J Francho

I love a nice algae bloom.

No, their crushers can't handle them. Drum can eat them though. They're fun, unless you're in a tournament and think you have a state record smallmouth

Not necessarily. You're relatively new, so I don't expect you to know who you are talking to, lol.

Not too sure either, other than moving back and forth to the cockpit? There's more than enough room for two on my old DC Bullet. That is a 21'10" hull, so it doesn't really help the OP.

The autodialer algorithm uses your area code and prefix, then generates four random digits, which explains why it's a 1/10000 chance of them using your own number. It's happened to me too. I do not think it's a good idea to answer them, since it confirms a live person on the other end, and could lead to more bogus calls.

Anything specific? Which videos should I look at?

What I mean is the number displayed is NOT the source of that call. Caller ID is pretty easy to spoof. Blocking the number could potentially prevent an actual person from calling. Not a big deal these days, since no one uses their phone as a phone.

Those numbers aren't real.

Depends on the boat and what you're fishing.

$100 for anything built from wood is pretty inexpensive. I've yet to get below the $150 mark for even small wood working projects.

Do you need to borrow my copy? I have it on floppy.

Yes, but you need Lotus.

I've got cataracts that are ripening.

I'm always surprised at people that are surprised by the rules they agreed to when they bought a house that has some HOA or zoning rules attached. Complaining about it is sort like complaining about your wife. ?

Other fish immediately attack the bed when you catch it, so by fishing, you've taken away the one in a million chance any of those eggs develops into an adult fish that is one of the 25% or so that actually spawn.

AARP is running a sale on big button flip phones.

Yeah, I'm not doing that to my liver. I already inflicted enough damage in my younger years.

5.1 (I didn't listen)

The point is, any attempt to release a caught fish, and whatever mortality rate there is during a tournament is better than catch and kill, which didn't seem to harm the fisheries either. A fish stands a 100% better chance releasing into the lake than into 350*F grease.

We could always go back to nailing the big fish to a leader "board."

Wayyyyyyyyy before

Good advice to wear eye protection. I forget about that since I wear glasses when cleaning reels. What should be added, that pH scale is logarithmic, meaning the a pH of 9 is 100x more basic then pH of 8, and so on. Same for below neutral 7.0 pH.

No offense taken. It means I don't accept any conventional wisdom. The rest of this post is nonsense to me - but no offense.

Short answer: Nope. Any issues with population health aren't due to tournaments, even tournaments with less than stellar mortality rates. It's more often effects from pollution, weed management, or some other man made issue.