SudoomFisher

I'm in

I have a 17ft bass tracker crappie version with livewells and bait wells in the front and back. I'm pretty sure something is clogging the hoses because the water is coming out very slowly for my livewells and takes forever to fill them. Anyone have any tricks to clear them?

I've been using 1/0 gamakatsu circle hooks this year on 5 inch senkos. Usually just tighten the line with the rod and then start reeling to set the hook. Was using with o-rings and without them through the summer and felt like success didn't change much when not using the o-rings. Used a Shakespeare rod that has a pretty soft tip and 6 pound trilene fluorocarbon line. Probably going to up it to 8 pound test next year so I get less break offs when fighting bigger fish, but that is mostly from my inexperience. Cant imagine to much change in technique other then remembering not to put to much pressure on the hook set.

If your not enjoying yourself while fishing, that is the time to hang it up. Why torture yourself?

To me these look like a good replacement for the RI hook that was discontinued that everyone liked so much.

What size weight were you using with these?

http://tackletog.com/news/2009/07/14/frabill-hiber-net-new-product/ Maybe this? Seems to be similar to if not the same as the one you are talking about

Bad things happen in 3s so it looks like you should be good for a while. ;D

For those of you who have used them, what kind of trailers do you use with them. I bought some rage craws and some baby paca craws to use on them from TW but didn't realize how big they were compared to the jig. Do you still use big trailers with these jigs or do you downsize more?

What do you guys use to clean the oxidation and other stains that build up on the boat? Any magic products out there?

Thanks for the info, ended up getting it, cant wait to try it out

Anyone have any experience with this boat. Right now I am looking at purchasing a used one with a 40 hp, anyone have any problems with theirs? Positives and Negatives? Thanks

Just fished the upper side on Sunday for about an hour and was only able to catch a pickerel on a spinnerbait as well. To me it was weird because I had never caught a pickerel in there and my Dad thought they had pretty much died out years ago, guess we were wrong. Plan on trying again there Thursday morning, I'll let you know if I find something that works good.

What kind of position does it have when sitting on the bottom? Is it nose down like the bluegill or does it fall on its side? I have the perch pattern and was thinking about trying it for bed fishing.

I use those for wacky rigging senkos, also plan on using them for drop shot, and i have had good success with them. Your not really supposed to set the hook with these, just put pressure on the line and the fish hooks itself as it swims away.