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The future beach angler kayak is on sale on the Dick's website for $300 and that includes a paddle. It's gotten good reviews and I'm seriously considering it.

I have the backpack and fully loaded it's heavy! But, you can fit a ton of stuff in it. If I'm fishing a place where I'll be walking a lot I use a smaller pack.

Good lord people!!! He's talking about a 9 year old girl here! It's perfectly natural for her to feel bad about accidently killing an animal while still eating fish sandwiches!!! And to the OP, I doubt that there is anything that you could say that would make a difference. Your daughter is going to have to decide if she still enjoys fishing knowing that she will kill fish again in the future.

This is actually outdated advice. The best thing to do is to get the hook out. Use the through the gill technique or carry cutters to cut the hook if necessary. Modern day hooks will remain in the bass' mouth for a LONG time and more than likely will not come out.

Megastrike isn't a spray. It's kind of like Vaseline. It does 2 things. First it's a scent that works. Second it coats the plastic so it slides through weeds more easily. I don't necessarily believe in scents attracting bass from a distance. However, I think scents mask harmful odors and help to have a bass hang on for another second or two. That extra time helps greatly in setting the hook.

Megastrike = Good!

I think BPS rods are great value rods. Like Burley, I wouldn't ever buy them a full price though. They go on sale multiple times a year. Pick one up then and you'll be happy. Pay full price and you likely could've done better.

Both owned by Pure Fishing.

First off, each state has their own laws and many lakes have their own regulations. As an angler you have the responsiblity of knowing the laws and regulations of all of the bodies of water that you fish. Secondly, you were fishing with a lure designed to catch a wide variety of fish. You many have been hoping to catch only bass, but the lure is meant for a variety. So, you were, in effect, fishing for anything that would bite (trout being a possibility). Therefore, if there are trout in that body of water and you need a trout stamp to legally fish for trout then you should have a trout stamp.

So if a 17 year old and a 16 year old are dating they have to break up the day before the 17 year old turns 18?

Yes. I don't think that you're supposed to cut it up though. My earlier quote was from the ifishillinois website.

In Illinois So, this is another instance where it pays to read up on your own state/local laws to ensure that you are not breaking any.

No one should believe anything in this "article". What the heck is an "atomic electromagnetic pulse"? An EMP has nothing to do with atoms.

Hadn't considered that. This whole deal makes me happy that I didn't chose to go into the legal field. Nothing here seems to be all that straight forward and logical.

Another thing that I find a bit odd is that Netbait sells a knock off of the beaver (B Bug). Since the beaver is patented by RI, isn't Netbait just as bad as the people that they are suing?

Matt, I know this and it's the whole point of my questions. If it isn't about the beaver then what bait is it about? Go look at ***'s soft plastics and let me know which one of his baits could even come close. The only one that I can think of is the chunk T and that seems to be a big stretch.

Is reaction inovations included in the suit? If not, how can they not be? They're the ones who first created the beaver which was the bait that is being knocked off. No one is directly copying the paca.

Then what bait does anyone make that is a direct copy of the paca craw? *** doesn't sell anything that's close.

I can't seem to access the lawsuit but if those are the patents, then I don't see how he's suing over the beaver style of bait. Brent doesn't sell anything like the baits in those patent drawings. The drawings and measurement look more like the paca chunk/craw than anything else. I haven't seen anyone else selling that specific craw/chunk though. It looks like it may be a suit of how the baits are made (the injection patent). That one doesn't make a lot of sense either because Brent isn't a manufacturer so how would he be responsible for his suppliers? Strange stuff.

Paul, Are these the patents? http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7308773.pdf http://www.freepatentsonline.com/7610714.pdf http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6554605.pdf

There are a variety of things that can drive a nail into a piece of wood. But when I need to do that, I go and get a hammer. Using the proper tool for the job is much easier than trying to create a work around solution.

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If you think about the various types of hooks and their ability to "engage" in the fish's mouth it quickly becomes apparent that the inline (point and hook eye) style hooks have a distinct disadvantage. With the point in line with the eye a straight hook set will pull the hook from the fish's mount without the point touching anything. This happens the most when the hookset is "in line" with the fish's mouth. You can experiment with this buy closing your hand on a EWG hook and slowly pulling the hook straight out. Since the point is in line with the eye you won't get hooked. Now, if you set the hook from above the fish or from the side (at an angle to it's mouth) the hook point will engage. I would also guess that the hookup problems are more pronounced in the smaller hook sizes because there isn't as much of a gap between the bend in the hook and the hook point. This provides for less space for the hook to slide over and the hook point to penetrate. It's difficult to explain but if you look at the hook and mess around with it in your hands you'll see what I'm trying (and failing) to say here.

Not necessarily true. If it's a small pond one or two anglers who fish it regularly can put more pressure on it than a lot of lakes. Growing up my dad got us permission to fish a tiny farm pond. We'd catch fish ALL day. If we didn't catch one within 5 casts something was wrong. The reason that happened was that the pond was GROSSLY overpopulated and the fish were basically constantly starving. They'd hit anything you threw at them. We caught hundreds of fish (likely the same fish multiple times) but never really anything over 12 inches. My current favorite place to fish is a public pond. If the conditions are right I can light them up, but there are days where I only catch one or two. No one really ever fishes it though. My PB came from that pond and the reason I am able to catch larger fish there is that it is not overpopulated. I've seen a few people taking fish from the second pond. The first we weren't allowed to keep a single fish. So, even though the first pond is strictly catch and release no large bass exist there (we fished it a ton so if there were big ones in there we likely would have caught one once or least hooked into one). Given the choice now, I'd fish the second pond over the first everytime. Catching dinks all day is boring. If the record is for the largest bass caught in a defined geographical area then what is the logic in restricting that record to only certain bodies of water in that geographical area?

Color is too complicated to worry me much past green, brown, or black. Just think how long it will take to dial in the correct color and then what if there is another shade that would produce even better? Are you going to stop fishing what is working to gamble on what may or may not work 1% more? Will green pumpkin with red flakes be better than black flakes or purple or a mix, what if instead of green pumpkin they prefer watermellon with orange flakes? Too many combinations to be able to ever know that you're using the perfect color, by the time you've tried them all the day is done or weather pattern changed or more fish moved in or a thousand other variables. Color matters, but you will typically just luck into using the exact right color so I wouldn't sweat it too much.