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Depending on what you want to be able to do at least a few lessons in the beginning will help immensely! I would say start out with a decent guitar, even borrow one if you dont want to spend a lot of money right away...I would stay away from an acoustic in the beginning unless that is really the kind of music you are interested in...they are harder to play - harder to press the strings - to a beginner with no finger callouses this can be pretty painful and you end up not sticking with it because its just not enjoyable. Same thing with a cheaper electric guitar - they are usually setup incorrectly and have high strings..>A good guitar is very important, a poorly setup guitar that is hard to play will just make you want to put it down.

I set the hook on a 13" smallmouth and the top 8 inches of my KVD crankbait rod snapped right off....First time using the rod and about only the 4th cast...I gotta send this back to Quantum but where can i find those tubes they get shipped in?

Bass Anglers Guide, Bass West , Bassin

thanks for all the reply's! I'm gonna try to splice in and if it interferes i'll go with a separate motorcycle battery - great idea! thanks again

So, i cant use my normal battery charger?

what is the smallest battery i could get to keep up front for this then? A motorcycle battery has been mentioned....the smaller the better though - i'll only be out a couple hrs at a time on this thing anyway so i dont need a lot of battery. thank you for all the advice so far

Ive had some pms about this with some folks here (thank you) but am still concerned of the safety. i have a Bassraider 8E with one input for electric up front...I want my trolling motor and depthfinder up front as well....Is it at least safe to twist the two together in one plug for the input? some say it will distort and some say it wont and i just want to see how many of you guys have any experiance or if you have any advice to get power for both devices...I wanted to keep it neat and not run a cable to the back if at all possible.

I caught an American Brown Eel when i was about 13, was fishing for catfish...34" long and fought pretty good

here is all the Senko info you should ever need http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1121527643 dig in

Your fishing in Jersey as of last weekend!!? We are still froze over here with 4" left on local lakes as of yesterday morning, im hoping this crazy rain is gonna help a lot

Big M, thank u for the reply and the blow dryer idea but i promise you i didnt spray to thick....I was at least 12 inches from the lure when spraying and went side to side with the spray - never pointed directly still on the lure......even this light coat would immediately start running off the lure...the only thing i can think of is the black is a gloss and made it too slick for the other paint to stick ?

Well, this didnt turn out so good - haha...The sanding and black came out ok, its when i decided to add stripes down the side that everything went wrong...This paint would not hold and kept running off, when it dried it looks cracked - even tried a few extra coats...Heres a few pics, any idea what went wrong and why this didnt work and what i need to do to make it work?

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Thanks guys...Picked up my supplys today....I'll post pics when im done with it. Of course after the price of the POPr and the supplies I could have got 2 Black Beauty Rico's ;D Will still be a fun project and ill have supplies to mess with other lures

hey guys, just looking for advice on how to do this for a new lure....Can i just spray paint and clear coat? Or do i need to strip and prime it somehow to get a nice job? Im just looking to paint a silver PopR all black

Chatterbait & fat Ika, cant buy a bite.....Like someone mentioned though - i gotta be using them at bad times since other people do great with them Evolution jigs....I think the idea is great and they will catch fish for sure but i think there is just quality control issues

I pick up a few things here and there over the winter...>Also just got a pond boat, its a bassraider 8e that im gonna have loads of fun with!

I keep mine stored in totes and just take what i need for the day....I keep senkos, flukes and finesse baits in one, Trailers, chunks and creatures in another ect.....

for that price i think you got a great deal! nice lookin boat and a trailer in great shape, you cant go wrong....Good luck and have a great time in that bad-boy!

Pick up some of the colors of JJ's Magic and make your own using a q-tip.....Piece of cake!

looks like a similar pic and size to the fish in my avatar at 3.4

i got caught by it but the truth is, it works...I did very well on sexy shad redeye last year as well as Shadalicous....would other colors have worked well those times too? probably

X2, I have 3 them and i hear it on all of them....Never had any problems them (besides the sticky bail), great reels

i picked up that exact one over the winter. Cant wait to try it out...

$1200 for a guitar (Peavey Wolfgang standard) Next was $450 for a Lowrance 522c