Fishing Rhino

what i think is laughable is Dales son Kerry tried to pull the "im an Earnhardt" card as well and washed out. Dale jr ran better than Jeff Gordon for most of last year. how many races has jeff won of late? is jeff washed up too? dale sr gave dale jr a Busch car. dale jr went out and won everything in that car. you think dale sr held a gun to Budweisers head and made them sponsor Dale jr? what about Kevin Harvick? he has dale sr's old ride. how did he earn that? the only reason jr is even a topic right now is 90% due to the media. the media shoved jr down our throats. the non-jr fans (including me) love the idea the balloon is deflating. i dont like Kyle Busch, but it has nothing to do with sr. the reason i dont like him is hes not humble in the least. any time something goes wrong on the track he runs off like a spoiled brat. the last year he drove the #5 car he left the track while the car was being fixed, remember jr finishing the race in the car for him? Jeff may be washed up because of his back problems. Jeff will never enjoy the success he had with Evernham in their glory days. Regarding Jeff, two years ago, he would have won the championship had they not changed to the chase format, but they did, so he didn't. I don't think Jeff is the driver he was a few years ago, but he's still better than most. Junior is somewhat of an enigma. I think he has, or had, the talent. One year he led the points for a good part of the year, then seemed to lose it. It's tough working with and for family. While his popularity has made him a wealthy man, it has also saddled him with pressure other drivers don't experience. He's in a goldfish bowl. Kurt Bush won a championship. What does he like to do in his spare time. Aside from the kiss my butt gesture, the episode with the cops in Phoenix, and Jimmy Spencer putting a face on him, he doesn't get the 24/7 that Junior does. It's gotta be tough getting a mike and a camera shoved in your face all the time. I don't feel sorry for him because of it. But, it has to impact his attitude and outlook.

Rhino .... that is a house for the outdoor cats .... gives them a refuge from a few large dogs that travel the hood .... it is 2 story and has a rocking chair on the little deck !! Neat! Love the nautical rope railing. The rocking chair is a nice touch too.

Went to Nawlins several years ago. The cab driver explained that they stopped burying folks in graves years ago. Everytime they had a flood, caskets would pop to the surface. According to the driver, the body of a widow's husband ended up on the porch of the house where she lived.

Hey!, it's better than crap circles.

Nice! But I have to ask, in the first pic, there is a roofed jog from the house with a deck with what appears to be a rope railing around it. Could it be a Lilliputian apartment or a pooch porch?

The lighter would work for the farts as well. But, seriously, it's not just the nose hairs. It's the unruly eyebrows which make older guys look like horned toads. Then it's the hairs which grow out of the ears, especially at the bottom pocket and the lobes. Then hair begins appearing on the body in places where it previously did not grow. My chest, back and stomach were pretty much hairless into my forties. Now in my late sixties, it has appeared in previously hairless areas. Now, here's a morbid but true consideration. If you haven't noticed, pay attention. As a tree gets older, diseased, or otherwise begins the dying process, it will sprout branches at the trunk and places where they do not normally appear, until the latter stages of its life. And that's my depressing thought for the day.

It seems from reading the replies, I've been misunderstood. I said I was not a Junior fan, and I'm not. That does not mean I do not like him. It simply means I do not root for him, which puts him in the category of most if not all other drivers. I said that because I was pointing out that while Junior did not have a racing career at the local level that justified Sr. putting him in a Busch Series car, he did prove that he belonged. He won two championships, and several Cup races. Had he been anyone, but Dale's, or perhaps another driver's son, he would not have gotten that chance. However he did, and he made the most of it. The first few years were kind to Junior. The last few years, not so much, in racing and his tribulations with stepmom.

Most likely and that is the very reason I tape instead of tying line onto the spool. I caught 2 lemons about 150# apiece back to back with a spinning outfit last summer, landed both of them, over an hour for each. Juvy tarpon are my favorite. Fortunately, it was the line that broke. Re-reading my post, it could be understood that the rod broke. I had the good sense to point the rod at the fish as it stripped off the last few yards of line. I also made a correction on a prior post. It was '68 or '69, not '89. As an aside, it seems that most of the posting at this time of night/morning is done by us "older guys". Noticed the same tendency on other forums as well. I would hazard a guess that most of us see a urologist on a regular basis.

Weight toward the rear will not help. It will just make it squat. Once a boat is on plane, moving weight toward the stern will usually increase the speed, since it reduces the wetted area. If the boat were flat bottomed, like a jon, you'd have problems getting it to plane at the weight you've stated, but it would get on plane easier. More power is your solution.

As it is said, "You can't beat it with a stick." Looks like great value for the buck to me.

I never caught a thing on a jig until this year. One of my "new year's resolutions" was to make a concerted effort to change that. When I started fishing in March of this year I rigged some poles with jigs and others with spinnerbaits, a chatterfrog, and some Storm swimbaits. One of my weaknesses is that when trying something new, I am impatient. If I don't get instant results, my tendency is to go back to my confidence baits, even though they may not be producing either. So I determined to tough it out, predominantly casting jigs. Once I did that, I began to catch fish on them. The toughest part was the painfully slow retrieval process it takes to fish them effectively. Regardless, on my first foray back in March, I caught twelve bass on jigs, none less than two pounds, and the largest close to six. I also missed others because I had no experience/feel in determining the difference between a strike, and a bump off a rock. The jig became an instant favorite. As is my tendency, when something works well, I went crazy buying football jigs, swim jigs, and finesse jigs in a variety of weights and colors. Of course that meant I needed a variety of trailers to accomodate every situation. My favorite trailer is the *** Beaver Craw, watermelon/red, with its claws dipped in JJ's Magic methylate. I now have one tackle box dedicated to jigs, and about every trailer or product that can be used as a trailer from ***. Haven't fished a jig in five or six weeks. Right now, it's the Rage Tail stuff. Toss a spinnerbait and chatterfrog now and then, but they are not yet producing consistently.

Each presents a different drop as well. A weight at the nose will create a nearly vertical drop, while a keel weighted hook, with the weight below, and behind the nose of the bait will result in a drop like a plane gliding in for a landing. It will be steeper than the glide path of a landing plane, but it gives the general idea. When I was a commercial lobsterman, the "bugs" that were not "keepers" got tossed over the side. Occasionally they would scoop with their tails to hasten their escape when they hit the water, but the vast majority would spread their claws, "freeze", and drop to the bottom with their body in a horizontal position, not unlike a sky diver. Is the frozen body position a defense mechanism, to make the lobster appear as an inanimate object. I don't know, but it is a plausible theory since lobsters are vulnerable to many species of fish, cod, stripers and tautog among them. It's to their advantage not to attract attention visibly, or through motions detected in the lateral line of their predators. What I do know is that I'm having a great time being able to fish in places I once considered unfishable. I cover the emergent vegetation thoroughly. It appears that bass, unlike pickerel, don't usually charge the bait from great distances. In the shallows, they prefer to ambush from close range. I've often gotten strikes on a cast which follows a track only a foot away from the previous cast. Reaction, agitation, or simply presenting an easier meal? I don't know, but it's obvious there are times the lure must land or pass in close proximity to the bass to generate a strike. Fishing is a complicated, thought provoking, activity. It's one of the reasons it appeals to me. I enjoy solving puzzles. Some are easy, some are challenging, some are frustrating. The greatest satisfaction comes from finally solving the challenging and frustrating puzzles.

You can use a keel weighted hook on any of them, craw, space monkey, lizard, toad, shad, lobster, or the anaconda. I use a keel weight on the craw, lobster, monkey, lizard, and anaconda. Toad and shad sometimes. Think about a crawfish. Where does it live? I do run it very shallow, in shallow water. I retrieve it fast enough so it leaves a wake on the surface, and change the speed so it breaks the surface, or leaves no visible wake. But, in deeper water, more than two feet, I cast it, and let it drop to the bottom, leaving the bail open or the reel in free spool, depending on which type of reel I'm using. In five feet of water, I give it about ten seconds rigged on an owner 4/0 keel weighted hook. Then I slowly take up the slack. If I feel resistance, I slowly increase the pressure. If I feel anything that indicates something alive has taken the bait, I set the hook. If there is no resistance, I move the lure a foot or two and let it sit for a few seconds. I do this two or three times. If nothing has hit the lure, I retrieve it with occasional twitches and jerks, varying the speed. If your experience is like mine, you'll find that most fish are caught on the drop, or the first two or three movements. I'd say 3 of 4 fish are caught from splashdown to the time you use a "normal" retrieve. If you're not catching them, change your presentation. Do not get impatient, and do not stick with something that is not producing, be it technique or lure. The most important thing you can do is to pay attention. When you catch a fish or two, pay attention to depth, type of bottom, contours (structure) and vegetation, overhangs, fallen trees (cover). Chances are, if you can find other areas of your pond with similar characteristics, you find they hold fish. You may not find them there every day, in fact they may have abandoned those places an hour later. But, if you pay attention, you will begin to decipher patterns to these movements. When you learn these patterns or tendencies, you'll find you can make pretty good guesses at what to do, when they stop biting in one place.

Can't stand in mine. Let me qualify and say I can't. I recently bought another on sale at Dicks. Same length, ten inches wider, square stern, a sort of semi-v bottom with a keel of about two inches. Only used it once, to try it out. I'm in the process of rigging it with the same type of rod holder. This one will hold eleven rather than nine poles. I can stand in this one. It is much more stable, and the wind does not send it spinning like a frisbee. The downside is, compared to the other, it's like paddling a barge. I do have a mushroom anchor, and a five gallon bucket to use as a wind anchor. It really slows the drift. You are correct about anchoring. Most of the time I am either anchored, or backed into the emergent vegetation, and fan cast from there. Move fifty yards or so and back into the vegetation again. When I do anchor, I go to the windward to where I want to start. Then pull the anchor and drift to the next spot and set the anchor again. Anchor just upwind of lily pad beds, and cast into them. Start at one side, work the edge and into the bed. then gradually work my way to the other side. Work down the edges casting into the bed, and along the edges. Do the entire perimeter this way, and if it's a large bed, I'll gradually work my way into it. So far, it works great for me.

how well did that last name work for kerry earnhardt? Kerry didn't have Dale for a first name and a Jr. after Earnhardt. Doesn't change the fact that the name and connection is what got Junior there. His career in late models at the local level was less than mediocre. It was not the stuff that would get any aspiring racer noticed by someone, other than family or close friend at the higher levels. History is what it is. It's not a matter of opinion.

LOL. This year we are having our 50th high school reunion. What grade is that?

HE COULD.... GO..... ALL.... THE.... WAYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! ;D Dang!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wish I'd have thought of that. Very good. Very, very good. I don't mind playing the straight man for a retort like that.

Quick, put in on a hook. It's got to be a deadly bait. How appropriate. It kinda resembles a jig.

Yes. There are adapters that clamp to the gunnels with a mount off to the side. Clamp it on. Clamp the motor on, hook it up and go. I have a larger, same length but wider, with a keel and a semi-v type of bottom. It is a square stern. You can use a trolling or up to five hp outboard. It's much more stable and less affected by the wind. Problem is, unless you turn and straddle the seat, or face to the rear, the motor is all but unreachable unless you are a contortionist. It's reachable, but very uncomfortable to operate. If they made a remote operated, rear mount trolling motor, you'd be in business. If they do, I haven't seen them.

What you have said is true. But, it is also true that Kyle has matured (in on track racing, not off track antics) and has learned how to win. He schooled everyone last year until the chase started and fell apart. Junior started like a house a fire in his first two or three years then cooled off. You are also correct regarding your assessment of Junior last year. When I see Junior on television, he seems to lack the fire and the passion. For whatever reason.

Kyle didn't have much more success when he was there (HAG). I'm not saying he's not a good driver, but everyone thinks that since he's winning it has everything to do with him. That's just not right. Look at all the success Jeff Gordon had in the past. He's fallen off considerably since his reign. Do you really think he's lost the ability to drive a car? Give me a break. The kid is good but don't get carried away. He has plenty of struggles ahead of him in his career. Just look at his brother. I don't think I mentioned Kyle, or Jeff. I don't disagree about the crew chief. In fact, the truth is auto racing is more about the car than it is the driver. It's why communication/chemistry between driver and crew chief is so critical. Jeff and Ray had that rarw chemistry, perhaps unlike any others before or since. Some have had several win seasons, but Jeff and Ray combined for three seasons with more than ten wins. Jeff was the dominant force in racing, and a threat to win every week. Until they parted Jeff won nearly one out of every three or four races. Of course, none of the above has a thing to do with what I said about Junior.

Let us know how you make out. I have a bit of experience with composites, and looked into making some carbon fiber parts until I found out an autoclave was needed to provide stiffness without excessive thickness in those parts. I make fiberglass race car bodies. Beginning with the car below, cars with my bodies took first place in the World of Wheels show, race car division five years in a row. There is no paint on the body of the car. All the color is in the gel coat.

If you have the proper equipment, you will be able to make the handle rigid enough. The carbon fiber used on helicopters, ducts for cooling on race cars, and even rocker arm covers on racing engines, goes through a complicated process. Once "laid up" (usually in a vacuum bagging process to get rid of excess resin and any air), the part goes into an autoclave and goes through several steps involving temperature and pressure changes, which gives it the required stiffness. Indy car bodies, funny car bodies, and even rowing shells are put in autoclaves to "temper" the composite. If you've got the product, the know how and the equipment, go for it. Lacking the autoclave to temper the resin, and the know how to use it, you'll end up with a flexible handle.

Would you be more specific? As written, the statement is ambiguous.

And, the answer is neither. There ain't a thing on God's green earth that is better than a genuine New England Clambake. Half a cord of wood, several hundred pounds of smooth beach stones, several bags of rockweed beats the heck out of any grill or fuel created by man. Stack the wood, with the stones in and on top of the stack. Light it up. When it has burned down to coals, using long handled potato diggers, pull out the rocks, then rake the remain coals and ash off the bed. Put the rocks back on the bed, then cover with the rockweed. On top of this goes the potatoes (white and sweet), the onions, fish fillets, stuffing, tripe, hot dogs sausages (all kinds, linguicia, chorico, sweet, etc.) topped of with lobsters and clams. Cover with several layers of canvas that has been soaked, to seal in the steam. About an hour later, test an onion and potato. If they are cooked, uncover, and chow down. For dessert, watermelon and strawberry shortcake. Serves about 100. It is a show from beginning to end.