Palmetto Fisherman

SC Here as well. Sharon to be exact. Fish Wylie mostly with a good dose of Hartwell and Murray

agree with these guys cant beat a hampton for value for $ If I HAVE to stay cheap (I.E. every thing else is booked and no place particularly safe to sleep in the truck, Im not joking I prefer it over a roach coach) Ill look for a days inn they are at least decent normally... I just keeep my two good friends under the pillow

I was out Saturday on Wylie playing with some new Sebile swimbait mods I wanted to try just watching retrieve and observing swim tweaking etc. I was burning the things...I mean fast as I could and caught 7....no monsters all in the 1-2.5lb range The first was a shock after that it was well lets see how long this works bad thing is I am now hooked on my mods, I know I wont give up on them even if they never catch another fish.

I'm not sure I can do this story justice in writing but I will try. I was a teenager fishing a local Friday local tourney with my dad. Earlier that week a group of kids, several of whom were close friends of mine were swimming in a local hole and jumping off a nearby bridge. Well one guy who was on my football team and a friend since we were literally 3 jumped off the bridge and never surfaced again. they had searched the water for a few days and as yet had no luck finding thee young man. The immediate area was roped off to keep boaters and lurchers away when the search party ended at dark. My dad had canceled his normal fishing partner just to get me out of the house and try and have a lil fun. Here we are just after dusk maybe 200 yards away from the bridge on the second pier back in a small cove. Banging Texas rigged zooms off the bottom when I get a "bump" slightly rod tip move and another "bump" slam home the metal and start cranking... Immediately I feel dead weight, shot it was brush, no NO its moving its fighting this is a fish and a MONSTER. I'm cranking for all Im worth, this target is flopping back and forth fairly rythmically but slowly rising. Dad gets the net and prepares to land our money fish....just then as it breaks the water we both draw back as the large round bloated orange object starts to appear, I am instantly nauseous and nearly drop the rod.... a few more pulls and its surfaced again...I just knew I had caught the corpse of my friend...I know thi sounds morbid but it seemed like I had top pull it up whatever it was probably only 10 seconds after it first broke the water but they were agonizing hours in my mind as tears streaked down my face.... As I pulled it up and clear again, what i had caught was a medium sized orange bucket. not 5 gallon more like a mop bucket or something you would wash a car with, I was hooked into some cork type grip on the handle and I guess in retrospect as I pulled it up the bucket was flopping back and forth providing the fight. The color, shape and location and probably a bit of pent up emotion projected to make me think it was something else....but it was just an orange bucket. When we finally figured out what it was I literally was hysterical with laughter...not even sure why. So thats my odd catch [bTW the body was recovered a day or two later inside the roped off "search" area...just missed the first time]

10% of their body mass. Take a normal 2lb LMB he has to eat 3 and a half oz of plastic....

I think I rented that once. is that the one where if you upgrade to the premium depth finder and driver around at full speed it will say "THERE"S A BIG OLE BASS" And if you do donuts over it it wil just say "BIG OLE BIG OLE BIG OLE BASS" sorry thats all i remember but that was classic. Me and a good friend killed a weekend in college with it, and even to this day when we are on the real lake and one of us hangs a fish, there is a better than average chance that big ole big ole is going to come out of someone mouth

I said, "You can't cut me off. You dont know where all I'm getting it" and then the fight started

Just bought it a few months ago. 1995 ranger 481VS with 150hp Johnson I love it so far

Depends on what you are going after and what type of water. I have a G3 1756 with a 40hp Yama with a Jet Drive Conversion (practical 30hp) for River fishing. Its a tank, Ive banged it on the shoals more than I care to admit :-[ because of the Jet Drives superman inducing mobility...but its very stable and I even took it on the lake a few times before buying my bass boat....on a very busy large lake it wasnt that fun, but I was never scared I would tip either....

that boat will catch plenty of fish to win most tourneys provided the right guy is holding the seat down. Id get another tow rig first.

wow what a response... Thanks guys!!! bkoguy07 email me rtoweryATcomporiumDOTnet lets go fishing

Convenience bothers you? :-? My COUNTY doesn't have a Wal Mart, but I know they pay higher than a lot of fast food restaurants. In my case a Wal Mart would boost our economy dramatically. However, a Wal Mart every 5 miles would not be the case. I am not for all of the "Made in China" junk they sell, but most of the time their prices ARE really lower that other stores. Convenience is what its all about. Why go to 3 stores when you can get it all in one place? The problem is HOW they get those prices, and what they do to manufacturing companies to get their prices lower. many would be surprised by the "imposter" goods at Wal-Mart. The same manufacturer will often make 2 versions of the same product, one for salee at wal-mart and one for sale everywhere else. because when you are ROCK BOTTOM on price just .50 lower may not be possible.... read the stories about small business owners flow to Arkansas and not being returned home or even to the airport when they wouldnt meet Wal Marts price demand....we have one in our town. My grocery bill is $19/week higher at Bi-Lo, but I shop there every week.

Just checked back in....actually I would check it where it sits, if its like I suspected, I would not move it another foot. Thee next shift may be the last, the next hill the one that over pressurizes the crank case. A $75 tow bill sure beats a $1500 transmission

I work for Cummins and design, engineer and sell on site generation and transfer equipment. I keep the lights on when the Utility doesnt.

Hey guys, been reading for a few weeks finally joined and posted up. Been fishing my whole life, but finally bought my first boat. 1995 481VS Ranger with a Johnson FS150... Cant wait to get off every day and go fish, and tieing myself over web fishing here during the days.... Look forward to learning a lot and hopefully helping a bit, and anyone near Lake Wylie that wants a fishing partner, let me know... Tight lines

Dont DRIVE YOUR TRUCK. Is this a Tundra? I have seen more than one person get confused and pull the ATS drain plug instead of the oil drain plug. It sounds like your dipstick was full because you drained your tranny fluid, not your oil, then added 7 quarts onto a full crankcase of oil. DO YOU KNOW HOW TO CHECK ATS fluid? If so do it and if low add immediately and Then look again and drain the oil (that drain plug is farther forward and more passenger (starboard) side) ***EDIT: I do not mean the caps part to sound like a SA, just checking. Some do some dont, and it can vary by vehicle (some MUST be checked in Neutral, just cost one of our techs a $1900 tranny)All in all if you have the 2 confused, it is very possible you have blown seals or gaskets on the engine, and may have damaged friction ssurfaces in the ATS)