's a good problem to have. Enjoy it while it lasts.

I had to resort to wearing one of these on my left hand a few years ago after three days of the best bass fishing I've ever experienced. My left hand was one big sore rasberry from the pad of my thumb to the middle of my palm. I also had a NASTY bruise the size of a grapefruit on my ribs from all those sweeping hooksets. IT... WAS... AWESOME!!!

Straight 40# 832. No need for a leader in cover. I fish it in wood all the time and don't often have an issue with it biting in.

I like braid for weightless senkos too. Both wacky and trigged. I think it's limpness gives them better action on the fall, and gives me the power to pull em out of the thick stuff.

Heavy, in the length you prefer for that technique. I personally prefer 7'3"-7'6" for pitching. If you're gonna do much actual flipping 7'11" might be the way to go.

None of the above. I've had phantom breakoffs with several brands of flouro and had two woulda been PB LM break 20# Invisx. I'm just not a fan of the line after spending several years fishing it. With the exception of sesitivity, mono is simply superior line for the same applications I would use flouro for IMO.

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Been there, in the river with the current hauling my boat away. I had it easier though. Water was a balmy 48 degrees for my swim.

One step closer to being ready for ice out. 60 ish today allowed me to finish sticking down the Seadek after work. Gap management looks like Ray Charles and Stevie Wonder collaborated on it, but what the heck, it's on there and functional. I'm not putting it on the livewell hatch since it's already raised. I found some skateboard tape that matches pretty close for it. Should have it pretty well buttoned up next weekend. Just in time. I'm seeing some open water under the overpasses at Tappan lake on my commute to work. COUNTING THE DAYS!!!

Roger that Catt. Flouro is denser. It sinks and transmits vibrations better, making it easier to detect bites than mono. Mono is superior in every other way. I've fished 'em both, and hooked my jigs to the front of my trailer, walked out about 30' of line and pulled on 'em side by side. Advance has SLIGHTLY less stretch than Trilene XT. Not enough to make any meaningful difference. XT is cheaper, more abrasion resistant and has less memory. Advance is good mono, but it doesn't live up to the advertising hype IMO.

^^^ All of the above^^^ Been at it since early childhood. I'll keep hunting and fishing until I'm no longer able.

XL is like a rubber band. XT is low stretch and abrasion resistant.

Braid anytime I'm fishing cover, and sometimes in open water. Mono the rest of the time. Flouro will never cost me another big fish. Done with that overhyped crap.

Much to my surprise, this has been my experience with the Alberto as well. Great leader knot. Small, strong, and easy to tie out on the water.