Brian I was able to fish a lot of those lakes as a kid in North GA during the 80s. Lake Russel is the last one I vaguely remember, not sure if we made it down to Juliet. Definitely looks like a blast!

Finding grass, other vegetation and ditches/points on google maps! You opened a box I have never used before.

Those rides are the best with all the colors and smoked tops. Thank you for sharing.

I definitely need this in my life. I constantly struggle with this aspect and am considering hiring a local guide to train me.

Beautiful fish!

A lot of great advice in this one!

Texas rig I always ran the banks, but the drop shot is deadly. I like to hit the edges and under docks and lonely stumps. Great confidence builders for me when first using was a purple 4” finesse worm.

Yeah I love the ol fishing stories on the ships. My favorite was assisting a massive black marlin haul on an LSV in Hawaii and catching yellowfin schools off of Hatteras. The watercraft field I. The Army treated us nice throughout the early 2000s.

I also just restocked my chatters and trailers two days ago with the mini max, as suggested for the fall.

We wouldn’t use solvent as they would remove the oil or grease.

BFS: Shimano

Salt would deteriorate the magnesium.