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I hope you brought your magnifying glass with you so you could actually see what you caught! You're right though...a fish is a fish....except in this case..lol lol lol..! You didn't catch a skunk, so you are way ahead of the game! I'd take that size any day, except when I'm catching rreal fish ...

Great job Vinny at least u got a nicer one bigger fish there gotta weed thru little guys sometimes I like it for the confidence

Why you making fun of small jerkbaits?
Nice job!

Man I’d take a single 4lber over big numbers any day! I think I was referring to Mcfish when talking about double digit days lol he puts up numbers! I bought a few spybaits last year and have been forcing myself to use them cause they were pricey, lots of casting but it’s fun when I get bored of ...

Sometimes its true...it is fun and this was one of them...I was there for a total of 3 casts (flips really) and here is the result:

Way better than the 12 fish dink festival at Hodges the day before...

Had a really fun 18 fish day at The Captain today, but I had to go old school to get them.

Started off on top with 2 on the Gunfish. Then I switched to a jig and got a couple more. Then the bite just stopped, so I tied on a pegged Texas rigged Trick worm and evidently that's what they wanted!

Most ...

Yeah @Mcfish I've been working on him too. I even loaned him a BFS rig to try out, but it reels left handed so he couldn't get the hang of it. So who's the real sissy here lol.

"I guess I should be clearer, on a jerkbait do you use straight braid and on worms or craw baits, if you use Flo or mono on topwater I thought that they both sink so why wouldn’t you use braid as it floats, sorry about so many questions but you consistently catch fish and I’m appreciative of your ...

I know the common consensus of the YouTube pros is mono or braid if it floats, and flouro if it suspends or sinks.

I've got a buddy that fishes the local pond with me and is full steam ahead with the BFS. But, what I've noticed, that in open water with baits with trebles, he is golden! Rarely ...

Dannicus wrote: Tue Aug 12, 2025 11:57 pm Yeah @Mcfish I've been working on him too. I even loaned him a BFS rig to try out, but it reels left handed so he couldn't get the hang of it. So who's the real sissy here lol.

Can't teach an old dog new tricks..or baits!

A lot of long fluoro leaders down at Loveland that get reeled up. People need to learn how to do proper fluoro to braid connections if they are going that route. Even on shorter lengths, there should absolutely never be a knot failure or slip. I got to do a lot of experimenting on the boss’ dime ...

Much like earlier in the week I caught a couple of topwater early and 1 jig fish. After that the only thing that seemed to get their attention was a worm. So I T-rigged it and caught 6 or 7 that way but over half of them choked it, necessitating surgery. This is the primary reason I find of stopped ...

Finally got back out on the water again ( I really hate you guys that get to fish so often! 😝). Lake was packed! Had to have been at least one club tournament if not two going on.

Had really no idea what to expect except for the recent reports from here. Started out throwing a frog and missed a ...

Had a bit of a rough one at Otay yesterday. Got out as soon as it opened and fished till noon with only 6 dinks to show for it. I tried multiple baits in every part of the water column and just couldn't find any willing participants. I didn't even bother with pictures.

So instead I went home and ...

Well another local body of water with no lifetime skunk for me. This one took me 4 trips and every one was filled with optimism, the place looks so fishy...anyway here are some examples...nothing big but feels good to wash the skunk off...
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Congratulations Vinny! Amazing Catch! These are the rewards of the grind.

Nicely done! Them biggins know how to shake a hook.

VB am I seeing that DT hula jig pinned on a weedless ned rig?

VinnyBass wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 5:59 pm

JWall wrote: Thu Aug 21, 2025 5:54 pm VB am I seeing that DT hula jig pinned on a weedless ned rig?

Why, yes you are!
And those little weedless weighted Ned rigs
work well with craw baits also. I like putting
Googan Krackin craws and Strike King Rage
craws on them.

Brilliant. As usual. Thx!

Awesome job Vini my dad just pulled out some hula grubs other day that’s cool u guys and your weird baits I’ve been throwing creatures a lot lately