Dirtyeggroll

I once fished a tournament where I had pre-fished and the water was chocolate milk but on he day of he tournament it was ~6-7 ft visibility. I happened to have one green pumpkin jig that already had a trailer on it (all the others were black and blue). about an hour into the day both of he pincers had been removed from the trailer. I continued to fish the jig anyway and ended up getting 2nd place with ~18 lbs having caught all but one of my fish on the trailer-lacking jig.

Running three of them. 2 for trolling and one for cranking. Ran my -Ultrex, -2 Humminbird Helix 12’s -1 Helix 9, - a 360 - and a hydrowave for almost 14 hours nearly non-stop in 25 mph constant winds with 40 mph gusts this weekend with no apparent indication of power loss.

I think it’s the only time of year you can stack a military discount to get a total of 25% off.

Finally got her out for the maiden voyage. About 30 minutes in, the floor started filling with water. Apparently I had busted a livewell recirculator outlet when I was installing one of the many things that required me to access the bilge. We were able to put the boat back on the trailer and move down the hose clamp and didn’t have any more problems the rest of the day. Even put the first fish in the boat, and more importantly got my dad on some good fish too!

My Sam’s club only offers an 18-month warranty on them while Batteries Plus offers the 30-month warranty but charge a bit more.

Those Group 31 are about the best bang for your buck in a battery. Sometimes they go on sale for $159.

Did you mean “waste”? If so, then you’re kind of right. With the gouges on the keel I was a bit worried about putting it in the water. I wasn’t confident in my ability to repair the keel on my own and had a week off of work that I had hoped to have the boat ready to fish by. Well that didn’t happen, so I used the week to work on all of the things I was comfortable doing myself until the guy who was helping me had a free afternoon. I spent the whole week in the garage in the boat. The garage was a wreck and my wife was certainly ready for me to stop being in there crawling around on it randomly cursing here and there. I am too and I am ready to take it out after having it sit in the garage for 4 months.

There is not gonna be time this year to redo the seats because now it’s time to fish! Finally for the keel guard on and this boat is finally ready for the water! Hoping I can take it out one evening this week before a tournament this weekend. (Edit: yikes the trailer is dirty!)

Siebert Dredge Dock Rocker with a Rage Bug trailer. Comes through all cover fantastically and skips well. This gal ate one deep in a brush pile.

Got the deck extension turned into a storage compartment.

First time getting out this year. First fish of the year. Found a fat mamma jamma!

The hand gesture in your profile pic (if that's you) suggests otherwise... Maybe you are a craw fish too and trying to take your original form (making a big pincer out of your hand)!!! That would explain your unwillingness to accept Sam's story. Hahaha

Have you ever wondered about the environmental impact of breaking off? Yes. If I break off a long section of line, it bothers me. Mostly, I don't like the idea of a swimming bird or rodent getting wrapped up in, not to mention my trolling motor prop. At what point is the lake or river so full of hooks that you can't step in them? Fortunately, breaking off doesn't regularly occur everywhere. It tends to occur mostly in the same locations for most people and thus any body of water should never be so full of hooks that they can't be stepped in. A highly trafficked small man-made reservoir near my house was recently drained. About 30% of the banks of this lake were lined with a felt-like landscape matting. When the lake was recently drained the number of hooks in that landscape matting was truly unbelievable; literally hundreds, if not thousands. The other place with lots of hooks were the laydowns. The laydowns also had significantly more line wrapped up in them as well. Some of the hooks still had plastics on them, but they were very few.

It’s a good read. If you do not have a biology or chemistry background, you will likely continue to learn from it with multiple reads.

Popping frog can sometimes work better when there is a little chop on the water.

FREE4U It was a banner on the app.

$5 off in app purchases on eBay. Got me a free set of trauma shears for the boat for cutting snagged line (which is usually 100+ lb braid haha).

The shop where we were working on my boat is flooded. Power poles are being held hostage in the upper mezzanine due to the flooding. Was in the process of replacing a thru-hull transducer when it had to be evacuated. If only had I just left it alone and not decided to do the upgrades I would be able to use it for the my week off in the first week of April... Maybe next year.

10 lb Tatsu. For what application would you use this?

With the newer style “smart” chargers, a higher initial charge amperage with prolong the life of your batteries. Moreover, if you are using AGM batteries, you will not be able to charge them to truly 100% unless you can achieve an amperage of >25. That being said, the differences are negligible to most people. Go with what makes sense for your budget. If you have the cash and the allowance for a little extra weight in the boat, go with the 36A. If you can think of anything else youd rather spend the money on, go with the other. Either is a good choice.

When I had my little 10’ Basshound boat I would go out in up to 15 mph winds. That being said, the lakes I would choose would be small and have pockets that were protected from the wind and didn’t require crossing the main lake to get to. I was out on the North end of a lake across the main lake once on a late October morning when a storm started rolling in. By the time I got half way back to the ramp the winds had really picked up. Had the boat not been filled with foam, it may be at the bottom of the lake right now. I will never let that happen again. Pay attention to the forecast and know what you are comfortable with, especially in the little one to two man boats.

When I first started using KVD L&L I didn’t use it on braid because I didn’t think it would add anything. I was talking with a guy in my club about it and he told me that he had been using on his braid. So, I tried it to prove to him that it was useless on braid and I ate my words. In my experience it is also effective on braid and makes it come of the spool much smoother.

If you go with an inflatable be aware that it only counts as a PFD if you are wearing it. If you take it off, you must have another PFD in the boat to be legal.

Last year a day before a tournament we ran into some guys that had already fished the lake that day. They told us that your frog had to have a white belly or it just would not produce much. I tied on a white-bellied frog that morning and the boater I was fishing with left on his dark-bellied frog about 90 minutes into the tournament we had a limit and I had caught all of the fish. The boated I was fishing with changed to a white-bellied frog and started catching them. I still don't really believe it.

Yep on sale until March 24th. https://m.samsclub.com/ip/duracell-agm-deep-cycle-marine-and-rv-battery-group-size-31dtmagm/prod3590232