I hope I have learned from all the great anglers on this site.

I hope I have learned from all the anglers on this site who aspire to be great anglers.

@Glenn, in one of his videos last summer, taught me to use a jighead wacky-hooked with a Senko and I used that to hammer bass a couple mornings.

@Glenn also taught me to fish beaver lodges and I've caught bass up to 5.5 pounds doing just that.

@Dwight Hottle suggested I troll a Whopper Plopper. That struck me as crazy, but Dwight's a heckuva angler and I've had great fun trolling Whopper Ploppers. I've caught several doubles and one morning in the dark, hooked a 19-incher and a 17-incher at the same.

Reeds are so tough that I always avoided them, but @T-Billy told me to cast my underspin into them. Sure enough, there are bass in them and whereas I can't always wrassle them out, I sure can hook them in the reeds.

@Pat Brown taught me that color doesn't matter until it does and he's right. Most days, color doesn't matter, but some days, it does.

"I understand that bass fishing is not an exact science

I establish what I believe to be truths & the bass prove its all lies

About the time I think I have the bass figured out the bass prove I don't

All this talk about color, rods, reels, boats, moon phases, can a bass see my line ect is just interesting information

So I simply go fishing any time I can, using the techniques I have confidence in, & I let the chips fall where they may."

-Catt

This isnt a technique, but this quote has stuck with me for awhile. I probably think about it every time I fish. It has definitely changed my attitudes toward rough days.