DinkDonkey30

I like to mix certain soft plastics and let them bleed over. I have a specific slot just for pink zoom super flukes and black stick worms from Amazon. It’s some trial by fire to see which baits can play nice. I keep almost everything in box’s.

I’ve been pretty fortunate I haven’t gone overboard due to a malfunction yet but I can definitely understand how it happens. I’m a diesel tech by trade so I’m fairly capable of fixing stuff especially in less than ideal situations. I feel for the consumers who buy these units without the ability to work on them. I had mine less than 3 weeks the first time it went down. D and R sports who I bought it from told me it would be a month before they even looked at it and that was if I brought it in removed from the boat. Mind you they wouldn’t swap it or anything even though it was literally brand new. So I stood to loose who knows how many weeks on the water or fix it myself.

The Ulterra works but I wouldn’t say well. The “auto” stow and deploy is the best feature but not the most reliable. I’ve had to fix mine multiple times on the water due to mfg errors. Some times it just needs a reset sometimes I have to disassemble to address the magnet switch that controls the function, wiring issues, belt issues etc. Spot lock does stay within 5 ft when spot lock works it randomly kicks out at times. I haven’t figured out why but I believe it drops gps signal then kicks off. The problem is it doesn’t give any spot lock drop notification so you can be holding a tight spot around things you don’t want to hit and just drift off without warning. The ability to hold depth/contour lines if linked to a graph is very nice but is only as good as the mapping itself.The Ulterra is also a real pain to hook up a mega live transducer for forward facing sonar due to how the stow deployment design works so if you have plans for that I’d avoid the Ulterra. It’s possible to make work but isn’t easy. Overall my next boat will be rigged with Garmin electronics and troller. Hummingbird from my experience and from what I’ve seen of other anglers in a few clubs I fish just aren’t where it’s at. If I did stay with HB it would be an ultrex. They are much more durable/reliable. I had one on my bow fishing boat and it went through way more abuse than this ulterra with 0 issues. I also know many others who have had a better experience with them.

I use an 80lb Ulterra on my Triton. I’ve had it for 3 years. It’s gets used 3+ days a week 8 months or more a year. If you aren’t somewhat mechanically inclined/good with electrical I would stay away from them. They can be finicky and dealer support/Hummingbird support can be very lack luster or all together useless. When it functions as advertised the features are great but for the price I should have stuck with an Ultrex.

Walter's hyping up the 6 lb bag is outstanding.

DiPalma and Paulnek shooting the breeze while Dipalma lands an absolute donkey was great to watch.

I would give anything to go back and fish with my younger brother again any amount of time anywhere. Unfortunately he passed away at 21. Aside from that I’m pretty content fishing where I do. I’m fortunate enough to get to fish anytime I want after work or as long as I please on the weekends. Maybe joining Jeremy Wade on one of those river monster adventures would be pretty interesting.

Idk who are worse wake boats or jet skies. Rarely do I ever have a positive experience around either be it at the ramp or on the water.

Hes not retiring he's going to npfl. His son has openly admitted to "accidentally" giving him the information about where the previous weeks tournament was won. It's also been said Matt was never anywhere near the location his son gave him. My question would be why not self report? I would also think Matt should have known when his son started name dropping a location he should have told him to stop mid sentence. Personally I think the no info rule at this point is silly. With all the technology and other ways these anglers can find info this rule is useless.

Dollar Bill definitely gained a fan in me this tournament. Good for him and great interview.

I'd like to see Bill win this. I didn't know much about him until this event. He seems like a nice enough guy and he's from my home state. Always like to see a "local" guy do well.

Is Bassmaster not showing live coverage today?

Yeah it works fine on my phone as well. My point is it's easier to watch it on one of my TVs if I can just select FS1 or Roku channel. Insted once the broadcast on fs1/roku is cut i have to pull the broadcast up on my phone then cast then link my phone to my tv. It's a bit of a hassle and I'm sure a lot of people who are not tech savvy struggle with it. It also probably hurts the viewership overall but mabey not. On another not look at that 31 lb bag man that would be a day on the water.

Looks like our Indiana boy is going to stay on top today. I've watched the coverage off and on since the start of the week. Personally the only thing I havent enjoyed is the halftime show and the coverage being cut half through on roku and fs1. Yes I know you can watch it on Bass and link it to other devices but thats a little bit of a hassle in my opinion.

Looks like another good start for Bill today.