12poundbass

They charge the price of a good duck club too.

I had the Flu on new years eve last year. I had the norovirus about 5 years ago. I'd take the Flu any day. Both are still horrible though. Get well soon!

The 68 Charger would've been a fun car! The 55 Chevy is my choice of the tri-5's

I prefer the Barrett Jackson auction as well. I usually watch the weekend, but watched last night and you're right @TOXIC those prices are a lot more reasonable. The past couple years I've been on a rat rod kick. Only the ones that still look like a car/truck and are tastefully done. I'm willing to bet for me anyways owning one would be a novelty thing and would quickly go away. The restomods and customs especially the Mopars and Camaros are on my wish list. Another on my wish list would be the old Mercury lead sleds. Like the rat rods it would have to be tastefully done, chopped, and dropped just right. Kinda like the ones in a ZZ Top video. There's more to my wish list but I'll leave it there for now. Champagne taste on a beer budget....? What's on the BR members which list?

Just to be fair it needs to be said that the Helix 10 SI comes with the HDSI transducer so you're comparing apples and oranges. The HDSI transducer produces better and more crisp images than a Garmin or Lowrance transducer.

Anybody watching the auction? What's your taste in cars? Anyone ever been or purchased one from there?

It's not apples to apples but my work truck is a '17 Colorado that I put at least 150 miles on a day more in the summer and the mileage hasn't changed more than 1 mpg between seasons.

I'm guessing that's when they're going to start rolling them out. Typically a new boat order takes 6-10 weeks as it is, so that would put you close to the ETA they gave you.

Sorry to hear that Lo. Cancer is a horrible disease. Just weeks into college my life was flipped upside down when I was diagnosed with stage 4 non hodgkins and Hodgkin lymphoma. It was 4 rounds of radiation and 5 months of intense chemo that required a week in the hospital 2 weeks out and did that for 5 months. 14 years later here I am! Having lost an uncle, both my grandfather's and have known several others I know I'm the lucky one, and I make sure never to forget that. I try to do everything I can to in some way to support my local children's hospital where I was treated, and have donated in the past to St. Jude's because having been through it children's hematology/oncology is near and dear to me. So I stand with my fellow survivors for everyone who's going through treatment and say Never Give Up!

With the Helix units you'll need the Gen.2 to be able to network and unfortunately you can't auto-chart on the rear unit and see it on the front unit. You'd have to save it to a zero line card and put it into the front unit.

You mentioned that the trout stamp is $9. Look up the fine for fishing in a designated trout area with no trout stamp and I'm willing to bet you'll see that the $9 trout stamp is a pretty cheap piece of mind.

Hydrodipping would be a pretty cool option. I saw on another site some Lowrance covers that were done and they made them pretty cool looking. However they were around $50, don't quote me but I thought that was send yours in and they'll do it for that price. So I wonder how much a windshield would be?

I'm glad we can agree now because your comments yesterday left me scrathing my head.

So then we agree that environment can and will play a role in determining size?

I agree that poor genetics and perfect food will only get you so far. Just like if you had the perfect environment and food source and poor genes you're only going to get so far. If you add perfect genes, perfect food source, and perfect environment you greatly increase your odds of producing a truly gigantic bass. If environment didn't play a role in the size of a bass then I could quite possibly take a gorilla/tiger/F1 and put up here in Michigan and potentially grow a world record bass correct? I've seen you mention these bass a few times now. You've peaked my interest and I will for sure look these up.

People were in fact smaller. The average height of humans continued to grow until it topped out in the 1970's. Like I said before between 1870 and 1970 the average height of a human male grew 5 inches. That's quite a bit. @WRB @Catt maybe you guys are thinking I'm implying that you can grow a world record bass from a Northern strain? I don't think it's possible at all. I don't deny for one second the genetics from a Florida strain LMB produce much bigger fish.

If it's all genetics then why are we seeing these smallmouth bass that look like they've swallowed a bowling ball, what seems like more frequently since the gobie came around? The world record hasn't been broken and to my knowledge is a pretty old record as well. But it seems like the addition of a new food source has changed things a bit in certain areas. Another example is LaPerla ranch in Texas with Dr. Gary from Techomonte. He selected the fresh water lobster (I believe) to help these bass put on weight quicker. Obviously genetics and selective breeding, habitat and location (environment) play a role as well. Dr. Gary has made a name for himself producing some of the biggest bucks on the planet. He's done this by taking the biggest bucks (genetics) selectively breeding them, and by giving them the best minerals and feed (diet) and the best land with the least amount of pressure, stress, and predation possible (environment). Again I don't argue that genetics plays a major role in fact I'll take a shot in the dark and say it plays well over 80%. I'm not a smart man but I have enough brain to know that without good genes you won't develop much. On the flip side you can have the best genes, but if you have a poor diet will little protein or fat chances dwindle for producing a world record bass. Just like if you take a lake (environment) that is over populated, not the best water, and many other factors you chances for producing a world record bass does it not? Again I'm no expert and I'm going by what I've read over the years.

If you're referring to my comment, I think you might have misinterpreted what I said. I'm not implying bass are getting bigger. What I was implying is that it's not just genetics that determine the size (in my opinion anyways). Genetics is the main factor yes but (again in my opinion) diet and environment play a factor as well.

Average height of a male in 1870 was 5'5" and increased to 5'10" by 1970 where it has stalled out. You're right the cars from the 50's were some of the biggest, my apologies for being off on my decades. The distance between the steering wheel and seat has increased as humans got bigger. If you watch the Barret Jackson auto auction starting tomorrow you'll hear them say that a ton over the next week. Maybe it was between the 1900's and 1940's ?

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I doubt that our LMB record will ever be broken but there's that chance (hence my screen name). There's a lake north of Big Pine which as you've mentioned is where the current record came from. In this lake about 12 years years ago my wife's uncle said the DNR shocked the lake and there was a new state record in there. Fast forward about 8 years and I was at the county park of this lake doing a job and I spoke to the Ranger and he said that he had heard the same story except that it came out of the lakes little brother just north but the two were connected. The DNR officer in my area has said he's heard the same thing. My son and his daughter are in the same class so I'm going to make it a point to cross paths with him and "interrogate" him. Lol Obviously genetics play a huge role in size, but so does what we eat and our environment also play a role. Anybody ever sat in a classic car from the 30's 40' s 50's? People were smaller then. Over time we've grown A ton, genetics play A role, but our ever changing environment play A role too. A wise man on here told me his PB LMB from Michigan was 7 lbs and came from a lake that was stocked with trout. 7 pounds in Michigan is a giant. That's about the same as an 11-12lb down south. Coincidence?

Holy crap that's a bunch of snow! We've been in the single digits for lows since Friday as far as snow goes we only have about 2" so I'm not complaining. The more I think about it, the more I believe that migratory birds, bears, and any other animal that hibernate are way smarter than us humans! Usually winter doesn't bother me but for some reason this winter is really getting under my skin.

Welcome from Montcalm county.

By this evening it will have dropped 50* in 24 hours. ?

Awesome! Since I'm going to win it, I wonder if Mr. Perry and I could try for the giant Peacock bass that everyone is talking about up in Anchorage?