Tim J. wrote:

I think you probably just need to quit using your 9wt.

You might not believe this, but I don't own a 9wt.

Would I kid you?

You know that answer

I've not caught too many LM bass, but the ones I have
caught have been *great* to have on the rod.

I think any fish, even trash fish, are *great* to have on a rod and
maybe it's because of that short Mass season but catching a LM Bass is
like Redneck Foreplay, ain't nothing there to excite you.