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Is there a technique specific rod for McNuggets? Do McNuggets come in black with blue flake? Must have been a full moon.

What you you'll need to do is, as carefully as you can, remove the old transom and use it for a template to make, or have someone else make, you a new one.

I've got a bad back and can only stand for 10 minutes before I have to sit down. A butt seat doesn't provide the back support I need so I use a chair I can do everything I need to do sitting.

Any guy who took on an F150 and is still kicking, is a pretty tough guy. Get better soon.

Broken drive pin, bad foot pedal, bad motor, weak battery. Hard to diagnose without more info

Back in the day, my go to smallmouth bait was an unpainted, 1/8 oz ball head jig and a 3 inch pumpkin and pepper grub. I would buy Mr Twister curly tails in bags of 100. They were, and still are a very good value. I still carry a few with me but I don’t often tie one on. I know they still catch fish and I’m sure they always will.

I often don’t run my boat from October to May. I only started using Stabil a few years ago but I haven’t had any issues on the motor that’s 25 years old. It takes a few minutes to warm on the first start of the year. The impeller I replaced that was 15 years old was still in excellent shape.

Besides being widely available, they are also one of the least expensive boats you can buy

What is the reason for wearing your hat backwards? Isn’t the reason for the bill to keep the sun out of your eyes?

This thread just reinforces the adage; "Buy a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll buy a silly hat"

This the way I went. A trolling motor will put a lot of stress on wood and I wouldn’t be confident the mount would stay secure.

If I’d have known that ahead of time, I could have saved myself time and money. If fishing videos are something you are interested in, an underwater camera will add another dimension to your videos.

I’m sorry to disappoint you, but it doesn’t work quite as nice as you might hope. The cameras are a bit heavy and you will have zero control on where it points if you try to cast it out from the bank. Dropping it straight down from a boat gives you a bit of a chance to control the direction it’s looking. If the camera isn’t near the bottom, you will see little to nothing 99% of the time. If the bottom is mucky, the camera can sink into the muck where you won’t see anything. The lens’ have a wide angle and even in clear water, you won’t see much beyond a few feet from the camera. The biggest thing you’ll find is that every minute you spend looking at a TV screen is a minute you aren’t fishing.

Pretty much nobody gave them a chance to go from worst to first in the division. Especially when the “experts” were crowning the Vikings Super Bowl champs before anybody played a game.

My goal is to catch as many fish as I can and have fun doing it.

That's the advantage over buying from a private party. You'll know it's been checked.

If you are coming from Omaha, you won’t be going back for service. Makes sure they double check for any issues

Bedford is where I bought my new Ranger many years ago. I’ve known the owner forever. They aren’t big on discounts on new boats, but they’ve been around doing good service for a long time. I trust them.

I see you are new. When replying to a post, pay attention to the date on the thread. Your view is certainly relevant but this thread is 9 years old.

The mark up on Cabela's brand clothing is so high, that they could easily afford the cost of the return policy. they aren't the only store that offered the lifetime warranty on their house brand. LL Bean has long been known to offer the same policy that many of their customers appreciated.

There are several stream thermometers available at reasonable prices that you could cast out. Google stream thermometers.

I've been wanting to do something like that for several years. I just wanted to do it fishing rivers for smallmouth. Now that I'm retired, I could do it, but I don't think it would be much fun to do it alone and I haven't found anyone who'd like to do it with me.

10lb straight braid. Braid handles better with little to no memory, it’s thinner which allows better casting with light lures and lets then run deeper than thicker mono or FC. No stretch gives better feel and even makes it easier to get back lures that have snagged.

You know that you can use braided lines without a leader. I’ve been using braid for many years and have never had a need for FC or mono leaders. For me, mono’s best use is as backing for my braid. I just hate all the stretch and thickness of nylon lines.

I use spot lock to hold the boat in position and marker buoys to mark the edge of the structure and give me a reference point for where to cast.