AlabamaSpothunter

The answer to these tragedies is never kneejerk reactions, and new laws/regulations. I get that people's first reaction many times is to stifle personal freedoms, but that's almost never the right answer.

@Jar11591 Seeing your posts again makes me realize how much missed seeing them for a year or so. That area you fish is just beautiful, only matched by those NLMB you catch.

Very odd that North Carolina was able to determine all the relevant facts in order to charge and assign blame to one party, yet Alabama hasn't released any relevant facts or ruled which party was at fault. Pretty sure the NPFL angler was charged yesterday as well.

I'm watching, but again when you only cover about 50% of the fishing, and your format reduces the days from 4 to 3, you're just not going to generate the same buzz at the BPT or Elite Series. They need to seriously scale this model up if they want the same eyeballs that watch the BPT and the Elite Series.

Casting distance is excellent with 3/8th-1/2oz jerkbaits The rod was designed for the JDM market hints it's unusually short nature. In Japan, the vast majority of Bass anglers do so from the bank. If anything, the JDM models would be the preferred P5s for bank anglers.

I can launch 110s or even Jrs with my 110 stick. It's quite parabolic and really loads up with anything at or above about 3/8ths. Amazing rod

Welcher seems to be the hottest angler on the planet currently. Sure hope NPFL scales up coverage, they have a fantastic product slap full of incredible anglers, but they're currently only able to cover a smaller portion of the live fishing.

Amazing job and thank you both for your service! You guys did better than about 25-35% of the NPFL tour level pros who were fishing there today as well.

I'm sorry to hear about the passing of Lucy, the pain of losing a good animal never really goes away it just seems to diminish. Love how you named the pond after her. 20+ years is a heck of a run though. If only every abandoned dog or cat was so lucky to stumble upon your paradise of a property.

For me at least it never gets less maddening losing 5lb+ fish.....I don't care how many I catch, every single one drives me insane. Once it happens it's really hard for me to get my head back in the game, it's a real weakness of mine. Buzzbaits and spinnerbaits can be especially frustrating, and I've lost a number of 5lb+ fish on both baits, but I won't use a trailer hook except for rare open water situations. It's just the price you have to pay to fish with them in my experience. The silver lining is that you listed quite a bit you learned from the experience, and that's always a fantastic thing. The more I fish, the more satisfaction I get when I come home and know I learned something new that will help me in the future. You'll 1000% get more opportunities in the near future......Keep fishing!!!!!

@MN Fisher You'll beat this thing brother! I'm so sorry that you're having such a difficult and painful time, and we're all here for you so keep on venting whenever you feel like it. Takes a lot of courage and strength to fight something like this, so take comfort and pride in the fact that you're a helluva fighter, and you're not just going to lay down and let this thing beat you!

And doggy in the background runs them all off 😆 We have those Buffleheads on the home lake every year but they don't stick around, seems like they are migrating somewhere and just stop by for a little bit.

I'm hearing the same thing. Absolutely heartbreaking.

The MLF Invitational stop 3 is at Smith Lake north of Birmingham. According to reports a multi boat wreck around 7am caused at least one fatality this morning. Lots of talk that it involved MLF anglers, but not much information is out at this time. These guys could use some prayers, such a terrible thing for people to die while going fishing. Coroner: 1 dead in multi-boat crash on Smith Lake, authorities investigating | WHNT.com A good reminder to stay safe out there, don't be in a hurry, and be very wary of foggy morning. The fish will always been there.

Sure I can adjust the setting to clean up the image, but on the default setting it's always great. I've never felt the need to dial in the clarity, even this time of year with all the pollen in the water.

I've got the Striker 9sv in a jon boat for about 2.5 years now, and it's been a fantastic product thus far. Catch a lot of fish using it especially in the winter and fall. It has a mapping feature that allows you to map smaller lakes with contours, awesome feature. I think the Helix has better side imaging though.

Yeah that looks over spooled to me.

I'll pray for you brother and try not to think to much about it until you get some concrete diagnosis. This too shall pass, hang in there buddy!

Ironically everybody I know who has tried Frogs, has loved them. Might want to eat those Frog smelling Bass 😁

Dwight just living his best fishing life, running around the country catching donkies everywhere 😎

Completely agree with Pat and Bob, Katie. You didn't fail in the least, just downloaded more knowledge and officially started your season, that's a huge win in a book. As we all know in this thread, once your fish come out of hibernation, you can't keep any skin on those thumbs. Here a few weeks it will be straight gangbusters for you each time out on the water. This truly the calm before the storm that is known as Katie fishing season 😎

LOL, tell those aquarium folks to come fish my home lake........the amount of Turtles are off the charts. Now I totally believe that stat about Eastern Box Turtles. They've made a fantastic comeback down here, but you'll still only see a couple a year and that's if you spend lots of time outdoors. Aquatic turtles seem to be a dime a dozen though.

Awesome SM Bob, and really glad to hear you recovered from Covid! Really cool fishing spot, history was just made there last week when DC won the Redcrest there. You very well may be holding one of the SMs that he used to win.....another reason why catch/weigh/release formats are awesome.

Threadfin will start dying off in water temps in the low to mid 40s, not the case with Gizzards. I would agree fully with your observation Bob, Gizzards seem much hardier. It's interesting that they can survive in a smaller pond, good thing is that they likely won't ever reach full adult size which is the only drawback to stocking them in lakes. I found a 12-14" monster one dead yesterday, ain't nobody eating that sucker 😁

Dang man that's awesome, congrats! I think you need to add yourself to the group, I noticed a few days ago I wasn't in the group even though this thread and that group is why I'm playing. Who did you have in bucket A?