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Don't go during the day unless it's cloudy / rainy. Usually we get the boat into the water by 5 - 6pm and fish until whenever.

Wang Dang Sweet Poontang - Ted Nugent. Way to go Snook. You got the life for sure. That had to be a blast...

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Get a job working around machinery or live electrical circuits and you NEVER have to wear it !! My wife is OK with this. She sees what I look like some days coming in from work and knows nobody's been checkin' me out.... I do wear it on occasion though. Best of luck to both of you.

My new go to plastic for this season - tubes. I think part of it is because the waters around here have been pounded for years with senko style baits. I like throwing stuff they never see and tubes have been doing good by me this year. Whatever everyone else is throwing, I tend to stay away from those baits. Give 'em something new to look at

Cabela's sells very nice packs. I picked one up earlier this year. I was very impressed with the quality. These are on sale now: http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/pod/standard-pod-wrapped.jsp?_DARGS=/cabelas/en/common/catalog/pod-link.jsp_A&_DAV=MainCatcat20166-cat20327_TGP&rid=&indexId=cat20327&navAction=push&masterpathid=&navCount=9&parentType=index&parentId=cat20327&id=0042450

Junebug Culprits. Everyone should get rid of theirs immediately. They do not catch fish. In fact, they repel them. PM me and I will give you proper disposal instructions.... :

Man, my mind wanders too much when I cut the lawn............ Three guys in a boat. One of them is wearing an extremely tall ballcap. The caption reads "Vern, Chuck and the Pope go fishing" Two cubs sitting in front of a big bear, who has a human skull on each of his front paws as if he was performing a puppet show. The bear says "OK, one more time and it's off to bed for you two" "Hey Bob, you think there's any bears in this 'ol cave ?" "I dunno Fred, let's look" Gary Larson, wherever you are, we need you back........

Greetings from the land of bad driving....New Jersey. Although by the tone of this post and other recent driving rants, we may be losing our Title. Any cops out there wanna give a little input ? Uncle Leo, where are you?

I live within driving distance of three of them. They are not bad as far as fishing stuff goes, inventory varies by store. I was told by one that they won't special order anything for you (rods, reels)

Here's an 'outside of the box' idea that I killed 'em on this year. Gather up some of your used stick worms (Senkos, Dingers, Trick Sticks, etc.) Cut off the last 2" to 2.5" of the worm. Rig them straight onto ballhead jigs with the tapered end at the rear. An 1/8 oz jighead is the heaviest you want to go, so this works best on spinning gear. As soon as it hits the water, start the retrieve so you stay out of the grass. You should see the action on these little buggers. I've done well on many different bodies of water in different depths, so it's not some one time deal that worked for me. These don't always come back clean, but with only a single hook riding up they do decent near the grass.

http://www.bassresource.com/fishing/hung_lures.html

Nuthin worse than gettin kicked in the ice hole.....

At least you got something useable. Last time I got a fishing gift (that I didn't pick out first) it was an Instant fisherman. Must have been the deluxe model, it came with Flying Lures

Two old salts sitting in a bar. One has a peg leg, the other a peg head. The one with the peg leg says to the peg head "Well, I guess that's an OK story, but wait'll I tell ya how I lost this......"

Is that Bill Engvall ? ;D

I try to keep a finger on the blank just forward of the handle. Try this: Go to a pond with a decent amount of shallow water. Place some large rocks, logs. sticks, whatever into the water. Then slowly drag your worm or jig over them to get the feel of different things. Try to have a decent amount of line out, not 2' in front of you. You may also have too much slack in the line which would inhibit you from feeling a small tap.

I hear submerged buildings are GREAT structure....... Just kidding ya. It must suck. I like fishing in the rain, but that's gotta be too much.

Great point. If you are looking for action, get yourself an ultralight rig and see what's out there. In addition to many different species, you'll still get bass. And a 2 to 3 lb bass on UL is a blast, as are aggresive gills and other panfish.

"Rainbow Bait and Tackle ; Not just for Trout" ;D b Man I had a great response. Was one click away and then I came to my senses

Probably from the same gene pool as the kid who burned his house down after watching Beavis and Butthead ignite aerosol spray cans to make a flamethrower.

Does anyone remember one of if not the greatest comic strip in the history of comic strips ? Here's a classic: http://vargklo.com/gva1116/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/far-side-cat-fud.jpg

Bob dials the phone. "Hey Jim, wanna come to my house for an all guy worm party ?" ...click....dial tone.....

Play a country song backwards. Your wife comes back, your tractor starts again and your dog comes back from the dead.

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