VolFan

If what is reported is what actually happened and they’re just out the Jack plate, they got miraculously lucky - could’ve EASILY been a total loss

I find the odds of all of these things coming together with the pictured outcome…unlikely. It would actually make more sense if he hit the stump with the hull and full stopped.

Pardon my skepticism, but you’re telling me that motor’s lower unit hit a stump hard enough to rip it and the Jack plate it was attached to and flip it up on the back the the boat while still running and there’s nary a scratch on that lower unit? And that contact and flip perfectly split those two Raptors without taking either out…at 40 mph??? The physics alone of having the motor hit a stump and flip forwards into a still-moving boat is questionable - Am I missing something?

Objection your honor - conjecture.

Yeah, well you can GET THE F OFF MY LAWN! ? Doesn’t mean they did either. In many cases, it’s a mixture of legal and illegal acquisitions, so we’re both right.

If you look at many of the higher technologies, drones, etc of hostile countries, you will find parts from US companies. It speaks to the quality of our industry and technology. It doesn’t mean they got it through legal means.

You’re overthinking it. Pick a couple knots and learn to tie them well. Learn how to tie a snell. Maybe a uni and a blood knot. Fish without worries.

I could be wrong but I think VMax is a thin walled big expansion round for varmints like prairie dogs. They’re not for deer. He may have been catfishing with 4 lb test.

+1 on @roadwarrior’s suggestion. They are fire ?

I have a Frontier 12 and had a Pursuit as well. The Pursuit paddled fantastic. I have quick release mounts on my seats so I’m not sure what set-up is being referenced above unless he’s taking the mounts off the rails too. The Frontier paddles well once you find the right spot for your seat. It is not a race boat; it is not for someone who hates paddling. It is a great fishing platform that you can custom out and walk all over. I can walk bow to stern tip to tip in mine without problem. It is a fantastic fishing platform and mine is 9 years old. The new ones are supposed to be even better with a better design and more rails.

I had two Nucanoes mounted on a harbor freight trailer. I never backed it into the water. It lasted for years and is still going as far as I know. Nothing wrong with them within their limits. If I were doing it now I would put bunks on it to fit the yak, just like a boat trailer. Easy on, easy off. Cart to the water if you can’t dump it close. If my kayak were so unwieldy that I needed to back the trailer in, I would get a boat. It’s really the same at that point.

Oh. Heck. Yeah. Good luck!

Seriously I don’t know how a franchise can look at his historical employment and then sell their future for a few months with him. just to be clear - I 100% understood why you didn’t need to account for bullet drop in a vertical shot. The person that said it, less so.

I did see someone say: ‘If you shoot straight up you don’t have to compensate for bullet drop.” Still not sure if they were serious. 60,000 feet is about 11 miles.

I think you missed a zero or two in there. There are a million with varying states of physical attractiveness of the presenter.

1. Had to Google Yanet Garcia. Had no idea she was a meteorologist. 2. Did anybody see it/take pics as it floated through your area?

2/0 circle hooks from Gamakatsu. 1/0 if you’re good with smaller fish, 3/0 if you want to trend bigger. 8/0 if you want one fish per fish fry.

Put a towel or blanket or rubber mat on the car even with the seam between front and back doors. Place kayak parallel lengthwise to car, middle of kayak with seam. You can adjust this orientation to your yak. Lift bow onto blanket/towel/mat so that bow is now leaning on roof with stern away (yak should be 90 degrees to car with bow leaning on roof. Walk back to stern, lift and slide yak onto roof. Pivot (PIVOT) towards trunk so yak is parallel with car again. Adjust and strap down. This is remarkably quick and easy and you never lift more than half the yak. What’s under the boat is up to you but pool noodles or anti-fatigue mats are great once you figure out where it will ride best.

Is it skunk love season?

I just looked up what that Predator 9 material is - it’s fascinating how far fly tying materials have come. It has a core so I’m not sure furling it around something else makes any sense. Really great flies; I’d fish the poop out of those neds and flenkos.

Just thought it was fascinating. Hopefully we can recover it from the ocean.

I had gutter guards on our old gutters, they would still clog with poplar seeds. We replaced our gutters two years ago and went up in size. That has been a key improvement. I blow them out a few times a year and weekly when the leaves are falling. Easy day, takes about 5 minutes.

Growing up in Memphis we fished Arkabutla with some regularity- try was amazing for crappie when you found a school of big ones. We had a farm pond on a neighbor’s land that had crappie, green sunfish, and a scant few channel cats. It was only about 5 acres at most but got to about 20 ft in the creek channel that ran through it. Most out of there were 10-12-14 inch fish and super fun but every once in a while there be ***+ at the deep end of the point the spawned on. Probably caught 4 over 3 lbs in 10 years with one pushing but not quite 4. That one even looked old. Great little farm pond.

Yes

I use a more moderate action on my Swimbait rods. If I’m fishing a single hook slow like a Hudd, I use braid. Anything treble and it’s CXX. The slower rod really helps with casting, and in keeping fish pinned. I understand the ‘reel as fast as possible once hooked’ idea, but these are big trebles on big baits. You can play them some with a softer rod, but be aggressive at the same time if that makes sense. Also - Dobyns actions are slower than advertised and they make GREAT Swimbait sticks.