MDBowHunter

Thanks guys

I recently purchased a 7" slammer and the hooks are awfully dull, so I was wanting to replace them and was unsure on what size they are. If someone out there knows off hand the info will be highly appreciated.

6.74 on a vision 110

Yea ramps are a little steep there, that launch is in the Chesapeake Bay right at the bridge. I see guys launching awful big fishing boats there

Its what happens when you jump out of the truck at the launch, but failed to put the truck in park and set the emergency brake.

I agree 100% I now have three of the new ones,

I'm still wondering if he went fishing anyway, might as well what's done is done.

This weekend at Sandy Point State Park in Md

One thing about the 6s is they are around 70lbs each so keep that in mind, that's why I didn't use them on my front motor. Most of your front motor running will most likely be on the two or three lowest settings unless it gets real windy or it's a strong current, so your front batteries shouldnt impose a problem. Like I said I run 6v GC batteries for my travel motors or transom motors and they are 232ah which gives me like 4.5 hours travel time on full power. When you hook batteries in parellel you double the amps when you hook up in series you double the volts. Size of the battery and its plates will dictate running time, this is something that looked into hard before I spent time and money on my reservoir rig.

I was using War Eagle spinnerbaits ( which are really nice ) until I bought a handful from Sieberts because I wanted Colorado blades instead of willows and I was very impressed. Next time I need some I'll be placing another order with Sieberts.

I fish Liberty, Loch Raven and Prettyboy. As far as numbers of smallies go to Prettyboy there are a ton of them there, but I will say that some of the biggest smallies I've seen have come from Liberty. If you really want a smallie you should've been there a month or so ago if your bank fishing, because the smallies spawn before the LM and head to deep water which makes them hard to catch from the shore. The upper Potomac is an awesome smallie spot and a lot of the area can be waded. It's just no where near HoCo.

One more for braid with a leader, try it you'll be glad you did.

Liberty reservoir would be your best bet for a smallie

Very good advice here, I primarily fish reservoirs and my main lake has depths of 150'. The bigger fish are always deeper then the dinks. If your beating the bank catching dinks most likely your boat is right on top of the bigger ones. Try fishing two casts away from the shoreline. if your looking at the base of a tree in the water fist the tree top not the base where it meets the water. Just remember that tree could be as long as 75' or more depending on the tree. I've also found that boat positioning is everything in super clear reservoirs, If you can see 20' down that means the fish can see the boat from far away. Also pay attention to your shadow as I believe that's one of the things that warns them of your presence.

No as they are just salesmen,

I wish my latest and last experience with BPS would've went as smoothly. I went to the Hanover store a few days ago to buy a few things . Well one of things I picked out was a white Columbia fishing shirt for th upcoming summer. Well as I'm standing watching the clerk remove security tags I noticed black stains on on of the sleeves. So I said to the cashier. Can I just go right there and grab another one and swap them, mind you this shirt hasnt even been rang up yet. Well the cashier says it will be best to just pay for it then handle it with customer service. Alright so I pay and walk straight to customer service, not even leaving the store. On my way there I went to grab another shirt to exchange when I realized they only had the one in my size. Ok well I would like to get my money back which I just paid in cash about two minutes prior. So they proceed to ask me for a drivers license, which I left home in my work pants on the bedroom floor( which is totally my fault). Well they tell me they can't give me my money back without a drivers license bcause I might be pulling something shady. Now I had a bag with well over $200 worth of stuff I just bought and I was trying to return a $30 shirt. The main manager who's name is David tells me he can't give me my money back for the shirt, that I had to go home( which is 20 miles one way to get my license. So now it's going to cost me $10 worth of gas the return this shirt. That was stained from the beginning. All the time I was telling them that I know my drivers license # and I would give it to them, also I just put it on my rewards card. Which again he said too bad. Well that's when the stuff hit the fan and I had to act like an idiot, but he did give me my money back for the shirt but he made me curse and act like a fool before he did so. Well they just lost an above average spending customer, I won't give that sorry excuse of a store another penny. I went right home hit up TW and had a nice clean shirt three days later. Since BPS has become a brick and mortar store they're customer service has suffered.

Hopefully it won't exclude the brand your trying to buy, Ive tried to do the same for a reel but they exclude Daiwa every year it seems.

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As Wayne said yes, just hope it doesn't get too windy. I went out last weekend and ran my front motor dead and I'm running 2-12s in parallel. I will this is the first this has happened, but it did run them dry. It was 15 to 18mph winds and there were times I had to run it almost full out to keep moving forward. I was going to run just one for the same reason, but I already had the batteries so now I'm glad that I didn't.

Last year I had a buddy out with me, and he was standing on the bow of the boat bouncing up and down, when all of a sudden his $380 Maui Jim sunglasses that were around his neck fell off into about 100' of water. I personally would of jumped in after them, but this was in our local reservoir and wading or swimming is against the law. So they just sank into the deep abyss.

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I with gardnerjigman I never use braid for top water walker type baits because it's way too limp and the bait will actually run over the line and it will tangle with the hooks. Mono will stay some what stiff and will stay out in front of the bait. How ever I do use braid for jigs, frogs, spinnerbaits, Chatterbaits, drop shot.

I have an avid mhm cranker and it's an awesome rod, I wouldn't go to a mm IMHO.