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How tall are the weeds? I'd suggest swimming a drop shot rig. It is one of the best methods I've found when fishing weedbeds. If the growth is two feet high, set your sinker about three feet below the bait, and adjust from there. The trick is to keep the bait just at or above the top of the vegetation. Cast and retrieve. Vary your speed and type of retrieve 'til you find what they want. I like to have the sinker fetch up in the weeds during the retrieve. Just keep twitching until if comes free. You may get hit while twitching, or when the sinker breaks free from the vegetation. I use either of two hooks, the Owner weedless wacky hook in the 1/0 size, or the Gamakatsu extra wide gap weedless in various sizes, but mostly 2/0 or 3/0. The Owner has two plastic weed guard strands, one on each side of the hook, and slightly above the tip. The Gamakatsu has a plastic weedguard that is similar to the metal wire guards that extend beyond the tip, and hook under the barb. The Owner is not as effective as the Gamakatsu in shedding the stringy weeds, but does an acceptable job. The Gamakatsu EWG is better for bulky baits, and wacky rigging the thicker worms and baits.

How tall are the weeds? I'd suggest swimming a drop shot rig. It is one of the best methods I've found when fishing weedbeds. If the growth is two feet high, set your sinker about three feet below the bait, and adjust from there. The trick is to keep the bait just at or above the top of the vegetation. Cast and retrieve. Vary your speed and type of retrieve 'til you find what they want. I like to have the sinker fetch up in the weeds during the retrieve. Just keep twitching until if comes free. You may get hit while twitching, or when the sinker breaks free from the vegetation. I use either of two hooks, the Owner weedless wacky hook in the 1/0 size, or the Gamakatsu extra wide gap weedless in various sizes, but mostly 2/0 or 3/0. The Owner has two plastic weed guard strands, one on each side of the hook, and slightly above the tip. The Gamakatsu has a plastic weedguard that is similar to the metal wire guards that extend beyond the tip, and hook under the barb. The Owner is not as effective as the Gamakatsu in shedding the stringy weeds, but does an acceptable job. The Gamakatsu EWG is better for bulky baits, and wacky rigging the thicker worms and baits.

How tall are the weeds? I'd suggest swimming a drop shot rig. It is one of the best methods I've found when fishing weedbeds. If the growth is two feet high, set your sinker about three feet below the bait, and adjust from there. The trick is to keep the bait just at or above the top of the vegetation. Cast and retrieve. Vary your speed and type of retrieve 'til you find what they want. I like to have the sinker fetch up in the weeds during the retrieve. Just keep twitching until if comes free. You may get hit while twitching, or when the sinker breaks free from the vegetation. I use either of two hooks, the Owner weedless wacky hook in the 1/0 size, or the Gamakatsu extra wide gap weedless in various sizes, but mostly 2/0 or 3/0. The Owner has two plastic weed guard strands, one on each side of the hook, and slightly above the tip. The Gamakatsu has a plastic weedguard that is similar to the metal wire guards that extend beyond the tip, and hook under the barb. The Owner is not as effective as the Gamakatsu in shedding the stringy weeds, but does an acceptable job. The Gamakatsu EWG is better for bulky baits, and wacky rigging the thicker worms and baits.

How tall are the weeds? I'd suggest swimming a drop shot rig. It is one of the best methods I've found when fishing weedbeds. If the growth is two feet high, set your sinker about three feet below the bait, and adjust from there. The trick is to keep the bait just at or above the top of the vegetation. Cast and retrieve. Vary your speed and type of retrieve 'til you find what they want. I like to have the sinker fetch up in the weeds during the retrieve. Just keep twitching until if comes free. You may get hit while twitching, or when the sinker breaks free from the vegetation. I use either of two hooks, the Owner weedless wacky hook in the 1/0 size, or the Gamakatsu extra wide gap weedless in various sizes, but mostly 2/0 or 3/0. The Owner has two plastic weed guard strands, one on each side of the hook, and slightly above the tip. The Gamakatsu has a plastic weedguard that is similar to the metal wire guards that extend beyond the tip, and hook under the barb. The Owner is not as effective as the Gamakatsu in shedding the stringy weeds, but does an acceptable job. The Gamakatsu EWG is better for bulky baits, and wacky rigging the thicker worms and baits.

I have rare, periodic bouts of severe rectal pain. It generally comes on gradually. The intensity and duration varies. The attack can last from a few minutes to an hour or so. The sensation of needing to have a bowel movement usually accompanies the episode. Never had one last ten hours. I'd be in the ER long before it lasted ten hours. I spoke to my doctor about it several years ago. He said it is fairly common, and in most cases not the result of something serious, such as cancer. I have had regular colonoscopies since I was fifty. Apparently there is no clear understanding of what causes it, or how to prevent it. The pain can be likened to a combination of an abcessed tooth and a severe cramp. It can be a sharp, or a dull pain, sometimes both. My best advice is to get over the embarassment, and talk to your doctor. Embarassment about ailments of taboo body parts can be a killer, literally. I lost an uncle who was diganosed with bowel cancer and refused to have a coloscopy because it was too embarassing. Probably too much information, but there you have my experience. Here's a good site for basic info. You can google "rectal pain" for more. http://www.emedicinehealth.com/rectal_pain/article_em.htm

I hope that was an unintended pun. They are the best. One of my more memorable slips of the pun was when my wife had some female surgery. I had gone to the cafeteria for a bite to eat. As I was returning to my wife's room, I bumped into her surgeon, who happened to be a woman and was on her way to check on my wife. She said all went well, but you never know what you will find before hand. So me, being the lummox that I am said to her, "It's like opening Pandora's Box." It was out before I could stop it. She laughed it off and told me it was a good pun.

I hope that was an unintended pun. They are the best. One of my more memorable slips of the pun was when my wife had some female surgery. I had gone to the cafeteria for a bite to eat. As I was returning to my wife's room, I bumped into her surgeon, who happened to be a woman and was on her way to check on my wife. She said all went well, but you never know what you will find before hand. So me, being the lummox that I am said to her, "It's like opening Pandora's Box." It was out before I could stop it. She laughed it off and told me it was a good pun.

I hope that was an unintended pun. They are the best. One of my more memorable slips of the pun was when my wife had some female surgery. I had gone to the cafeteria for a bite to eat. As I was returning to my wife's room, I bumped into her surgeon, who happened to be a woman and was on her way to check on my wife. She said all went well, but you never know what you will find before hand. So me, being the lummox that I am said to her, "It's like opening Pandora's Box." It was out before I could stop it. She laughed it off and told me it was a good pun.

I hope that was an unintended pun. They are the best. One of my more memorable slips of the pun was when my wife had some female surgery. I had gone to the cafeteria for a bite to eat. As I was returning to my wife's room, I bumped into her surgeon, who happened to be a woman and was on her way to check on my wife. She said all went well, but you never know what you will find before hand. So me, being the lummox that I am said to her, "It's like opening Pandora's Box." It was out before I could stop it. She laughed it off and told me it was a good pun.

Sorry, I don't have any pictures, but years ago, I used to buy seaworms by the flat for striper fishing. They came in the flat tomato boxes. I'd put the box in the fridge to keep them lively until I was ready to use them a few hours later. It was a common practice among the striper fraternity when they used them for bait. The article says they are about six inches long, and as thick as pencils. Those were scrawny as sandworms went back in the 50s, 60s and 70s. You could easily find them that were over a foot long, and over a half inch thick. "Salt-Water Bait Bloodworms and Sandworms Do you know there's a state in which raising and selling fish bait is one of the leading industries ? Bloodworms and sandworms are the bait, and the state is Maine. Tons of these fish-getters are shipped annually to salt-water anglers along the Atlantic Coast. They're big worms, as thick as pencils and about 6 inches long, but they're more fragile than the nightcrawlers used in fresh-water fishing. When you put one on a hook, you must be gentle or it'll mysteriously fall apart. The sandworm is similar to the nightcrawler in appearance. The bloodworm, so called because it seems full of blood when you puncture it with a hook, has a number of legs on each side and a formidable pincer on its snout that can nip your finger if you're not careful. Buy either kind from a seaside bait dealer and keep them cool in damp seaweed in a waterproof carton. The refrigerator is a good storage placeif the "boss" of the house is willing. Use a piece of either worm on a small hook (No. 8) for Porgies, Flounder, small Sea Bass and Weakfish. Use a whole worm, or two of them, on a large hook (No. 3/0) for Striped Bass or Fluke. You can thread the worm on the hook or loop it on. Threading is best because it holds the fragile worm together. To loop one on, pass the hook through it just behind the head where it's toughest."

"I've got nothing to hide.", or the same thought with different words. Since some of the posts mention, and the topic does include genitalia. In light of that, how are we to understand the above quote? ;D ;D We'll be flying to Orlando in February for the races at Daytona. If asked to, I'll go through the "scanner". Doesn't really matter to me. To others, it does matter, for their own reasons. I am however in favor of profiling. It's a legitimate tool. Political correctness should never trump safety, or anything else for that matter. It's a pox on our society.

Congrats! My wife buys scratch tickets at the local convenience store every Sunday. It used to be twenty bucks per week, but since she retired she cut back to ten. Usually it's two five dollar tickets. So, if she gets five bucks back on one of them she says she won five bucks when she really lost five bucks, net. She's hit a few for a hundred dollars or more, but when all the accounting is done, the state has made money on her. And that's the bottom line.

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Just a couple of years ago there was an epidemic of them being stolen from cars on dealers lots, and elsewhere. Cut up for the platinum they yielded several hundred dollars per converter, if memory serves. The catalytic converter was mandated for all U.S. cars and trucks in 1975, to convert harmful pollutants into less harmful emissions before they left the exhaust system. Precious metals such as platinum, palladium, rhodium or gold are used as the catalyst. Depending on which metal was used, thieves can sell the converters to metal recyclers for $20-$200. The recyclers then extract the metal and resell it for as much as $6,000 an ounce, as in the case of rhodium. While national theft figures are not recorded for catalytic converter theft, the crime has risen in tandem with sharply rising metal prices.

My reservations are made. I'm checking in on Friday. Hope to be there early enough to do some Friday fishing, but certainly on the weekend. This "old guy" needs a head start on the young guns. If everything goes according to plan, I'll have a seat (or two) open on Saturday and Sunday.

Oooops, sorry to hear that. Not good when those things happen. See what info you can glean from him without upsetting the applecart.

You're welcome. Heck, get bro-in-law to give you a hand. He'll know exactly where to start, and where to go from there. He'll certainly know more than I do. I can fumble around with the basics, but that's about it.

Beer, booze, guns, rods, reels, cars, trucks, lures, etc. Seems there are endless discussions about which is best, or worst. I've seen every brand of pickup truck called the best by some and the worst by others. Same with everything else on the list. The beauty is that among these, there is something to please everyone, just not the same thing. One man's trash is another man's treasure, and all that sort of rot. ;) ;D

I'm not sure it's a wiring issue, but it's the first thing you should rule out. It's the cheapest and easiest first step. You certainly do not want to start swapping out gauges and then find the new ones aren't working due to a poor ground. I'm not familiar with various makes of boats but usually there will be two buss bars, one with the fuses for the positive source of electricity and another for the ground connections. If you want to check the ground connections to each fuse, get an electrical tester, the cheap kind with a light that will glow when 12 volts run through it. Touch the red lead to the heavy red lead at the positive buss bar, and the black to the heavy negative lead at the ground buss bar. The light should glow. Then, touch the black lead from the test light to the ground connection at each gauge, keeping the red lead touching the positive lead. No light = no ground = no operative gauge(s). Check around with your handyman friends. They've probably got a tester in their assortment of tools and can help you out. It's a quick test. Only takes a couple of minutes.

No, I hadn't heard about the HDS-8. But I'm sure I will come April. The side imaging isn't as important when I'm home. There are no waters I fish that have submerged creek beds, bridges, timber, etc., which is where the side imaging really shows its stuff. It will find the occasional rock pile, or man made brush pile, and if you pay close attention, bait balls off to the sides of the boat. I find the hot maps premium which shows the bottom contours in great detail to be as much help as the side imaging when searching for fish holding bottom.

0 rounds. 0 guns. I'm not anti-gun. Just have no interest in them.

If all the gauges are electric, the first thing to check is to make sure you have a good ground. Chances are all the gauges have a common ground, so look there. It's the most logical reason that all the gauges have failed. The positive wire goes from sensors, for each gauge to that gauge. It's not likely they all failed simultaneously.

Lots of laughs, lies, and LongMike bragging about his alarm system and GPS Minnkota. Last year was my first. It was everything I hoped it would be, and more.

About time! I've been looking for this announcement since I got home from Pickwick. Unless something unforseen happens, I'll be there. I'll be driving from Mass. Anyone along or near the route I'll be taking, and wants to share travel expenses (tolls and gas), and driving duties is welcome to hitch a ride. Have room for two or three comfortably.