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Your rods leaning over must be annoying. Probably need a bungee to go from the bottom of the rack under the tube to the D-ring on the opposite side. Having to readjust your seat is pretty normal. Getting things dialed in is part of the challenge.

Very nice, Mimi! PB's make for a good day!

Chunky fish Vinny! A couple have weird eyes.

Looks like most of them were hooked on the left side of their mouths. Must be the killer hookset technique.=)


Actually the Damiki bait fell out of the blind eye bass when I landed him in the boat so I just hung it there for the pic. I hold bass
with my right hand when I take a pic and hold ...

Get a tube. You'll not regret it. It will pay for itself in recovered tackle!
Nice fishies!

I wrote a much more detailed report but it vanished when I tried to add pics. 7.53 lbs on a pointer 65 jerkbait! Sutherland!

Very nice Paul! Let’s hear the story!

Cold, wet day catching mini bass on a Jerk Bait. Had 7 or 8, all under 2 lbs. One about 5" long. I was going to fish to the end of a certain point and call it a day. About 30 feet from my quitting place I threw my Lucky Craft Pointer 65 into some shallow ...

MaxZmus wrote: Sat Apr 27, 2024 10:23 am I loved how you got it fishing behind Mcfish. Congrats

LOL! Well not right behind! He had been there a few hours before. That particular point gets fished often.
Remember that 7 at Barrett that our buddy caught? The one with the faulty scale?

Good day!

Nelson 1 wrote: Sun Apr 28, 2024 4:19 pm I heard the lake is really low compared to last year

Started off very low. Since it has come up probably 18 feet. Good healthy level now.

Had to smile reading this. Can't count the number of times I have cut the main line thinking it was the tag. Really annoying when it is a leader knot! And getting the lines wrapped around the rods... really bad in a tube when you cannot reach the rod tips! Braid is especially bad for that!

The one ...

Mimi! Nice! I've heard that Smallies eat the jerk bait really well! Congratulations!!!

BTW, them are BASS! You can put them in the Bass section!

Don't tell anyone, but I saw small bass chasing shad on the surface in the narrows! Shhhh!
All but my biggest, a 3.53 pounder, came on a small jerkbait. Also caught a crappie and a bluegill on the same bait.

That lake looks familiar! Who named it that D&K foolishness? (I did) I got 8 bass and a crappie. Mostly on a jerkbait. Got twin 3.28 lb fish on a gunfish. Those were my biggest. Almost cold a couple of times.
Cannot imagine a world without Sutherland open on Fridays!

I always wondered if I could yank a hook out of my finger with pliers. The answer is yes! OUCH!

Mama said they'd be days like that! Glad you survived!

Going to those pristine, unpressured lakes is just plain cheating! Says a very jealous, frustrated Socal fisher.

You need to find and use a net!

You can walk those spooks through slop and weeds but the hookup ratio is not great.

JWall wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2024 7:33 am I am right there with you Fishtricks, Murray is a mystery to me.

July and August, all the lakes are a mystery to me!