fishfordollars

Welcome to the forum. I see you are from the Houston area. Sent you a PM

In Texas you will need to get the paperwork completed, pay the sales tax, and registrar the trailer also if it is on one. It will need a set of TX numbers also.

I change mono EVERY day it gets fished. I keep backing on several reels so I may not change the entire spool. If it gets fished, it get respooled that night. Braid stays on until it looses its color or I get leery about it. Some have been on several reels since December, and I am considering changing before next trip I will add this. I keep my spools completely full as it changes the gear ratio on the reel when the line gets way below the top of the spool at the end of a long cast and I like the extra gear ratio.

1/2 oz.

Mostly the old traps, but I will not throw one without changing the hooks out.

I have never put an oring on a senko type bait

Baby Brushhog in Watermellon/Red or Camo Jig w/trailer in brwn/pumpkin,green,camo colors ringworm with cinn.,PBJ, greens for colors

I wore out three of those jeeps. You will have no trouble pulling an 18 ft boat or pulling it out of the water.

I use mine to follow bottom contours and look for scattered grass out away from everyone else. It is just another tool. I have four on my boat. They are all Hummingbird. One in dash flasher, LCR8000, 565, and a 595c.

X2, Do not put the carpet down with any other type. It will get wet and allow the carpet to roll up. Buy the carpet from a boat dealer, not the cheap stuff that the walmarts sell. It won't last. The carpet is sold by the linear foot and comes in rolls that are plenty wide enough to do a boat. I think the last I bought was about 7-8 dollars a foot.

There is absolutely no need for a 24v trolling motor on a jon boat. It will require two batteries that you will run down if you stand on it all day. Buy a high output 12v and carry two batteries. It will last longer than the 24v will. You will have two batteries anyway, so you can change them out later in the day and have a fresh battery later on instead of the two that are on the weaker side. I have a straight 24v in my 19' Skeeter and it will throw you out of the boat if you kick it sideways if not careful. With a 24v on that jon boat you better carry plenty of changes of clothes because I promise you it will throw you out when you kick it to the side. I have been out in mine once.

Thanks Catt, read through and was amazed at the bad habits and changes I have made to the style. Back to basics. Thanks for posting.

X2 It's a small club. Go out, have fun, make a new friend. Enjoy yourselves, and kick some a--

I'm speachless...I guess...

X2, I fish this line a lot and am happy with it...

No gambling in this home...

I use the Bolle' because you can have your script built into a smaller pair of lens that clip into the center section of the glasses. Also they come with four different shades from clear on up. Cost is about 80.00 but you have to pay extra for the seperate lens set to mount on them. It goes on the inside of the outter lens. With this setup you have your prescription working reguardless of the lens color you are using. Just my preference.

I have two pair and like them a lot. Get the pair with the bibs and a pull over top. All zippers are good for is to let air and water through. Mine keep me relatitively dry, but as with anything if you are out there in the right weather you will get wet. Cannot speak for them in the cold as I use the BPS 100mph suit when the weather is raw.

7 1/2 worm texas riged

Here are the weights on tournament scales: 22 Plano boxes with hard baits 17.53 All plastics 14.91 Terminal Tackle (Hooks, weights, etc) 1.81 Spinnerbaits and two boxes 1.43 Total 35.68 I did not count nets, bouys, rods, reels, life jackets etc.

I keep all of my tackle seperated as to depth and size in Plano type boxes. They number anywhere from 15-23 seperate boxes depending on the lake and the time of year. Plastics are kept in their original bags. Add it all together and I figure around 30-35lbs. They stay in specified compartments in my boat and seldom are they removed. If I had to guess my plastics probably weigh 15lbs + on their own. Heck I'm going to my boat now to weigh everything. Will let you know shortly.

The Sammy is my go to topwater favorite in the American Shad color The LVR trap type baits are also a favorite of mine. Any color as long as it resembles a shad or crawfish.

I fished it on Falcon back in September for the first time. Three over 6 on the Series 5 Sexy Shad day one and have caught lots on the series 3 but not the size as on the 5 and 6. Painted a swim bait in the sexy shad color and third cast the next morning caught a 10.4...I have fished it all over texas and if does catch fish...

This site has much more tips and how too's than any DVD or course you can buy. Just apply what's here and you will be a better fisherman.

Sweet...Sounds like fun...I'm in