@gim You should try weed whacking it! Nothing like dog poop mist. 

Almost overboard!

 

My local lake on Sunday.

 

🤮

 

 

 

On 9/17/2025 at 6:25 PM, Jar11591 said:

@gim You should try weed whacking it! Nothing like dog poop mist. 

That’s what I was about to say

Got to the lake this morning and found this

 

backed down the ramp

 

 

went in to the top of the truck tires and was still a foot above the water line! My 12” trailer tires were still out of the water.

Said heck with it and pulled out…

 

 

Instead went to the car wash then home!

Should’ve went to the river first!

The Elk River near Winchester, Tennessee. 

 

The moon, Venus and a star lined up the other morning.

15 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

The moon, Venus and a star lined up the other morning.

The star in this conjunction event is Regulus - or Alpha Leonis if you want to get technical.

During tomorrow's adventure, the Avid line will be making a strong showing.

#fullcorkforthewin

A-Jay

Des and I have the same PB largemouths.

Lost in my happy place, where worries fade away.

A-Jay

So I was fishing this kind of remote lake in Florida a few days ago when I boated up to this strange looking dock. This lake and others nearby have had water level troubles since the 1970's due to over pumping of ground water lowering the aquifer levels, and lakes' water levels go up and down because of it. In this lake by 20 or more feet it looks like.

 

So this guy who owns this dock must be an engineer. He is the only person I have ever seen in my lifetime or anywhere for that matter, a completely all metal sectional rolling dock. He can simply pull it back when water levels rise or, push it out into the lake as water levels drop.

 

Nearly all other docks on this lake are high and dry right now, and with lower water levels the fish are compacted in more tightly and have to compete more for food, and I think it makes bass fishing easier, and makes the fish more aggressive to bite. Like monkeys in a barrel. We caught a boat total of 11 bass on this day, but I just wanted to share with you the most unusual dock I have ever seen. Classic Florida engineering right here! A rolling dock!

 

I have to wonder if you can call someone up to buy docks like this, or if this landowner here simply made it himself. Either way, a pretty cool solution to changing water levels beyond his control.

 

@FloridaFishinFool Virtually every dock here in MN, WI, and many other Midwestern states look like this because they have to be removed during the winter.

Yesterday, we ventured down the path less traveled.

Rarely disappoints.

 

A-Jay

 

@A-Jay, is there very little color change up there right now? We’re looking to make a trip up there during a good color time. But, 6poundbass is dressing and has been playing a little on Friday nights we may not make it until the last week of October which as you know is usually too late up there. I was hoping the warm temps might delay it a tad and we get lucky. Either way, we’re heading north for the weekend after his football season is done.

We have some color now.

I'll be posting a fishing video later and you'll see some of that. The ice storm this spring took down millions of trees so it seems like there is less color than years past but still decent.  FYI, our average first snow is 16 October. 

Just saying.

Drive safely my friend. 

A-Jay

Seems like somewhere in Michigan got snow on sept 5 this year, broke some record 

Morning break

 

 

 

 

 

This photo doesn't do justice of the actual event.

 

Visually it was one of the coolest things I've ever seen.

 

I'm paddling back to the boat ramp that was lit, and this big Egret (or something) flies and lands next to me in a laydown.

 

I got pretty close, she wasn't too afraid of me.

 

Someone with a nice camera could have taken some really cool pics of her.

 

 

Had the pleasure of going up to Montana to visit my girls and watch the football game last weekend. Good times!

 

@NorcalBassin Excellent. Y'all made some pretty babies.

Six weeks into the season and six wins! He’s now dressing for the varsity game too. Since he starts JV he’s limited to one quarter for varsity. Two weeks ago he did come in for a drive in the final minutes of the varsity game. What a whirlwind season, one game with his freshman team, gets the starting job with JV, and now sees some action as varsity QB.