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Jc4542 can you tell us more about how you watch on the firestick? Are you doing this with a mobile device, laptop or somehow natively with the device?

Thanks for letting us know, Digs. For those interested in Iaconelli's "Take it the Bank" series about bank fishing and tackle organization, you can check out the 6-part series here https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-videos?search-field=take+it+to+the+bank+%3A

Offshore fishing can be difficult for a number of reasons, but mainly finding the fish in open water is harder than fishing predictable shoreline cover. On a positive note, fish found offshore are often less pressured (at least before live sonar they were). As PaulManDude suggests, watching videos is a good idea, and I would suggest this starting place https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-videos/offshore

LaCrosse is where Bryan Schmitt won in 2022. You may want to check this video.
https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/dropshotting-for-bass-in-grass-tips-and-techniques-bryan-schmitt
Brandon Lester came in 4th in that event, this is probably a good video to watch as well
https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/punching-comes-in-all-shapes-sizes-brandon-lester
Lastly, Drew Benton finished 10th, so I would check this video out as well
https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/chasing-bass-in-current

Bass can have a genetic mutation can cause a bass to have pink or albino coloration. Also stress or injury can result in a pinkish hue. I've never pulled a bass up from 70ft. I wonder if that had something to go with it. I've caught them over 100+ft of water, but they were only about 20ft below the surface at the time. The deepest I've caught a bass on the bottom is about 45 ft.

First order of business, a great place to start with the information you've supplied is with Thrift's "Go Big or Go Home" class https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/go-big-or-go-home-bryan-thrift Another class that comes to mind is Ish Monroe's "How to Fish for BIG Bass" https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/how-to-fish-for-big-bass-ish-monroe-remastered
Basically, the general rule is that big fish eat big baits. Personally, I like big swimbaits, so I also want to recommend this Zaldain video https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/win-tournaments-with-kicker-swimbait-bass-zaldain
Sometimes you're just around the wrong size fish. Ensure that the lake you're fishing has big fish (do they have tournaments? What are the average top weights? If best 5 fish are only 10lbs, then the lake may be short on big fish)

We are glad you are all excited about kayak bass fishing instructional video classes. We are still working on this. I'm not sure a definitive date has been established, but keep an eye on your newsletter for more information as we finalize our rollout schedule.

We are investigating this at the moment and will let our app developers know about this issue.

Edward, sorry for the late reply, but I've got lots of suggestions here. I started finesse fishing in the early 2000s. A friend of a West Coast angler (he never told me who, but I think it was Aaron Martens) used to talk to me at a tackle shop and share fishing tips. He explained a dropshot rig to me. At this point in my life, I didn't associate spinning tackle with bass fishing. We grew up fishing Poe's crankbaits, carolina/texas rigs, spinnerbaits and topwaters. My first trip out, I tied it on my cranking rod, as that's the nearest I had to a spinning rod action and finesse line size. I was catching 3lb fish around bridge pilings with a dropshot. Unfortunately, I immediately came to realize the drawback that would plague me for years. As a result, I have lots of suggestions:
1. Braid to fluoro - this is almost 100% my solution now. The fluoro might twist a little, but untwisting 3-10ft of line is a lot easier and a whole spool.
2. Cut off your lure and drag the line behind you. (If you must fish straight fluoro) this is easier if you have a boat. I just cut off the lure, open the bail and idle at side-imaging speed (3-4MPH), let the coil off until you have 50-60yds in the water, close the bail and idle down the water a ways. This will pull the coils out. (This also works on extension cords, dragging them through the grass before you wind them up)
3. Sometimes the coils are on your reel just from spooling up. I haven't used one of these, but this tool is supposed to get it on the reel without coils. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p9QzHkwC5xk
4. If your handy and have the time, I used to work as a sporting goods store that spooled reels, I made a drill bit attachment that holds spinning reel spools so I can actually load the spool without the bail, this loads a spool with absolutely 0 line twists.
I hope this helps.

We sent out a newsletter about this. I'm not sure if you got it. We've updated the Member Benefits section to reflect the new VIP code https://bassu.tv/special-offers

Just an update, the app team has been working on this and reports that a fix should be ready in the coming weeks.

Heads up for everyone who is interested, we are expecting to launch our first kayak content this weekend.

I'm sorry for the late reply. John Crew's video is a good place to start understanding side-imaging https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/electronics-graphing-a-new-lake-crews (starting at 2:55). Another excellent explanation with examples is Bryan Thrift https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/electronics-master-class-bryan-thrift (explanation of side imaging is at the beginning of the video)

Disregard the previous message that I've since removed, the date for the kayak content publication was incorrect.

Just updating this post. Bass University LIVE is now (almost) every Tuesday at 11AM ET. You can always catch up on previous shows at https://bassu.tv/live

TuckW, be sure to keep us posted about how you do in the high school world championship bass tournament.

From my experience, when a bass doesn't eat something natural, it's because they sense something isn't right, or, in this case, with live bait, it's possible that they aren't hungry. As many of our classes highlight, bass don't only strike out of hunger. It sounds like a reaction bait might get a strike from these bass. My personal choice would be a noisy topwater lure, a bright floating worm or a lipless crankbait. If that fails, sometimes it's easier to find bass that will bite than try to make an unwilling bass bite.

Sorry Steve, we had an issue with video file permissions because our video host was diagnosing another issue with this video. We resolved it on May 26. I hope you have not experienced any other issues watching this video.

With baits that float, this would probably work well, the reason I use the palomar knot is that, when you drop the tag line back through the eye, it will hold the hook our, thusly holding the bait out in a natural position. On a loop knot, with a regular sinking bait, the bait will likely go into a tail-down position rather quickly. In Schmitt's on water class, he specifies that he's using palomar knot with the tag end back through the eye ( around 13:30 in https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/dropshotting-for-bass-in-grass-tips-and-techniques-bryan-schmitt )

I'm sorry, I missed this message. I have received the corrected code and will be updating the member benefit section with the correct code later this afternoon.

To my knowledge, Iaconelli Hall of Fame offers were shipped already. Crankenstein shipping information has been sent to the shipping department & we ship kayak packages out about once a month. Those are the offers that were available in October, so you should be receiving your items shortly, if you haven't already.

Yes, he's talking about JT Kenney's "Water Temperature Trends" class, which you can find at https://bassu.tv/bass-fishing-video/water-temperature-trends-jt-kenney

MattG,
Layers have been key for me. Base layers have been the primary difference in my cold water fishing comfort. They hold in the heat without feeling bulky. Often by 9AM or so, if I'm wearing my rain bibs and it's not raining, I take them off down to jeans and the base layer.
I believe I have the XPS brand, but mostly because my credit card had Bass Pro rewards, and I had gift cards, but this is similar to the base layer https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=c1UQEdGla5o&mid=38416&murl=https://www.tackledirect.com/grundens-grundies-mid-bottom-anchor.html & https://click.linksynergy.com/deeplink?id=c1UQEdGla5o&mid=38416&murl=https://www.tackledirect.com/grundens-grundies-light-crew-top-anchor.html . I usually wear regular jeans and a sweatshirt on top of that, then the gore-tex bibs and rain jacket. If it's really cold, I'll wear a fuzzy turtleneck pullover. My doctor suggested that keeping neck, feet and head warm were the places that will help you stay more comfortable. I used to use the shake up pocket warmer packets (which I discovered while playing golf), now the rechargeable USB pocket hand warmers seem like a better option.

Oh, and invest in a reasonable pair of boot socks. I would suggest not buying these offline, you need to hold them to know how full they are. I wear wool socks that are so thick, they look like a folded had towel when rolled up. I think they were nearly $20/pair, but the last pairs I bought lasted 5-6 years, including doing a good bit of actual hiking/camping in them.

Thanks for contacting us. Downloading copyrighted member-only content still presents many problems for smaller developers. Being able to download videos would not allow users to keep them permanently. Most of the technology required for downloadable videos is in encoding the content such that it's explicitly unusable outside the app and outside of an active subscription. That being said, those encoded HD files will take a lot of space on user's devices. Devices with 32GB of storage are still commonly sold and an hour of HD video could easily use a reasonable % of that. While we still have this as a top priority, the ever-changing landscape of mobile app platforms and frameworks makes it a priority to firstly maintain a stable and functional app. When those goals are achieved, we dedicate as much time as possible into researching new features. That being said, we invested a great deal of time into this feature in November of last year. That particular avenue did not yield a final solution for the end-user, but it gave us a fresh perspective of the challenges and a deeper understanding of what would be involved to make this available and cost-effective for the end-user.