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^^^YEP… huge fan, and we were able to see them a couple of years ago down in So Cal and they did not disappoint live. As a bonus, Kesenia (sp?) is gorgeous and has an incredible voice.

Walmart lead-acid batteries were always one of the most popular go-to’s as the batteries were good quality, priced well, and there are Wally Worlds all over the country if you had a problem and needed a replacement. I bought a set for my old Z20 about a year ago.

Roboworm curly tail 5 1/2” FTW. I like big ribbon tail worms for t-rig also.

Yep… when I lived up on the California Delta, Cooch and I would regularly launch out of Vierra’s and fish the Sacramento River sections between Walnut Grove and Courtland - can’t count how many smallies we pulled in with them, and they were by far the most productive lure.

Just incredible fish - way to go sir!

Due to the bass eyes’ rods and cones, there’s a transition period from dusk where their eyesight needs to adjust. Once they’ve adjusted, they will become active again as evidenced by results from many night tournaments in the summer.

Congrats - enjoy your retirement as life is far too short. As a matter of fact, I just submitted my intent to retire yesterday, and I too am 63. I am in IT and will be retiring on the day of my 24 year anniversary as a full time employee. Best of luck to us both!

THIS. Anyone who says otherwise hasn’t used a high quality pair. I first learned of the effects due to being heavily into photography and using a polarizing filter. As noted, the higher off the water the more pronounced the impact.

That will alleviate a lot of neck pain and bad posture. It’s coming…

Years ago I first heard the saying that “10% of the water holds 90% of the fish”. Seems to hold true no matter where I fish.

Just watched that vid last night and thought about this thread. I would have posted it if it hadn’t already been… If you look at the studies outlining how much of a lake’s population actually get caught each year, logic dictates that any impact is likely minimal or negligible. Adding in the amount of care most anglers take handling and caring for caught fish it is inconceivable (to me) that angling during the spawn is detrimental to a population. i enjoy bed fishing, and have since I first got into bass fishing more years ago than I’d like to admit… it is my favorite. I am fascinated by the whole lifecycle and it is a privilege to get a peek into the process.

I have a Lowrance ecosystem, and the integration and interoperability is mind boggling. Having the ability to network everything together, navigate routes and waypoints with the press of a button or two, operate and manipulate Power Poles, check status of your batteries via PowerPole Charge, Merc engine gauges, etc…, all from MFDs at the bow and console, is just incredibly powerful and useful.

Gotcha… didn’t see any emoticons or a sarc tag.

Why would you think there is a regular schedule for ‘elections’ for mods? AFAIK, mods are not ‘elected’ and don’t serve specific terms. I've moderated a few forums over the years, and the appointments were made between the forum owner and myself and were not some official process. Based on my participation and skills I brought to the table, they decided I might be beneficial as a moderator or admin and asked me to contribute. Not sure how things are done here, but I’d expect it is likely similar. You may want to reach out to a mod or site management privately if you are interested.

It’s too strong when it is 5-8’ers on Mead in the middle of the basins… Fished with Aaron on the last day of the US Open the year he was going for 3 in a row, and coming back down from Overton it was nasty. Got a great boat driving lesson that day in his Angler of the Year Triton - we had to tack a whole lot, and got a whole lot of air along the way. For me these days, for fun fishing anyway, it is too much if it is going to be blowing more than 10. Tourneys, you have to take what you get.