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Hint: If you've seen the movie, Alien, you might have an idea... ?

Stewarts sells great ice cream. And it comes in real half-gallons, not 1-1/2 quarts like the grocery store "half gallons."

I love to have one wherever and whenever I fish. I even use a Garmin Striker Plus 5cv on my float tube. I'm always in mapping mode. Sometimes you find things that aren't on the charts and it's nice to record them. And charts don't show things like weed growth, changes in bottom composition or schools of baitfish...

They are occasionally a problem on one of the rivers I fish here in upstate NY. I'm always surprised by how hard it is to get that innocent-looking fluff off the line. Most of my rods have micro guides. When the seeds are troublesome, I usually give up on the river and head back out onto the lake. Ever have trouble with pollen? I was sight fishing for striped bass on the flats of Cape Cod Bay one time and literally acres of pollen on the water drifted in. It was floating and was also suspended in the first foot or two of water. It reflected the sunshine and made me nauseous when I tried to look into the water... sort of a vertigo kind of thing. It was hours before the wind and tide cleared it out of the area.

The listed torque recommendation for props using the Flo-Torque arrangement is 55 ft.lbs. That's the target, but you usually have to go a little more or less to get the tabs on the safety washer to line up with the flats on the nut.

I hate you. I just typed it into the search box on YouTube so I could remember what the song was. It has now poisoned my list of recommended videos on the right side of the page... ?

My motor is only a 40 HP. Maybe I'm using too much torque on the prop nut!

I believe they do. Feat always seem to end up on my playlist when I'm fishing with music. "There's a fat bass in the bathtub with the blues..."

OK... lots of us carry a spare prop, trolling motor prop and prop wrench. But who remembers to carry a small block of 2x4 to jam the prop so you can get the prop nut loosened/tightened? ?

It helps to practice things... even a few times can help. Any bicyclist can tell you about his first day using clip-in pedals. Or a grouse hunter can tell you about pulling harder and harder on the trigger because the safety was on. After you use stuff regularly, it becomes second nature to operate it. Kill switches, like the ones on a motorcycle's handlebars or on a piece of shop equipment need to be used once in a while or you'll forget they're there. It's not a bad idea to use safety stuff every so often so that even if it's still in the back of your mind, at least it might be up front of the back. In reality, when the poop hits the fan, we don't rise to the level of our expectations; we fall back to the level or our training. Train a little with your safety gear.

From Harvard Health .edu Youtube demonstration by a kayaker Unless it's a pretty large hook with a big barb, I honestly just yank it out. Doing that will usually make it bleed a bit, so it's a good idea to have some BandAids in the boat. I have a good quality first aid kit on board, but it's a lot easier to throw a bunch of BandAids in a small ZipLock into your tackle box/bag or a convenient storage compartment in the boat. And remember to clean it up carefully when you get home and apply some antibiotic ointment. That s really does make it heal quicker.

I got my worst hooking as a kid. I was horsing around pretending to "fly cast" with a Hula Popper on a spinning rod, whipping it back and forth over my head. (I know... WTH was I thinking, but I was about 13.) It hit me in the back of the neck. One treble was in my neck and the other was in the heavy collar of my Johnson wool jacket. ? My dad got it out with pliers. Then he told me that a friend of mine that had a deceased father had lost his dad due to tetanus after being hooked with a fishing lure. (He made that up.) So I asked him to take me directly to the doctor's office for a tetanus shot. He told me there was no need and I'd probably be just fine. I was worried sick for about two weeks. Sort of a harsh way to teach me a lesson, but it kept me from flailing double treble hooked lures around like a knucklehead from then on... ?

Learn to pop out an imbedded hook with a loop of strong mono. It works wonderfully in most situations and is quick and painless.

I spent one whole summer fishing almost exclusively with wacky-rigged Senkos. I remember having line twist and dealt with it in the usual ways: I let the bait hang on a long line and un-spin itself occasionally and at the end of the day I cut off the hook, paid out a hundred yards or so of line from the slowly moving boat and trolled it for a minute or two to help get the twists out.

It's peculiar how frame-of-mind can affect a fishing day. Some days, you can get skunked or only catch one fish and still have an enjoyable day and, on other days, you can catch several decent fish and feel like you had a bad day...

I doubt any crayfish ever successfully defended itself against a bass larger than eight or nine inches or so... ?

Only a true fisherman would unwind after a day of fishing by... doing some more fishing! ?

Mercury's Command Thrust engines generally have greater displacement and a lower gear ratio. For example, my 40HP four-stroke is three cylinders totaling 747cc. with a 2.00:1 gear case. The 40HP Command Thrust version is a four-cylinder 995cc. with a 2.33:1 gear case. These are two very different engines needing different propellors.

Mine are both the inexpensive aluminum versions. I don't know if a stainless steel prop would offer me any big advantages on my little 40HP outboard. And the Spitfire design in SS isn't offered in a size to work on my engine. The stainless steel Trophy Sport that is sized for my boat/engine looks very similar to the Spitfire design.

I think the frustrating thing about the Spitfire props is that when you pick a different pitch, it also has a different diameter. That makes it a little trickier to guess which one you need. I ended up with two Spitfires for my boat; one is ideal for when I'm solo and the other is better for when the boat is loaded (I have a little Bass Tracker Pro170/40HP Merc four-stroke). Either will work fine in each situation though. A prop right in the middle of the two I have would be just right but it's not an option in the Spitfire range. Great props though... an interesting design and solid value.

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I tend to use a lot more T-rigged creature baits (largest size D-Bomb, Pit Boss, etc.) these days, but like others have mentioned, 'if I had to pick just one bait..."

You want to see him with his shorts off? Yikes... ? The mods here are fantastic. I have gotten caught up in a heated discussion (maybe more correctly referred to as an argument) before and typed something I shouldn't have. I think it was the only time I bumped up against some moderation and it was handled nicely. This site has wonderful moderation, tone, and population. There are very, very few forums as enjoyable!

I use Seaguar lines as leaders on my braid main line. I was a big fan of InvisX but noticed that the zebra mussels were really shredding up curls near the working end. I switched to AbrazX and noticed significant improvement. When using only 6-10 feet of fluoro, is there any reason to switch from AbrazX to Tatsu?

The re-arm kit for my Mustang M.I.T. 100 was least expensive directly from Mustang ($29.95), which was a surprise. Don't forget to check there first before purchasing a re-arm kit for your Mustang inflatable.