whitwolf

Well.... I had a stroke September 2022. I have Been quite fortunate it wasn't worse. I have rehabilitation four days a week and was hoping to be back on the boat soon. I will be officially retired in May and Tresa (wife) and myself were looking at moving downeast to live out our remaining years on the swamp. My brother has been cancer free for 3 years but found out 3 days ago it has come back. It's in his lungs and Spleen. So for now we will stay put, have hi move in here again, and do what we can for him. Life may be a little backwards right now but if I'm being honest we're right where we need and want to be.

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Don't do the credit card deal. Here's a story that should give you some pause to think. I've worked for 35+ years and planned on retiring at 63. My wife an I were looking at new boats during the pandemic but the wait was ridiculous so we bout a used aluminum boat with a 50 horse. It has been great! Fast forward to September 2022 and I had a stroke. Retirement is going to be sooner than later. Had we not been smart financially this could have ruined us. The point being, if you don't have to add unreasonable debt , don't. Be smart now and enjoy life later.

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The only jigs I own. Mike has the best customer service around. Quality product, a great variety of skirt colors, custom builds, and I know for a fact he will answer any question you have or simply talk fishin' with you. In this day and age he and his business are a breath of fresh air. As long as he's building jigs I will buy them from him.

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New fishin' shed!

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I've passed more than I care to say. I feel your pain brother! I have done everything they have told me and yet they still appear. I drink water like there's no tomorrow and do my best with regards to staying away from soft drinks, dairy, and broccoli. I simply know they will eventually happen no matter what I do. I have prescribed pain medication and wait it out.

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I fish discontinued Rebels all the time. Vintage? Maybe not, but getting there.

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I will catch a lot of grief but here goes. I gave up on a spinnerbait a while ago. I might fish one at night occasionally but during daylight hours I just don't.

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I want to say a jig or beaver bait in the nastiest stuff I can find. But until at least September I doubt I'll be on the water much. In a normal year I would start fishing now. The biggest and what bait? Probably a jerkbait. I would prefer other baits but where I'm fishing now and the water clarity it's a jerkbait. Unless at night but that's for another thread.

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The bait monkey: I probably fly under the radar simply because I have over 700 that I don't fish of the Rebel variety. As for the fishers, as I've gotten older and figured out what works for me I have scaled back. I fun fish except for twice a year (charity tournaments) and usually can fish the way I want. I try very few new things and add even fewer to my core group. One turning point was unopened packs of baits from the 80's in the year 2011. It was ridiculous. The other turning point was these are tools and some tools are more equal than others. So I'm happily not in contention but still have all I need.

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