Donna G

That's your story, Mr. Bill. Stick to it. Don't let those reel-deep boys give you crap. 😁

Glad I picked Arkie Stetson Blaylock two tournaments in a row. Back-to-back top tens. Otherwise, I'd be completely in the toilet.

Thanks for the reminder. Yikes, so close together.

Pretty smallmouth.

Yes, he did. Be more interesting if he was on my roster. LOL. At least I still have Stetson, but he went the wrong direction today.

Well, geez. Glad I had a gut feeling about Arkie Stetson Blaylock, otherwise I'd really be in the toilet. At least my buddy Jacob made it to Saturday. Had the pleasure of fishing with him as his co-angler in FLW at Beaver many years ago. Super nice guy. Heck of a sight fisherman.

Champ188 and I are in now and $ paid. Looks like we're up to 15.

Happy birthday, Mr. Bill from Donna and James.

Going to try again today. Our money's in at least.

I'm trying to enter. I already have a login from previous years, but Champ188 and I can't get in this morning on desktop or cell phone to Bassmasters Fantasy Fishing. Says service unavailable. Anyone else having this problem?

Seeing if @Champ188 wants to join and kick my tail again. If so, he's got the PayPal account. 😇

Champ188 and I will just have to see. Had total hip replacement January 10. See surgeon February 23 for post-op assessment. Might squeak in. Will need some trial outings getting in and out of the boat. 😄

Not bad advice at all, but he has two bad knees and a bad back. I wouldn't be able to do that either. However, I walked on Saturdays in Hot Springs Village when I would play by myself. I enjoyed it.

Hi, Mr. Bill. 😘

Amen to that. Champ188 is fond of saying, no one goes out of this world wishing they hadn't golfed, fished, etc., {on any given day}. Happy New Year, Dewayne.

Notice my attire. The cold front had hit. LOL

Good to "see" you, Dave. Wow! Beautiful brownies - my favorite fish to catch.

Forgot to mention my guide, Champ188, put me on this fish. He's my hero.😘

Parking lot waa packed when we got to SK ramp today. Splashed at 9 a.m (I know, Bill. The day's over by then. 😊) Skunk buster at 9:40 on a blade. Not another bite on blade, jig, Senko, little swimbait, crankbait or Ned until this purdy thang. Honestly, I wasn't sure it WAS a bite. Just some suspiciously slack line. Headed home to play golf. LOL

That's true. James knows how upset I am if a fish gets deep hooked or in the gills. We've spent plenty of time working on fish like that and working to save them. Have had very few losses and none were on Ned rigs. On the other hand, I've known some people who couldn't feel a delicate bite and the fish ends up swallowing the bait and swimming off before they realize it. Hard to save those, regardless of the bait. Guide friend of Champ's had a trip with a husband and wife at Lake Ouachita many years ago. Forget the exact bait, but the husband and guide were both catching a bunch. Wife said she wasn't getting bit. Guide checked her soft plastic and it was chewed to pieces, but she never realized anything was going on. A perfect storm for a gut / gill hooked fish. Net of it is, sometimes it's just going to happen, regardless. However, for us, the Ned has never been the culprit.

Champ188 mentioned on the tournament thread that I'd make potato salad, if you want to add this to the list.

Thanks!

That feller was talking about the crappie they had caught, too. Champ heard "crappie" and basically went blind and deaf to anything else. Must be the blame for the mistaken identity. He sure does like crappie. 😋

Yep. You got your winders and you got your draggers. Fun when you have both in the same boat, right dear? 😋

I don't deer hunt any longer, but when I did, I was that way about it. I loved walking the woods, looking for signs of deer, seeing all the wildlife. I'd sit in my stand for hours, happy as a lark. I especially enjoyed deer camp. Sitting around the fire at night, talking about the day, cooking on the Coleman stove. We'd fry up the backstrap of the first deer, fry some taters and make gravy. Don't want to shoot them any longer. I just enjoy watching them now, but those were good times.