I discovered something we all can use as a tool when we are doing research on a lake that we're about to fish a tournament on.... Google maps now has "street view" from the water... you can go to Google maps, search a lake you're gonna fish, click on the layers at top right, choose "street view" and you'll see the blue line is in the water.. click anywhere on the blue line to look at that dock, that bank, that cove,etc.. They drove a camera boat around the whole lake... it's pretty awesome for research..

There be days like this… all those disturbances on the water are shad balls in Dry Creek on Tim’s Ford…. I could see shed everywhere on the side imaging, but could not beg a bite. There was nothing hitting the surface and no organized schools of larger fish.

So frustrating

Alright I had a better outing last weekend. I tied on small jigs with small trailers and it worked textbook. Found them where I expected them (with FFS) put it on them, took my time, and hooked a nice small mouth.

Unfortunately, my leader knot came loose before I could get him in the boat.

So I have to look up the knot videos, especially tying line to line. But that leads to my question, how often should I be retying my leader line?

Since we're only 6 days away from the mini retreat Alex Sterling will be hosting tonight's round table at 8PM EST. He will be talking about tackle for Guntersville, AL. Tune in tonight using the link pinned in the community section or with the link in the email. See you all soon!

-Signed THE COUNT DOWN LADY! 📆😁

First day of Regionals. Day two tomorrow. It was my second day on the James River. I hope to figure something more out tomorrow. Last BFL of the year for me.

Been frustrated lately with my seeking out our LM friends... people are going to town on the pan fish though. Its been a good month that them big bass seemed to just up and disappeared, a few little ones once in a while, I haven't been out much either.. Life ya know... Finally got into acouple decent ones. Was just about ready to put the gear away and start rounding up the ice fishing stuff for the coming winter season.

Today, I didn’t perform as well as I had hoped, but I did give a shoutout to our Straight Up Fishing school and Brian Latimer as I walked across the stage with my little bass. Overall, it was an incredible year of learning. I managed to catch at least one or more fish in every tournament. Although I had hoped for a better year, in retrospect, it was truly amazing to fish in all these new bodies of water, facing off against 80 to 120 other anglers and ended up in 18th Place in points for the northeast division. Thank you all for supporting Ken and I. I appreciate Brian Latimer and this community.

How many of you have been fishing frogs recently?

Group coaching calls in the morning! 9am sharp. If you haven’t booked a call yet here’s the link. https://calendly.com/brianlatimerpr/suf-group-coaching-calls?month=2025-10&fbclid=IwRlRTSANVC3BleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHoj1gH0RiQhjSlEXlxMRz31pZ3mLpOJpp9xUDBwZ99Egxq1VYTqD-xLMt9xp_aem_6NOIArL5NVh9XBhHjVuvWA