g man

I have been blessed to fish with Matt Allen, Arden Hanline Jr, and Ron Casner already; so next on my wish list is Arden Hanline Snr! For those of you not familiar with him he had the #4 biggest bass ever caught back in the 80s. He mainly fishes Southern California lakes. He never posts up pictures of himself instead just lets them go happy with himself as he just loves to catch fish and have fun. g man

Deep, have you lowered yourself to throwing spoons? Next thing you know you will be throwing the drop shot....it's a downhill spiral; remember you can't catch a swimbait fish unless you are throwing one...probably find you on the cover of next month's addition of Dropshot Nation LMAOROF g man

Wayne, Ron Casner will be there to represent AZ! If you see him tell him you are a friend of mine...I'm sure he will make you laugh with something at my expense! LOL Good luck to you both!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! g man

Nice choice BigBites1. I fish nothing but Dobyn's anymore and love my 744dx! I started out with the champion 765 for throwing the Calif swimjig rod after fishing with Matt Allen up on Clear Lake. I liked it so much I sold all my other rods and replaced them with Dobyn's. I mostly throw big swimbaits and Calif swimjigs; with about 60% of my bass over 6lbs coming on the Calif swimjig. I have stuck countless bass in the 6 to 9lb range with a few over 10lbs on my Dobyn's rods and love the way they pin the big girls and keep them pinned. I also love the way Dobyn's swimbait rods load up and cast baits like the Hudds on up to the Hinkle trout a country mile! My 744dx is a "sic" rod that I use for flukes, spinnerbaits, frogs etc.. and also handles the big girls. My son just bought that exact rod last week after I told him how much I liked mine. Besides everything I have said already one of the other main reasons I switched to Dobyn's is their customer service and warranty.....they are the nicest people and are a family run business! g man

Fried chicken (16 piece), jerky, three pounds of bacon&sausages(the maple kind), pizza, blueberry muffins, brownies, homemade chocolate chip cookies, chips, soda(crème,root beer,&pepsi), Gatorade, thermos of coffee, and a couple sandwiches. I almost always fish for three days in a row and sleep on my boat so I need a lot of food. That and my friends always come by for the food! True story....g man LOL

Check the new Dobyn's Fury lineup out....anything Gary puts his name on is sic! His warranty's are the best in the industry also. Hope this helps, g man

Big C, I caught all three of my first swimbait fish on the bullshad.That's been a lot of years ago now but it is still one of my favorite swimbaits. Why; because it flat out works. As far as Mike Bucca; he is one of my favorite people in the whole world. Down to earth, help anyone, give you the shirt off his back southern boy. He has been nothing but a blessing in my life since Arden Hanline Jr. introduced him to me. Thanks for saying such nice things about a man who so richly deserves it. Sincerely, g man

Matt Allen is one of the nicest guys you will ever meet. He does as much to help others as anyone I have ever met in the fishing world. Like everyone here already said that has met him he is awesome indeed. As far as the 'locked' thread mentioned above I have not read it nor do I care to from the sounds of it! LOL..just saying....by the way nice fish in your avatar Tom and I don't blame you for being upset about anything negative being said about Southern California sticks! I have fished Southern California and I have the utmost respect for you guys g man