Simp

Hey oteymc I still got your wingnuts for your battery. Cwb told me to tell ya he is dry now.

Pops and I lucked out on that one. We didn't get down there until the day after that storm, but what we saw blew us away. I won't forget this car dealership and all the cars flooded. All you could see was the roofs of the big trucks.

Hey bowfish what days are you going to be there? I owe you a fishing trip because of that great deal you gave me on that rod.

I bought some of these, and still do buy one or two time from time to time. My biggest problem is I had a issue with bass throwing them. The barb on them is very small and they just keep getting thrown.

Good advice Glenn. I've already went over it with a screwdriver and will again. All the compartments are open and hopefully drying.

Well I got a lesson today that even your local lake you feel 100% comfortable on can get dangerous. Our bass club held a tournament on the lake I basically live on and fish 70-80% of the time when I go out. They were calling for high winds, but I hadn't ever been on the lake and felt it was dangerous to be out on. Even if I'm just fishing out of a 17ft traker style boat. The wind was just everywhere today it didn't matter where you were, Only the places that were "wind protected" were fishable at all, and they were so bad you had to run 5 on the TR motor just to move when against the wind. Then when you hit the points of one of these pockets it's white caping. I'm talking about coves that you usually go in to hide from the wind were white capping!!! We had a spit weigh in and that meant evreybody had to brave the main lake at least a couple times. Well we got soaked from head to toe. My partner had his rain suit on and didn't even look out side his hood. I had swim trunks on thank god and just went shirtless for a couple hours. We didn't have anything to weigh in at lunch time and were bummed but we could only fish so much. After lunch we seriously debated tailoring to a wind protected cove and I wish we would have. Instead we ran to another protected cove that had allot of cover. Well after hitting it hard and a 100 other boats coming in we left the coves protection. This is where it got scary. This time we were going against the wind and not with it. We went over a few waves and I was have trouble seeing. Water was in my eyes like I was taking a shower. Then a few more and these became giants and the boat didn't get over them the waves crashed into us and then the boat suddenly had a foot of water in it and then it was two feet of water. I don't know how deep it got but out Gatorade jugs were floating around close to our knees. My trolling motor is flopping around and my ram mount for it couldn't get here soon enough. I might have to drill new holes for the TR motor after this. It's at this point I'm thinking about two things. First getting back alive and second how can I minimize the damage. I couldn't figure out the second. We got back to the cove we launched out of and decided to call it a day. We trailored up and began draining the boat. It's still in my driveway on a hill drying out btw. After closer inspection we also found the passenger seat had been torn free of it's rivets that hold it to the boat! It was just crazy out there. When I got home I emptied my tackle bag and all it's plano boxes are open in the sun drying in the back of my truck. I also had to empty my wallet and spread out all my stuff so it doesn't stick together. I certainly don't need 200$ glued together. So now starts the repair process before we hit KY lake next week.

Deb do you guys carry the Navionics Premium chip that usually runs like 150$? I'm adding up my costs and counting my quarters and if I have enough cash I might stop by and buy one at your shop if you carry them.

Yes go buy a spro frog! Then put some briad on a reel and catch some of the biggest fish of your life! Finding a grassy pond is what got me back to fishing several years ago.

Let me make a suggestions. On my buddies 9.9 boat we use a cooler for a livewell. Honestly the cooler doesn't have to be huge but it needs very good locks. On one of our older ones it simply has your good tight rubber seal. Those seales aren't enought to keep shut when a good 3 pound fish wants out. My suggestion is the one gander mountain carries that has the compartment that opens on the lid so your not opening the entire lid. You just open a 10x10 section that you can drop your fish in. Here's the link http://www.gandermountain.com/modperl/product/details.cgi?i=403474&pdesc=Igloo_Quick_Cool_100_Qt_Cooler&aID=505L1&merchID=4006

I guess gotta disagree here. I felt for rook in those moments here he was fishing the same pattern and basically the same spot and it seemed like he was struggling and kvd was whacking giants. Here you are fishing next to possibly the most dominant man in sports, and for no plausible reason you can figure out crushing you. He was simply in awe of the man. As for martens let's face it the ONLY thing that seems to separate him and kvd is mental toughness and mental discipline. Only a couple times have I seen kvd flustered. While martens mental break downs lead to small mistakes that add up to sometimes something huge. IMHO both anglers are on par with each other with patterning fish and figuring out how to get them to bight. It's just Kvd succeeds because of his mental toughness while martens succeeds despite of it just less often. He more then anybody needs a sport physiologist to help him with visualization and confidence. Let's face it if he had remembered his square bill crank box as he alleges he didn't on day 2. Then martens is probably our classic champ.

I've also got to side with the uni knot my friend. I use to loose the occasional fish due to a bad knot. Then I leaned the uni when I started using braid. I started using fluro and noticed the trilene knot was slipping. So I used the uni and I haven't lost a fish due to a knot since.

I can tell you with certainty that no vis and invizx is not the same line. I'm a big Seagur fan when it comes to Fluro. He's what my experience has been of the three lines in question. Invizx- My favorite fluro because it just so managable and it's held up well for me. I haven't broken off many times at all. (I had some issues with Trilene fluro). The downside is it does have some strech compared to other Fluro's but I adapted a feel for it. NoVis- This is what I buy in larger spools. It's got a great price point and it a good all around line. It's stiffer then invizx and less managable but it has allot less stretch. I usually use it in the 20lb size on my flipping stick. I also use 6 and 8# for leader material on my spinning gear. I prefer braid on a spinning rod so I use leaders. Red Label- Honestly the worst fluro I ever bought. I bought some 17# for my flipping gear and it was way to stiff. I could never get it to sit right on the real even after some KVD treatment. I'd rather and did at times use vanish instead of this stuff. I've said before and I'll say it again maybe I got a bad spool, but the experience was bad enough I'll never buy it again. My suggestion for fluro is this. Invizx is great for casting and spinning gear. So if you got the cash put it on spinning and the rods you throw reaction baits. It just sits on the real so much better. No vis is a great for flipping and because less stretch is better for jigs,worms,ect. It can also be had from Cabales on sale often at a incredible price. Red Label just means STOP!!!

I had a torney there last year and made a run. Well then the wind picked up later in the day and if it hadnt laid down for 20 min I would have been in trouble. I was out in the wind for a couple minutes and I was very close to being totaly airborne.

I switch for every thing except flipping. I went with a left handed real for that and now it feels normal.

I wouldn't be surprised that the contract he had with espn/bass wouldn't allow him to be on VS. For as much as ESPN and it's personalities loves to put down VS. Comcast has really turned VS into ESPN's first real challenge in the sports arena. Now that Comcast owns NBC watch VS get even bigger.

Guys the deal is espn canceled all there fishing programming except bassmasters. They are choosing to run soccer instead.

Btw I just wanted to put out there we have half a room available for the week. Earlier when things werent nailed down yet cwb and I agreed to split a room. With the way things have unfolded for our group we dont need that half any longer. So if anybody is interested pm cwb or I.

Hey Mike I got Earu618 and my forms emailed to you today. Let me know if you got them. Also our boat situation is this. Simp (me)- Bringing my 17ft 60hp tracker style boat. Earu618 -Won't be bringing a boat Birdman78 (pops)- Will be bringing his recently purchased 2000 Javelin with a 115hp So hopefully this helps out the boat situation some. We should have one or two open seats each day of the trip if not my entire hoat open some days for people to use.

Hey guys took it to a mech that I've had work on it before. It ended up having a couple things that went wrong with it since the last outing a couple weeks ago. So of course we had to pay more then what you want but I should have a working engine for my tourney Sunday. I had to work tonight so I couldn't test it myself yet. I may take her out briefly tomorrow to make sure I'm all good. What a stressful 24hr peroid and still so much to do tomorrow.

It's a 87Merc 60hp electric start.

Hey guys I could use some input. Went out with a buddy today to prefish our first club tourney of the year. It's bitterly cold like 15-20 degrees and the motor woudn't fire. It would just shake once and make a beep sound sometimes. I switched the batteries out with my bigger trolling battery and while the shake was bigger no change. The motor has been ran at least twice a month this winter on a power plant lake and hasn't sat all year. We called up one of our friends and was telling him about it and he said that he had a similar issue and it was the spark plugs, Any suggestions?

I'm the exact opposite, the Invis-x is too stretchy. Agree, it does have a fair amount of stretch and that's why when I"m flipping I'll often use a different line. However it's the best manageable fluro line out there that doesn't cost a arm and leg.

Last year we had a guess a winner and weight contest for the Classic. Any chance were going to do that again this year?

The question is do they still have all the classics online, digital bassmaster, and will they still offer the "live" day on the lake series.

Ahh you guys will get it. Jimzee and PitchnKid had me flipping in only a few minutes at our road trip a few years ago. Now it's my preferred method of casting period. Anytime I'm not trying to bomb a lure I'm pitching it. It doesn't matter if it's a cranlbait,spinnerbait, or frog. I can be accurate and quiet even from a fairly far distance by pitching it.