jbmaine

Hi, thanks for the responces. It's eyes were fine as I remember. And yes, it put up a better fight than most L.M. Does anyone have any idea why it was so thin? Maybe normal for this time of year? When I supported it on it's belly I could feel how shrunk in it was. Again, thanks JB

Hi, thanks for the reply. I did some checking, I have constant power on the right light coming out of the box. It was factory installed and runs from a plug on the wiring harness. I'm going to call the dealership tomorrow and see if there is a seperate fuse or ground, other wise i'll need a new box. thanks again JB

Hello, Last Thur. my wife and I got out for the day on a local lake. It was hot and the fishing was slow but I picked up a new P.B. smallie. I was lobbing a senko in about four ft. of water when it hit. It weighed around 3 1/2 lb on an old scale. I didn't think to measure the length. It would have weighed more but it was so thin, it looked like it hadn't eaten in weeks. It's odd because the lake is full of minnows, frogs, etc. It was a nice surprise as I was fishing for L.M. at the time. Thanks for looking JB

Hello, My boat trailer lights are suddenly not working correctly. When I plug them into the car the right light is on all the time. I hooked up my utility trailer and the same thing happens. The only thing I can think of is yesterday we put in at a shallow launch and I had to back in further than normal. I always unplug the lights before backing into the water but as I backed in further this time the plug on the car was hanging in the water when I hit the brakes. I'm guessing I might have shorted out something in the conversion box ( not sure of proper name). The box it self is in the trunk and stayed dry. The odd thing is the lights were working when we left the launch but when we got home the right light was staying on. the lights on the car work fine. has this happened to anyone else? Can you think of any thing I could check before buying another box? Any advise you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks JB

the higher end rods sound good, except for the "brittle" part. Any rod I use will be serving multible uses at this point. I can't afford to buy too many setups right now. Most of the lakes we fish have multible species in them so we may fish for bass in the AM then spend some time trolling for lake trout. Also, our gear bounces around in an aluminum boat ( not a bass boat). I didn't realize high end rods were easier to break, having found this out it seems better to stick with something like the clarus for now. Thanks JB

Thanks everyone for the responce. At this point It seems that the less expensive rod would do me, especially for general purpose use. Thanks again JB

Hi, I'm looking to pick up a new spinning rod and have been thinking about the shimano Crucial, compre, or clarus. It seems the only big differance between them is the grade of graphite used. The more $$ you want to spend the higher the "IM" is. I don't have any place around here to go and feel hands on what the differance is so I was wondering if any of you could give me your opinion on the advantage of higher grade graphite. Like many, I'm on a budget and don't want to spend more than I have to, but will if it's worth it. I'm looking to use this rod as a general purpose rod, to throw a little bit of everything. Thanks for your input. JB

Hello, not sure which part of the forum this belongs so I thought I'd try here. I read a post a few days ago about how rod socks worked so well to keep all your poles separated. It sounded good so I thought I'd pick some up. When you use them how do you keep the hooks from your lures from getting "hooked" on them? And do you use anything to protect the reels? I assume they can be used on rods already rigged and ready to go, correct? Thanks

Anyone that has read my posts in the last week or so has seen I have many more questions than answers. thanks for your patience in responding to them. As i get up to speed on Bass fishing I hope to be able to offer more and ask less. My question is, on a spinning reel is there any performance differance with rear drag VS front drag or is it just personal choise? I see some reels are offered both ways and wondered which was the best way to go. Thanks

Thanks for the replys and sharing your knowledge. Can't wait to give them a try. Again, thanks

hello, the local sporting good store is having a big sale. One of the items was Rapala products. buy three, get the forth for a penny, so I picked up a few husky jerk and x-rap. I've used the orginal rapala minnow but not these. Any tips on good ways to fish them? I'm still kinda behind the times on a lot of the newer lures. thanks

Thanks for the replys everyone. Sounds like I'll stick to something like triline XL. Kinda makes ya wonder why they keep selling something nobody likes.

Anyone try or use this? Local store has it on sale. Wondered if it was worth trying. Thanks

Hello, I don't have any place locally to purchase boat stuff ( paddles, fenders, trailer acc, etc )with out it costing an arm and a leg. I know BPS, Cabelas, carry a lot of stuff but can you recommend other online sources? We have a local West Marine but there prices are thru the roof. thanks

so he ( or she ) can tell me what color line they prefer to get caught on. I know different line colors are made for different water conditions, but is there one overall favorite general purpose color? I'm looking to pick up a spool of trilene XL to spool up and fish a varity of water and the choices are Low-Vis Green, Clear, and Clear/Blue Flo. If you could only pick one, which would you pick? On a side note, if I ever did come across a talking Bass, i think i'd ask him ( or her ) why they were so obsessed with line color that they never noticed all the hooks hanging off of the thing they were about to eat. LOL thanks for sharing your knowledge JB

Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. It's much appreciated! JB

Hello, I am looking to pick up a reel for my wife and due to wrist and hand issues a spincast is about all she can use. she currently uses a " cheap" reel that is less than ideal ( lousy drag and lots of line twist ) and I was looking for a better one for her. So far the zebco omega seems like a good choice and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with it. I was thinking trilene xl would be a good line for it. Your thoughts on this too please. As always, thanks for sharing your knowledge

Hello, After brousing this forum for a couple of weeks and seeing all the knowledge, advice, and fellowship everyone shares, I thought it was time to join. I have enjoyed fishing pretty much my entire life ( some fifty odd yrs.) in both salt and fresh water and while I would not begin to call myself a great fisherman, it is one of the few things I have always seemed to be lucky at. Around 4 yrs. ago I was fortunate to meet the LOML and discover she loved fishing as much as I do. We get out every chance we get and have pretty much decided to concentrate on bass fishing. We are especially looking forward to fishing this year because after saving our pennies for some time we were able to graduate from a canoe to a 14 ft Lund. ( we pick it up next month). thanks everyone for putting up with this some what long winded intro. and letting me be a part of the forum.