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From my experiences no, if anything it turns them on. I have caught numbers of fish out of the same tree or dock one after another. Also, especially with smallies, you will have groups of fish come to the boat with the fish you are fighting trying to get whatever they have in there mouth. I have watched a smallie try to eat the jerkbait out of the smallie I had hooked mouth and hook itself. So you have your buddy in the back cast to them right on the side of the boat or flip that fish in and get another bait to them asap.

Nope, Old English. The other one I have, Mack is also an Old English. She is about 80 pounds and 5 years old but is the most playfull dog I have ever come across. They get quite big, this is her in about 16" of snow.

Just definatley toast the roll or else it will get soggy and fall apart.

Finally...

One more...checked the FAQ's and didnt see how to post multiple pics... :-[ I'm still a computer dummy...

Lulu, she is 5 weeks. Hopefully the two get along, they have the same parents, just different litters.

Pulled turkey Mayo Cranberry Stuffing Small amount of gravy Toasted bulky roll or toasted torpedo roll Sandwich shops serve them year-round up here and are very popular, they are known as "Pilgrims".

I would have focused on the wind-blown banks with spinnerbaits and lipless cranks as well. Given that it was a neighbor-hood pond and not too big I would not think that points would have mattered. I would have also thrown jigs at any shoreline cover. Despite the cold temps when the sun comes out those fish will get super shallow.

It's all about your hands. I uise Carrots, Loomis, Castaway, Shimano, All-Star, Kistler, and I still have some Croix's. It is all about feeling and knowing what feels like what.

The STX high-speed lol...

Nice job But I was thinking this...

The only spinnerbait I own and trust.

That is pretty much the reason why I choose hockey and skiing over hunting up here. Too many idiots and unfortunatley they are trigger-happy. There is usually a fatality a year in this state where one hunter shoots another, about 50% of the time they have orange on too. A couple years ago a father shot his son that was coming to make sure he was ok because he had been gone all day. The son had orange on as well. The worst part is, there are not enough hunters up here or they are not any good because our state is absolutley infested with deer. You cannot drive anywhere without seeing a dead one on the side or in the road. There are 3-5 in my gf's front yard every morning all really skinny and unhealthy looking. Mind you she lives in a 300 house residential development and less than a half mile from the largest highway in the state. At my parents house (they live on the border of a state park) there are 8-12 there some mornings.

Ask Matt 5.0 about the durability of F-100's...

x2...was an amazing creature. :-? Have you guys ever eaten gator? Yup, but is he going to supply an all-you-can-eat buffet with it? ;D

When I fished the Weekend Series as a co-angler I out fished a lot of boaters by actually dragging the tube while they were actually hopping it. I would drag it like a c-rig and pop it when it hit something, where as a lot of guys fish it like a t-rig or shakey head. The differences in fish catching are crazy. Just much more realistic when dragged like a c-rig. But sometimes those smallies just dont care and eat it if it comes within 5' of them.

I use two Medium action rods, one is a 6'6" fast action and has 10 pound Trilene 100%, I use it for lipless cranks, 1/4oz spinnerbaits, and my big heavy Bagley Balsa B's. The other medium is a extra fast action 7' with 10 pound Trllene 100% which I use exclusivley for Wiggle Warts and crankbaits that dive deeper than 4'. My medium heavy action rods go like this... 6'6" with 65 pound braid for skipping jigs under brush 6'10" with 17 pound Trilene 100% for spinnerbaits and pitching docks 7' with 17 pound Trilene 100% for flukes, paddle-tails, and Scrounger Head 7'3" with 17 pound Trilene 100% for light grassline fishing (texas-rigs and jigs, no senkos) I guess I'm a little technique/bait specific :-[

There were so many new things I loaded the boat with this year. Best was the Aruku Shad (which is just a fish catching machine), I have never had so many 30+ fish days in water under 45 degrees.

x2...was an amazing creature. :-?

What section of the river did you fish? I have heard of north of Windson Locks and south of the Oxbow giving up 6+'s and consistant 3-4's. Nice fish for November though...

Weightless or on a 1/8oz weight or lighter they are a great sping bait. But I usually don't work the bait too much.

No comparison, Cumara is worth every penny. I have heard of numerous people breaking the Crucials on another local message board I belong too. I use my Cumara for the same applications as you do. I have even done down to 110'.

I had the same issue. The Loomis drop-shot rod is pretty good but over-priced. I currently use the 7'2 medium extra-fast Cumara and love it.

I don't know, clam cakes dipped in hot white chowder are pretty good this time of year when it gets cold out.

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