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Be careful out there fellas And share your warning stories if you have any yourself I got a popper caught on a reed once, yanked free and LAUNCHED at my face. If my Ninja Turtle reflexes didn't kick in I might have a much worse version of this video for a story. I caught the hook in my palm, past the barb. Now here's the kicker, I was sneakin a Lil fishin in between gigs at work. I had about 6 minutes to fish and only 3 left after I caught this hook before I had to get back to the office. At the time I had no wire cutters, and it was too close to the center to try to push through anyway. I had only one option I slapped a glob of hand sanitizer on it, and on the old dull fishing knife I never even bothered to use anymore. The very tip was just pointy enough for my to scrape through the meat of my palm and slice up the the barb enough to angle it and rip through the uncut meat. The office was very confused about the blood stains on my pants and why I was holding a wad of paper towels so tightly for so long. I am now a proud owner of wire cutters, and I think I'm gonna grab another pair to leave in the car if I ever get the urge to fish on the clock again

Killer bass bro What were the conditions and structure/cover you caught her in?

Did you and @MontclairDave ever compare notes?

@HawkeyeSmallie You want me fluff your pillow?

@casts_by_fly sounds like fun bro! What was your exact set up?

As long as there's no weeds or rocks or dock pilings right there i think you just identified a greater issue that will really help you land more bass. Stick your tip in bro! You can even put almost the whole thing in if you want to https://majorleaguefishing.com/bass-pro-tour/paul-elias-still-kneelin-and-reelin-like-it-was-1982/ There's nothing wrong with sticking your tip in, it'll dry off by the time you get home and nobody needs to know but you

@Swamp Girl I wanna be you when I grow up

@BrianMDTX that's a hit brother, I definitely recommend grabbing a mhmf Were you fighting with you rod tip down towards the water?

There's no bank near me that isn't so weedy I could get away with not using braid. I've never had an issue like this before, but I need braid to rip free when I'm in the pads

I hated having to leave that out there, but I'm pretty sure if i didn't cut the line I woulda had a new PB

So you stole some homeless guy's drinking supply? Poor guy

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I try to pick up most trash I can put in my pockets if it's not disgusting. I usually end a trip with at least one pocket full of some dipwad's line and usually some torn up plastics. Sometimes an Old Dirty Bag(stard) or clamshell if it's not gross, or if I guilt myself into being the better angler I'll suck it up and grab it and just sanitize my hands in the car.

So there I was, relegated to the bank the other night like 99% of this fishing season, and after my first handful of casts with a paddle tail I feel it suddenly tug back. I set the hook and start reeling her in. Now I'm fishing beside an overpass, and the water level is seasonably low, (because the Northeast now has a drought season it seems). Because of this the bank has a pretty steep incline to reach the waters edge, and it's also a narrow opening between the stone embankment and the bushes. So I have no choice but to awkwardly lift the bass up and over the foot of the bank at the peril of high sticking and snapping my rod. I also had no choice but to briefly rest the bass on a patch of grass while I reposition myself without tumbling backwards into the water. In the three seconds it took to turn, the fish flops once and twists the line into some tall weeds. Turns out the weeds are also tangled with some jerk's old line, this tells me two things. The spot I'm fishing is worth fishing, and that some people are trash. And that there should be more strict laws regarding littering... Okay three things. Yes that's a swivel to a pre-snelles size 6 hook with about 3/4 inch piece of plastic worm and there was a 3/8oz bullet weight in this mess too And this did require to cut my line, but not "quickly" After I cut my line I decided not to bother fiddling in the darkness to re-tie, so I moved across the street to other other side of the overpass where I can only cast from above. I have never used a buzz toad before and was excited to see how it went. I cast out across the way to some lily pads and started to bring it back. A beaver suddenly popped up and swam directly into my line about halfway to the toad. I didn't have a lanyard snip, only had pliers with cutters in my holster, so I had to press my thumb bar so that instead of pulling the toad into itself the beaver would just pull line out. I was able to draw my pliers and snip the line relatively quickly, but the beaver turned about and I couldn't tell if it wrapped itself in the braid or not. I would've been able to cut quicker if I had snips with a retractable clip ony waist.

If you're main concern is the skirt, which by reading it appears to be, you can just get some floral wire and twist it around the rubber band, or in front or behind it. Then use any buzzbait you like

YOU did this to me!?!

@HawkeyeSmallietight lines my dude

There's group of people that benefit from price hikes, confusion/ambiguity, and loopholes, and a massively disproportionate group of people that are affected negatively. We need this latest sale thread to stay open, I'm happy to talk about this if you want to have a civil discussion my inbox is always open bro

Dang bro, that's saying a lot about that 80 and 100

Sweet, I feel validated haha Why've you barely used the zillion this summer?

What rod is that? I often fish braid, and definitely like a MH moderateish rod for chatterbaits, and do/did for spinnerbais too. Problem is feel like braid wraps around the spinnerbait arm more frequently than when using mono. So I'm back to finding a slower MH fast, not quite fast in the classic sense. Also, most of my fishing is from the bank, with a good amount of vegetables on my plate, so I've been exploring longer rods, and this is where a slower rod really maximizes its potential. After it loads up I still have enough length of back bone to battle, but it's also still slow from the middle to top. Best rod I've ever used for chatterbaits is the Edge 765 NEO. They definitely somehow gave it a fast tip to cast well with, backbone starts about moderate fast forna hook set, but it gets pretty moderate when bringing a bass in and they make a run. I plan to throw spinnerbait bait on it and see how it does, but that's a lot of stretch and give with mono. Plan to throw some buzzbaits on it too, I think this is the best moving bait rod I've ever used, and I basically only throw moving baits at this point.

What's your thoughts on all these now?

What do you think of these now? Why these or Si3n4 in any particular situation? I'm reel curious about these now haha

I have a few of those chopper blades, gonna have to see how it can configure something, those look sweet

Yup, double for me my friend Which from where? I did put hybrid bearings in my tat svtw103, I really like the way this thing behaves now. I got them from AE before the tariffs made the rich people richer and wrecked things for us regular folk. I don't need this reel, but I think that need to have some braid only reels and some hybrid/mono reels. Or maybe I'm just making myself feel better... I needed this, and now every day I wait for the delivery driver by the door