062919 quotes

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.

- Thomas Jefferson

I know not what course others may take,

But as for me, give me liberty or give me death.

- Patrick Henry

Only our individual faith in freedom can keep us free.

- Dwight D. Eisenhower 

Chicago

062819 quotes

Don't let the fear of losing

Be greater than the excitement of winning.

- Robert Kiyosaki

When something is important enough,

You do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

- Elon Musk

There is no short cut to achievement.
Life requires thorough preparation …
veneer isn't worth anything.

- George Washington Carver

Garth Brooks Alabama Clay

Paint Me A Birmingham

BlackHawk - Postmarked Birmingham

062719 quotes

Baseball is 90 percent mental …

the other half is physical.

- Yogi Berra

Focus on what you've got to do,

channel your energy in the right place.

- Coach Nick Saban

It is not the magnitude of our actions
but the amount of love that is put into

them that matters.
- Mother Teresa 

062619 Summertime Big Bass Tactics

Summertime Big Bass Tactics, By Dean Stroman

The dog days of summer are upon us. With 100-degree days, most bass anglers are doing their thing at night. There will still, of course, be those few hard core big bass specialists who do not like night fishing. 

You can, however, be successful either way.
   Trophy bass will have specific routes they travel this time of year. You could consider areas where big

 bass spend most of their time as their home location. Some fish will move 200 to 300 yards to feed. 

Others will travel shorter distances. All of them will follow breaklines or channels from home areas to feeding stations.
   Most big bass are loners, but there are times during feeding periods when their routes overlap. They usually travel to feeding stations at or near points, ridges, or humps. They seem to prefer water that ranges from 10 to 20 feet.
   How long these fish feed will depend on weather conditions. On overcast days, the bite will generally last longer. Check the same areas at different times of the day. Different bass will use the same points and ridges at different times of the day.
   It's possible to make your largest catches during the hottest part of the day. You can pattern trophy bass

just as you would trophy deer. Your key so success will be locating home areas and routes used for moving to feeding areas.
   Some big bass will suspend in around 20 feet of water over mid-lake areas that may be 40 or more feet in depth. These fish will follow breaklines up to humps, ridges, and points to feed, returning to deep water by the same route. Other fish set up home areas in and around heavy brush. They, too, will follow breaklines to feeding areas. Most will feed at about 10 to 20 feet, then move out to deeper water to rest.
   In early summer, look for deep areas that have humps, ridges, points, creek beds, old road beds, flooded timber, or a grassline at 10 to 20 foot depths. Look for the same type of structure at 20 to 30 foot depths in later summer.
   Summer giants can be caught on a variety of lures, but the most effective are jig and craw, Texas or 

Carolina rigged worms 10 to 14 inches in length, and deep-diving crankbaits. Colors will vary from one lake

to another and due to weather conditions. One thing is certain during summer and that is color can make a

big difference. If you know the area you are fishing is holding fish, but the bite is slow, experiment with different colors. During a slow bite last summer, one of my clients started fishing a different color worm on 

his Carolina rig and caught five bass over 21 inches. It was Merthiolate, yes, a bright fluorescent red was the color and it stayed hot for three weeks on lake Fork last summer.
   One of my favorite techniques for catching bass in the summer is shaking and swimming a ½ ounce Penetrator jig and Hawg Craw. The shake and swim motion is created counting the jig to the desired depth. Start the retrieve with a 12 o'clock rod position and continuing shaking your jig with a little slack line and quarter-turns of the reel handle. Use the same procedure as if you were walking a topwater Spook, but with your rod in the 12 o'clock position. This is one of the deadliest techniques for catching bass that are suspended over deep water or deep grass. It takes some practice, but I can assure you once you have mastered the technique, it adds greatly to your summer arsenal, and it will pay off with trophy bass.
   My son, Roger won the McDonald's Big Bass with a 12.17 using this technique. He will probably not be pleased to read that I am leaking our best summer secrets.
   During the hot days of summer, make sure you carry plenty of water and sunscreen. Bass need extra care, too, during extreme heat. Return them to the lake as quickly as possible. If you must hold them in your livewell during a tournament, keep your aerator running constantly, add ice, and use a fungicide.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/Big-Bass-Fishing.html

062519 quotes

If you aim at nothing,

You’ll hit it every time. 

- Anonymous

The world needs dreamers

And the world needs doers. 

But above all,

The world needs dreamers who do.

- Sarah Ban Breathnach,

The race is not always to the swift,

But to those who keep on running. 

- Anonymous

I also saw other things in this life that were not fair.

The fastest runner does not always win the race;

The strongest soldier does not always win the battle;

Wise people don’t always get the food;

Smart people don’t always get the wealth;

Educated people don’t always get the praise they deserve.

When the time comes, bad things can happen to anyone!

Ecclesiastes 9:11

062419 quotes

Life is what we make it,

Always has been,

Always will be.

- Grandma Moses

The only way to do great work

Is to love what you do.

- Steve Jobs

If you want your life to be a magnificent story,

Then begin by realizing that you are the author

And everyday you have the opportunity to

Write a new page.

- Mark Houlahan

062219 quotes

A "reel" fisherman doesn't have

To be a tournament winner!

- Anonymous

A "reel" fisherman has more than

Two rods with different reels on each.
- Anonymous

Old fisherman never die,

They just get reel tired.
- Anonymous

062019 quotes

What do you pack when you pursue a dream?

And what do you leave behind?

- Sandra Sharp

If you are depressed you are living in the past.

If you are anxious you are living in the future.

If you are at peace you are living in the present.

- Lao Tzu

The reason people find it so hard to be happy is that

They always see the past better than it was,

The present worse than it is,

And the future less resolved than it will be.

- Marcel Pagnol

061919 quotes

Life is short, live it.

Love is rare, grab it.

Anger is bad, dump it.

Fear is awful, face it.

Memories are sweet,

Cherish it.

- Anonymous

The only way it gets better

For you is when you get better.

Better is not something you wish,

It’s something you become.

- Jim Rohn

Success is the doing, not the getting;

In the trying, not the triumph.

Success is a personal standard,

Reaching for the highest that is in us,

Becoming all that we can be.

If we do our best, we are a success.

- Zig Ziglar

061819 quotes

Before anything else,

Preparation is the key

To success.

- Alexander Graham Bell

The only limit to our realization

Of tomorrow will be our doubts

Of today.

- Franklin D. Roosevelt

Think twice before you speak,

Because your words and influence

Will plant the seed of either success

Or failure in the mind of another.

- Napoleon Hill 

061719 quotes

Give light and people will find the way.
- Ella Baker

Not all of us can do great things,

But we can do small things with great love.

- Mother Teresa

The difference in winning and losing

Is most often not quitting.

- Walt Disney