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Incredible!! That last one is completely unreal, Fish Chris. You're the man. D$#@, I wonder how big the skittish one was?????!!

This album will be Guns 'n' Roses in name only. Besides Axl, I believe most, if not all, of the rest of the band is gone. Most of them are in Velvet Revolver as mentioned above. I know he hired some pretty wicked guitarists to grace the album but I don't know which ones stuff will be on it. Buckethead was playing with him for awhile. I don't mean to offend anyone but Axl is psychotic. That's why it's taken so long to make the album. No one can stand to be around him for very long.

Power Pro is great. I think Sufix Performance Braid is better but you can't go wrong with either of these. Power Pro frays more than Sufix.

Sometimes I believe we think too much. I've planned everything down to the last detail regarding location and lures that should be correct for the situation and failed to get a bite on occasion. Some of these occasions I've relaxed and fished a more general pattern such as cruising lake points, or just allowed my boat to drift across a cove while fishing and broken the skunk.

Sounds good, Muddy. Your alterations will allow you to have a higher hookup ratio. Now walk that dog.

This is the way I trim mine.

I like Spooks but that's because they've been around and I've fished them for years. If it ain't broke don't fix it. However, I've bought some Sammy's this winter so there'll be some competition this year. My favorite Spooks have white, chartreuse, or chrome bellies. I don't think the backs are that important.

I'm not an avid bluegrass follower but my Dad loves it. I always liked the guys below. Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs with the Foggy Mountain Boys (They did the theme to the Beverly Hillbillies.)

Add John Popper of Blues Traveler to your blues harp afficionados. If you haven't heard him, please do. He's a virtuoso through and through. I play guitar bass mandolin some keyboard on past recordings when I didn't have a keyboard player handy trumpet Gazoo

Lure: Somewhere in between. I'm a generalist but there are a few lures that I'm very good with. Water: I specialize between 9' 4" and 9' 8". I'm an expert in these four inches of water. Seriously, I'm more of a generalist than a specialist. Angler: A combination of all of them. Reading through the posts, I'd say my fishing style is similar to KUB's.

From the wording of the post, and the bouncies, it looks like a clone to me. I don't think this comes from natural breeding.

Like GMAN, I would give more weight to depth/location. I would also give slightly more weight to taste and smell but not much. This is an interesting topic. I agree with some of the other posters regarding the possibility of analyzing this too much, but it is good to keep in mind each of these factors when you are fishing. (Especially the most important ones.)

Below is a link for the schedule of "The Bass Pros." It is sponsored by Bass Pro Shops. The schedule is on their site. http://www.basspro.com/servlet/catalog.CFPage?appID=487&option=2&template=schedule.cfm

For over a month we've been having average highs in the teens and a few 20s. All of the lakes are iced over, including quite a bit Of Truman lake which is 55,000 acres. We've had much colder temperatures than this in previous years, but the consistency of this cold spell is keeping thin ice on the big lakes and keeping me from wetting a line.

Me too. 0.0 lbs. Same for me.

I have the same Powell rod as you, but I haven't compared it to the Kistler rods. However, Tackletour.com makes some comparisons in one of their archived tests on the Powell 683c. They gave it their Editor's choice award. Here's the link. http://tackletour.com/reviewpowell683cxfast.html

justfishin, I'm so glad your son made it home and I salute him for his dedication to duty and his bravery. I hope he has a good future. To all of you who have served our country, I offer my ultimate respect and thanks.

The Bass Pros is a very good show. Bill Dance still gives a lot of information. I'm Ok with the Lindner's and In-Fisherman. I used to be Ok with Roland Martin but it has been years since he has done a show that wasn't mostly about product. I understand these guys have to make money, but Bill Dance gives a lot of info without being in your face. Someone mentioned Roland using the sunscreen. Look at how dark Roland's skin is. Does he really think we believe that he applies any sunscreen on a regular basis? Give me a break.

I think Flechero said it all. When you're young you buy a certain brand of reel, based on your parents or a friends opinion, or something you're read. If that reel turns out to be a quality reel, you tend to stick with it, unless the next two or three you buy turn out to be lemons. I think all of the brands mentioned make quality reels. I tend to buy mostly Shimanos and Daiwas because they've always served me well and most tests and opinions on these reels are good. Because of this I haven't really given other reel brands a chance to displace these as my favorites.

I posted actual brand and types of lures used for 2006, but some of these weren't used much. I have 5 -10 baits that are "go-to" baits and then I use the other baits to fill in the gaps and make minor adustments when the go-to baits aren't working.

Are we talking about the number of actual lures used or different types or brands? For example, I use Rapala DTs but in three or four colors and depth ranges. I'll count these as one crankbait. I guess my 2006 list is for number of types/brands. Topwaters 6 Buzzbaits 1 (Two different sizes and multiple colors) Crankbaits 7 (doesn't count different depth ranges of the same crankbait) Spinnerbaits 3 (3 brands with different weights, blades, skirts, and arm lengths) Jerkbaits 3 (multiple sizes) Jigs 3 (3 brands in mutiple colors and sizes) Soft Plastics Too many in every different style Spoons 1 (1 brand in different sizes and colors)

I use the Zulu flukes, the Zeroes, and the lizards. I think these are good baits and they are economical as well. I push the hooks all the way through and then skin hook them. These do slide a bit on the hook shank, but if you push them up over the hook eye an 1/8 of an inch or a little more they'll usually stay up there for two or three casts. You just have to check them often. Sticking a toothpick through the bait and the hook eye, as suggested by LBH, is a good idea.

23 degrees w/ wind chill it feels like 12, per Weather.com for my zip code which is the northern metro area of K.C., MO.

The nomenclature may have changed, but the main thrust and expertise of most oil companies (now energy companies) is oil based and it would be a major cost for them to change. I have a friend whose family is in oil. His family tells him that getting the oil companies to go along with any substantial changes will be a major undertaking. Having said that, I believe it should be done, and I agree that these companies must be included and must be able to succeed in the new business environment that will result.

Agreed. We should attack our oil dependence the same way we attacked placing a human being on the moon. There is only one hitch to this. The oil companies have spent untold billions of dollars in infrastructure to get oil out of the ground and tranported. All of these assets will be useless to them if they cannot use them. The costs of not using this infrastructure will be a hanging point for them and they have tremendous lobbying influece with the governments of the world. This is one reason why neither party in the U.S has ever made a substantial move toward doing this. We, the people, will have to demand it in no uncertain terms, before our government will make the move. The actions taken in the last 30 years have done nothing to decrease our dependence. It has only increased.