Great post Brian, a lot of good things to take in here.. very inciteful

It sounds like you had a productive fishing season with those finishes and awards, that's awesome! Way to go on that.

Got my first buck with my ride to, 😆 had it gutted out before the sheriff pulled up to give me a tag for it! Not the ideal way to do it, that's for sure!!

Hey anything for those back straps... yummy!

I'd have a weighted Texas rigged stick bait of some sort like a general and start flippin that area apart! It looks fishy.. from what i can make out from the pictures, maybe a good spot to run a chatter or a crankbait along the edges.

New toy time!

Nice!

Stay calm and fish on... nice fish man!

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Here's your star 🌟! Yup that late night infomercial 15+ some year's ago got me, roped me in to buying 2 of them.

Nope... its a Banjo minnow kit! It was one of those late night infomercial buys! The ad got me... haha! I think this kit is going on 15+ years old now?? I bought 2 that night, I remember. Could never catch much on them, but i didn't know what i was doing back then. If i remember right I think the first package all melted on me when I left my tackle box in my car on a hot summers day 😆