SPEEDBEAD.

Sorry to hear Carl. Good luck, fishing cures quite a bit.

I do typically deny my identity when I meet people. LOL

With his feet, in 39 degree water during a blizzard hurricane! The ground was shaking, so there may have been an earthquake but that has yet to be confirmed. The other stuff, completely true. IT WAS EPIC!

Met James Gandolfini at Cabela's one day. Had about three carts full of camo clothes and what not. He walked up behind me in the checkout line. Very cool dude and A LOT bigger/taller than I imagined.

Team America: World Police

A picture, a witness and a release vid are good enough for me. I'm ok with people keeping fish up to their legal limit. That is a right you acquire along with your license. Obviously, I would prefer if the big ones (subjective to your waters/location) were allowed to swim another day.

Just picked up a Thunder yesterday with only a few rounds run through it for $150. How could I refuse? LOL

My mistake, thanks for the link.

The Blue and Green mirrored Costas have an Amber base. The only thing mirroring does is block more light. Ideal for open water/blue water fishing in bright sun; not as good for sight fishing.

From talking to guys in your area, if you are fishing the Delta and not fishing at least SOME with a rat bait then you are missing out. WRB is right about the A-rig. I dont consider that swimbait fishing really either. Also, you say you only catch one or two per trip? You dont really say how big they are, so that may not be a bad thing. You're gonna go and not catch fish, accept that. If you are fishing for big fish (and honestly on the Delta I dont know why you'd fish for anything else) then you have to realize the only way to catch fish on swimbaits is to keep throwing them in high percentage areas. Gotta keep a bait wet to catch anything on it. So Matt, about that rat bait? LOL

I saw it. Never know what might happen. LOL

He didn't win the Classic this year, so it shouldnt be too nuts. I saw him in Harrisburg right after he won with the Chartreuse/black back squarebill. You should have seen guys fighting over those. LOL

Not mine, but I believe Matt from Mattlures has a couple world records under his belt from some off the wall species. Hopefully he still owns those records and will chime in.

Sums it up perfectly:

Oh, no doubt. Oakley makes some nice glasses, buddy in the National Guard loves the ones he got through them. I'm referring to your next pair. I will repeat something that can't be repeated enough: You only get one set of eyeballs, treat them with care. In this instance, that would be purchasing the highest quality pair of glasses you can.

Atta boy! Get your stitchin' fingers ready!

Save the money, buy Costa glass and don't worry about scratches.

LOL, thought the same thing. Amber lenses for me.

Megastrike goes on my jigs and swimbaits. JJ's goes on my other soft plastics. Both are tremendous products backed by great people.

Hudds are comparatively cheap in the swimbait world.

Absolutely. I didnt know what type of setup you had, so I was staying away from the bigger stuff. Is there anyway for you to get a float tube or kayak/small boat in there? Getting off the banks, IMO, will greatly improve your ability to capitalize on casting angles and access different structure in the pit.

I'd be fishing the deep side of those islands or rock outcroppings, especially if the wind is blowing up on them. Also, if it has weeds like that, I'd be willing to bet that summertime fishing with a frog would be a blast.

That's a bad looking rifle Robert . Better throw that thing in the ocean before it goes out and shoots something all by itself

Pics! Pics! Pics! Pics! Pics!

Rhino's got a good point. The Road Trip is a good place to get some swag. Big O straight hooked me up at the first KY Lake Roadtrip. J also makes a valid point that I would like to expand on. If there is a "section" for giveaways and contests, there are going to be guys that only sign up to participate in that forum. If you have to look for stuff, there is a good chance you'll find something else to contribute to as well as finding the "giveaways." Think of it as an Easter Egg hunt for adults. LOL Besides, most of the time the giveaways are done in the General Section. If you are looking there, you won't miss too many.