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Nice! I would have never known those weren’t waders

A “little” more to it than that

Squid beds have been around, huck a whole frozen squid out there. Never know. Big flatty, WSB or yellow

(Dan)nicus Finesse System

Any skinny bass I caught early and mid season were tight to the bank. During the same trips, all the healthy and heavier bass were in deeper water. I focused a majority of my fishing in deeper water and secondary points-none of those areas produced any sick or skinny fish. I think being a catch and ...

Rippin innards out isn’t gonna hurt. All those bass die eventually. Theres been a few modern studies that show catch and release hurt bass fisheries. Especially for size. Just imagine how many bass are in Barrett and every spawn (which can be multiple times), how many more are introduced, even ...

If it got away, go with 10 plus. Sounds better haha but then it could hurt more…

Always set the drag before the 1st cast. Never adjust the drag during a fight except maybe to loosen it if the fish wraps around weeds or brush which rarely happens.

Most bass upon being hooked will immediately head for deeper, snag-free water.

Put the rod tip down, even underwater if the fish ...

Cats eat jigs a cap. At least that’s what I would hope it to be vs a swamp donkey.

Only one way to truly find out.

Damn! Good thing you didn’t slam your head in the ground. Way to tough it out

Quit throwing senkos and start throwing bigger swimbaits in deeper water and secondary points. The bigger models are in there. Not going to get your high numbers but your size will improve a lot.

68 hudd and 8” trash fish works well casting off the points into deep water. Work the bait up hill on the points. I tube so my fins are on the ground when working points. 6” glides and gill type glides work great casting into the rock bluffs. Also don’t discount big top water. Big rats work well ...

There also the option of getting your pre season “tickets” at Gi Joe surplus

I was there last weekend for a few hours. I was going to bring my kayak but decided to just bring a rod and shore fish to scope it all out.
I knew the lake was low but dang, I was surprised at how low. The wind was crazy as well. Surprised to see so many tubes out there in the white caps.

While ...

Rules change in the dark

Always wondered about that place as there aren’t many in New Mexico. It has had a quite a bit of body dumping in that reservoir. Could be helping the bite. Thanks for the post

At least you saw it. The ones you don’t get a look at hurt the worse.

I wrapped my sticky knobs with finger tape.

When I’ve been checked, they only checked the rod I was throwing when they approached. I had a couple lures on the other rods that still had barbs and they didn’t even ask to look. Just asked to swing my lure I was throwing at the time over into the boat.