Olebiker

I don't have a name suggestion, but I would like to know what you think of that model. I have been thinking about getting one for fishing in places I can't, or don't want, to get my Bass Tracker.

Prevacid here. I have had bad acid reflux for the last 45 years and one Prevacid a day takes care of it.

They have a store here in Tallahassee. I like to go in it since it is a magical place: I am invisible. I'm not kidding. I go in there and they don't even look up in my direction.

I don't ever have trouble with other bass fishermen. Bluegill and crappie fishermen, on the other hand, seem to be oblivious to the presence of other folks on the water. As a courtesy, I give jet skiers a three second head start before shooting.

I just read that to my wife and we both said in unison, "CVS."

It's been six months since there has been enough water in Lake Monkey Business for me to launch my Bass Tracker. Recent rains have brought it up and I finally got out for a while today. I didn't catch anything big, but it felt good to be fishing within a few minutes of the house again. Can't figure out why the pictures are so fuzzy. I reckon I'd better practice with the camera at home before I go back out. I caught them on everything in the tacklebox: Senkos, a white spinnerbait, Rat L Trap, Bomber Long A, Aruku Shad...

Key point here: The livewell does not double as a urinal.

Several caffeine-free Diet Cokes, apples, and a Clif bar. I don't stop to eat since my fishing time is so limited. I have never taken beer with me since I feel loopy after even one. I remember fishing with my Dad and he would always insist on bringing lunch. He would open a can of those Vienna (pronounced "vy-ee'nie") sausages packed in gelatin, rinse the gelatin off in the lake, then dump them out on the boat seat where he had just had the container of nightcrawlers. I still just about gag at the thought.

Wranglers from WalMart. They fit my old, fat body. I bought my first pair of Levi's in years a while back. They were a miserable fit. Gave 'em to the Goodwill.

I have a 17' Bass Tracker Tournament TX with a 55# Minn Kota. It is plenty of power, but I would recommend that you choose a trolling motor with variable speed rather than the five speed. There is too big of a gap between the "4" and "5" selection.

Take it from a guy who has been married for 37 years: You are doing things right. Keep looking for ways to help make her life a little easier and you will have more than enough time for fishing with her blessing.

At 5:00 a.m. it goes to 70 so the house will warm up a bit before I get up at 5:30. At 7:30 a.m. it goes back to 60 until 4:30 p.m. when it goes back to 70. At 11:00 p.m. it goes back to 64. SWMBO won't let me set it any lower than that at night. I am in North Florida and use a heat pump. I just started using a programmable thermostat and I am not sure that it is saving me any money yet.

I mounted mine on the inside of the transom of my Bass Tracker.

Those of us who expect people to respect and obey the law, that's who.

I have to agree with you on this. I have one 7 to 1 ratio reel and I am going to relegate it to plastic worm duty. I use a 6.3 to 1 reel for Rat L Traps and jerk baits, but a 5.1 to 1 for other crankbaits and spinnerbaits.

Is that supposed to make what you did right or ethical?

I just don't get the point of open-wheel racing. It adds an unnecessary level of danger to racing. Take the same technology and put it in a real car and it might be interesting. As it is, there is nothing as boring to me as open wheel racing.

I guess I lucked out and didn't see the commercials. Actually, I didn't even watch the weigh-in. I found all the screaming and yelling by the announcer to be irritating and over the top. Reminded me of pro rasslin' or roller derby.

Florida Statutes: 372.667 Feeding or enticement of alligators or crocodiles unlawful; penalty.-- (1) No person shall intentionally feed, or entice with feed, any wild American alligator (Alligator mississippiensis) or American crocodile (Crocodylus acutus). However, the provisions of this section shall not apply to: (a) Those persons feeding alligators or crocodiles maintained in protected captivity for educational, scientific, commercial, or recreational purposes. ( Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission personnel, persons licensed or otherwise authorized by the commission, or county or municipal animal control personnel when relocating alligators or crocodiles by baiting or enticement. (2) For the purposes of this section, the term "maintained in protected captivity" means held in captivity under a permit issued by the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission pursuant to s. 372.921 or s. 372.922. (3) Any person who violates this section commits a Level Two violation under s. 372.83.

Dad's boxes had a bunch of RatLTraps, River Runts, Bayou Boogies, Lazy Ikes, and Heddon Sonics.

Her boat is a Ranger "walleye boat." Sounds like she got it fixed. She is trying to sell it to buy a real bass boat.

That wrapped boat was a loaner. She posted on Tuesday that she had electrical trouble with her boat and couldn't get out to practice. She hasn't updated her web page since then.

I wonder if she got her boat running or was able to borrow one.

I've have been given a lot of words of wisdom in my short live, but these three are very puzzleing to me? Glad it was not your funeral as said before and sorry for your loss too I didn't say they were words of wisdom. They merely reflected how nine year-old boys behaved in the 1950s.

I was in Louisville the other day for a funeral and ran ito a guy that I had grown up with back in the 1950s. We started talking about our neighborhood and he told his wife that we guys lived by three basic priciples back then: 1. If you are up high, throw something off. 2. If it's alive, kill it. 3. See if it will burn. I think ol' Dennis had it just about right.