thetr20one

Yeah I hear ya! I loved that light switch of an attitude he had! Stress out beyond belief sometimes it seemed but, was a good captain and real guy.

I sight fish when I am walking my couple of unpressured honey hole because because I return the fish immediatly and, more often than not I can walk back by a little later and they are back on nest as if nothing happened. Tournament wise I will spend a few minutes to see if they are willing to bite but, will move on quickly if they are not aggressive or spook easily.

Thats a great deal! I have 4 Extreme rods now and just ordered two of the 6'8" mediums. That is the perfect rod for Lake Erie smallie fishing. Thanks NM for the post!

PB Blaster sticker and decal remover. NOTHING works better!!!!!

Thanks BLee and LBH for everything!

Also LBH Betty Crocker gluten free brownies are the best by far. Their cake mixes eehhh so,so. I am just glad there are pizza doughs and other mixes available. Not exactly great tasting but, you can hide that with sauces and toppings. It just makes me upset to see an awesome burger coming out and I won't be able to try it. And for BLee basically I could make a beautiful club sandwich or any other delicious sandwich and all the nutrients provide by the meats and cheeses would but made null and void by the bread. Wheat,rye,malt and barley are basically a poison to me. Some celiacs have a reaction to 1/48th of a slice of bread. I try not to test my boundaries and stick with a gluten free diet.

No I never tried to lose any weight! I had a good athletic build and was healthy. I had a tragedy in my life (my daughter was diagnosed with Leukemia in oct. 07) and stress can bring this on after lying dormant in my case for 34 for years. I am now gaining weight back in the form of lean muscle because of the diet I stick to, but it the weight doesn't come fast because of the diet as well, but it is better! LBH thanks and I may get in touch with you but, in my area there are also some pretty good gluten free products. By the way my daughter finished her therapy and as healthy as any other 10 year old. The last two and a half years have been pure hell, but thats all over now and I can concentrate on fishing and not whats going on with my little one. I am calling this THE SUMMER OF CHANGE!!!

I have the exact opposite problem most days and all the ulcers are in my upper intestine and esophagus so I puke non stop. And the valves on my stomach are shot. They tested me non stop for Celiacs because it was in my family. Obviously 4 blood drawings are not enough. When they thought I had it I seriously lived off these super expense protein shakes. And it is useless to try to go out to a restuarant. I feel for you Tr20. I am just on B12 and iron and have to stay away from anything with wheat,rye barley and malt. YES the food is expensive my grocery bill just about doubled. I eat steak and potatoes when I go out or non breaded chicken. I have adjusted and am well!

Thats the thing with me though I get severe consequences. I ate 7 Dill Pringle chips before my daughter could warn me the dill flavor contains wheat and I spent the next day and a half on the tiolet and lost 6lbs.

Yeah I take iron and B12 too! It's amazing how low levels of B12 can make you so uncoordinated. good to go now and putting my cast on a dime. I really didn't realize exactly how uncoordinated I was until I went through a whole battery of testing. Besides being 15 lbs. under my target weight I have all my strength back and coordination. And being on a diet with no bad foods it takes me about 2 weeks to gain a pound or two. My strength,coordination, and stamina (result of anemia) I will eventually get the weight back but, the other issues mentioned meant most!

Tube jigs as using inserts as light as the wind will let you get away with. They are cheap and productive. If you get hung up its not gonna break you to lose a few.

As alot of you know I use to post quite a bit. Well last year I found out after losing almost 50 pounds, 190 down to 145 lbs. Becoming anemic and had critically low B12 and folic acid levels. I was diagnosed with Celiac disease. It's not life threatening and diet modification is the cure. What it basically, is I am Allergic to WHEAT,RYE,BARLEY AND MALT! With having such low B12 levels it really affected my fine motor skills and missed fish after fish. I was feeling the bite to late and not perfoming up to my standards and my partner could tell from my lack of energy from the anemia. Well I had to pretty much abandon last tourney season after missing a fish that would have won us a first place finish and $4000.(we finished #3. My energy levels were so low and I was missing work so much while all the testing was going on that I just had to bow out of competition. Now I am back with the help of supplements and ready to take on the new season. BAD PART!, NO BREAD,NO PASTA, NO BEER, OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT CONTAINING THOSE INGREDIENTS. So the goodnews is I have put back on 25 pounds of lean muscle because my diet has become super healthy and junk food and fast food is a thing of the past. JUST WONDERING IF ANYBODY ELSE HAS CELIACS? it would be interesting to hear from others with this affliction!!

Alum Creek Lake is very close to Columbus. It has Largemouth and Smallies in good size and numbers. You really should start there as it is definitely the best in the area. Google earth will show you it is very close to Columbus.

Is this gathering gonna happen or what? A final date and meeting time would be nice to know in advance to make sure I don't have a tournament and can make it for sure!

Hello guys my name is Jay. I live in northeast Ohio. I tourney fish all over the state but, I can be to the Portage Lakes launch ramp from my house in about 8 minutes. I love the big lake and fish it often as possible. This year I will be fishing the X-series trail. I also fish smaller bodys of water and have a few honey holes I like to fish on foot. I really like our diversity of lakes in our state and Lake Milton is one of if not my favorite lake.

No it's just some shmo wanting to get his *** handed to him by a pro fighter. And lose the money he could have won by putting up a solid fight. No, it's a shmo who almost certainly gets paid no matter how the fight goes and gets his face on tv... MTV is the cheapest cable programmers on cable. But since you are so well versed I take it you must be some sort of producer and wise to everything on cable t.v.

Please keep us posted on this. I will be there! I just need to know the exact date & meeting time. I will be bringing my boat but, I am not sure who would be coming with me father or tourney partner. I may have room for one other on my rig!

No it's just some shmo wanting to get his *** handed to him by a pro fighter. And lose the money he could have won by putting up a solid fight.

This is one MTV show that is not staged by actors. There is a real bully who needs to be taught a lesson and they do just that. The MMA fighters have rules such as no head kicks and elbows but, they can beat the snot out of the bully otherwise. Also it's not really a full blown MMA bout.

Wouldn't a simple solution be to change the size of the internal head? A heavier head would keep the bait closer to the bottom thus being more horizontal and bouncing along. I most often use 8 lb flouro when on Erie. I do agree that sometimes the fish get picky, one day they may want the bait right on the bottom, other days they like it ripped off the bottom forcefully. IMHO it's easier to change the head size rather than line size to acheive the desired rate of fall or lack thereof. On top of this drift speed is probably #1 in fishing Erie Smallies. Two ajustable driftsocks are a must for the big lake.

Make sure the tattoo artist renndering is exactly what you what and, gote the hooks the like 7/0 size thick at least. It will look good!

My friend has this and it works great especially for lily pad stems. Just make sure it is tight.

I like the Bass Pro Shops extreme in 7 foot medium action. It's a nice smallie rod. I just got a Jhonny Morris elite series in the same action and lenght this year but i have yet to test it vs our Lake Erie smallies. Though it feels great and I have caught a few decent largemouth so far this year with it and it is outstanding!

It is a crime to fruit the beer! Punishable by extreme humiliation by your drinking partners or others witnessing said event.

Most beers leave me hung over bigtime. I am not a very good drinker but when I do, I drink Patron or Cabo Wabo tequila. I love mexican food and Margaritas with a few shot of the mentioned potions mixed in. Leaves me surprisingly hangover free.