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I haven't tried mine yet, but there are lots of super cheap GoPro parts sets on Amazon. I just bought a 41 piece set, including a case for the camera, for $16. It has suction cup mounts and stick on mounts. Something in there has to work. I've seen similar sets as low as $6. https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01HGMKQEE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Thanks guys. I fully appreciate pride of ownership. I'm someone who doesn't use a car wash because I don't want to introduce swirls to my paint; I hand wash my car regularly. There are a few logistical issues with keeping my boat on the trailer during fishing season. My garage (about 90 miles from the lake) is only 93" wide. The package width for the 175 TXW is 89" wide. And that's on the narrower end of aluminum boats of similar size; the Ranger RT 178 is 95" on the trailer. I have no experience towing a trailer. While I may be able to get the boat into the garage once a year for winter storage, I don't want to rely on that each time I use it. I have no other place to store it at my house. At the lake, we're not allowed to store a boat on a trailer on the property. We have access to a place to store the boat outdoors during the winter, but boats must be removed Spring-Fall. I will call some of the places that I know offer off-season boat storage to see if they have a place to keep boats during the season. It sounds like keeping the boat in the water will be convenient, but poses maintenance and wear issues. But at the same time, that may be my only option, aside from racking up thousands in storage fees.

Thanks all for the feedback. I'm afraid a lift isn't in my future, and I actually don't have a place to store the boat on the trailer. Storing the trailer during the season when the boat is in the water is one of the logistical things I have to work out. In the off season I have a place (outdoors) where I can store the boat on the trailer near the lake; or I may be able to bring it back to my house to garage store it...but that's not going to be practical during the fishing season. Forgive my ignorance, but what's the issue with a waterline stain on the side of the boat? Is it purely an aesthetic thing? There's currently a pontoon boat at the dock that's a few years old and i don't notice any unsightly scum on it. I fish from that pontoon now, but it's far from ideal.

Hey Everyone. Been a long time Bass Resource lurker, but don't post much...I think I have a handful of posts on an 11 year old account; ha! I've been thinking more and more about getting a bass boat. I'm researching everything like crazy, and getting hung up in the details since I'm starting from scratch with my boat knowledge (or lack there of). I don't see much info about keeping a bass boat in the water 24/7. I have access to a house with a dock in the water from mid-May to mid-October. If I get a bass boat, it would be stored at the dock during this time and I'd access it every couple weeks. I'm thinking about a boat like a Bass Tracker Pro Team 175 TXW. I see they sell a rope ratchet cover for it which says it can be used at the dock. Does anyone here do this? Is the rope ratchet cover easy enough to put on, and sturdy enough to stay on? Looks like there are cut outs in the cover for the dock lines, but I'd also have to have whips. Would you attach these to the same cleats as the dock lines, or would I need an additional attachment point added to the boat...and then the cover customized? I know I'd also need some kind of bilge pump system. Would you just use what's standard on the boat, or add a backup? Do these run off the trolling motor batteries or starting battery? I would have power at the dock to keep the TM batteries charged up. Thanks for your help!

Four years ago, you started a similar thread. I was just getting back into fishing at the time and basically went down your list and bought one of each lure. I still seem to just replace what I lose from that original list. Guess I now have to try out your new list! I was able to find that thread so easily, because I sent it to a few others. http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1141132893

The Yakima Boat loader may help... It basically slides out from one of the crossbars from your roofrack, so that one of your crossbars is extending well beyond the side of your car. Then you only lift half the boat onto the extended crossbar. Then the other half the boat. So at any one time you're only lifting half the boat.

Looks like Spruce Run rents boats. Is that place too big to fish effectively from a row boat? thanks.

Thanks. I spoke to Captain Jackson, owner, of AJ's Freelancer (supposedly the longest running guide service in that area) and wound up booking a trip for next Saturday. He's not available at all this month, but he has other guides that are. AJ has been featured in In Fisherman and Bassmaster and trusts the guides that work for him. I guess he better, since it's his name on the company. Hopefully I'll have some good pictures to share after the trip!

Hey... It turns out I'll be near Lake Toho for work next week. I think I'm going to stay an extra day and fish on Saturday. Anyone have any guide recommendations? I did some searching online and was impressed with the info on AJ's Freelancer Bass Guide Service website at - http://www.orlandobass.com/ Anyone use them? Any other recommendations? THANKS!

When using a mono backing when spooling a baitcaster with braid, are you tying the two line types together, for one continuous line, or are you tying the braid around the mono...as if the mono were part of the reel? thanks! -graham

The fish was alive...though definitely exhausted.

I was fishing with my brother this weekend (Blydenburgh Lake on Long Island, NY) and he had a bizarre catch. While reeling, he thought he got snagged on some weeds, it just felt like dead weight. Halfway to the boat we realized he had a fish. When he got it right to the boat it turns out that he didn't hook the fish, someone else did, but then their line broke with at least 20 feet of line still on the hook. My brother crossed that line and dragged it in, with his lure several feet from the fish. Now this was just two brothers fishing from a rowboat, but if this was a tournament, would that fish have counted?

The one that I bought has chains coming off of it as well. 8 inches or so. That way if you can't knock the lure free the chains might be able to catch a treble hook on your lure, and you can yank it free.

This is not exactly true. SPF is not minutes between applications. It is a multiplier. See the quote below - "In theory the SPF is a multiplier that can be applied to the time taken to burn. For example, someone who would burn after 12 minutes in the sun would expect to burn after 2 hours (120 minutes) if protected by a sunscreen with SPF 10." Taken from - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen#Sun_protection_factor It's effectivness depends on your skin type. BUT, as others have said, you shouldn't be using it just to avoid a sunburn, but also to avoid complications further down the road.

I think you mean 128 quart.... 128 gallons is over 1,000 pounds.