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Wacky rigged 4" senko in a baitfish color. Toss it right in the action and let it fall through to the big guys lurking below.

I got the App and found the magazine in the listing but get a connection error very time I try to get it.

You are missing an important part of my point. What I am saying is that the OP might not be doing too badly catching only a few a day depending upon the conditions he is fishing. Who knows if a pro would slay them or not. I know a lot of the lakes I fish you aren't going to catch a whole lot from shore after the weather warms up. There just isn't access to where the fish are. If there are no fish where you are fishing it doesn't matter what you have or how good you are with it. But I wouldn't mind having a shot at them with their boat, electronics, gear, and sponsors. I mean come one... who wouldn't!

I don't see an ap in the amazon store called "pocket mag" am I spelling it correctly?

Is this available on the amazon market for kindle fire?

I don't know about that, lets play along further... This is a bank fishing tournament which means they are going to be limited in a way that they are not used to sponsors, gear and everything else isn't going to make as much difference when you have to walk the banks. Being shore bound take a TON out of any professional anglers whole mindset. Locations, electronics, 30 different rods rigged are all out the window. Remember this is a shore bound angler wanting a shore bound tournament. Depending on time of year, and lake physics even the best fisherman might struggle to catch more than a few here and there.

Here most lakes are a 15" limit so you aren't weighing in anything much under 2#. 3# and over give a nice rush for me but I won't weigh or look for a pic unless I think they are over 4. 5s get us high fiving.

Just a thought, if you scratched and tore up an aluminum boat in just a few years then a glass boat might not be for you. A glass boat will give you a more comfortable ride in the big water but if you are scratching aluminum... You will be getting a lot of repairs done to a glass hull with those situations that will scratch and dent Al.

You could get all of that info for yourself with some legwork on sites like this one as well as the tournament trail sites. If it is a smaller body of water you would probably not get any info regardless, unless they make stuff up lol.

PROS: I liked the format.... at first. It kind of broke down for me some when the whole field started dink hunting. The later episodes I just wanted to fast forward and watch the last period where there was some excitement. I found myself wanting them to stop chasing the schools of 1 to 2 lb fish and start culling. Would have liked to see a minimum weight to score for one of the rounds to see some guys going for bigger fish. I liked the real time leader board. Awesome watching it get into the heads of the anglers. I liked the no practice or waypoints aspect. Was great seeing the anglers fish from their skill and experience. CONS: I didn't like the constant repeating of the praises of the new format and the real time scoring, as it started to feel like watching Roland Martin trying to sell a new tournament format. I didn't like all of the profanity and tantrums from a few of the anglers. Even though it was bleeped out most of the time, I found myself having to turn it off and wait til my 6yr old wasn't around to watch it. I couldn't believe how they were allowing the anglers to carry on. If they want to have a "major league" caliber of event they need to have the participants act like professionals. Professional athletes get thrown out of games for flying off the handle, why should professional fisherman get attention for it?

Just so I have all of the background right... He taught you how to fish. You have been friends since childhood. He misses a tournament claiming he is sick. You want to cut him off. He isn't a real frind? I would think an almost lifetime friendship should be able to weather a missed tournament for whatever reason might have come up. I personally think that you should be willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Sure it stinks to miss a tournament. But it would stink even worse to cut him off and find out he woke up half hour before the tournament puking his guts up. If he has been a good friend for so long, and is a good fishing partner than you would only be punishing yourself for being harsh.

I love fishing from the back. I often get fish that the boater misses. I like not having to worrt about boat position and concentrating on the fish.

I live in Philly... they come in the house with me.

I am by no means a real experienced or good fisherman. But in my experience success breeds success. What I would do rather then tell someone to leave everything else home. I would attempt to set them up for success. I remember my experiences learning different lures with my brother. He would talk about the lake we were on and what the conditions might call for and made suggestions. Those days I learned to throw different lures because that is what he suggested and they worked. Those lures soon became my "favorites" and I had to learn later to branch out and try different things. But those early days lit a fire in me to keep trying until I found success. Experience cannot be short cut. I had to learn much on my own (some times the hard way) what might work and what might not. But through his teaching, and the success we shared I had gained some level of confidence that kept me from giving up. I say bring it all with you, but force yourself to branch out and find new confidence. My goal this season is to do just that. I have never been a hardbait fisherman. I was brought up on jigs and plastics. But I know that I am short changing myself on many days. This drives me to try new things and press harder to learn to cover more water looking for active fish rather than crawling something through unproductive water.

Nice fish. Btw I love your forum sig!