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Forgot to give a big shout out to Dannicus who is always great to see and chat with while I am at Murray.
Tight lines always buddy.

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 ...

You too Vinny! I rarely fish Fridays but my kid had testing sooo...
I caught a couple of topwater and crankbait fish early but mostly focused on the edges of the tules. All in the 2 pound range. I lost count but it was over a dozen or so. I'm looking forward to some bigger fish making themselves ...

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 ...

Nice job Dan!
Bigger fish are right around the corner..I can
feel it.

Then move around the corner!

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 ...

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 ...

It's my favorite too. Have you launched from North Point recently? What's it like? My old knees won't navigate the darned hill at Otay arm so mostly I'm limited to the boat launch or North Point. I'mma gonna be there Sunday.


I haven’t launched at North Point in awhile. Would be interested to ...

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 ...

I have FFS on my boat and i love it. Even though I have the old 32 version and only 9" screen. Hope to upgrade some day. It opens up a whole new adventure in fishing. When I first got it I did the bait balls and bass thing. Then I started using it to find structure, then fish on the structure, then ...

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 ...

Very nice sir great job as always I went dam wed night seemed kinda slow got 9 all black senco I would post if there was a ninja section they were all clones

For me, the fun in bass fishing, or fishing in general, is figuring out the bite. Some days I can do it, some days the bass win. To me, that is the best part of fishing. Trying to figure out the puzzle each time on the water.

While I understand FFS is viewed by many as just another tool. To me it ...