Nitro 882

Thanks guys--kinda what I figured. Have a great season.

How critical is it to use a torque wrench when tightening the prop nut on a 150hp Merc. ?

Try a 3" green pumpkin grub on a 1/8 oz jig head. Dipping the tail in chartruese "Spike It" seems to improve performance-------

A true testimonial to catch and release, catch and release, catch and release, catch and release, catch and release etc. etc etc --------

If you can catch fish on a regular basis, it's a sport. If you can't catch fish on a regular basis, it's a hobby.

I bet they probably ship them $11.45 'uns

Late one afternoon, I decided to go to a small lake about 15 min. from my house. It was spur of the moment and the rush was on. Got to the lake and was fishing the outside of large bed of spawning crappie. I was fishing a Husky Jerk when she hit. Felt pretty good as it swam toward the boat but once it passed the boat on the way to deeper water I new I had the fish of my lifetime. I couldn't hardly hold her and had to hurriedly loosen my drag to keep from breaking her off. When I finally lifted her into the boat I was shaking while staring at the largest bass I had ever seen and certainly probably the largest I will ever land. My largest verifiable largemouth to date is 7 1/2# which is a good fish in Massachusetts. Now the comedy of errors begins. In my haste to get to the lake earlier I had forgotten to put my camera in the boat. I immediately called my wife and told her that I had just caught the bass of my lifetime and needed her to meet me at the ramp with the camera. Now my goal was to keep this magnificent animal in good condition for later release--soon as I had my trophy photo. As luck would have it, my live well pump had crapped out recently and I hadn't repaired it yet. I dug through my boat and came up with an old chain stringer that I had thrown in the boat years ago "just in case." I hurriedly clipped the stringer through the jaw of my prize and lowered it into the water off the rear of my bass boat and clipped it to the cleat. Now, I had told my wife that my blood was up and I would continue fishing and she should call me on her cell as she neared the ramp and I would meet her there. As I fished on, I would hear the stringer slapping against the side of my boat as my prize struggled to get free. It only took my wife about 30 mins. to get to the lake and when the phone rang I reeled in, stowed the trolling motor and reached for the stringer to bring my fish aboard for the short run for here "photo -op". I still have night mares about pulling up an empty stringer with safety pin clip straightened out. Now I don't care about the fish getting off cause I was going to release her anyway. The thing that haunts me is that I didn't weigh her on my digital scale or take length and girth measurements because I was going to do all those things I always do when I got her picture taken .Hence, no proof or validation of my once in a lifetime fish.Now, I have no way of knowing but someone took a 9# 13oz. bass through the ice that winter which I can honestly say could very well have been my baby :'( :'( :'( Thanx for listening. This has been very theraputic. They're coming with my crayons now so I have to go.

Caught an owl on a plastic frog early one morning on the St. Johns river in Fla. Talk about a Chinese fire drill-------

How often does Google update or refresh their photos?