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You had a great trip, nice fish and variety as well. I'd be smiling too.

Nice mess of gills caught on your hand ties makes it really special. I carry soft plastics but rarely use them other than tipping power wiggler pieces to my hand ties. Pieces of wigglers make a huge...

Congratulations, both of you are sticking some big ones. They are a handful when they get that big.

How long were the bigger redear? Didn't get weights on my two biggest redear in Missouri but both hit 13". My biggest redear from Havasu was 17".

Izorline is some good line and cheap. I'm sure the break strength is over 3# but it casts like 2# and I don't think I would have caught the channel cat with a line that breaks at 2#. Never let's me...

I usually twitch when I have a float on and swim it without the float.

There's teen age girls catching big catfish over 50 lbs. by hand so thought this channel cat is a piece of cake. Really didn't hurt but bled for awhile since I'm on blood thinners. Released...

Wow, that's a mess of big ears. Great eating and drag rippers. They are on the beds here too. Catch one off a bed and they go on high alert. Then I have 30-40 looking at me, can't get another....

Hang in there. Praying for a complete and speedy recovery.

Nice mess of fishes, seems like all species are getting plenty to eat at that lake. Where are the line slimers?

Very nice smallie. Somebody might have put some in the lake. I've caught a couple out of lakes where they shouldn't be in.

I went out with my Shimano Soare rods with Stella reels in search of redear that has been eluding me most of the year. Just spooled the 1000 with 2# Izorline line and tied on a 1/32 duck feather...

Nice looking jig and fishes. The wee stripe crappie has potential. Hope you see it again in a few years.

Nice, I bet it worked too. I fish alone 95% of the time and talk to myself all the time. We get along great most of the time.

Those are some big ones. I fish only from the bank, sometimes I wade. It's simple fishing that works for me. And it's a lot cheaper than buying a boat and all that other stuff that goes with it. As...

The hook eye looks rusty or maybe sharp edge from paint job. Bronze hooks are the first to rust.

The loop knot looks frayed. Could be water on it but can't see any other possible weakness.

Sometimes it really pays off to try something new no matter how it looks. I have some Jokers in that color, just haven't tried them.

I'd try them all but will focus on the edges of the mudline first, then the clearer water ahead of the mudline. Fish the muddy water last if I'm not having luck with the first two.

Terrible with slip floats and line wrap at the tip frequently. Never have issues with rods like my G Loomis but these rods with micro guides are tons of fun.

On the trip to Minnesota in 1974 I made the trip myself and took a Greyhound bus to Duluth, Minnesota where I was picked up by my dad's friends mom and aunt who had a summer home there complete with...

I'd take a few of those any day. Some really good eats there. Know one place close that sells walleye fillets for $17 per lb.

Nice bunch of slabs. Wish I had a lake full of those close to me. Been dealing with neuropathy myself for awhile. Good days and bad days for sure.

In the 1973 photo I don't think I weighed 100 lbs. Talk about bird legs.

Actually caught three green sunfish about the same size in the 7-8" range. Don't catch many at this lake but they run larger than other lakes, usually just a pain in the A.

They are all nice but that big one is a giant. It would have tied the state record here in Missouri. Certainly worthy of putting it on a wall.

I don't have many pics from the good ol days but have a few that I want to share. Dates are shown on bottom. My dad with a slab caught the year after I was born and a couple of me from the 70's. ...

Awesome outing, those gills are studs. Getting one close to 11" is special, haven't caught a 10" here in several years.

Bluegills made me happy yesterday. About at 90% back now. Those antibiotics did their job.

First day out in almost two weeks. Started at my river spot and first time this year there caught 0. Headed for a couple close lakes for gills, first trip for them in a couple months. They didn't...