J Francho

Thanks for sparing me a search for this When dealing with waves, you have to take into account the hull design, length of the boat, and many aspects of the waves you're likely to encounter. My 17' tin can tiller with a 50 hp on tha back could handle much worse conditions than my 22' bass boat. When I fished tournaments, and knew there would be 6' rollers on Erie or Ontario, I'd take my 18' aluminum Xpress, not the 22' Bullet. Sounds backwards, but each hull reacts differently. Now, you heard me right, 6' waves. Those waves might have a length of 25' or more. Those are no big deal, if you know how to ride them. Going in the same direction is often the most difficult. Paralleling them isn't really an option. A hot foot throttle makes it a little easier using bursts of power to keep the bow elevated so you don't spear waves. It also allows you to keep both hands on the wheel. A tiller offers the same benefits, combining the steering and throttle. I've been caught in some pretty dicey weather, but overall I think big, long rollers lull you into feeling safe, but they take even more skill. This day weather kicked up out of nowhere. We were less than 10 miles from the launch, in the big lake. Coming back to the launch, the wind was to our backs, and we were flying over the little chop. It only took around 30 mins for that to escalate into nasty 5-6' white caps. We were trailered by then though. It can really expedite things, for sure! On Lake Ontario, you start to see white foam on the crests of chop, and you probably have around hour before things escalate. On Erie or Oneida you have around 15 mins.

I love a nice algae bloom.

No, their crushers can't handle them. Drum can eat them though. They're fun, unless you're in a tournament and think you have a state record smallmouth

Not necessarily. You're relatively new, so I don't expect you to know who you are talking to, lol.

Not too sure either, other than moving back and forth to the cockpit? There's more than enough room for two on my old DC Bullet. That is a 21'10" hull, so it doesn't really help the OP.

The autodialer algorithm uses your area code and prefix, then generates four random digits, which explains why it's a 1/10000 chance of them using your own number. It's happened to me too. I do not think it's a good idea to answer them, since it confirms a live person on the other end, and could lead to more bogus calls.

Anything specific? Which videos should I look at?

What I mean is the number displayed is NOT the source of that call. Caller ID is pretty easy to spoof. Blocking the number could potentially prevent an actual person from calling. Not a big deal these days, since no one uses their phone as a phone.

Those numbers aren't real.

Depends on the boat and what you're fishing.

$100 for anything built from wood is pretty inexpensive. I've yet to get below the $150 mark for even small wood working projects.

Do you need to borrow my copy? I have it on floppy.

Yes, but you need Lotus.

I've got cataracts that are ripening.

I'm always surprised at people that are surprised by the rules they agreed to when they bought a house that has some HOA or zoning rules attached. Complaining about it is sort like complaining about your wife. ?

Other fish immediately attack the bed when you catch it, so by fishing, you've taken away the one in a million chance any of those eggs develops into an adult fish that is one of the 25% or so that actually spawn.

AARP is running a sale on big button flip phones.

Yeah, I'm not doing that to my liver. I already inflicted enough damage in my younger years.

5.1 (I didn't listen)

The point is, any attempt to release a caught fish, and whatever mortality rate there is during a tournament is better than catch and kill, which didn't seem to harm the fisheries either. A fish stands a 100% better chance releasing into the lake than into 350*F grease.

We could always go back to nailing the big fish to a leader "board."

Wayyyyyyyyy before

Good advice to wear eye protection. I forget about that since I wear glasses when cleaning reels. What should be added, that pH scale is logarithmic, meaning the a pH of 9 is 100x more basic then pH of 8, and so on. Same for below neutral 7.0 pH.

No offense taken. It means I don't accept any conventional wisdom. The rest of this post is nonsense to me - but no offense.