big_bass76

I am going to be buying a shallow water anchoring system for my boat, I haven't decided if I should go with a Power Pole or a Minn Kota Talon. I'm looking for any thoughts everyone might have to help me make an informed decision. Thanks!

I cracked a livewell lid this year, I did order a replacement, but while I was waiting for it to be shipped, I cut a piece of treated OSB and used liquid nails to secure it to the underside of the broken lid. The liquid nails didn't hold up as well as I thought it would have. The rest of my deck lids are starting to feel soft and I feel like they could also crack. I don't have the $2000 that Ranger wants to replace all the deck lids. My question is this...does anyone have any suggestions on how to fix my deck lids that doesn't involve using screws to attach the wood.

Last fall, when I decided I needed another hobby, my brother-in-law gave me to pieces of advice - 1. You get what you pay for when it comes to your equipment, so buy good stuff and 2. don't go crazy when you are buying tackle and lures. I can say I took his advice on the first point and bought good quality rods, reels, lines, etc. However, I didn't take his advice on the second point and now have the tackle and lure collection of a small bait store in my basement Thanks for all the feedback so far and I look forward to getting more feedback.

If you could go back in time to when you first started to learn how to bass fish, with the knowledge you have today, how would you do it? Would you learn one technique at a time, not starting a new one until you had mastered the first one? Would you learn several at once? What technique would you learn first: jigging, jerkbaits, plastics, topwater, crankbaits, etc.? The reason for my question is I am just getting into bass fishing, I've spent the winter reading every bass fishing book, magazine and website I can get my eyes on, I've watch countless hours of DVD's and videos. So I am looking for suggestions, everyone always says, "if I could only go back, knowing what I know now..." So tell me what suggestions do you have, what would you do different?

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to store some extra carolina rigs? I thought about cutting out some cardboard and wrapping them around it, but I'm worried it will create to much line memory. Thanks!