Kevin22

Sitting at a computer while at a comfy office job and saying how stupid it was to do what he did is not appropriate. He has to make money, it comes with risks, that's his job. I'm sure he has a top notch insurance plan for his boat, with a very low deductible since it is required to fish an elite event. The rocks below a dam are rounded off from water flow, little risk of puncturing the hull.. you just bounce off like he did. Him and his marshall were obviously braced for impact, you can see them holding on tightly, if they could have EASILY been tossed overboard then they would have been. Oh, and there is no co-angler there... that was an elite event. That is a BASS hired marshal. If you don't want to take a risk, don't sign up to be a marshal on a river tournament. Those of you saying you wouldn't take that risk, then don't. Its your choice. Just like all careers, there are safe ones and ones with risks. If you have a safe one, don't poke fun at people who take a risk.

I usually just use a drop of locktite GEL super glue on the tip of the blank, then slide the tip on.

I catch a lot of smallies on pink plastics while fishing for walleye. Paddle and curl tail ringworms and such. I would think an xrap would be killer in pink. Our water is stained to muddy.

Probably 5 years or so. I have at least ten 5 gallon buckets full of plastics.

I can cast both right and left handed, but not with great accuracy left handed. I can flip and pitch left handed easily, with great accuracy.

Well, you have some issues. Mostly budget wise. Decent seats are going to run you about $100 each. I'm guessing you need 4? Don't skimp out on these, cheap seats will cost you more in the long run. You can't just paint a peeling glass boat, it has to be professionally redone or it will all peel right off. Its going to cost you over 3 grand for solid color if you want it gel coated and looking nice. For a camo job it will be closer to 3500. Well, you CAN do it yourself but the equipment and materials will cost you more. You want it camo wrapped? About 3 grand. A camo wrap is going to last about 2-3 years of use, if you use it in brush (like most duck boats) it will shorten its lift due to scratches and water penetration. You can duck hunt out of a glass boat.. you can duck hunt out of a floating bath tub. But be aware you won't be bouncing off stumps, they are going to rip a hole in your hull and sink you. It will also be very heavy and draft more water than a traditional flat bottom. Not many people around here use them... Dump the gas. Siphon it out of the tank. There should be a tank access somewhere in your floor or a compartment that will let you get to the tank sensors and a cap. Open it up and drain the gas. No sense saving 2+ year old gas.. To dispose of it you take it to a haz-mat disposal location, your local city works will tell you where that is. Be aware it has to be transported in red gas cans/tanks.

That'll work! I tie a lot of walleye jigs with craft hair and they have much more movement than buck. I rarely even use buck anymore. Just don't put more than one together in a compartment in a box or you will have a heck of a tangle. Cheap pistol cases with foam inserts work best for hair jigs, take one side out and you have a foam jig box.

The tails are formed in the injection mold. If you dip, you cut the tails with a cutting tool made of razor blades, bolts, and washers.

I'll just hop in and say I stick a 1/8-1/4oz walleye round head jig in my 2.75 and 3" tubes. No need for a special tube head.

For what its worth, I bought a ML st. croix eyecon for $85 (retails 110) and didn't care for the grip after a couple uses. I called st. croix and asked if I could pay to upgrade to a premier (120 retail) in the same action/length, they said no problem and there would be no charge. I know there is a significant price difference between our two scenarios, but the mark-up should be about the same. Its all about keeping a customer happy. Some companies will do it, others just want money.

Sounds like you should just sell it and get your money back. I definitely wouldn't spend another $95 to get a rod you MIGHT like. Tell them they didn't tell you the added cost up front and you want them to ship your rod back to you, and that you will just sell the rod on BassResource.com with the story added and buy another gloomis. I bet you the $95 cost goes away.

Exactly what I was thinking... Its missing about 10 minutes of footage.

I use a 7'MHF veritas 2nd gen for pitching jigs. Its really a Heavy power. A 3/8 jig with trailer just barely loads the tip. It is very sensitive if you have good line on it, I've never had a problem distinguishing sand from pea gravel and stumps from rocks. I've bought from FFO before, they do ship their rods the cheap way but they will replace them if broken in shipment. Same with dicks sporting goods and academy sports.

Sea Foam here!

You need to find out if your motor is getting oil. The alarm is for low oil, no oil, bad sensor. Drain the tank, flush the lines, then fill it back up and see if the alarm still sounds. The tank might not be the issue... My buddys 100 will sound oil alarm when its cold out, he runs crap oil and it doesnt flow well when we are duck hunting in -0 temps. He pre-mixes during winter.

You can CAREFULLY go AROUND the dent with a hair dryer or heat gun on the lowest setting. Will take a while, but when it gets warm (not hot) you can try to carefully push the dent back out. Don't force it.

If you have $100 to spend, go ahead and hit up ebay or follow the classifieds on various forums and score a used one. The striker 4DV is price locked at $179.99. If you see one cheaper, you better question the seller because garmin sets the price that it has to be sold at and selling for less breaches their contract. The standard striker 4 is price locked at $119.99

Looks dented to me also. As for spray foam, it won't add any buoyancy.. just more weight. Only way to make it more buoyant would be to increase the surface area and weight distribution. You can put 100# of foam or 100# of lead in it, the buoyancy will be the same.

Well, that is pretty thin line, about 8# diameter. But shouldn't be impossible, I have used 8# on baitcasters for jerkbaits quite a few times. I would say it has more to do with the reel being new to you and not set up properly yet.

Whats the length needed for the angle iron? Looks to be about 5 foot? 2x2x3/8 is about 5# per foot, pretty heavy stuff for what you are wanting.

That is not a smallmouth! To be 100% honest, it looks like a meanmouh (spot x smallie)

What are you rewiring? Fishfinders, trolling motor, fuse box, everything? For the fuse box/dash, the most cost efficient is to buy a new fuse box and wiring kit, unless you happen to have 20 different colors of wire on hand! For the fish finders, just run new 12 ga wire to your new fuse box and dedicate a spot for them. For the trolling motor, use 8ga and wire it up with new breakers. Be sure to use marine grade wire for everything!

Any big bass bait. Spinnerbaits, crankbaits, topwaters, if it moves and makes a sound a pike will hit it! #5+ inline spinners are also a good choice, as well as long stickbaits (12-14 rapalas). Or... just one of those bluegills hooked in the back and under a big float....

Reset her back to default and start over. You aren't around any other units so you should have interference OFF. The surface clarity should be on low to start Put it in manual mode and advanced mode. Color palette in either white/blue/black fish reveal. Turn aplitude scope on In 10-20 feet put color line to 52 and sensitivity to about 60-65 and adjust sensitivity from there You can use auto depth if you want, or just leave it in 20ft setting. Try those settings and see what happens. For the down imaging, to adjust that you have to go to just down imaging page and adjust settings from there.

I'm lucky enough to live on the Miss river. When they run, they run. We use two tube jigs on 1/16 jigs and when they are biting you get two on most casts. In late may, right after the spawn, the smaller males are in a frenzy! Its nothing to catch 200 a day. We use little pocket "clickers" to keep track of numbers. Right now the big females are just starting to feed for pre-spawn, we have been catching some dandy 16-17"ers.