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I think it's just a story to justify home schooling, which I don't have a problem with, so long as the home schooler is an accredited educator. If it is true, it has to have been taken out of context, or misunderstood. It certainly isn't the norm.

3 like this in less than 15 minutes. Mattlures Hardbass.

A huge shout out to Charles Park, Greg Imlay and everyone at Pinnacle Fishing who just donated 50...FIFTY rod and reel combos to Tackle The Storm Foundation...thank you so much guys...50 kids will be put back on the water because of you. Thank you!

Kenneth I will add my thoughts, worth exactly what they cost... At one time I thought I was pretty good at pitching. I now fish regularly with a guy who is a master, and now know I am not that good...I have learned a thing or two watching him pitch silently into impossible spots though. Holding the rod a bit to the side will give you the ability to move more fluidly. The "roll and snap of your wrist" as alpha jig says, is really where the magic happens. Lowering your tip a bit more, then raising it a little while rolling and snapping your wrist will generate speed, producing distance. Following through and lowering the tip as your bait touches down will help give you more quiet entries into the water, and greater accuracy. Done right the bait never gets over a foot or so above the water. This is not easy to do and takes a lot of practice. I recommend laying a five gallon bucket on its side and trying to pitch silently into it. One reason Dave purchased a new Nitro was the deck is very close to the top of the rail, allowing him to keep the bait lower as it leaves the boat. As far as rod selection is concerned, as with most things regarding fishing tackle, it often comes down to personal preference. I Use a 7' M-XF most of the time. When pitching under trees, docks, and other things that will drive you to distraction and cause you to improve your backlash removal skills, I use a 6'6" M-F. In heavy cover a 7' MH-F rated to one ounce is my choice. If I had Redlinerobert's money I would have an NRX 803 and 854 JWR, and a GLX 895 FPR. Dave has the GLX versions of these rods, including the new flipping stick, and in his hands they are worth a million bucks. My stuff is not nearly as high-end but I manage to get lucky from time to time. Use what you have, and add what you can afford. It's all good. Good luck.

I really don't think this really happened. Can you provide some more info? Districts, some stated policy?

put down the braid, pick up some mono =]

Just got an email, anybody see these? What colors peaked your interest? I like the Bruised and Bluberry Red, blue and red flakes always do well in my waters. Cinnamon blue and green pumpkin tomato are interesting as well as sprayed grass and south africa special.Deffinately might pick some of these up in 6" lizards for spring or trick worms.

They should be smooth and silent out of the box.

8 sacks and stout defense WON the game. It's the same stout defense that totally OWNED the Cowboys in last week's 27-7 pounding. They completely shut out Greenbay in the first half. Nobody has done that in years. The impressive final drive of the game was practically end-zone-to-end zone in less than 2 mins - orchestrated by a rookie quarterback no less. Sad that everyone loses those facts due to a controversial call. The game had many, of which both teams "benefited". The 'Hawks beat the Packers, DESPITE the bad calls.

If you look at the first 2 games of the season, the Packers were the benefit of most of the horrible calls. Especially the 49ers game. Now the call was against them and theyre crying and complaining. But theyre fine when the calls go there way. Everyone said the Packers were going to be great this year. There offense isnt playing well at all. If theyre so good, why did they keep the game close enough for the refs to screw them?

At some point these ref's are going to need police escorts off the field, haha.

Jeez! I hope you've been drinking!

Veritas micro guide rod. $99 well spent.

Ignorance in the use of the English language can be overlooked - unless you are a school teacher. I know it's Pre-k, but it's unacceptable, nonetheless.

No matter where you fish jigs or what color water you cant go wrong with tried and true black and blue. Thats the only color I use and have plenty of success with it.

Holy Cow, this has turned into, hypothetically speaking , pun intended, the most scientific peeing contest in quite a while. For those still tuned in, suffice it to say I am not a believer of bigfoot. However, I do absolutely believe in the abominable snowman, the yeti, the Easter Bunny, the Great Pumpkin, Scooby-doo, and of course, Santa Claus. I will not be posting any scientific links to back up my beliefs. Feel free to resume with the peeing. :grin:

The Tokar hook is made by Eagle Claw and they are trying to regain a market position lost to the Japanese hooks that introduced new metals and sharing technology. Tokar has basically tried to offer a hook that incorporates features known to be popular and hope these features appeal to anglers. The shrink sleeve is copied from Roboworm Rebard, the triangular knife edge from Owner and eliminate the needle point that tends to flatten. The cost is higher due to sharpening after heat treatment and plating, which dulls the very tip and sharp edges. Tokar is sharping the hook for you, then packaging it. Tokar is a sharp hook out of the package. How long it stays sharp depends on what the hook point contacts during each cast, no hook is indestructible! The question is; do you want to pay for one hook sharping or learn to sharpen your own hooks? If you don't learn how to keep your hooks extremely sharp, then you either throw dulled hooked away or fish with a dulled hook. Fishing with a dulled hook point leads to missed strikes because the hook didn't stick into mouth tissue and transfer the fishes movement to let you know a strike has occurred. I am a fan of sharpening every hook I fish with and check and resharpen them as needed. The triangular knife edge sharping is standard practice for my marlin hooks because the knife edges cut into the bill and hard mouth. I am not a fan of knife edges for bass hooks and prefer just the tip to be extremely sticky sharp because bass have softer mouth tissue and only the inside ridge of the lips and surface of the crunchers in the roof the basses mouth are tough to penetrate with the tip of the hook and slicing through isn't needed. I also use a fine tool makers file to sharpen hooks. I don't spend a lot of time resharping worm hooks, unless I am running low on them, but I do sharpen jig hooks due to the cost of making up jigs, like hair jigs! In regards to a pro bass angler; who would risk missing a money fish due to a dulled hook, they re tie and replace their hooks constantly, it's a matter getting a check or not...the cost of fishing. Tokars; I tried the free samples, very sharp out of the package and dulls just like any other hook during use. I don't like the knife edges and caution anyone using them to take care the hook edges do not contact your line when storing the hooks on your rods on the deck or in the locker, the sharp edges will cut and nick the line. Tom PS; appoloogize for the long reply, too much time setting around on my backside.

One thing to try is use marker and color the line right at the knot for like an inch or so. If it breaks again and it comes back with no mark then its your line not knot breaking. If you have about an inch of marked line and its broke then its the knot. Just tossing out an idea

The only thing you can really count on is that the fish didn't read the same book you did!

Pickerel will cut through any weight braid like a hot knife through butter so that may be your culprit. Braid is super strong but not very tooth resistant.

Dude, don't shake your worm in the tub.

Just trust your natural reflexes.