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I'm absolutely sure that I may have understood what I thought you might have said, but I'm not sure that what you said is what I thought you may have said.

Yoyr kids are the light...focus that energy on them, playing, reading..whatever, just give them that time and energy. and dude, your wife just popped a kid out, cut her some slack..she doesnt wanna be left as the sole caretaker while your away, plus shes emotionally a roller coaster now because of the childbirth. Your a good man and you will pull thru and do the right things..pm me if you wanna chat.

No charges will be filed as intent would have to be present and when yo hare racing there is an inherent risk involved. If someone bumps somebody to spin them out and they have an accident are charges filed if they are injured or die? What about in boxing when someone is killed in the ring or on the football field? it comes with the territory. I have nowhere near the experience or knowledge as 00 does but in my limited experience being around dirt track racing with a buddy who's dad did it he would always tell me that the steering wheel is almost optional as the throttle does as much steering as anything so a rev of the engine on the video doesn't mean he was trying to hit the guy or do we even know for sure it was his car that we heard? Bottom line is it doesn't matter. Two people made decisions that resulted in one person dying which is sad to say the least.

Man up. There is plenty of help available in Birmingham, privately for a fee or for free from agencies and churches. Your wife has every right to be hysterical. Unless you are active military and called to serve, no MAN should leave his bride with a newborn and other family obligations.

I know the value of a dollar so I'm very careful with my stuff. Funny thing is I treat them all the same regardless of price.

As a former dirt track racer ( 00 mod actually stands for my car number and class (IMCA) International Modified Car Association) this is a very sad accident that will put a black eye on the entire sport of racing but more specifically dirt track racing. I have seen the video several times. It is sickening to watch, leaves you feeling like you just got hit in the stomach, but unfortunately it happened and cannot be undone. Is Tony at fault: Yes. Everyone is responsible for their own actions. Is Kevin at fault: Yes. See above. Should/Will charges be brought? That remains to be seen, and should not be a matter of opinion here. None of us were there and all we know is what we read and see on the video. Certainly what will come of this is the tragic loss of a life (20 yrs old) and probably a lawsuit. What we should be doing is keeping everyone involved and everyone there in our thoughts and prayers. Now for my opinion: I have been around dirt track racing for over 20 yrs, admittedly not so much in the last 6. Tony Stewart is an absolute die hard racer and fan, as evidence of his continuation of racing dirt track(where he came from) every week and a lot of times on the same weekends of his NASCAR races. He even owns one of the most famous dirt tracks in the world. Do I think he did this on purpose? Of course not. Does he have a notably hot temper, of course, but to purposely run over another competitor is simply not something he would do. I got to know Tony when he hired one of my friends to drive for his dirt team in 2007. He is a fierce competitor who loves the sport of racing. He wants nothing bad to happen and put a blemish on the sport he loves. After watching the video several times, here is what I gather. Tony and Kevin were battling pretty hard. Tony pinched Kevin, which is part of racing, and Kevin never lifted, putting him into the wall. It happens..... Kevin was understandably upset and immediately climbed out of his car to go down into the groove to confront Tony. Not a smart move, but it happens a lot more than it should. This is almost common in dirt track racing, even though before every race, the race marshall warns to never do it. 99% of the time the driver shows a finger, throws something at the moving car, or just throws his arms up in disgust etc., and no physical contact is ever made. I have seen contact happen twice while at a track, but nothing ever this serious. I appears as Tony hit the gas in an attempt to get away from Kevin, which was not smart, and could have been an intimidation attempt, but it backfired. These cars have huge right rear tires and normally have a ton of grip, which should have pushed the car in the direction the wheel was pointed. It appears Tony hit the gas too hard, spinning the tires instead of hooking up and the car slide up the track and into Kevin. Now here is the thing, Tony should have never hit the gas, BUT Kevin should have never been that close to a moving car. An investigation is ongoing, and something may come of this, but in the mean time, we need to keep all of the allegations and opinions to just opinions and instead of name calling and blame throwing, throw some thoughts and prayers to everyone involved! Jeff

If I had it, I would fish it!! I suppose I would be worried about damaging it, but the fun would outweigh my fear. I have 2 daughters, one in college and a 2 year old. So if anything, fish it for guys like me that think spending $50 on a rod is a lot!!

Manslaughter..could have avoided him.

That's not true. They work very well with bass. I use circle hooks exclusively with my wacky rigs and dropshot rigs. I don't usually swing for the fence when I use normal hooks, so the "no hook set" does not bother me. I am more interested in fighting the fish. Also, I have only lost 2 fish in 3 years of fishing with the circle hooks. Once they are hooked, they rarely are able to throw the hook.

Nope, it makes feel warm all over.

I just went out and bought a Chronarch 51e. Mounting it on my 6'8" LTB, super pumped to use it. I have 10lb Sniper on there right now, but I might change it out. Anyhow, really small profile and very comfortable to palm, and nice and smooth. Hope I get an opportunity to use it soon!

My budget doesn't allow for anything high-end, so a $300 combo represents a significant investment to me. I also treat everything pretty much the same. They are all tools. I enjoy them for what they are. I would not have a tool that I was afraid to use or lose. I have fished with guys who are so worried about their gear that it becomes their central focus. Life is too short. Buy what you can afford and enjoy!

Don't catch a fish on the first cast, lesson learned.

If you want to go Phenix, sure, the 683 would be the more versatile rod. Don't have a 683, but here's the other players. They have a lot of overlap in capability...but each is a bit different, with the 682 being the real niche player.

After reading the article and then seeing the actual video of the supposed "killing", it becomes apparent that the headlines should read: Driver gets mad, dies when he charges in front of traffic!

I had that bfs paired with a phenix recon 682. Was too whippy for me, felt like a noodle. I'd go for the 683 if you go the recon route. Would be a killer finnese combo.

Go with the 69mlxf if you go the st croix route for those.

lol that price does not include a stella.

$31 for 2 -300 yard spool is a great deal.

Caught these today with the frog. Went to a pond that I been to once when I was a noob, and that was a year ago. The first one scared the $#!7 out of me when it blew up the frog. The second one blew it up pretty good too on a different part of the pond, but not as hard as the first one . I was also trying to avoid a snapper that kept on going after the frog in the same spot. Tell you what, it was a little tough out there they weren't hitting much, and I lost a KVD 1.5 square bill in a tree. This guy destroyed the frog, and looking at the guy behind it... needs to cut back on the twinkies

Its been one thing after another these past however many months. I don't know what I want out of life anymore. I feel as if my marriage is completely dead. I'm not sure if I even feel like trying to invest the energy into it now. Its like I'm living with a room mate that just happened to mother my children. The happiest I have been in the past months. Aside from when my son was born. Was Thursday when my brother electrician called, and told me to pack my bags cause Omaha just busted wide open. I packed my tools from my work area and was heading to drag up the job. About 20ft from the boss' trailer my phone rings. My wife was going hysterical. She went as far as to threaten, to make it so I would never see my kids again if I left the state right now. Well I ain't losing my kids forever. That ain't gonna happen. So here I sit working 5 10s and having and feeling nothing. I am honestly emotionally numb now. I don't want to be in this state, this city, this apartment, or currently at this power house. I feel hardly any joy or anything in my life now. The only time when I'm happy is when I'm at the gym. Its the only thing that even makes me feel somewhat alive. I don't drink or party or anything anymore. I work, I sleep, and I pump iron. That's what my life revolves around now. I'm just posting this to let y'all know I ain't left the site. I'm just going through some things. I read yalls post everyday. A lot of them even put a smile on my face. I just don't have the energy to respond. There's got to be more to life then this. There has to be someone or something that can make it worth living. I can't carry on like this. Ive embraced the darkness for too long. I want back into the light. This nightmare it never ends. Where is the light at the end.

I've used the LT mlxf spinning for up to 78 pointers and even some t-rigged (1-16oz) 5" senkos just fine. I would look at the baitcasting version of it. I don't know how different the avid would be but the LT has a very nice feel when it comes to extra fast

My experience has been that if you really want to utilize your BFS reel, you need to go as light as possible on the rod. I love St. Croix rods but they are normally under rated, at least in the heavier powers. I have no experience with the Phenix but if you're going to be throwing weightless finesse worms and stuff like that, go as light as you can.

A bass is going to spit a bait the second it feels something unnatural, it can take half a second for a bass to fully bite down on a bait and then spit it out, a circle hook only works good when a fish bites a lure/bait and keeps it in its mouth and turns and swims away, hooking it in the corner of the mouth. This is why circle hooks work well with live bait and small lures, a bass will hold onto live bait long enough to give a circle hook a chance to work. But if the bass bites a lure and instantly starts to spit it out you'll never catch him without a hookset. And I'm sorry but I just find it hard to believe you've only lost 2 fish in 3 years.... But hey, if its working for you that's all that matters. From my experience they are less than ideal for bass fishing

Check out the 6'9" ml xf avid. I used one about a year ago on one trip and it was one sweet stick! That is coming from someone who doesnt like xf action rods for the most part too. I believe the same rod is in the LTB line too.

Yes, obviously its true that every hook isn't gonna work 100% of the time but it seems that circle hooks which are supposed to hook the fish with no hook set don't work well with bass. I've used them for catfish and saltwater fish and they work great.

If you're going 1/4oz poppers and pointer 78s, I would opt for the 68mxf avid. I use the LTB for the same baits

I started using circle hooks when my kids were new to the sport. They were either gut hooking the fish or forgetting to set the hook. Circle hooks eliminated both problems when using live bait. I transitioned them and the wife to fishing plastics, but continued using the circle hooks. Now I use them for most of my finess worm presentations from wacky rigs to drop and splitshotting For the big stick worms I've been using cat fish. Circle hooks when wacky rigging. I have to remind myself that it's a circle hook so that I just raise the rod and reel, but it's getting easier to remember as I only use those presentations with spinning gear. I have tried them when Texas rigging, but found it difficult to rig, even when skin hooking. A hook with a pronounced bend above the barb comes through many snags fairly well if you use the rod to maneuver through them. Reeling with the rod tip high will get you hung.

By small Jerkbaits and Topwaters, are you saying baits along the lines of Pointer 78's and Pop-R's?

Jeff Davis Parish is adjacent to the Parish (Acadia) where I have family. I travel down there a couple of times a year. If you decide to move there, make sure that you love heat, humidity, and mosquitoes.

I have the Phenix Recon 682 and the 6'9" ML Avid. Which to choose would be based on how light of bait you want to toss. The 682 is quite a bit lighter in power. I have a Daiwa PX Type R with 6lb line on the 682 and use it primarily for weightless 5inch grubs and other small weightless soft plastics. The Avid has a Conquest 50 with (usually) 8lb line and I use that for small weighted worms and craws, plus small lipless cranks and other light hardbaits. The Avid is the more verstile rod and might suit your needs better. The 682 IMO is more of a specialized tool. BTW - Which Aldebaran did you get - the Mg or the BFS ? If you got the BFS, perhaps the 682 is a better match. I don't have a file photo of the Avid, but here's a shot of the 682 with a 4.7 LMB - a very fun fish on that light-power rod.

Raider, deaknh is right. It sounds like you and your wife are going through the challenges that come with a new baby, financial challenges, and the general ennui that comes from dealing with life that does not seem to meet your expectations. Life will throw you some curves. I will pray for you and yours my friend. I take great comfort in that. PM me if you want to talk.

I've been known to give productive lures to guys I'm close with before take off. Productive spots, not so much.

Phenix 682 or *** Aussie model 6'10" ML, depending how low you'd like to go.

This too shall pass

*2 for professional counseling.... Hang in there man, good things happen to good people!

I feel ya brother that's how the last 7 years of my life has been spent with the occasional break the wife and I took and now the final permanent one. Need anything shoot me a pm man I've been threw it all

I got a backpack at the beginning of the season after having a regular soft tackle bag for the past few years. It's one of the best fishing related purchases I've made IMO. Can't go wrong with a backpack especially when your one of those guys that carry wayyy too much stuff like myself.

Hang in there. Football season is here for some diversion to life's problems. As stated above, focus on your kids. They are very important and you have to be a big part of their life. Seek professional counseling for yourself. Try to understand why your wife is like she is and how you can handle the situation. All the best for something good happening to you in the near future.

Went out to Delavan today. Not a bad day overall. Started at 6:00 a.m. by the hump . Got a fish first cast and missed it, second cast I got him on a jig and pig. 4 lbs 8 oz. Then my buddy picked up and 18 incher. Moved down the shoreline, we both got two 16 inchers. Further down the shoreline I got a 18-1/2 incher. Shot across to the other side and fished that shoreline, my buddy got a 4 lb 4 ounces largey on a senko wacky style fishing docks. Moved down the shoreline got another bass about 15 under the docks. Further down that shoreline my buddy got another bass 4.0 lbs. Went to the house with the clock fished that dock got a 17-1/2 incher. It was now 10: 30 A.M. next hour and a 1/2 nothing nowhere. Went back to the shore by the pagoda fished that till 1:00 P.M only got 1 more bass about 14 inches. That's it . No northerns today woohoo. Below is a pic of the 4 largest bass. Going tomorrow to either Powers Lake or Browns.

Wow....sad. Do hope things work out...sent a short one upstairs for ya.

Beautiful smallies, A-Jay!

Too bad it is bass pro shops, you have the right amount for a Fenwick HMG 7'2" M-MF but it is a heavy medium rated 3/8oz to 1oz. The rod is perfect for square bills and lipless cranks, well at least for me it is because I tend to use the larger ones most of the time.

This gentleman is on point.

That is very interesting A-Jay. I seem to have my best luck around a full moon. When night fishing I am targeting the thickest nastiest weed beds using spinnerbaits, and buzzbaits. I am usually fish until about midnight. The fish are bigger on average then what I had been catching during the day in the same locations. What kind of cover/structure do you like to target when night fishing and with what lures ?

I honestly don't see money, value, net worth, income, or any hierarchy (implied, inferred, or otherwise understood) as being even remotely the issue. It's about respect. And it goes both ways. Regardless of how poor or rich you are, respect is free; and there are jerks on each end of the spectrum as well as in between. Character and manners are learned; not dictated by what is owned or earned.

A-Jay

22 inch 6.5 Lbs.

Thanks for the welcome. I have a lot to learn. But that's the fun part. Rob

Always nice to get the fam out. To make the life jacket fit, two words "DUCT TAPE". Wait till he's old enough and starts nagging to go fishing, and when you tell him that you guys can't because of bad weather and he starts crying you know he's hardcore.