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Yes ,snookie lad, iit was a remarkable evening.My son was beside me doing just as well. We were getting slammed almost every cast.No everyone doesn't do that.I 'd bet a c-note to a do-nut that you never have.But that's O.K. chief.Maybe you will get into them like that one day.Have a nice life.

Well thanks ,lite, for educating me about crocs without any personal attacks. Snook ,I'll be down there soon . I love to catch snook.I caught 17 one night in about 2 hours and that is just the ones I landed .they ran from about 2 feet to well over 40 inches.All were caught with plugs and all were handled with care and released alive and well. Lets not get together though.

The pleasure boaters kept us rocking pretty hard but we did O.K. Sunday evening and Monday morning.Sam fished jigs mostly while I stayed with my usual finesse worm.We went about the same in numbers but his averaged a little bigger.I got a few with a spook too. Most were spots and none were bigger than about 2 lbs. but we had a good time.We will be back down there in about 3 weeks and the conditions should be greatly improved.

I am a tree hugger,figuratively speaking, but I think that is nuts.Those non-indigenous killers should be shot on site. Of course, the fact that I will be wading in that area in a few weeks is a big factor in my feelings about the matter.Anybody that has ever been a hundreds yards from shore in waist deep water and saw a gator slip beneath the surface can relate to what I'm talking about. It's not so bad when you can see them.But when they silently submerge while eyeballing you ,you would have to be crazy to not get a little nervous.From what I have heard ,crocodiles are a lot more aggressive than gators. Grizzly bears are protected in Alaska but that doesn't keep a lot of the fisherman from packing some serious fire power. I guess they would rather pay a fine than be eaten.

Kill that sucker. Take a .357 and blow his brains out. I don't think you could be prosecuted if you got caught doing it because it is an exotic.Alligators are protected but not crocs.

I have dealt with them.They are top-notch. Have no doubt about them standing behind their products.The person I dealt with was not only helpful,but genuinely friendly and that is something that seems to be rarer in our society everyday. If you have any doubts,just call them and speak to the warranty guy yourself.

It is my understanding that Quarrow is out of business and has been for some time.That would make warranty and customer service non existent.A lot of the left over rods were dumped at way below wholesale for a while but that has about dried up. It seems as though not many people on this forum knew they were ever in business or just won't comment about them for some reason.

To the original poster: I can't blame you for being upset.If I was fishing a bit of cover and someone pulled up within casting distance of me on the other side of the cover and started fishing it ,I would let them know what I thought about it quick. I would never do that to anybody. I f I am headed for a point or stretch of bank or any particular structure and someone is already there I will go some place else.Never would I pull up and think we could share it. If some one is fishing a point I intend to travel around I will swing as wide away as possible instead of blowing right by them. If someone is working rising schools in open water I will also swing as far away as possible to avoid putting the fish down for them. I have had people do this to me where they just cruised right through the school when they could have very easily have kept a reasonable distance and then look confused when I gave them the traditional salute for such inconsiderate behavior. It comes down to mutual respect ,common courtesy , and common sense .

I have a ML3 6' mh pistol grip I like for worms and jigs .It is light and sensitive .I 'd say it is as good as an Avid.The handle took a little getting used to. I like the pistol grip but the trigger has sort of sharp edges. I have a Falcon "old favorite" that is similar.It is 6' mh pistol grip too. The ml3 quarrow is lighter and just feels better . The falcon is an original model so it is a lower grade graphite probably more like a premier .I use St Croix in comparison because I own a few of those too. I think the thing that most hurt Quarrow was the stupid sounding name.It sounds kind of *****-o. I had a Quarrow fly rod but I sold it before I used it much . I think they made good rods ,but could have used a little help in the marketing department.

I had a crank bait hook get worked deep into my finger by a flopping fish once. It was past the bend in the hook so I cut the eye off the shank and pushed the point out , grabbed it with pliers and pulled it out.

" Going blackwater " is a generic term used by soldiers these days that means getting out of active duty service so they can sign up with one of the private contractors like Blackwater Corporation.There are many others.

Like I said , I fish in Plantation.The ponds in there that have direct connections to tidal creeks have salt water running into them at high tide.They have redfish and ladyfish and mullet The ones that are fed only by run-off are full of bass and bream (huge bream you can barely reach around and that will suck down a #2 popper with no problem. So all of them are good to fish.but as to safe;none of them are. watch out for those gators.

A nephew of mine is sargent in the Army .He just started his fourth hitch.He didn't deploy on his first hitch.Then he did two 15 month tours in the sandbox. The hummer he was manning the 50 cal. on got hit with an RPG during his first tour. He spent a few weeks in a hospital and a month working light duty at the post office before he went back to Striker.He said he would get out when than hitch was up, but re-upped when the time came. Second tour went O.K. although he said one of his buddies killed himself one night. He will be going to Afghanistan in a couple of months .He plans to stay in the Army until he can retire .He likes it. But dude,go ahead and go blackwater.Like you said the money is a whole lot more than they pay G.I.'s .Your fire power will be superior to what regular soldiers get as they will give you the best of everything and you will be safer than the guys who are out doing routine patrols following orders. Half of the U.S. paid soldiers in the middle east are mercenaries. Grab all that dough while you can and then kick back and spend the rest of your life fishing.

Try www.mikesreelrepair.com for schematics.

A guy kind of stumbled as he came in one night and his wife said,"what do you mean coming in half drunk." He looks at her and says ,"I ran out of money . " Bod -a- boom. They say a drunk gets run over every 15 minutes.He must be a tough son of a gun. Bod-a boom. A drunk took a taxi home .On the way he asked the driver if he had room for a case of beer and a pizza in the front seat.The driver said "sure".The drunk leaned over the seat and barfed. Bod-a-boom boom.

I got a Sedona 750 recently to replace a worn out rapala 210 on a 6 ' light action Fenwick.It's pretty sweet with 4lb. line Last weekend I bought an Okuma avenger 15 on a 6 foot okuma celilo UL rod strung with 4lb line and a 1/8 oz. kastmaster attached in like new cndition at an auction for $8.50. Woohoo. It is smoother than the Sedona. I 've known people who got the Avengers in larger sizes to use in saltwater expecting them to last a season and had them last for years of hard use. A 2000 series would be too heavy for an UL in my opinion.YMMV.

The 12 year old that was eaten near Orlando a couple of years ago was very much alive when the gator got him .He made the mistake of swimming in the wrong place at sunset and may actually have been showing off for his buddies showing them how close he would get to the gator. The point is that alligators will and do attack people and they don't care whether or not you are a fisherman or whatever. The gator is above humans on the food chain. We are no different than a dog or deer or anything else that gets close enough to grab to them. Also,some of them are meaner than others .That can be interpreted as more aggressive if you prefer, but if one ever pops up at the waters edge and grabs you by the leg you will be awfully lucky if you get to go fishing again in this world. I came real close to being a statistic one day on Gator creek north of Parish Park near Titusville.Any body that doesn't think gators are mean just hasn't been around many of them.I am all for being respectful of all God's creatures, but some of them will eat you if they get the chance and alligators can and will. I would not want to fall out of a boat on the St.John's near Palm Bay .I have been there.

I fish the ponds in Plantation on Hilton Head. with popping bugs . I have had some less than pleasant encounters with some gators there. One particularly aggressive one insisted on taking a fish from me that I just wanted to release. He wound up getting it ,too.When the fish jump the gators come quick.By the time I could get this fish to the bank, the gator was there so I backed up and slid the fish on the grass out of the water.the fish flopped and came off the hook.the gator came out of the water and we were equal distances from the bass. the fish flopped one more time and the gator charged in and got it. I wasn't feeling like Tarzan so I didn't wrestle him for it. Later on the same gator came out of the water after my son.He did not have a fish. He was , however, backing away quickly enough fro the gator to stop and stare at him like he was wondering if he could catch him.It scared him pretty bad.Once they are over 8 feet they have no fear of humans at all. I have experience with back country gators in Florida and in my opinion these residential gators on the golf courses at Hilton Head are more dangerous. Gators in Florida are subject to being hunted and seem to know that humans are dangerous to them and are more likely to keep their distance. The golf course gators have no reason to fear humans because no one is allowed to harm them.You can throw golf balls or sticks or rocks ,if you can find one,at the big ones and they won't even flinch.They will just give you that cold stare like they are saying " why don't you come a little closer to throw that at me." And that is all I have to say about that.

What about the stickmarsh with George Welcome?

Check out a Shimano Spheros if you get a chance. It might be heavier than some in a similar size ,but they are tougher than most in the $100 ballpark.

Looks like it is the actuator rod from the key switch to the ignition switch that broke. The dealership would rip me a new one and break it off.

Help! It's my tow vehicle .I backed the boat into it's resting place yesterday and tried to turn off my truck.The key just turned freely all the way to the acc. position with no resistance and the truck kept running. The key would come out in the off position but the switch was stuck in the on position. I pulled a fuse on the ignition system to stop the engine and then took the battery cable loose to turn off everything else.. Any body got any advice on how to fix this? I wanted to go back to the lake today. Can I put the fuse and battery cable back and lay a screw driver across the starter solenoid posts to start it and go on? Any help would be appreciated.

I would mark it with a buoy , back off , and throw a plastic worm on it.

As to boat in neutral and still moving , try shifting to reverse and back into neutral . The performance issue could be due to trim. If your boat does not have power trim you have to adjust it manually. I am assuming the boat sounds like it is running smoothly. You might also change the lower unit oil. Do what you can yourself , but don't be afraid to go to a marine mechanic. Try to find one that is more into fishing clientele than pleasure boating if possible . I had a bad experience once with a so called mobile mechanic that comes to you. I will stick to the professional who is in business for the long run and cares about his reputation.

Get a good rod to appreciate the qualities of a good reel.