Everything posted by jhoffman
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Sealing Up Hollow Body Frogs
Yeah, understandable, but do we need four holes? Im thinking if I seal it around the weight that would help tramendously
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Sealing Up Hollow Body Frogs
I think ill give it a shot
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Sealing Up Hollow Body Frogs
Anyone ever pulled this off successfully? Epoxy?
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Help On Where To Fish?
PA waters see some extreme pressure. Just think there are 800,000 registered hunters in this state, many who also fish. Probably even more who fish that dont hunt. Not all lakes up here have a topwater bite. My home lake(Sayers) you could throw topwater for a week and maybe catch one fish, go to a smaller lake and pound them all day. You must take other things into account also like pleasure boats, jet skis... they all have an effect on the fish. I see you have two threads closely related, you can read all you want but untill you put the time in it doesnt mean anything.
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Petersburg Water Impoundment On The Juniata River
Fished it last night, one of my favorite places to frog. Me and one of my good buddies hit it about 4pm. Greeted by a new locked gate on the launch and had to buy a key for the year. Frog action was ON from 430 till we fished out the frog cove. Ran up river and caught smallies then on flukes, all frog fish were largemouths. We rested the cove and came back and could only buy one more fish and one miss on a frog. Then chucked flukes in the holes of the pads. Nothing big but we did really well. Although I lost a brand new scum frog on the first cast when I set the hook too hard on him. Air temp - 72 Skies - Clear Water temp - 69 I will warn you, if your boat drafts a lot of water this is not your place to go unless you want to stay in the main pool. When I got up to where the smallies were we were sitting in 1ft of crystal clear water. Water in the main basin was more off color. Im not sure you could get a glass boat in the frog cove.
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Lew's Tourney Pro Problems Again... :(
The number one reason I tear into every reel I buy before I ever fish it is this.... #1 - they are way over greased in the gear case, i want good stuff in there too like cals #2 - I have NO IDEA what they used for lube * being that I have no idea what they used, I have no idea of what its doing to the speed * you never mix lubes
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Mercury Water Pump Or Impeller??
My rude has to be in gear also
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Do You Hunt - If So, Check In
Some monster whiteails coming out of MD these days, very under rated. On my shortlist for sure.
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Do You Hunt - If So, Check In
I have a gt500 ninja that I had the riser dipped in wood grain after it started getn dinged up. I also had my limbs get a splinter in winter, elite is the best company in the archery industry to deal with. Since I was tearing the entire bow down I also converted the cams from 08 to 2010 module based cams. Im the "official" tuner of all my friends.
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People
Never say never brother, just when you think it cant happen... it can. Let me tell you a story, thats rather long and Ill sum it up quick. Dated a girl casually after highschool, she got pregnant and said I was the dad. I rolled with it for five years. Her own friends started raising questions about whether I was the father based on her actions. She decided to take me to court for child support after I did my OWN out of pocket private DNA test to find out I was not the father, she took me anyhow... I then had to pay for a state sanctioned DNA test which again proved I was not her father. Even though the two tests confirmed it, I had to hire an attorney, go before a judge with my ex and tell the story of lies. At the end of the hearing the judge said "Mr Hoffman, I am not sure whether I can let you go free and clear of this child in the best interest of the child". I didnt have a problem playing dad to her, I had a problem writing an $800/mo check to a cheating lying *****. The judge sat on the case and three months later I got a letter in the mail that I was relieved of all parental duty. In my digging to build a case to get this cleared up(this case set precedence in PA) I came across what I warned you of. If shes as vindictive and manipulative as you say she is, you better cover all bases cause legally, shes got you by the john.
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People
You seemed to glaze over what I said so Ill ask you again... ARE YOU DIVORCED YET?
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People
If you are still legally married to her you better get on getn out of that ASAP. Some states, if you are married, you are legally responsible for any child born during wedlock whether you created the child or not. You wanna pay child support for a child not yours to a cheating ex wife?
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Fishing Neighborhood Ponds?
All states have different tresspass laws. In one state no posters you might be fine, in a state like ohio, private property use requires hand written permission or its automatic tresspassing charges, no fighting it.
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Iowa Preference Points
You going next year?
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Do You Hunt - If So, Check In
Lets see how many bass resource hunters there are here. Whats your fav species? Mine is a two way tie between turkeys and whitetails at the moment. I love the action of turkeys but im not a big fan of eating them, love to eat the whitetails.
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Ever Got The "evil Eye" From The Wife...
They never see the stuff you sold to get what you want, just new boxes showing up. Ill never forget being on the move for a new hunting backpack. I wanted one that could do it all from day bag to spike camp and carry out quarters too. Lets put it like this, those systems start about $300. The first time a $500 bag showed up she said wow, now of course again... i sold the bags before buying the next. When I got to about the fourth she was getn angry, good thing I found the one I wanted. I never take from my family's pool to provide for my hobbies. If I cant buy groceries, I cant buy baits is my philosophy. There has never once been a collector call my house about a bill in the last five years, I pay the lions share and she actually makes more than I do. She has no reason to complain... yet she does lol.
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Flw Fantasy Fishing?
My last two tournaments have killed me in points. I was in the top 100 for awhile.
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Mercury Black Max 200 Hp
In the five seconds I spent doing a little reading it seems this motor can have an issue with the oil injection system being that one gear is plastic, one is steel or aluminum. It may be well past that problem and the injection might have been removed in favor of pre-mixing, id say if it was, thats better for you. http://continuouswave.com/ubb/Forum3/HTML/014028.html It also appears that due to size and age its got TERRIBLE fuel economy. http://www.thehulltruth.com/boating-forum/249127-does-anyone-know-about-mercury-black-max-outboards.html
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Keeping Cats Out Of The Boat
Cheap simple solution to try, get some tinfoil, put it right on those areas where the cat enters. When it crinkles he wont like that, either that or double sided tape on some paper. I know I wouldnt be fond of putting hot sauce or pepper in my brand new boat. The framed chicken wire idea is the next option I would try if the simple ones dont work. Make them tall enough that when you cinch the cover down it holds tight.
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Ack! 1998 Tracker Trailstar Trailer - Axle Needed
Your axle is called an ez-lube axle
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Why Don't We Start With Our "panic Box" Lures?
Pull back on the trailer
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How To Install L.e.d. Navigation Lights In Bass Boat Rub Rail
I bought 9" led strips from China via ebay shipped to my house for $1 each, 12 volt. The big one for boat led is bluewater led.
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Rip Tom Knapp
Wow, didnt notice that one in the news. He was an excellent shot. Saw him locally back when I had my shorthair.
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Project Glock
Powder coat it