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I'll take on the burden of being his therapist. Hunter, the first step is getting them out of your possession. Out of sight, out of mind. I PM'd you my address along with a prepaid USPS label for those boxes. Please send them at your earliest convenience. Kind Regards, Your Bait Hoarding Sponsor - Brett

This comment screams internal bait monkey turmoil.

Impressive. Very nice haul of Walters, especially on TR. Well done sir and thanks for the pics/report.

I still stink. Even went conservative this round for the first time in the last 4 or 5 events and STILL BOMBED. I'm snake bit! Probably because Beardsley is loaded with them and extremely dangerous to fish. Seriously, don't go in that creek unless you want to get bit by a Kingcobramoccasinrattlesnake.

Big difference between BEATINGS and behavior correcting SPANKINGS. What you see now with "safe spaces", adult temper trantrums when they don't get their way and lashing out in public in a pathetic manner is a direct result of poor parenting/leadership. Most of the nonsense, pouting, pandering and hypocrisy comes from one side of the isle. Not hard to guess which.

Another bump and last reminder to get your lineups set as Champlain starts tomorrow morning. Get your lineups in before lock. PS- I stink. Been drop(shot)ing in the standings like a (Table) Rock the last handful of events.

Bill and Champ nailed it. Lots of variables go into casting a bait. Letting the rod do the work for you, as Champ mentioned, is the key. Having a nice reel helps but the settings (brakes, magnets, spool tension) you have for the weight/aerodynamics of that bait is more important. When I cast my hands have very little movement and never get above shoulder height. All the motion is done right at the ribs to chest. I use two hands and use them as a fulcrum point. Get the bait going back, let the rod load and push the bait on out there with the rod. Growing up, my grandfather and uncles were always "pistol grippers" and would throw or whip the bait out there which requires more effort and you get less distance. Sometimes they would reach so far with one arm they would snag the hat or other pieces of the person in the back of the boat. There should never be that much "travel" in your hands or arms. Not the way you want to do it. Also, if you have had line on your reel and it's been sitting for any length of time either stretch it out on a tree before you hit the water or replace it. Makes a WORLD of difference. Casting line that is curly-q'd will zap your distance, accuracy and make for a lot of "professional overrun". I also use line conditioner before I start a trip and that will help as well to keep the line limber and castable. My 2 cents.

Last bump before lineups lock early tomorrow AM. Get'em set lady and gentlemen.

No kidding. Been thinking of getting one for the kids and nieces/nephews. But, having a hard time dropping about $700 clams on one! For a FOAM MAT!

Like the shirt. Love the fish. Thanks for the report and pics.

Yep. Just like most discontinued baits that have any sort of following.

Can still find some jars on Ebay.

Also, only about 500 points separates 10th place from you in 23rd. That can be made up in one tournament and certainly the rest of the season. Be like Ike anddddd.....................

You just never know. The last tournament I put up the lowest # of the year in our league for someone that actually filled out a lineup.

Says the guy who has been in first all year....lol. J/K. I think 10 is fair and we will go with what I laid out in my previous post. Will keep at least a few more guys interested down the stretch that would otherwise be "out of the running" if we were only to payout 5 or 6 places. At the end of the season we will get addresses of the winners and I will coordinate who sends what to who to make it easy and there won't be any double ups. Thanks for all that have participated and good luck the rest of the year.

I know guys that throw small white hair jigs in the winter and do well on TR.

Also, I know that we decided that we would like a larger "payout" to involve more winners. How many places would you guy like to see "paid out". We have 27 participants. Every participant whether they are in the "money" or not have to donate 1 bait. Was thinking the breakdown would be something similar to this paying out 10 places: 1st - 6 baits 2nd - 5 baits 3rd - 4 baits 4th - 3 5th - 2 6th - 2 7th - 2 8th - 1 9th - 1 10th - 1 Let me know if you guys want to go with that format for payout or if you would like to pay less spots with more baits or more spots with let baits per place. I am good with whatever the majority wants. Also, baits should be in the $5-10 range. Nothing crazy like a $25 Megabass and no $1 Walmart spinnerbaits either. Something like a pack of your favorite color of senkos, a crank in a color that you don't see others throwing but kill then on it, etc. Maybe let someone in on a secret bait if you're feeling froggy. This is supposed to be fun and maybe have guys try baits they otherwise wouldn't think of tying on, perhaps. Chime in with your thoughts, opinions or concerns. -Brett

Man that looks killer Pepe. Bet that would be dynamite at night.

I have enough problems with single hooks baits that I don't even think about throwing a bait with a double set of trebles. Dock owners around the dam area would NOT be happy if I was flinging DD22's and the like after sundown. Also probably save myself a few trips to the ER by keeping the cranks locked up in their box at night.

Just your friendly reminder to get your lineups set for this weeks Elite tournament at St. Lawrence that starts Thursday morning. I know some have forgotten about fantasy fishing since it's been a long lay off but plenty of time to make up ground in the 2nd half. Good luck everyone. Here is the current standings for all to view: RK ENTRY, OWNER 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 TOTAL 1 Bassmaster1 - J. johnson 1123 936 1320 1069 1065 845 1086 - - - - 7444 2 Champ1882 - J. Gilzow 1135 995 1308 1088 997 907 902 - - - - 7332 3 swelbo1 - S. Welborn 1009 1110 1320 999 1128 847 737 - - - - 7150 4 Royal Blue - P. Baum 924 834 1158 1080 972 1095 1086 - - - - 7149 5 supremeJCK - J. Keenan 924 963 1308 942 1136 847 972 - - - - 7092 6 Mike jones - M. Jones 901 954 1225 939 1040 1036 901 - - - - 6996 7 basfis - D. Reader 922 868 1264 1115 750 1116 949 - - - - 6984 8 SplitG2 - D. Young 853 1007 1148 1072 1047 1058 705 - - - - 6890 9 abkeenan - B. Keenan 992 1164 1114 1029 1030 875 639 - - - - 6843 10 Ketchup - J. Leads 889 885 1222 1074 972 807 941 - - - - 6790 11 Cheesemaster - C. Hunt 972 1099 1169 1101 827 769 851 - - - - 6788 12 Lvn2fish - C. Spinks 1024 575 1324 985 966 813 1093 - - - - 6780 13 st041986 - S. Turner 743 1172 1234 1129 739 808 941 - - - - 6766 14 AADAAD - A. Davis 804 1006 1152 868 784 1036 1058 - - - - 6708 15 Jpb2187 - J. Burke 809 1120 1094 930 869 964 907 - - - - 6693 16 moguy1973 - J. Horrom 1031 671 1296 927 1005 884 867 - - - - 6681 17 DonnaG - D. Gilzow 1091 921 1082 1027 913 798 769 - - - - 6601 18 aarchdaleacoresleepcom - A. Archdale 1042 1017 1108 753 870 803 986 - - - - 6579 19 kansasskeeter - A. Roberts 828 816 1166 1232 902 969 651 - - - - 6564 20 wmander - W. Andersen 893 834 1272 976 711 847 988 - - - - 6521 21 likinmo - G. Littrell 1061 1110 1122 813 687 784 828 - - - - 6405 22 rogueagent - T. Enke 750 822 1105 918 937 726 1053 - - - - 6311 23 Quillback - J. Rhodes 1023 679 1219 911 815 983 575 - - - - 6205 24 Chustle14 - M. Morrison 701 1075 1160 869 762 854 649 - - - - 6070 25 frenchcat - D. french 877 924 1188 1235 665 0 986 - - - - 5875 26 SoreThumbs - J. Mitchell 838 1137 1063 0 943 0 939 - - - - 4920 27 crazy4fishin - B. Turner 953 852 1138 0 867 0 0 - - - - 3810

I agree with everything said here. I am not a braid guy either. Run either fluoro or co-poly on everything. Only setup I run pure mono is on my 6'3 short topwater rod.

Just look at the banks and that should tell you what kind of rock is below the water. Pea gravel isn't hard to find but majority of it is around mid lake to the dam area of Table Rock.

There is always a lot of hearsay about the Korean factories that are kicking out a few of the major brand of reels. I have HEARD that BPS, Abu and Lew's are all made at the same factory. Whether that is true or not I have no idea. But a lot of those reels do have a similar look, feel, design and build to them.

With the new technology of reels these days you should never have to use a FULL FORCE MAX EFFORT cast. Might have to put a little extra oomph on lighter baits or if you are really wanting to get a crank/winding bait out there (usually mid to deep cranking). I use Tatula's most of the time and I would say a 50-75% effort on the cast gives me all the distance I need. Especially on jigs/soft plastics where you don't want 70 yards of line out and especially on fluoro/mono. If one does pick it up all the way at the end of the cast, makes it a little hard to get that hook into them with the stretch combo'd with that amount of line out.