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How do you figure? You're allowed up to 6 baits and 3 rods, if you wish to use all 6 baits on one rod it is perfectly legal at this time. Beautiful looking rig, Big Bass Man!

Pradco didn't buy heddon until the 80's. I wouldn't know if they took old lures and lure designs with them or not, but I am certain there is almost nothing left of the original Heddon plant, a portion of it is now a small museum and most of the rest is used to manufacture shower stalls.

I might be in for Saturday. It will depend on work and weather. I-94 can get a little ugly between my place and K-zoo in the winter. I'd probably take my boys and skip the seminars, though.

We used to get all the weedless purple/white stripe worms we could find. They sure did work.

Finesse worms - smoke or clear w/flake, also most of the roboworm colors work for me Worms, creatures, craws - Green pumpkin, watermelon, brown, black, junebug Spinnerbaits - white/chart, bluegill, junebug Jerkbaits - Perch, silver/black Crankbaits - craw colors, chartreuse, bluegill Topwaters- Frog, perch, black

I guess I didn't consider those old school. More like timeless classics, its hard to imagine not having a few of those around.

We have three boys. They never slow down until they crash. Well two of them don't, the youngest is a month old, he just sleeps.

Just wondered if others here have a favorite bait that is no longer in production or just no longer popular. Mine are the original fat rap and the heddon crazy crawler. I found a guy selling off a bunch of fat raps two years ago and loaded up, probably have two planos full of them. They just work for me. The crazy crawler is still made, but I haven't seen anyone else use one for awhile. Its accounted for some nice bass the last few years as well.

I understand, its just that I've spent a few dollars on guides so I could learn new techniques and bodies of waters, and, while there are some great ones out there, I have come to the conclusion I may learn more and enjoy myself just as much fishing some tournys at a comparable or even lower cost. Heck, I don't know if you can get two fishermen in a boat without it evolving into a competition of some sort or another, but there is a difference between friendly competition and ultra serious I wanna take your money or die type competition.

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My wife had me email her a wish list from Bass Pro to avoid confusion. It worked quite well.

This and a little bit of fun are all I am really looking for. I'd prefer to avoid them if they are full of pro hopefuls tbh. The main things I've heard is they are a good learning experience, can be quite humbling, and it may take a try or two to find a club that fits. In regards to SirSnooks comment, I would view this as an entertainment expense, and would not be looking for an ROI. I have a boat and purchase tackle anyway.

A Utah hunter is nursing a bruised ego and a birdshot peppered backside after a bizarre hunting accident. Two duck hunters were setting up for a morning of hunting on the water at the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge when one of the men was injured by a point-blank shotgun blast to the backside. In an interview with The Salt Lake Tribune Box Elder County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Kevin Potter said, “One of the hunters was inside the boat with the dog, and the other hunter was in the water setting up decoys. The guy in the water had put his 12-gauge shotgun across the bow of their boat.” “The dog got excited, was jumping around inside the boat and then it jumped on the gun. It went off, shooting the [decoy setter] in the buttocks,” Potter said. The unidentified hunter was transported to and treated by the Brigham City Community Hospital on Sunday morning. The 46-year-old Brigham City resident was released after doctors removed 27 bird shot pellets from his buttocks. Potter said the fact that the man was wearing waders likely helped prevent a more serious injury. He is said to be in good condition aside from his pride: after all, what could be more humiliating than being shot in the butt by your best friend? http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2011/11/duck-hunter-shot-in-buttocks-by-dog/

No Classic dreams here, just was thinking it might be interesting to fish a couple local tournaments.

$100 already!! I'm going to have to watch this one

In Michigan you are allowed up to 6 lures.

In Michigan you are allowed up to 6 lures.

They have an international membership and their board has some of the biggest names in musky fishing. Not sure why the guys on musky first think this is any bigger or more legit than the one from Ganonoque, but it is one large fish. The way people are, if you catch a record fish you better document the catch better then the police document evidence of a crime.

Well thats a discussion best left to the professional musky guys who think every fish over 60 lbs is a lie.http://worldmuskiealliance.com/

I haven't gone out of my way to get them, but I know they'll hit jigging raps and panfish sized soft plastics from time to time.

I've used live bluegills on tip ups while ice fishing. The goal is a big pike, but have got some real nice bass as well. As others have said, size seems to be key, and the 4" range has worked best for me for both bass and pike. I don't use them during the open water season, but looking for a flag while jigging for eating size gills is something I enjoy.

Honestly, I preferred classes where you had to work to get the answers to classes where teachers gave the answers. Keep in mind that software is constantly changing, companies may very well have their own programs, and, as J Franco pointed out, corporate training tends to be a bit of a joke. IMO, the most valuable part of an education is not so much the knowledge you may receive, but the contacts.

If you're talking bass, I'm pretty much done for the year. I'll head out a few more times looking for that one fat muskie I never seem to catch, then not do much until ice season rolls around. Mainly target panfish - cuz man they taste good through the ice- then have another short break until season opens. Do a little steelhead fishing in that time frame, but not much.

If its only 7 deep I doubt it develops enough of a thermocline for turnover to be an issue tbh. FWIW turnover really relates to a lake being equal temperature, allowing the different layers/depths of water to mix. As far as I know, lakes don't actually 'turnover'.

The turnover question is kind of hard to answer as its going to depend on the lake. Here's a table of a couple different lakes and how they experiance turnover. Hope this helps a little MIXING REGIMELAKES DIMICTIC (2mixes/yr) Lake Minnetonka Grindstone Lake Lake Independence (Minneapolis, MN) Pike Lake (Duluth, MN) MONOMICTIC (1mix/yr – mixed all winter and spring) Lake Erie Lake Huron Ice Lake* Lake Michigan Lake Ontario Lake Superior Lake Tahoe Lake Mead POLYMICTIC (many mixes/yr) Shallow lakes & ponds< 4wide range Mille Lacs Lake, MN St. Louis River and Duluth-Superior Harbor MEROMICTIC (never totally mixed because of stagnant bottom layer) Miners Pit Lake Pennington Pit Lake Brownie Lake Deming Lake Big Soda Lake (Fallon, NV) Basically, from a technical standpoint turnover will occur whenever it gets windy from the time the thermocline dissappears until the lake restratifies.