Dwight Hottle

Simple solution to your problem of the knot breaking at the split ring is to use a snap. You can leave the split ring on or remove it as you wish. Your problem is probably not the knot but the wear from contacting the split ring at the wire split.

Sweet smallie & PB.

Nice post & pics Shimmy. We share the same sentiment regarding scales & posting legit weights. That is why I always have two scales in my boat.

A woman takes a lover home during the day while her husband is at work. Her 9-year old son comes home unexpectedly, he sees them and hides in the bedroom closet to watch. The woman's husband also comes home. She puts her lover in the closet, not realizing that the little boy is in there already. The little boy says, 'Dark in here.' The man says, 'Yes, it is.' Boy: 'I have a baseball.' Man:'That's nice' Boy: 'Want to buy it?' Man: 'No, thanks.' Boy: 'My Dad's outside.' Man: 'OK, how much?' Boy: '$250' In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the lover are in the closet together. Boy: 'Dark in here.' Man: 'Yes, it is.' Boy: 'I have a baseball glove.' The lover, remembering the last time, asks the boy, How much?' Boy: '$750' Man: 'Sold.' A few days later, the Dad says to the boy , 'Grab your glove, let's go outside and have a game of catch.' The boy says, 'I can't, I sold my baseball and my glove.' The Dad asks, 'How much did you sell them for?' Boy: '$1,000' The Dad says, 'That's terrible to over charge your friends like that...that is way more than those two things cost. I'm taking you to church, to confession.' They go to the church and the Dad makes the little boy sit in the confessional booth and closes the door. The boy says, 'Dark in here..' The priest says, 'Don't start that **** again; you're in my closet now.'

WTG Mark. Sweet report & pics.

X2. Nice bass

First entry for 2014 in the smallmouth category at 5.50lbs. PA state record is 8.5lbs. 5.50divided by 8.50 =s .6470588 X100 =s 64.71.

X2 Sweet photo

Well all I can say is in the second picture the fish on the right is the most pretty. Congrats on a paddle fish of your lifetime. Pretty cool accomplishment.

Sweet pics for sure. Congrats.

Check your rod guides & reel guide for a flaw. If none found then change line to another brand like yo-zuri hybrid or maxima.

Yep we can all learn from this site. Good luck to you Christian going forward.

Nice report & photos. My first trip out on lake erie resulted in a few lake trout. They are always a welcome suprise.

Try some shrink wrap instead of the o ring. You can pierce the shrink wrap with the hook which makes the system more durable but without any loss of action. Check Wayne P avatar to get a visual .

A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one morning and brought her a cup of coffee. He made it himself and was so proud. He anxiously waited to hear the verdict on the quality of the coffee. The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she forced down the last sip she noticed three of those little green army guys in the bottom of the cup. She asked, "Honey, why would three little green army guys be in the bottom of my cup?" Her grandson replied, "You know grandma, it's like on TV, 'The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup.'"

Watching a guy pull his boat from the water & up the ramp while his outdrive was in the lowered position & his wife yelling at him to stop. He didn't until he got up to the staging area. Then they proceeded to argue about who was right.

Never Choke in a Restaurant in the South! Two Va. hillbillies walked into a restaurant. While having a bite to eat, they talked about their moonshine operation. Suddenly, a woman at a nearby table who is eating a sandwich, began to cough. After a minute or so, it became apparent that she was in real distress. One of the hillbillies looked at her and said, "Kin ya swallar?" The woman shook her head no. Then he asked, "Kin ya breathe?" The woman began to turn blue and shook her head no. The hillbilly walked over to the woman, lifted up her dress, yanked down her drawers, and quickly gave her right butt cheek a lick with his tongue. The woman was so shocked that she had a violent spasm, and the obstruction flew out of her mouth. As she began to breathe again, the Hillbilly walked slowly back to his table. His partner said, "Ya know, I'd heerd of that there 'Hind Lick Maneuver' but I ain't niver seed nobody do it!"

Actually I think that pic of you & your son is pretty good. He will remember that day for sure.

Well that kinda sucks Stitch. Glad you were able to get a trophy bull. I have heard about crews doing that for the money by selling the catch.

A big congratulations Mike & Leo. That is outstanding.

Medium light & fairly stiff don't usually go together. I think you would be better off looking at medium or MH.

Now that scale never lies. Looks exactly like mine.

WTG.

Good job Blue

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