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100% normal - "I wish there was a way to know you were in the good old days before you actually left them." You just have to make good new days, and appreciate what's in front of you. Much easier said than done!

I use good chuck, ground coarse, one onion per pound of meat, a little good beef stock to braise in, garlic, dried chilis depending on what heat im going for. Simple and classic.

Depending on where you are, especially in the Northeast and Northwest, I find that green bass prefer a sustainably-sourced cold brew from Costa Rica with just a touch of citrusy sweetness and a carmel note. The brown bass prefer a chocolatey Ethiopian blend with a darker roast and finer grind. The spots will drink anything black with caffeine.

I have 5 Curado Ds, a couple Pixies, and a Chronarch Mg (thanks @roadwarrior). That is my regular rotation for everything from dropshot to big swimbaits with various rods. All of these reels are super smooth tanks - they're not feathers, they're hammers.

94 Chevy Silverado 4wd with the 350 v8. 5 speed stick. I loved that truck but i had a strange habit of hitting things with it. Which quickly led to my next car being an 88 Honda civic, also a 5 speed.

How much are you trying not to spend? You could make tags out of aluminum cans but you'd need a hand punch to affix them.

Check Tractor Supply or your closest farm supply store. There's a myriad of ear tags and clips in plastic and metal for tagging livestock.

My lab likes to eat green tomatos - she's taken out most of my crop this year. I'll send her up.

That sounds fantastic - the Obed is one of my favorite places.

You just gotta find what works for you - wine tends to give me a headache.

I've added red meat back in, but the beer just isnt worth it for me. My last flare up I had a Red Oak Amber at dinner and I could actually feel the attack coming on over the next hour or so - it was pretty definitive. It took a week to get it back down. Maybe switch to White Claws...?

I have been off and on with gout over the past few years. I had foot surgery 3 years ago that really flared it up. Thankfully mine revolves pretty closely around beer, red meat, and hydration. Mostly beer. Medication didn't help me at all, but not drinking beer, limiting my red meat, and staying hydrated have done wonders.

Looks like I'll be in for about $120 plus whatever the longer bolts cost me. Boat Outfitters has it but the thickest I can get is 1". I'll glue four together and countersink a few screws up the middle.

@slonezp Thanks for the reply - where would i get the plastic sheeting? Believe you me, Im looking for the easiest way to do this.

I was going to stack 5 pieces of 1×8, glue together with construction adhesive, and paint. I'd then be using longer bolts to install it. Am I missing an easier solution? Im basically building a 12" by 7" by 3.75" tall rectangle to mount it.

I actually have some round heads from @Bluebasser86 from a ways back. I think I traded him a reel for some lures.

Im going slightly against the grain here - fish at night in the shallower flat or tail out from the deep hole the waterfall creates - you should be either downstream of the falls or just to the side of the main current. You can either go down and try to dig them off the bottom with a jig, or fish a big swimbait like a MS Slammer (i have a favorite 7" one in a gold shiner pattern). I start by swimming the slammer and as the night gets later going shallower and waking. Its not a numbers game but it will pull giants. You can wake it almost right against the bank and they'll still come get it.

I have a Nucanoe and a Lowe 1467 with a 20 HP Merc. For fishing with my son and sometimes my wife, which is all I do anymore, it is easier and faster to hook up and take the boat than load the yak and seats and everything else in the 4Runner, then unloading and rigging at the lake. The boat simplifies it and puts me out on days I wouldnt be out in my kayak with my son. We fished solely out of the yak or a canoe for 10 years prior to the boat. Boat and everything with it cost me $4500, which is less than some high end kayaks. YMMV

We've got it going. Thankfully my 5th grader is pretty self sufficient (and i kind of like math and science). Quarantined last week and this which helped, but still not ideal. People have had to endure much, much worse.

We havent had any good players in years so you dont have much to worry about.

Definitely not brains - but wow!

I get mid 20s or so out of it with me and my 10 yr old. Fast enough to be fun. I pull a tube with it on a small private lake sometime too. I could see where a 9.9 would be good on it, but that 20 really makes it scoot.

I have a 20 hp Merc that makes it go - truly a fun small boat and easy to maintain.

We'll beat you at your place in week 2. New season, hope springs eternal... Its also nice that we don't have to play Florida around my birthday this year, maybe I can enjoy it (the birthday). The game will still be painful, even in December.

Yep - thats it except I dont have the walk through. I do have a similar deck built though. Did you just carpet right on top of the benches? I have some Sea Deck that Im going to put down I think. Its just a great little boat. Forgot to mention - i have a 55 lb thrust Xi-3 on its way with spotlock.