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Where do you think that little Chihuahua ended up anyway?

Doesn't anyone have an old copy of the Redneck Almanac that would have a picture of it? ;D

All I can say is WOW. He will be missed. R.I.P. my friend. He's probably reeling in a double digit lunker up in Heaven right now.

Plenty of big snappers and softshells, but the weirdest was when a gull grabbed my minnow that was swimming in circles on the surface. Decent fight but he didn't weigh much. He was pretty ticked though!

I rig them so they are slightly banana shaped and they are the best topwater walk the dog bait I throw in cover. If a fish misses, you already have your follow up bait on- Just let it sink a bit and twitch it. Hold on. Rigged Texposed, they are an awesome jerk bait as all have said. I'm glad they are a "forgotten bait". Just bought a bunch at Dick's on clearance.

Personally, I prefer to spear the beavers. :

X2 on the "Go-To Bait" In fact, alot of days it's the first bait that hits the water and the last bait that is thrown and everything in between. Beginners bait. I have to laugh! ;D A 21' Triton W/250 HP is a beginners boat too.

I'm definitely trying to make it happen. KY Lake is full of bass and a great place to tune your skills. No shortage of bites down there. He can't make it there unless I tag along as navigator. He never would have made it through Nashville without me. So that means you're both coming, right? :

Yep, every game we lost this year i truely feel was on our own hands. We have the smarts, skill, and heart to win each of those games but we didnt finish them. The only game i really felt like we got outbeat was the Atlanta game earlier in the season. But if you will notice, we havent lost by more than 4 points this whole year. 4 points! Every game was in our reach. An i hope cutler is ready, matthews, hawk, and woodsons going to be all over him. I'm still seeing "WE" and "OUR". Where exactly in Illinois do you live, Milwaukee? ;D

Check the depth about 3/4 of a cast out from the rip-rap and tie on a crankbait that will hit that depth. Position the boat and make casts towards the bank at 45 degree angles and try to bump the bottom as much as possible. This way you can cover a greater depth range. Have caught alot of fish pulling in behind boats paralleling the bank or tossing a jig this way. Always try to fish rip-rap with wind blowing into it.

Hahaha ,what a bears fan. Please tell me how you put us to shame our first game? You beat us by 3 points..... We beat our selves that game, you had no chance if we didnt shoot ourselfs in the foot. With a stupid fumble by Jones, and the ridiclus amount of penalities against us. Yeah we had 18 penalities for 152 yards, id imagine the seahawks could have beat us with those kind of numbers . Us ??? Your avatar says Illinois. Did you move to cheeseland and not change it? Very close game at "your" stadium a few weeks back and if the Bears didn't go pass happy, as they had nothing to win or lose, maybe a different story. Also, If "we" don't shoot ourselves in the foot with an int. late in the game, who knows? :

If I recall, it was 28-0 and then 28-3 when the Bears decided to get cute. Plus they didn't throw much in the second half. 21 points in slop time don't mean much. The Bears held them to 34 yards rushing after they ran wild on the Saints. Buh Bye Hawks! Welcome back Pack. Might actually be some competition.

You had to post this. I went at lunchtime an walked out with almost $100.00 worth of Zoom, Rage, and a ton of Rapala. All 1/2 off the sale price. Do I need the stuff- probably not. Could I resist buying it- no way in h*ll.

X2- Seen it myself many times. A couple nice ones cruising the shallows and I skip a senko so it lands past them. More often than not, they stop and usually fight each other to get to the bait first. If they don't stop, they wont bite anything.

Way to rub it in Simp. We're suffering through a typical Chicago winter and you're catching fish. Oh well- Go Bears!!!!!

Nice Job!. Belly on that hawg is almost as big as yours (but not near mine) Beats looking out the window at snow.

Key is line attached. I've used the chain type and the extending pole type and both work just fine. If you put that one on your line and still cant free the lure, what then? Break the line and lose both lure and retriever? Don't know what these cost, but the heaviest dipsey sinker you can find and a cheap snap probably cost alot less and would do the same thing. JMHO. Never had that come up in three years. Its 100%, so far. I was agreeing with you. I was talking about the retriever in the video. As stated, I've use the type you described and had success also. Not so sure about the knocker in the video. If you send it down and it doesn't free the lure, what then?

Must be rough! Nice fish.

Key is line attached. I've used the chain type and the extending pole type and both work just fine. If you put that one on your line and still cant free the lure, what then? Break the line and lose both lure and retriever? Don't know what these cost, but the heaviest dipsey sinker you can find and a cheap snap probably cost alot less and would do the same thing. JMHO.

2 ways to check. 1: Smell the pack. 2: Coffee scented baits have a sticker on the pack (at east every pack I've bought.) Might have to search Ebay as I think all new baits are scented. The Dick's near me has a few old packs of non-scented baits but most are. Big-O.....?

AMEN!

X2. I spool on enough line so that there is about 80-100 yards left then wrap electrical tape tightly around it. Just tie on new line and spool what you're going to use, unless you're after something that will run off 100 yds of line on you. 300 yd spool will fill 3 reels, not 2 with just enough left over to tick you off.

Yes.

Gotta love technology. ;D P.S. I don't care how good those are, they are just too dang ugly!

X2 If I paid that much for that bait it would wind up in a plastic case on my mantle and hopefully increase in value. Anyway it is pretty cool looking.