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Email was sent to me by a friend. I can't post the photos but they are something to see. If you want me to email the email to you just PM me with your email address. The Best Day Of Fishing Ever! I've heard of salmon jumping into boats, but never anything quite like this... Tom Satre told the Sitka Gazette that he was out with a charter group on his 62-foot fishing vessel when four juvenile black-tailed deer swam directly toward his boat. "Once the deer reached the boat, the four began to circle the boat, looking directly at us. We could tell right away that the young bucks were distressed. I opened up my back gate and we helped the typically skittish and absolutely wild animals onto the boat. In all my years fishing, I've never seen anything quite like it! Once onboard, they collapsed with exhaustion, shivering." We headed for Taku Harbour. Once we reached the dock, the first buck that we had been pulled from the water hopped onto the dock, looked back as if to say 'thank you' and disappeared into the forest. After a bit of prodding and assistance, two more followed, but the smallest deer needed a little more help. My daughter, Anna, and son, Tim, helped the last buck to its feet. We didn't know how long they had been in the icy waters or if there had been others who did not survive. My daughter later told me that the experience was something that she would never forget, and I suspect the deer felt the same way as well!"

Hmm... Ugly Sticks: Not for bass fishermen that want to advance their game. Save your money and buy a rod and reel from our Flea Market. The rod, for around $100, might be an Avid AVC68MXF. The matching reel is a Citica. Spinning reel, Symetre. The rod might be an Avid AVS66MLF. There are lots of options, but I don't consider the Ugly Stick one of them.

I'm really happy that you're happy with your ugly stiks, but that's a pretty big statement. I can't drop 300 bucks on a Loomis, but saying that there's no major difference between a Loomis and a Dobyns Savvy is unjustified.

CAMO STIX I saw this rod on sale at the Cabelas website for $30, regular price $130 so thought why not I ordered it. First though props to Cabelas I ordered Sunday 5:30pm and the rod arrived today 11:00am not bad at all considering I was told on phone it would arrive by the 13th, well it did. GREAT Now the rod I bought the Mossy Oak Break Up pattern 7' Med power. Looks is of course the 1st thing that is noticed and it does look neat to me and my son thinks its awesome. All but the cork is covered by the pattern guides covered too. The cork is OK nice mostly smooth with just a few pits but feels good. I compared it to my 2 StCroix Premier rod's cork and very close I would say. In hand it has tip-heaviness and I measured it at 10 1/2" balance fron center of reelseat. With my reel on, a Pinnacle Deadbolt Classic, the balance went to middle of foregrip (1 1/2" in front of reel). The reel I think weighs around 8.5ozs. The rod feels somewhat light but no actual weight for it yet will take to work and weigh it. It is a Medium power with fast action 8-17# line, 1/4-5/8oz lure. I did go out and fish with it for about 1/2hr. I used senko & 1/8 jig/baby craw and noticed the tip seems a bit light was flexing more so than my Smoke rod that is Med Fast. The light tip loaded fine and jig distance was adequate with average effort 70' or so. Sensitivity; I took the CAMO STIX along with my 6'6"Premier and the lures mentioned above fish them side by side and not really much difference. I could tell when I touch rocks on the bottom when slowly dragging jig and feel the senko weight while hopping it a bit. I did toss jig in front yard and from grass to mulch could tell the difference of the bumpy grass to little chunks of wood Im like "oh, there we go" I didnt think I would noticed the feel texture difference. Another thing I noticed was the quietness of 20# PowerPro through the guides its like silent. I think it might be due to the camo coating on the guides. Overall for $30 I think I got a good deal. Here some pics

Great review, if I didn't have 2 rods without reels already I'd buy one myself!

If the ugly stik is in your price range now and gets you out fishing then go ahead and get it. Once you are ready to upgrade to better equipment then hand it off to someone else (possibly a child) who is just learning to fish and let them get into fishing.

The nightmare at Penn State proved a college football winning program takes precedence over scholastic accomplishments or ethics and integrity. Colleges are, scratch that, colleges should be about providing an education to prepare students to better face the day to day grind or working, paying bills, and providing for their families. That coaches make many times what a dean makes is disgraceful. Football is just a game, an extra curricular activity. It's called extra curricular for a reason. Penn State is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to colleges having their priorities out of whack. You need look no futher than all the rules and regs that exist to keep collegiate football programs on the up and up. Yet it is common knowledge that the rules which apply to the rest of the student body are often "waived" for the better athletes. What does it matter in the overall scheme of things who's number one in football or basketball?

I have an AR15 but wouldnt even think of using it on an intruder. That's what my Remington 870 express is for, thats the only thing i bought it for. Both my xd9 and xd40 are near my bed too but those are incase someone were to sneak in my room as an absolute last resort, fat chance tho. My dogs let me know if anyone is withing spitting distance of the house. Trying to use a handgun or rifle in the dark is just plain dumb and should only be used as a last resort if all else fails.

I thought the BCS motto was "every game counts". It needs to be changed to "most games count, and we're SEC homers"

An hour round trip at midnight for baby wipes? Your problem isn't where you live, but what you constitute as an emergency. You're going to have a very difficult life if running out of baby wipes is a big deal. Just grab an old rag, paper towel, or some good ol' TP, and wipe that baby's butt off. The kid will survive until you can get to the store and buy some more wipes, I promise.

The bass boils I see are when I'm pond fishing, I have but 1 rod and there is no time to change lures. I seldom miss a fish when they are boiling, my answer is they hit anything. If I could pick a favorite it would be a top lure, for me it's the most fun. That is not the case with all locations. I've had many canal outings where I've casted into a boiling frenzy and never got bit and tried a number of lures.

The All Purpose would be best for your intended use because of the fast tip.

BCS is generally fine for the 1 v 2 championship game, but there is no way teams down in the teens that didn't win their league should jump over top 10 schools like Arkansas, Boise St, and Kansas St.

I don't mean to sound like a jerk or anything, but I and many others can tell you you're very wrong. If you've never used anything besides an Ugly Stick, you really don't know what you're missing.. literally. I had an uglystick at one point, like many others. And after upgrading to a decent graphite rod, I threw it that uglystick into the deepest, darkest part of my barn to never see the light of day again. You don't have to spend much more over the cost of an uglystick to get a rod that is MUCH better. They are old technology, and the only reason I'd ever use one is for heavy duty fishing, or as a childs first combo, so I know it won't get broken.

Largemouth bass are members of the sunfish family and have a hard time surviving in iced over lakes. Target some other species when ice fishing and give the bass a break until the ice thaws. Tom

In the deep southern states, they use ugly sticks to fend off aligators, don't they? Ugly sticks are heavy and not particularly senstive. But if you're on a tight budget, in the market for something that will last, will be using it for crankbaits, and don't mind the extra weight, why not? If you want something to "grow into", however, I don't recommend them.

It's hard to say without seeing it for myself. Whe you say "...under the wrap..." do you mean under the actual thread, or the epoxy coating? As long as the epoxy finish is not cracked or peeling and the guide seems sturdy this will likely remain a cosmetic issue. Just keep an eye on it. Regular inspection of rods is a good practice anyway and it sounds like you were doing just that. If the guide foot is rough or damaged where it rides on the blank then the blank may be compromised over time. Replacing the guide should cost <$20. I'm about 80 mi from you if you decide to replace it, I could meet half way.

Really? so you can fish a broken bait, or a suspending bait that doesn't suspend? People are always so worried about spending a couple extra bucks on quality lures yet will spend thousands on there boat, thousands on rods and reels, and thousands per year on gas getting to the lake, but yet complain left and right about $15 for a LC pointer when all you really need is 2 or 3 different colors and 2 different sizes

I am sick and tried of this stupid BcS scheme in college football. Get a play off system and with just a couple extra games a year put a stop to all this curupted BS. Signed, TCU,BSU,OSU,KSU(for this year) just look at the big money BcS bowl games, look at the teams records and rankings and tell me it makes sense, it's just all about the money. The existing bowl system is mundane and boring for the most part. I look forward to March Madness because that system works. The BcS has always been broken, time to take the trash out.

The BCS may be chaning in the future. Stay tuned. As for the bowl bids, the BCS bowls are locked in by contract with various conferences. Should an agreement allow the bowl to take other teams outside of their contractual obligations they will do so by selecting the teams that travel best. For example, Jaw-Ja can't get a BCS bid so the Sugar Bowl selected Michigan and Virginia Tech as their fans travel to their bowl games and NOLA will have a great out-of-town turnout. Clepson gets the booby prize by heading back to Miami and the slums to play in the Orange Bowl against the Cousins. A "who cares?" game. The Orange Bowl has to get out of their agreement with the Big Least so they can have a great game, like Clepson vs. Jaw-Ja. The Rose Bowl wants to make sure they can keep their Big Ten-PAC 12 agreement but they are willing to select other teams if the Big 10 or PAC 12 champion gets the BCS bid to play in the National Championship. Money. Follow the money. Cities, bowls and conferences want the money. So to answer your query, yes - the bowls will take the teams they have to by contract but if possible they will try to select other teams that travel well if they have the option. I hope to make it to NOLA for the BCS Championship this year. I went in 2007 and had a great time. But I am from NOLA so we know where to go to avoid the crowds and get some great food and stay out of jail!!!

The BCS is the best ranking system college football has ever seen. Do you want to go back to using 2 seperate polls where at the end of the year there can be/will be 2 seperate national champions. A playoff system is not practical in college football. The reason the BCS works is because it forces teams that want a shot at a National Championship to schedule tough games (LSU vs Oregon), and win during the regular season. The BCS is not the problem. It is an unbias computer that ranks teams based on numbers, which never lie. The problems lie within the rules of the BCS bowl games. They have to get 2 non-BCS automatic bids in there and can only have 2 from a conference. Everybody knows the SEC deserved 3 in the BCS bowl games this year (LSU, BAMA, Arkansas). The automatic bids from conferences is what is a joke (Clemson and West Virginia). I think it should be #1 vs #2 for the National Title. #3 vs #4 for a BCS game. #5 vs. #6 for a BCS game. And #7 vs. #8 for a BCS game. Clemson, Michigan, VT, and West Virginia DO NOT deserve to be in there this year.

its not complicated, and ugly stiks are just fine. theyre plenty enough sensitive and theyre strong and durable. a lot of people here dont think they can catch fish without a $150 rod and $200 reel. I have 3 ugly stiks(regular one, catfish version, and lite-pro, all spinning rods) and i infact happen to love shakespeare rods in general. the regular ugly stik i have is 7ft M spinning paired with an abu garcia cardinal 104. i use it for everything basically. i fish plastics with it, cranks, jigs, top water, drop shot, spinnerbaits, and even rig it up for bottom fishing for catfish. the catfish version is an 8ft MH and i rarely fish anything artificial on it unless im going for stripers, but i will use it mainly for a heavy carolina rig with live bait for catfish and whatever else wants to bite, its paired with a penn captiva cv2 6000. My lite--pro ugly stik is a 5'6" L rod paired with a pflueger trion gx-7. i bought it to go trout fishing, which i was skunked at, but i use for a few other things. its great for throwing lightweight lures and weightless plastics. i had a blast a few times throwing a rebel tad fry catching blue gills and other pan fish. its also just fun to catch some nice bass on a light rod. i also love to use it for fishing with minnows under a bobber in shallow water around docks and other cover. if you want the ugly stik, go for it. im happy with mine and see no reason to spend a ton of money on a rod. pretty versatile rods if you ask me. because of my regular ugly stik, i see no reason for me to go spend $100 or more on a rod that really has no major differences from an ugly stik. i wouldnt worry about sensitivity either, the main people that bring that up are also the ones who think they can tell a huge difference between a reel weighing a half a gram lighter or heavier than another reel.