Dwight Hottle

Thanks for the words of wisdom, Raul.

Lucky craft 100 deep diver in misty shad.

The cool thing about that commercial excluding the great Clint Eastwood is its about all of detroit manufactures not just Chrysler. While watching that add I thought about Ford & then GM before I thought about Chrysler at the end of the add.

No blowout yet. 10 to 9 at halftime. Pretty close game. New England by 8.

Instead of floro try some maxima ultragreen for your leader material. Problem solved & you will not notice the difference except the pain in your __s will go away.

You can always mount your transducer to a board & secure it with a C clamp.

If I'm right you will have a new avatar to consider.

Interesting thought. The last two years the bay & lake were froze over. Right now the bay is ice free from what I just heard. The warmer water temps should have a few surprises for us come April. I think it will move things up a bit for sure. Good luck on your trip to the big O.

That P is almost has pretty as your little girl. Great opporunity to fish & spend some time with her.

Nice bass. What do you think about the RCSTX? I bought two but haven't had the right opporunity to try them yet.

Big O is more like .000000001%

Got out to the Big O yesterday afternoon until dark fishing with South FLA's buddy Justin. South FLA & Piscicidal were fishing together in Roberts other boat. I got to ride in the new bullet which was a pretty stable fishing platform even at speeds over 80 mph under Justins competent driving skills. We set up and started fishing. I knew it was going to be a good day when my first cast with a swim jig barely hit the water & was smashed by a 4lber . We started catching fish immediately. After it started to slow on the jig I decided to try a popping frog. Robert (South FLA) had schooled me with a spro poping frog the last time out. After watching him catch numerous fish I finally relented & borrowed one of his frogs & quickly had 3 fish before dark set in. Next day I went out & bought some new frogs. I was ready now. Had my best day so far this year for quality & quanity. Caught these two on back to back casts with the frog. Special thanks to Justin for taking me out & to Robert for schooling me on the frog.

I guess I'm in the minority again. I like 10lb or 20lb suffix 832 braid with a 6-12 foot leader for jerkbaits. I'm fishing open water with rock bottom. You get better depth with the smaller dia braid.

Hope this helps.

Congrats on those two beauties on your own custom painted bait.

Great big girl! Outstanding pictures to capture the moment . Don't forget to take your wife out for dinner.

Outstanding Shane. That largie PB will be tough to beat up there. I predict that your new smallie pb will get beat. Congrats.

Hey Eric if you want to really treat yourself take a look at the new Zayta series by dobyns featuring 3M's nano matrix resin. Supposed to intro at I Cast 2012. Twelve models offered targeting the $500 mark. Info on tackletour.

Nice group of bass for January in New Egland. WTG Shane.

Hey Steve that looks suspiously like one of last year pictures.

Welcome to the club Jeff.

Jopa was & always will be remembered as a legend in collegiate sports. A true icon.

I haven't eaten any bass since I was a kid but do eat a few walleye when they grab my bass offerings. I love fried fish in peanut oil but also enjoy them grilled. Take a fillet & rub it with olive oil & season with greek seasoning. Also you can try rubbing the fillets with mayonnaise & then seasoning. Gives the fish a smokey flavor.

Great picture Shane. Sounds like you had a good time.

My take on comparable trophy status between the two is a 10lb plus largemouth is the equivalent of 7lb smallmouth not a 6lber. I think the 10 lb largemouth would be the easier to produce based on your stated criteria.