AlabamaSpothunter

Lol, Gust has 18lb, 2nd place has 9lbs.......that's what I'd call finding the fish looks like. Crazy how one guy figured it out, there is always somebody.

3.25s are dynamite on a finesse or downsized A-Rig

Brandon Palaniuk

Developer just bought a 5000 acre lake that produces teeners in Texas for 150mil. Just saw it on Milliken's channel, incredible, that's what I would have bought lol.

Before anybody asks, it was my decision not to fish the Classic this weekend ?

Nice ones! You're a good son, happy to hear your dad is okay. Headaches are no joke.

I've said this on here before, but I can only go as long as it takes to catch a solid sized Bass, then I go out and buy a bunch of similar stuff I caught said fish on. For example, buy one MB 110 series jerkbait and catch a 7.2, within a week I had $150 in MB jerkbaits ? Everything in my arsenal since starting back has been acquired through such means. The less fish I'm catching, the cheaper it costs to fish and longer I go without buying anything. The more and bigger fish I catch, the more absolute pants on head stupid I get buying tackle.

Once a hammer, always a hammer my friend!

Congrats, awesome fish! Tell us about it, how often do you get to break your PB ?

Like airplane crashes where's it's almost never one single thing that brings down the plane, I think you are right, it's a magic combo of temp, light, moon, and perhaps things we don't even know about.

I was kind of worried about the big Shimano with the weedy places you fish, but you bring up a fantastic point.....it will be at a real minimum that first month or so, and you'll get plenty of room to draw out the monsters in those bogs with that thing. Had another heart stopping 4 fish on it earlier today. Then on FB I saw where a dad let his 4-5yr kid catch a fish on it.....kid didn't catch it, but everything else he did himself. I knew it was magic bait, but that kind of insulted me.....thinking I had a good touch with it or something, nope it's just the bait ?

Wow Jackall finishes and hardware are for realz.....the back treble has a bit of rust in the area where the finish didn't get applied likely, will replace. They are just as crazy sticky sharp as out of the box. 5months in the water, 5 mins with a toothbrush, and one quick treble replaced....this bait will be hammering fish in a month or two I'd imagine. Come on BDS 3 ?

Now here's a wild one. Back in October IIrc., I hooked into a big Catfish on a point on a brand new Jackall CB that had been tearing them up hours before. This Catfish had me wrapped so deep in a weed mat that for 30mins I tried to get it out. Ultimately I was so frustrated I just cut my line and then tied that line to the bottom of a dock piling that was right there. I came back the next day hoping the fish had freed itself from the bait, and the bait would remain......no luck, the fish broke it off and swam free I assume. Flash forward to today, I'm about a mile away from that location, and more crazy I was deep within a cove when I faintly see what could be a floating CB. Lo and Behold it was Jackall from October. If only a CB could talk, did the Catfish die and then the bait float free, did it just rot a hole in it's lip loose enough for the bait to finally come free, did it come free back in Oct. and just been floating around. Oh the wild and crazy lives of a JDM CB ? I haven't even started to clean it up, but I can't see any rust on it. I lost one other prized bait to a Catfish in the Fall that is much more important. A LuckyCraft oldschool BDS 3. I look for that bait every time out, now I'll be looking even harder lol.

Nah just your dock homey ?

Awesome toads gents!

Imagine driving a 2023 $125k Bass rig while practicing to fish the Bassmaster Classic. I'm sure the nerves would kind of ruin the experience, but you'd have to feel like a pretty cool guy for those couple of weeks ?

holy crap, just googled that ? what a terrible way to go, man that's awful.

Awesome fish, east Texas is where it's at.

Is the taxman gonna hit me on that Amazon order though? That's what made me initially go with Digitaka, and not look elsewhere since. If they aren't charging US tax, a Zillion to the door for $230 is perhaps more than I can refuse.

Awesome eat on this Spot, this bait is so exciting to fish with.

I'd probably just become a Musky fisherman if I were you.....then you'll catch the OH LGM record ? What does something like that weigh? I've asked before but forgot, they look massive. You really need a GoPro, I'd love to see how you catch one of these things.