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first three days have been great, learned a bunch, and i am actually WORKING!!! i get done at the end of the day and look back and can actually see that i did something productive....i love it....few tools and stuff i gotta get but it is just awesome....my new 10 hour day goes buy fater than ever....50 hours every week for sure and then sometimes an additional 8-10 on saturdays....the only downfall is i havent wet a hook since sunday!! Cliff

trust me dude, if you WANT things to get better, they will...i was down in the dumps and broke less than a year ago....now my wife and i have two vehicles and good jobs, i was tired of being in that spot so i changed it.....and let me tell you it feels great(almost as good as landing a big ol bass!) anyway things will pick up for you man.....good luck! Cliff

1. LC Fat BDS 2 american shad 2. Jig and trailer 3. power worm red shad 4. walking topwater(spook or sammy)

i just fill a normal sized plano box with what i think i will be using...right now it has jigs and trailers, a few 10" worms, and 3 cranks...plus terminal tackle...then i throw my pliers, camera, and scale in my pockets/golf cart and away i go....the rest of my stuff is scattered around my house Cliff

seinfeld, home improvement

yeah i will know that feeling soon...kinda...my new job will have me working later and i wont get home till about 6pm...by the time i get home, get my stuff, drive to the fishin spot...it would be dark...so my fishing will be limited to weekends starting this onday....but on the plus side, i have a better job, more money, overtime, work and not sitting on my duff all day, and two weeks paid vacation after one year!!! Cliff

http://www.planetvids.com/html/Swear-Jar-Bud-Commercial.html

thanks, i love that shirt...i got it at wally world for like $7, took it home and cut the sleeves off...it really kinda sucked with sleeves on it! ;D Cliff

got out again tonight...caught a bunch on a jig...eakins, green pumpkin w/green flash, gene larew 4"salt craw trailer...most wer just under a pound...but i did catch a couple over one pound...my buddy didnt catch any he could "weight in"...so now i lead with 5 fish at 8lb even and he has 2 fish at 2.9lbs....the "tourney" ends tomorrow...so hopefully i can knock a few of the smaller ones off...here is a pic of the biggest one tonight i also lost two that would have went over two pounds but for some reason, after fighting them all the way up to shore, the hook just magically popped out...oh well Cliff

i could probebly get away with the oxfords...but i just dont like them, i want a full boot because thats what i like to wear....i will be building press boxes....they are framed with steel then finished on the interior like a house..with wood and such....i wont be welding or anything like that...not right away anyway, but i will be trained for it in the future thanks Cliff

i was wondering if any of you guys have experience with cabelas boots this pair in particular http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0020788811925a&navCount=1&podId=0020788811925&parentId=cat601939&masterpathid=&navAction=jump&cmCat=MainCatcat20564-cat601939&catalogCode=IH&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat601939&hasJS=true they got great reviews on that site but i trust the community here, so thought i would ask...my new job requires steel toes, i got my old ones out and have been wearing them for a week or so...they seem to be bother my feet a bit...so i may have to get new ones in the future...any help is much appreciated Cliff

i have 5 rod/reel combos....but for about the last month and a half i havent used any except for my 6' MH...i fish jigs, topwater, cranks, t-rigs and anything else i have with it...i have caught fish on all the different baits mentioned....the main reason for this is that i fish from the bank and got tired of carting around several rods...and actually i have enjoyed this much more....i like the simplicity of it and am in the process of getting a custom rod in the same length and action because i have enjoyed it so much, and i have been catching better quality fish(not that that is due to the rod)....so i plan to sell my other reels and just make my new custom rod my "do it all" rod...but this is just my preference and if i had a boat i would probebly keep using all ym combos Cliff

yeah, dallas rules!! my brother and i were gonna try to go to a game(he wins tickets regularly from his job) but after he saw my shark fishing pics he decided to wait and come down next summer to do that...he took my dad to the dallas vs giants game last year...my dad is a hardocre ginats fan and me and my brother are dallas fans...dallas won...i kinda felt bad...my dad finally goes to see the giants play and they lost...but he had a blast either way its kinda nice to see TO not acting like an idiot as well

according to a book i have, you will not find a pike in the state of california.....it shows a small range of smallies in the central northern part of the state

here is tackle tours review on them http://www.tackletour.com/reviewabugarciapreview08.html

now thats a slopee pig! and a nice bass too!

how to fish a t-rigged plastic worm....i basically didnt know much about LMB fishing a few months ago...AVID got me going on the t-rig which lead me to catching my fisrt texas LMB...thanks man!! Cliff P.S. i also learned tons of stuff from reading all the other great info here from other members

i use notepad....i just write the date, weather which consists of hot or cooler....lol...then i write what i caught and what i caught it on, and where in the particular body of water example 9/25 Axtell ponds...HOT...caught one dink, one was 1.3 lbs and my new PB...4.1lbs all on 10" red shad power worm in the deep part of the small tank. "HOT" in capitals means it was really hot...lowercase "hot" means it wasnt too bad...lol...pretty simple i guess but i understand it...now i can look back next season and see what i caught and where. Cliff

family and friends of course....but with them aside ;D...fishing is #1...and i like PC video games as well

i see it, yall kinda got the same facial features

thats pretty cool...that big long fin on the top of its head is awesome!

mmmm....steak

i have never owned a 503...but i have 101's and 104...plus C# casting reels, and they have all been good to me

that is very true...is there ever a bad time to use a jig? ;D Cliff

recently i have been using 5/16 oz eakins jig(Lost my last two this morning) in brown w/purple flash and missouri craw..trailers have been flappin hawg and as of today, gene larew 4" salt craws(i like the gene larews better, caught me fish and didnt tear apart as easily, and they were 88 cents at academy!) Cliff