I’m pretty sure everyone in here knows my friend John G Wilson. So last night him and his family experienced a serious loss of his daughter and granddaughter, and his other 2 granddaughter are in the hospital. If yall can keep him and his family in yall prayers.
May 03
• Edited (May 04, 2026)
Pretty excited today, fishing wasn't great but cought my first umbrella rig fish!! Short story, I don't normally do this but ima going to PLUG SOME STUFF! I was trying to figure out how to use the 7'8" Rake series rod I received from last years retreat. I didn't know what to do with it. Now I do! No one throws an A rig up here that I've seen. Probably cause of the 3 hook rules. Watched the Greg and O live awhile back Brian did and got an idea. Greg throws that rig alot in his videos and brought up the dark horse mini max rig he uses and they got a 3 hook version! Done deal! That rod can cast that thing a mile and its sturdy but not to stiff! It's got the right amount of... eeaahh to it, 😆
Plug and joking aside, I believe there were some more people that won or received some of those specific rods last year and if you don't know what to do with it and live where you can use these rigs, this is one way to use it!
May 03
You guys have a bait that if you catch one fish on it, you won't put it down? So the rest of your day is either awesome or miserable. For me today it was the frog. Caught this little 13 incher and mentally put all the other rods in the truck. No luck the rest of the day but every cast I was waiting for that next blow up!
April 29
• Edited (Apr 29, 2026)
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April 29
• Edited (Apr 29, 2026)
When we’re talking about clear water, what exactly are you referring to? Clear by visibility or clear by clear of algae or other contaminants? Are we referring to what we see, or what the fish would see? Would we consider a lake that has less then 5 feet of visibility to be clear or stained? Also, I’m not trying to be a wise a**, I live in the central midwest and have never fished what I would consider a clear lake before.
April 28
Sorry I have been AWOL I have been busy and got sick right after the retreat. Finally my lot of Spro Rock Crawlers has arrived. Also got some KVD 1.5 to play with. I hope the family is well.
April 27
With this encyclopedia of fishing information here, what would be the core/building blocks I should learn first before I overwhelm myself?
April 27
We’re about to start the live class tonight. Only people allowed to miss class are the ones fishing.
