Pumpkin Lizard

Hate to resurrect an old thread. When we moved into this subdivision it came with two small bass ponds so I bought Lew's "American Hero" Speed Stick Spin and Baitcast Combo for us to use which is very similar to the rod mention by the OP. I don't care for the spin rod. It works. It's a two piece which I hate and it needs some wax. The casting rod on the other hand is/was awesome. It was the 6 foot 6 medium heavy version. It was light as hell, felt great and I loved where the hook keeper was. I liked it better than my other "nice" Shimano Setup. So anyways I stepped on that rod the the other night so it's no longer with us lol. I was pretty broken up about it because it became my favorite over the years so I went to Wal Mart to look for a replacement and decided on the Lew's Hank Parker 7 foot medium heavy model. And I like it even better. It's lighter and cast fantastic. I've never cast a G. Loomis NRX or GLX. But this rod is great for 40 bucks. If they offer this in combo I would definitely try to avoid going that way and just buy a better reel seperately. But the rod is fantastic imo.

The color of the mirror is not cosmetic. The color of the mirror absolutely impacts the color you see through the lens beneath it. If the mirror is blue then it reflects blue light and the lens beneath it will make things look gray. Don't you remember the old cheesy "Blue Blockers" sun glass commercial? Blue mirror - shifts colors towards yellow Red Mirror - shifts colors towards blue/purple Green mirror - shifts colors towards rose/pink Gold mirror - shifts colors towards green Yellow mirror - shifts colors towards blue/green Teal mirror - shifts colors towards magenta Silver mirror - tends to darken without much shift in color

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Best way to catch big bass is to fish where there are big bass. I fish lots of ponds too and some ponds just don't have many of them. So don't beat yourself up. The odds might be against you. Also fishing from the bank, I get too focused on fishing shallower water. I think big bass are efficient. They go somewhere after spawning and they don't move until it's time to eat or the season changes. I seem to run into my big fish outside of spring when I find sweet spot in deeper water or in the evening when they move from deeper water to shallower water to smash bluegills.

It's God's Country. Maybe the most underrated and region in America. The Driftless area of MN/WI/IA and even Illinois looks like the shire. The bass fishing in the river is amazing and it has wild trout fishing in an uncountable number of spring fed creeks that is only rivaled by the Rockies/Big Sky Country.

Lacrosse is interesting, I used to live there. It's a huge fishery with nearly endless opportunities. Of course back then I was purely trout fishing in the Driftless so I didn't fish it that much.

To answer your question more directly: Glass/Plastic-Price can be a difference. Also If you don’t wear glasses some people have said that the extra weight of glass gives them a headache by the end of the day. I never had that problem. I also posted something about color. I do lots of wading in fast powerful streams with slippery bowling ball sized rocks. It’s important for me to see the bottom and what I am about to step on. I don’t like getting wet or cracking my head open. I’ve lost so many pairs that I tend to go for mid priced models made by Smith. I used to have a Pro deal with them.

Blue (gray base) lense for open water and high light, lots of reflection. Yellow for low light and overcast conditions. orange/copper for anything in between (variable conditions).

The thing I never get about the power poles is that things like trolling and anchoring aren’t supposed to be allowed. Once they started appearing I just figured that the tournaments caved into industry pressures.

Blaukat is not pleased predictably.

Yeah having two of those back to back gave me fatigue. They could do the Connecticut River or something. I remember when Roland won one up there with a jet boat.

Maybe mix in some more shallow lakes?

Only 55 inches, LOL.

Some of the guys that are complaining most about the NPFL prohibition are the ones that seem to be very good at leveraging the technology. Seems like in due course the field will come back to them like it does in all forms of competition.

Milliken: “But the same guys will be on the top of the leaderboard” prove it

The Geecrack Bellows Gill looks more like a Flounder than bluegill when fished on the bottom. Looks fishy though.

Only had time to watch half. But his take is far more rational than Milliken who is melting down.

20 years. US Army. '97-'17

I'm not watching all of that, going to go fishing tonight. Can anyone who did summarize?

Good for the NPFL. In every sport tech sometimes comes around that changes the sport into something lesser than what it should be. In F1 they don’t allow active suspensions or traction control. Neither does NASCAR or IndyCar. MLB doesn’t allow aluminum bats. Golf limits what kinds of balls and clubs can be used. Bass Fishing shouldn’t be anything different. Garmin and Lowrance will still sell these units until and if Fisheries managers ban them. And it’s not like this is the only thing they sell. I have heard B.A.S.S. Will be doing something about it this too.

Being from CT, him winning was a big deal to me and it was well known in the state. Thanks for posting this.

Try probing the bottom with a jig or a texas rig. Maybe there is brushpile or some rocks with some fish on it. Fish along the dropoff if there is one.

Lots I say. I was watching a guy throw a topwater into weeds on TV today. And I was like please stick with that. Way more fun than watching a guy on a screen staring at another screen.

I'm just getting back into this. Watched much of the last two Elites. It's simply not fun to watch, but man the techie part of me is fascinated by the screens. At the same time watching a dude stare at screen casting to a blob on a screen just isn't that engaging. Just my two cents.