First and second open water fish of 2025! I will post the 3rd fish of 2025 and my new PB in another post. It feels good to have some sunshine.

Looks like we’ve got those red eyes in VA!

Had another successful day on a new lake. Threw everything at them today and even reached out to Mack for some advice—he suggested working a ned rig on some points. After some trial and error and a lot of used plastic baits, I finally got three to bite on a Texas-rigged Kreature bait, dragging it slooooooowly along submerged logs near a few points.

They in trouble now ladies and gents 👀

Crank dat! I don’t really like or had any luck cranking figured id give it a go today with the dt8 and I caught one fishing a ditch.. lews custom pro gen 3 casted great into the wind even with 15mph winds

Here are some things you thought you never needed but will soon realize you can't live without...

The Kayak Cart from Vevor. They have dodfer options for different needs but I have the one pictured.

The Rod Mule... This is a freaking life saver! Up to 10 rods in one trip. Don't mind if I do, and I did!

Ray surprised me at weigh in today. Perfect timing!!!

Down in St. Vincent this week catching some exotics. Stay tuned for more!

Part 2 of putting what I've learned here about lipless crankbaits to work. Lipless + weedline along a windblown point has been the recipe for success. This one weighed in just shy of 6lbs.

Few dinks I caught today.. water temp 50 degrees flat.. jig and Texas rig palmetto bug was the ticket on these finicky fish .. even tossed around a Alabama rig some with no success..