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more gas to burn too for that matter

Don't worry, not all of us southerners can catch something right now lol I'm losing my mind down here watching people catch fish 30 yards from where I'm standing, I haven't had a bite in over a month ????? I might as well start wearing clown shoes to the lake

I'll always offer up my tools if someone's having a hard time, likewise I will tell people what I throw if they ask. Though, lately I would take whatever I say and do the exact opposite....can't seem to buy a bite this year. Haven't had one since late January and it's not for lack of trying or variety in locations. I just can't figure it out. All this time spent casting at empty water has made me think real hard about the life decisions that have kept me on the bank instead of on a boat. Maybe someday.

those objects they shot down are probably just swamp gas

I believe that learning to properly vent a fish's swim bladder should be a more important skill to people who are trying to catch and release in water deeper than about 28-30ft. At least gives the fish a chance. I'm not surprised the Ivie guys are out that deep though, I've had no real luck fishing shallow or anywhere off a bank yet this year. Hopefully that changes soon, all the night temps are forecast 4-8 degrees higher than the water temps this week...

I go to Yamamoto for exactly three colors. Academy started selling the most important one after this year's rebrand (orange pumpkin w/ grn&blk flake). I'll be curious to see if the H2OX ones bleed orange color like the yamamotos do lol. Unless the H2Os are just awful I don't see myself buying much yamamoto (other than shad shape worms) again anytime soon

I'm in TV and Film production that takes me all over Texas, I get to bank fish just about any public water that's worth bank fishing. Usually just on travel days. I've come across some really great spots around the state, makes good reasons to take road trips.

He snagged it with an a rig. Still an accomplishment, I've had more hooks come out of snagged fish than I have from lipped ones. I know some places have rules about that but I would still lose my mind if I brought that in

Never fished tradinghouse, hear good things though. we will likely have one more cold snap, 50/50 but the planet is primed for a polar sudden stratospheric warming event that typically destabilizes the polar air parcels and sends them diving south. I'm no expert but I expect one last cold snap a few days on either side of march 1. Once nighttime temps are consistently warming it's probably mid pre-spawn. I think the last few days of nice weather may have been enough to signal the beginning of spring for the bass...I started seeing the bigger spiders on the rocks again and that's usually a sign of sorts at ray bob OH Ivie has the allure of massive fish, I think there's likely a state record in there at current moment. It's just so dang crowded. Just one ramp there handles over 100 boats on a typical weekday. You may come home with pics of the fish of a lifetime, but you're more likely to leave with an average experience at best. I haven't gone out of my way to try and fish there; I would only really do that if I was going with some of the more prominent guides (but probably not the guy we all know of). Landing a teener at a public reservoir is a lifetime goal of mine and I honestly believe I will have better luck with that somewhere other than Ivie.

get you a c-rig with a baby brush hog in whatever color sells you the hardest tungsten red eye shad oh and throw a blue pearl 4" yamamoto shad shape worm on that white chatterbait micro, run it slow with different motions all year and thank mr.yamamoto later

I think this is another part of situational awareness and recognizing your surroundings. I'm OK with removing it on a calm day when not on plane, but noticeable rocking usually puts me in a pfd even while trolling. The PFD helps in two ways this time of year - impact that knocks the user unconscious, and keeping user afloat in cold, cold water. Even down here, there's places where it's 45 degrees and that's enough to knock the wind out of you pretty quick. For reference the south of the bering sea reaches 41 degrees and we all know how famous that water is for causing hypothermia. It happens fast. The less you have to fight to stay afloat in cold water, the less likely you are to panic. Panic leads to distress, distress leads to pain, pain leads to fear ...fear leads to anger, which leads to ... the dark side

aw man i'm totally a 31-year old crank, i get totally annoyed when people

probably a lipless

today i went to Lake Ray 'There are just lots of spiders' and caught allergies. I took photos but you can't really even see the spiders

I'm always shocked when swearing doesn't get my jerkbaits out of hangups

I was going to also suggest Sam Rayburn, it's not a place I've been in Texas but it has a reputation for a reason. Fork is like that too. The pressure is real but so is the bass population. Depending on what the summer and rain looks like you may have some good westerly options but I would consider Rayburn with the guide above to likely be an ace in the hole. Catt would know as much as anyone, I think

ha that's been the mantra "it's not me, it's the weather" and it's true. can't control the water. that one at least looks like it's been eating, which is nice. Had some skinny fish up in that spot for a bit.

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I honestly had to step away for a week and get my head together. I've fished probably 5 different water bodies in those 22 trips. Things are just extra slow unless you can get off the bank and into a boat, which just hasn't been in the cards. Usually I do better (as yall have seen) but with bass being mainly in 20-30+ft of water and moving SLOW, it's hard to work a lure from shore in a way that makes sense to those fish. I have exactly one local spot where I can do that in those depths, and that's where the two have been caught this year.

well i finally got a fish over 10" you can't see it but I have two Vision 110 barbs in the hand + glove that is holding up the bass. best pic I could manage given the circumstances. second fish of the year in only 22 outings ??☠️☠️ things can only improve

Well I finally got my first of the year, technically. 14 of 17 days spent fishing this year, this is what I've caught. Four hours skunk today and snapped off a megabass ito shiner. Feeling pretty ridiculous carrying around a curado dc for what amounts to casting practice. My buddy caught a 3.5 at my usual spot yesterday, using the same stuff I do. I just don't get it. I can't figure it out. I've tried everything I own. Other spots, other lures, stuff I don't normally use. I haven't had this much trouble catching since I started fishing two years ago and it's pretty dumb. 2023 better pick up the pace, this is unacceptable

I associate the senko with the murder of crows shaped like Roland Martin that follows me from the house to the lake. It keeps chirping "sink-o! Sink-o!" every time there's a full moon I keep trying to get photos of it, but each time I try he turns into Bill Dance and falls into the lake before I can get the camera to focus

we've had some up here already but I'm not much for catch and keep lol

If conditions are such that existing forage spawns can't keep up with the current predator population, no amount of introduced forage will self-sustain without continued, increasing, and indefinite intervention. That's the hard part about small water in most of texas. it doesn't stay very consistent. If you go back through the TPWD pond stocking records you'll note relatively few LMB stockings in Texas ponds...it's overwhelmingly channel cats, sunfishes, and winter trout.