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Our Tournament Director opened the fridge Friday night during our house dinner, and a few seconds later, shouted, “Who in the F*CK is marinating their plastics with teriyaki sauce?!” He had grabbed a Tupperware container from the fridge, expecting ...

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Just a few pics from a couple recent trips to Murray pretty much sum it up.
There are bass up near the top of the water and bass down near the bottom.
Most are clones, but hope you find your action on top or on the bottom! :-)

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So, as predicted I went to Hodges today (Saturday) and got lots of action. some early morning topwater blowups, but did not land any of them. Not sure if it was me or the fish...I'll say it was them. A few pics and then a funny story.

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Minnow was working well today. Landed around a dozen or so.

Had some fun while on the road last week. I hit the river under the I-10 bridge on the AZ side for some smallmouth on Monday....Hit a pond near St George Utah on Thurs and headed out to fish the Highline canal near El Centro last night for some evening fishing. Mixed bag but watch to see some ...

Got to lake morena at 630 not a single person on water had the lake to ourselves thought was gonna b awesome tons of cover stickups rock piles u name it water vis only foot or two water was warm headed by dam north side no bites finally started getting bit north side heading toward the shallows ...

By now, Otay has surpassed El Cap as my favorite SD body of water. Almost all of my best days over the last year have happened there and it just feels like home.

While neither day was a wide open bite, both were fun sessions at different ends of the day. Saturday I started out in a favorite spot ...

I see a lot of anglers are using it. I also see the controversy it is causing in the tournament world. Some even blaming low tournament signups and falling sport interest on it.

I myself have never used it. My ignorant opinion from the outside looking in, would be negative. These are my thought ...

Love your list and agree 100% as of today. But did just hear a persuasive take from an angler who may or may not even fish tourneys. He said its a matter of his time…if he is taking any amount of time to be on the water, he wants to fish where the fish are. It has me thinking but I doubt I will go ...

I have Panoptix on my current kayak. I mostly don't use it, and don't really like it. When have I used it? I was using it at El Cap to see if there were any fish anywhere one day when I couldn't catch anything. Spoiler alert, they were there, hugging the bottom. It's fun to set it up and cast past ...

As we spoke about out on the water at El Cap brother, I briefly considered adding it to my float tube. Briefly being the key word in that sentence. I have no problem with guys using it, but like you, I've watched them spend hours staring at their screens. Speaking for myself, that's the polar ...

Its a tool just like spotlock. Does it make you a better fisherman? It helps but not make you catch fish. If anything it tells you have many fish won't bite. Like anything else you must learn it. It does not do well in shallow water. The jig and minnow thing is a kick but frustrating at the same ...

I'll chime in on this.....

As someone who has limited time fishing on the water, I use it to eliminate "dead" water. I'm at the point where I need to maximize my time that I do have on the water. You still need to catch them though when you see them and that can be a challenge in itself.

If you ...

Others have mentioned that it is simply yet another tool to your arsenal. I remember the same controversy when Alabama rigs came out.

From experience, it definitely helps when the shallow bite isn't happening. Many have this false sense that you see the fish and you cast to the fish and then you ...

If you fish basic bass fishing areas like the shoreline, or shoreline stick-ups, tulles or rocky areas along the shore, there is no point
in spending money for FFS. If it looks bassy, then throw your lure over to it is what I do. To find high spots or structure in deeper
water away from the ...

If I could afford it I would definitely have it. I don’t get to fish often so on the chance that I do get to go I want it to be as productive as possible. I love sight fishing and seeing how the fish react to my bait and presentation. As far as the tournament side goes. I think if you’re competing ...

After 2 weeks of catching mostly dinks and one pounders, I finally got onto a bite today with better quality fish. 9 total fish all two plus pounds with the best going three and a half.

All in all a pretty fun morning.

Was thinking ramp was closed and have lake to myself but ramp was open I headed strait to back north arm after throwing buzz bait jackal 007 and bayou bullfrog saw no fish they were boiling on shad shallow would not hit topwater I switched to mooch minnow 1/8 oz head spinning reel 6lb first casts ...