Dwight Hottle

Rapala F13 floater attached to a rod & line counter reel some one lost in lake erie. Looked mostly new.

If your tackle can stand up to snagged 30-40 lb grass carp there isn't a largemouth swimming anywhere that can out pull one of those. I nominate Goose as the grass carp king.

The bigger baits move more water. Bright colors & loud rattles help as already mentioned. Working the baits with pronounced strokes to make them most erratic helps. Three feet of visibility is very doable.

You can join facebook without putting any of your info on there. I did just for access. You control what you participate in or not.

Sounds like you all had a great time.

My feeling of elation was somewhat marred by the question "why did it take you so long"

I was thinking of you when I saw that reel for sale. Good buy.

I got one & love it. It is worth the bucks.

There are 3 spies that get captured. One is French, one is English and the other is Italian and named Luigi. Their captors come into the cell and grab the French spy and tie his hands behind a chair in the next room. They torture him for 2 hours before he answers all questions and gives up all of his secrets. The captors throw the French spy back into the cell and grab the English spy. They tie his hands behind the chair as well and torture him for 4 hours before he tells them what they want to know. They throw him back into the cell and grab the Italian spy Luigi. They tie his hands behind the chair and begin torturing. 4 hours go by, and the Luigi isn't talking. Then 8 hours, then 16 and after 24 hours they give up and throw him back into the cell. The English and French spies are impressed, and ask him why he didn’t talk. The Italian spy Luigi says, "I wanted to, but I couldn't move my hands!"

Sept 2014 pair

Two 70 something-year-old men had been friends all of their lives. When it was clear that Frank was dying, Leonard visited him every day. One day Leonard said, "Frank, we both loved playing golf all our lives, and we started playing soon after high school. Please do me one favor: when you get to heaven, somehow you must let me know if there's golf there." Frank looked up at Leonard from his deathbed and said, "Leonard, you've been my best friend for many years. If it's at all possible, I'll do this favor for you." Shortly after that, Frank died. A few weeks later, Leonard was awakened from a sound sleep by a blinding flash of white light and a voice calling out to him, "Leonard!" "Who is it?" asked Leonard, sitting up suddenly. "Who is it?" "Leonard -- it's me, Frank." "You're not Frank. Frank just died." "I'm telling you, it's me, Frank," insisted the voice. "Frank! Where are you?" "In heaven," replied Frank. "I have some really good news and a little bad news." "Tell me the good news first," said Leonard "The good news," Frank said with joy and enthusiasm, "is that there is golf in heaven. Better yet, all of our old buddies who died before me are here too. Even better than that, we're all young again. Better still, it's always Summertime and it never rains. And best of all, we can play golf all we want, and we never get tired. And we get to play with all the Greats of the past." "That's fantastic," said Leonard. "It's beyond my wildest dreams! So what's the bad news?" "You're in my foursome this Saturday." Life is uncertain - Eat dessert first !!!

Think Squirimin Wormin style. Maybe a parody.

oLOL George you do know he was being sarcastic, right?

Think of the zoom horny toad as a plastic buzz bait. Cast it out & keep it coming on top of the water. If you find an open pocket you can stop it & let it drop then bring it back up & keep buzzing it. It work best for me with continuous movement.

I like a MHM in a St Croix avid or legend extreme. That same rod will handle jerk baits, topwaters & frogs up to an ounce in weight.

I have only been hooked once with the barb buried in a finger. We were down at Norris lake staying on a moored houseboat. Before going to bed I decided to get my tackle bag & bring it inside because of pending rain. I was reaching over the gunnel of my buddies boat moored to the back of the houseboat to grab my bag. It was dark & I didn't see the stick baits hanging from lure hangers mounted under the gunnel. When I lifted the bag I hooked the bag strap & my finger simultaneously. I was pinned leaning over the boat and yelled for help. My buddy came out I wondered what the heck was going on. He unhooked the treble split ring stuck in the bag strap. Then we inside & decided how to take the hook out. He applied pressure to the skin where the hook point was bulging & split the skin with a razor blade & then cut the hook & backed it out. As I was going to bed he complained I owed him a relpacement rapala.

Some fish hold their eggs & eventually they get reabsorbed. Normal occurance.

Congrats on your first.

X2

Your on a roll lately. WTG

Lou is your tetanus up to date? Close call.

When one guy complains he might be a nazi but when a dozen guys complain there might be a problem seeking a solution.

YOU HAVE TO LOVE A GOOD NURSE A policeman was rushed to the hospital with an inflamed appendix.. The doctors operated and advised him that all was well, however, the patrolman kept feeling something pulling at the hairs in his crotch. Worried that it might be a second surgery and the doctors hadn't told him about it, he finally got enough energy to pull his hospital gown up enough so he could look at what was making him so uncomfortable. Taped firmly across his pubic hair and private parts were three wide strips of adhesive tape, the kind that doesn't come off easily --- if at all. Written on the tape in large black letters was the sentence, "Get well soon, from the nurse in the Ford Explorer you pulled over last week." Kind of brings tears to your eyes doesn't it?

I broke my 9-2 record down at Lake Baccarac the same day with a 9-4 & later that day a 9-8. It is doable.

Gives me a headache.