Road2HardCoreIron

I have been fishing from the yak and shore. Catching about 2-4 bass an hour all under 2 lbs. Late November is when they will start to move back in the creeks and I will have a shot at bigger fish when they follow the gizzard shad back there. All I see is threadfin shad and minnows. I cannot fish the main lake due to wind and boats.

caught all of them on either a finesse jig or a swim bait. Caught a huge crappie on a 3.3" keitech.

I have not been.  I thought I was going for a vein closure few weeks ago.  I figured I get it out the way before Mr. Olympia.   After the ultrasound.  Doctor had me go get an MRI for what he suspected was a torn pec.    The MRI showed 3/4 of a torn pec.

   I don't understand.  I have been repping 405 lbs on the bench and 385 on incline for three months.  My veins are xxxl thick and wiggle.   So I thought nothing of it.  The tear was so bad the vein from my pec to shoulder was like popping out of the skin.    So noticeable you could pretty much see the blue blood in the veins.   

So I missed the Olympia and no fishing.  Arm is in a sling for a month.   Most of the muscle tissue that tore off the bone.  Pretty much curled up and made it impossible to re-attach.   JG I'll be laid up for a month.

Keep me posted on catches.


EG

Damn bro that is horrible. I have up on heavy weights almost 2 decades ago. I guess you will be hitting the BPC157 and TB500?

No I’ve been tied up with Black adverted Sea lost.

Water temps are still 36-38 degrees here. You can still catch plenty of fish, but that is a miserable on the kayak. I go up to my buddy's place with a 3 acre pond and kill them up there even in the winter. I caught a bass last month around 5 lbs hanging out in the flats when the sun came up and it got up into the 60's.

It is definitely harder catching largemouth in the winter when the waters are near freezing. They suspend in the warmest part of the water column and they will not move far to eat, so you have to drop it right on their nose most of the time. I have bounced a finesse worm right between their eyeballs and they didn't even budge before. Not even to spook.

Smallmouth are a little more active, since they prefer a cooler water. I have caught them in the rivers during the winter.

I have a Dragonfly fish finder. You couldn't pick out a fish to save your life on it, but it picks up the terrain of the bottom and structure really well. That is all I care about.

HMM.  Ok.

Reading your post.  I'm getting ready to spend 600.00.  I have to purchase different license for different states we lay our heads.  I may cut out the trout stamps and save money.  We go to a place called Poconos.  My wife family stock and mate them.  You pay per fish.  the fubby thing is you catch them on their eggs.   So the owners net them and squeeze the eggs out.  Place them in a cup and sell them.  I let the cat out the bag and started telling kids.  When you catch them place the eggs in your cup.  It's the same bait.  It's awful having kids' parents pay for more bait.

I was in Jersey this week.  A NJ Tropper.  Showed me three ponds off the turnpike, deep in the woods.  Where they sleep on night shift.  Gave me his Gold card to use if questioned.  I didn't need it but he has been one of my guys last 8 years and on a board.  that he hates.

So let me fill these forms out for my license.  Then you and I JG are going to have a contest this year.  Get your pratice in.  See Attached Pic.