Team9nine

Well, if you're looking for "great" fishing you're in the wrong state JK, but you might look at Westwood, Province Pond and Prairie Cr. Res. as good alternatives to Summit. All are in the same general area and have decent bank access. -T9

Sounds like a customized jon boat or V-bottom is what you need. Here's the 1648 Lowe I customized with decks, storage, livewells, electronics, onboard charger, troll motor, etc. Ran it for 8 years. -T9

One day, and that usually only happens about once a year, and always when I'm relegated to the bank during weather extremes. -T9

As an impounded reservoir, which is what it is: http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/files/fw-hominyridgefishreport2007.pdf -T9

No, not possible. We all know from reading these forums that fluorocarbon is overhyped, overpriced, totally unmanageable, and basically just a bunch of crap compared to braid, used straight or with a fluoro leader..... -T9 ....sorry, couldn't help myself. Just feeling a bit sarcastic this morning

Being a numbers/data guy, I do it every so often these days, and usually for a specific reason. In another thread I had posted the basics of my 2011 record keeping which was for an In-Fisherman story. Last year I ended up doing it again for my own curiosity as to total number of fish of all species, similar to what you posted. Being landlocked and largely reservoir bound, the species diversity was much easier to handle Ended 2015 with over 1500 largemouth, over 700 white bass, 500+ crappies, 100+ walleyes and a couple hundred misc fish which were largely various sunfish species along with a few cats and smallies thrown in. Total was a little over 3000 fish in 2015. No plans on doing it yet this year though. As mentioned, it's a lot of work. -T9

Classic Next question, please...

I've got my 10,000 hours in and then some. Now days, since I stopped tourney fishing, I average about 200-300 hours just bass fishing and another 100+ hours for other species (white bass, walleye and crappie mostly). A few years back I actually tracked my yearly bass fishing for a Midwest Finesse In-Fisherman piece and it was 82 trips for a total of 260 hours. That made the average length of each bassin' trip three hours, 10 minutes. I landed 2,305 bass, which was an average of 8.86 bass per hour or one bass for every six minutes and 46 seconds of fishing. Can't wait until I retire - those numbers should really go up then -T9

Without seeing it, it is hard to say for certain. If just slightly built up on one side, it might be due to the way you are spooling the line, especially if the spool or your fingers holding the line are preferential to one side of the reel. If the difference is rather pronounced, it might be that your pawl that runs on the worm gear (moves your line guide left and right across the reel) is getting worn down. When this happens, it tends to not catch the tracks in the gear as well, especially on the far ends of the worm gear, and will frequently hang to one side or the other for an extra set of revolutions, resulting in a noticeable buildup of line to one side of the spool. If that is the case, you might be able to shim the existing pawl up a little to get better tracking, or simply replace with a new pawl. -T9

I've got that rod and it is a great shakey head rod. I liked it so much I sold my Loomis shaky head rod and replaced it with this. It is labeled as a moderate fast, so I imagine it would work with a variety of baits if you wanted to multi-purpose. I could easily see it handling several of the techniques/bait you list. That said, I'd say it is likely too heavy for trout, unless your trout run larger than your bass. The problem is that depending upon the actual rod you were to go with, medium power rods might not handle some of the bass gear you'd like to throw with it. It would definitely be a trade-off between the two options, likely on both ends. I would think it might be best to grab this deal and then wait for another deal on a ML or L action rod for trout. -T9

Great looking fully scaled mirror carp -T9

Going tomorrow myself. Very warm next week, but a lot of rain and wind is coming with that warmth. Things might get flooded and muddy pretty quick. Monday should be decent though. -T9

Spun hub??? Simple and relatively inexpensive fix at the shop, if so. If you have a spare prop, throw it on and you'll know real quick. If you don't, now you know why you should always carry one onboard -T9

Another "Ned Rig" vote -T9

Haven't thrown the KVD, but the Staysee 90s are great, and I've hung mine up on wood in 7'-9' of water a few times. Always carry a plug knocker with these if you want them back -T9

As Wayne stated, no such thing as too big. I ran basically the exact same boat as you for 8 years and had 3 similar units mounted on mine I believe the general recommendation is to go to the right of the motor if your prop spins clockwise in gear. At least that is where I went with mine and it seemed to work fine. You do need to be careful with making sure you don't align it with any bottom strakes or rivet lines if possible. I mounted mine between ribs and away from rivets where I had a smooth flow of water. Also watch for trailer bunks. It is possible that with the small engines and limited space, the engine might block some of the SI signal to one side. You won't know for certain until you actually set everything up and then go test n the water. Didn't seem to happen in my jon boat with my 10hp, but my larger aluminum with the 40hp has that issue. Should be able to go to any of the Lowrance forums online or contact tech support to find out about linking. I would imagine most of the higher end units will allow it. -T9

Might I suggest that you look into the Ugly Stick line of rods from Shakespeare. Sounds like they are the perfect rod for your situation, and they're the #1 selling rod in the country . -T9

I wouldn't... ^^ This ^^ -T9

Darn near everything crappie, bluegill, white bass, largemouth, smallmouth...most everything finesse basin.' My overall favorite power of spinning rod. -T9

I use a lot of braid for finesse spinning applications because it handles so well, but really find very little need for it on baitcasters outside of a few specialized applications (frogging, etc.). Is going "all braid" bad? Ehh, whatever you're comfortable with....just not the right style/application for me. -T9

Both - sometimes just GPS, other times a buoy along with it. Always have both in/on the boat at all times. Casting rings are pretty neat. though. -T9

Saw they're calling for local temps near 70 next week. Spring bassin' is about to get good. Also saw that the BIB site has started putting back up some new material after taking the winter off. -T9

Glad we've figured out that most of us aren't "that" guy. Of course, that doesn't explain why there are now over 500,000 posts in the general and equipment forum sections if everything is so simple and uncomplicated -T9

Pretty slow, right on the bottom in 8'-12' of water... -T9

Mine all came on a hair jig fishing at one of the smaller central Indiana reservoirs.