T-Billy

That's an impressive beaver lodge @Swamp Girl. I've never seen one near that size. Good to see you on the water again.

I caught a muskie last November. 37" if I remember right. I really screwed up by laying it on the deck for a pic. The fish went ballistic and the net is still a tangled mess. I'm gonna have to lay it out in the yard one day and sort it out. 🤦‍♂️

Happy Easter everyone!!!

@TnRiver46 you sure get into some dandy white bass. Yum. @Dwight Hottle, Way to put together a monster bag in tough conditions. You da man!!!

Tammy and I had an awesome Easter Sunday on the water. Three muskie for her. They've finally started eating crappie. Three bites on the quick strike rig today, and she put 'em all in the net. Atta girl!!! First up was this 42.5". Followed by this poor scrawny 39.5" Then she capped the day off with this stout 44.25". It's a new PB for her. We also brought home 8 nice crappie for dinner tomorrow evening. We sorted through close to a hundred 6-9 inchers to get 6 like these two, and a couple 10" for the table.

When I grow up, I wanna be @Dwight Hottle. 😂 Congrats on those big browns Dwight!!!

I don't use a trailer hook when fishing a spinnerbait through cover either, and I've found they tend to eat the bait better with a swimbait on it. I generally use either a 3.8 or 4.3 Keitech.

Praying for you brother.

I got out for about 5hrs after church today. Twas a tough post frontal bite. Muskie were completely unresponsive, so I spent the last couple hours flippin trees. Caught three and missed a couple. Never felt a single bite, they'd just be there when I picked up. This little chunk was the best of the three.

First, I'm glad your friend's alright. Second, I do believe I'd fit right in with your crew. That's exactly the kind of nickname a situation like that would get ya with my friends. They're a merciless lot. 😂

Keep it hot, you won't get plugs. Here's how I go about it.

A big bore handgun stuffed with cast semi wadcutters will put an end to that.

Wild weather/temp swings have always been the norm for March and April here in OH.

Ha!!! I catch my share of skunks. Today was tough in the aspect they were in very specific trees, on very specific structure, and they were buried up in the gnarliest parts of the trees. Flippin rig only spots. No way a jig or a skin hooked Trig would come through clean. Most folks wouldn't pitch a bait into the tangles those fish came out of.😉 This kinda stuff has become my "go to" anytime they don't have weeds to bury up in. Fairly recently fallen pines that still have their boughs are the best.

You can catch dang near anything on a Llungen .22 Short. 😂 At least I know I did a good job sharpening my hooks!!!

Atta boy Dwight!!! Dang!!! Congrats!!! Here's my best two today. Dwight could use them for bait. 🤦‍♂️😂 The roller coaster temps have the muskie in a major funk, so I spent the second half of the day pitching trees for LM. Ended up with 11 on a pretty tough bite. I got dialed in pretty quick. Had to be a bushy tree with the top in 8' or less, and it had to be on a point. Zero bites on older laydowns, tree tops deeper than 8', or trees that were not on a primary or secondary point.

Atta boy Dwight!!! You've been haulin some hawgs lately. Congrats brother!!!

Been there done that, but not since joining the STRAIGHT BRAID BRIGADE. I lose some, but I don't break 'em off. 😉

I've hooked a couple big Flatheads while pitching laydowns. XH flippin stick, 50# braid, and I couldn't even slow 'em down, let alone turn 'em as they went tearing back deeper into the timber.

That sucks. I know the feeling brother. It wasn't until I was standing on the deck with my PB LM in my hand that I realized I'd left the camera at home. Didn't have a cell back then. 🤬 On the upside, you've now caught a DD!!! Congratulations!!!

Ok, I'll fall on the sword and follow @softwateronly. Good grief!!! You got on quite a roll there brother. Congrats!!! First bass of the year. Ended up catching six pitching laydowns this afternoon, on the backside of today's monsoon. Only took a pic of the first. No bigs. Best was a couple shad shy of 3# I'd guess.

Keeping you in my prayers brother.

I heard it was some YouTuber named Randy. 😂

Awesome day!!! Congrats, and Happy Birthday!!!

#1 Ya have to be around fish. #2 THIS. ☝️Gotta keep your bait wet.