derviskhan

Truck is not 4 -wheel drive which is one of the concerns I have. I WILL be getting the trailer with brakes.

Reaching out for some help here. No kids of my own, but have 2 Nephews. Ages 5 and 7, long story short these kids dont do outside. It is not by their choice however, they are video game kids with parents that are video game parents as well. Not a HUGE deal but I bought the kids a fishing game a few months back. Next thing I know they have the fishing bug. I have taken them fishing a few times in my little boat (14ft john boat) and they loved it. Nothing fancy just some bream and catfish. Now I am going to be teaching/taking 2 grown adults and 2 small kids fishing along with my wife. 14ft john boat is not going to cut it. I am going to buy a 18ft or 22ft pontoon, which I feel will fit my needs better at this point in time to get some family out of the house.Of course still keeping my little boat for me to sneak away in. Now the real question, I have a 2008 Dodge Ram 1500 but with the V6. I know NOTHING about cars/trucks I bought this one because it was big and yet still ok on gas. I have read the owners manual, online, everything. The weight of the pontoon is within the towing capicity. However I am worried about steep boat docks and some of the mountains around here (Huntsville AL) to get to the fishing area. Do I need a bigger truck? Any help is greatly apperciated. On a side note after 3 trips with the older nephew, watching him teach his younger brother on his first trip out how to do things was probably the best time I have ever had on the water! Might have to get me one of these kid things.

Awesome!

As soon as I hit post reply I thought "that might be a BPS only model". HA

Got to hold onto those receipts, at this point the store does not even know if you bought it from them, or what you paid. In most cases its not the store, its the hundreds of people that try and rip them off every year that makes the rules so stern with any company.

Anyone close enough Huntsville AL the 1st annual hunting and fishing expo is in town! I dropped by there today for a bit and was pretty nice. Didnt get time to do it justice will tomorrow. 500 booths and like 500 kids a day under 13 (with a paying adult) get some sort of fishing rod or something. And if all of that was not enough the water skiing squirrels will be putting on shows. Enough said.

Very sorry to hear that. Had something similar but the issue was fixed, and was amazing to go back and fish it. Like you said hope this happens for you as well.

That was a great write up on jig fishing. Always good to read something that ovbiously has passion in it.

So maybe the best idea would be having my wife fishing a slew of baits. She can find the fish for me, then I can tell how active the bite is in regards to what I am catching in comparison to her choice of lures on the day. See the difference in quantity , and size. Which is always easier if the number is 0. Steps 1-3 done moving on to number 4. Thanks for the help.

I think there has been a misunderstanding. Yes I am going to limit myself to jigs, so I can learn how to use them better. I did not say I was going to trash my current tackle, or sneak into your guys boats late at night and replace it all with jigs like some kind of jig fairy. I did the same thing with other bait classifications at times, it makes me learn how to use them. I know there will be days I catch 0 fish carrying just jigs, And unlike most of you guys apparently I have carried ALL my tackel some days and caught 0 fish. At the end of those days I didnt even need a 1-800 number for support or anything. If not catching a fish is my biggest problem in a given week I can live with that failure. Also unless you are depending on fishing to one way or another to put food on table or money in pocket I am not sure it should be labeled a failure. In the wealth of informaiton on here the items I listed are the ones I have given the least amount of effort on. It was ment to be comical, stating shift of priorities on my part, and to say thanks for the informaiton. At least I got 1 thing right, I will not be posting often.

Hey guys, new guy here. Not sure I will be posting that much, however just spent 2 weeks reading 99% of every topic in this general thread. 341 pages of information that is not topped anywhere else on the net. After soaking in this information (or attempting to) I have decided a few things. Informaiton listed is not in any specific order. This is what I pulled most from the wealth of information here. 1. I am going to clean out the tackle box untill it only holds Jigs. I have not given these things enough respect in the past. 2. I am going to purhcase enough jigs to fill said tackle box. Blue/black, and Brownish, and Purpleish. (My grandfather told me when I was like 4 purple was the favorite color of all fish, so I always buy at least 1 of anything in purple) 3. I am going to buy a boat. 4. I am going to start going to Lake Wilson instead of Guntersville. 5. I am going to give up the bucketmouths, for their more attractive, harder fighing cousins the smallies. (for now anyway) Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for ALL the information.