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Badass man!

The traveling bomber wake arrived safely in New England. Going to take it out for a trip or two and try to get it out either on the weekend on Monday.

Probably so that people can't get a bunch and flip them lol Long time no talk Kenta, hope all is well!

Sick! I bet these will bet crushed. Nice to see you branching out a bit as well!

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Thank you! Life was just busy lately & summer months tend to burn me out fishing.

After taking a couple of months off from fishing my buddy finally convinced me to get out a few times the past week. Yesterday we decided to try out a spot that he had never fished and I had only fished once. I really wanted a top water bite so I was fishing a Wade Hoggs and the Monka x SU Crawler. After an hour or two my friend landed a fish on his 316 workhorse. We were both stoked as he's been trying to get bit on that for a while. With that bite I was inspired to glide around a TK. We spent a lot of time fishing around lily pad clusters, shoreline, and islands. I found a current break that was leading into one of the islands. We went around the backside and I tossed my TK up the current. I worked the bait erratically through the current with a couple pauses once it was parallel to the island. On the second pause the bait got smoked and I set into it. The bass was peeling drag trying to get under some bushes but I managed to keep her out. We forgot the net so I was forced to boat flip it with my 7'3 rod. I was jaw dropped after seeing this fish on the bottom of my jon boat. The fish ended up going six pounds six ounces at about 22 inches, being my biggest of the year. This was also my first big fish on the TK in B mode which was a huge confidence boost. It's good to be back.

I'm in, thanks @biggfeast & @Neill Hernandez!

Nice work man! Curious, have you considered making a 3 piece?

Stopped after work again to make a few casts and see if they were still there. Turns out they were and I was able to land my biggest of the year. This joker has been getting a workout. 3 fish in 20 minutes, all were quality. First one I was about to flip onto the shore but he started peeling drag on the tranx trying to get away. An older gentleman arrived as I landed my third fish. Always cool to teach people about big baits and show them that they really do work, even in New England.

It's situational. I have both and tend to use the rattles in moving/ choppy water.

Surprised I am finding these fish stacked on their summer spot already. First picture is from a week ago. The others are from last night. The smaller one knocked the tail out and I didn’t have another on me. Decided I’d make a few more casts cause why not. I wasn’t even looking but felt tension and swung. I love this bait.

Spent a few days in SD over Memorial Day weekend. @Londonmitch and his father took me out for some Calico fishing Friday morning. It was a bit of a grind but we finally managed to find where they were hiding. I landed my two on a K9. The day before I met up with @Bruce for the day and hit a few couple of fresh water spots. First spot I got one on the wade hoggs. Second spot I got a bigger on on the bull gill wake. Thank you both again for everything, hope to come out again soon.