Fishing Rhino

Are you referring to the combo, or just the rod?

I always read the reviews for any product. While the reel gets five stars, that's for only two reviews. I did notice however, that one of the reviews says it's a good backup for the extreme. The kicker is that first impressions can be misleading. A smooth new econo reel may quickly become a coffee grinder with regular use. With any new econo product, when it first hits the market its a case of you pay your dollars, and take your chances. Using it as a backup is one thing. Using it regularly is another. The new extreme is 80 dollars, but the old version can be had for 60 bucks. I'd spring for the extra 20 to have a time tested product. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_90338_100001001_100000000_100001000_100-1-1

Try running your disk cleanup program. Then run your diskcheck program. Open my computer Right click on your hard drive C. Click on properties. Then click on the tools tab in the window that opens. You should find two options that will speed up your computer. First is the check disk. Click on check now. Put a check in both boxes. Automatically fix file system errors. And the second, Scan for and attempt recovery of bad sectors. Then click start. You will get a message telling you that the disk cannot be checked now.................................................Do you want to schedule this disk check to occur the next time you restart the computer. Click yes. The next time you start your computer, it will run the program. It can take a while to run, so do it when you won't need your computer for a while. Under tools, you'll also find defragmentation. Run this program when you go to bed, or are going out. It can take hours. What it does is put all the files for a program into the same area, so the computer does not have to scan the disk for every file. Think of your dinnerware in the kitchen. Imagine the forks in an upstairs bathroom, the knives in the basement. the spoons in the garage. Every time you eat, you must run all over to gather the utensils. A hard drive is much the same. You run a program and save a file. The computer basically puts it where it is at that moment. Defragmentation, gathers up the spoons, forks and knives you need to eat, and puts them together in one place. Saves the time it would take your processor to gather all the info it needs for its operation on a program.

LOL. It bought the movie Iron Eagle to mind. The kid did his best flying to certain music.

Nope, not when fishing. I love the sounds of nature, and if some lunker jumps out of my vision, I can locate the source by the disturbed water and cast to it. Earphones or headset on and you might miss it. I enjoy the sounds of the breeze in the trees, the birds, insects, frogs, and even the kids at play. Brings back memories. Heightens your senses and keeps you alert. Staying alert enhances your chances for success. Ipod in my truck for when I'm on the road. Mostly for audio books. Have some music. XM for anything else.

As a former commercial lobsterman, no I would not. I catch and release all fish. The only fish I would keep would be a fish that would not be likely to live if released. Hasn't happened yet. Egg bearing lobsters, known as eggers, by law cannot be harvested. I oppose taking egg-laden bass for the same reason. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I've experienced that it's easier to catch egg-laden bass during the pre-spawn bedding season. Rather than being dispersed as they are throughout the year, in the spring, they are found in areas suitable to prepare for spawning. A number of fishermen, targeting these pre-spawn, egg-laden, bass can do serious damage to a year class, for the reason stated above. edit: No, I would not take the males either for the same reason. It occurs to me, that if the female happens to be full of eggs, they have not spawned. If they have paired up, and prepared the bed, will another male arrive to replace the "taken" male? I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the entire spawning process from pairing off to preparing the bed, spawning, and then the male playing the role of protective daddy, the entire process is a ritual imprinted in the bass by nature. If the female goes hunting for a substitute, then it may not be disastrous. But, if she doesn't, it wouldn't matter which one you took. There would be no spawn, and no young.

I agree. Kids will be kids. If they were adults, it would be a whole nother story. Geeeze. I thought I was a strict, conservative parent. I believe in discipline, respect, responsibility, and all that good stuff. But it was a prank. It wasn't mean. It wasn't malicious. It wasn't meant to harm anyone, break anything, or steal anything. It amounts to nothing more than streaking did years ago. Yes, they splashed some water out of the tank, but I doubt they did much that would stress the fish. Come to think of it, while I enjoy the fish tank at Foxborough, I wonder if the fish are impressed. Peta is no doubt outraged over the exploitation of those fish. I laughed, and if you laughed, you weren't all that outraged over it. I have to ask. If it had been Jessica Biel, jumping nude into that tank, would you have been as outraged?

You didn't say where in Massachusetts, but South Watuppa pond, and Sawdy pond have both small and largemouth bass. Another pond in the same area which has both is Stafford Pond in Tiverton, RI. You'll need an RI license to fish it. Thirty-five dollars, non-resident, last year. Sawdy pond has good fishing for both, but you will want to use a bit of a beater of a boat, or one that you won't mind if you get a ding or three. To get to the pond from the launching area on 177, you have to negotiate a tight winding channel, loaded with rocks along the edges. Getting into the main pond from the mouth of that channel is no small feat either. Canoes, kayaks, jon boats and the plastic pontoon style boats seem to be favored by most. I've seen some use fairly nice bass boats, but I don't recommend it.

Hortonville Road. The Swansea Dam. Until I was ten, we lived in Swansea on Hortonville Road. The old Case High School was on Milford Pond. Continue on Hortonville Road going away from Route 6, and we were the fourth or fifth house on the right, past the pond. There is a cemetary at the corner of Milford Road, and Hortonville road. The store on the corner used to be Lovetts. Don't know if it still is. You sure brought back some memories. I used to fish in Milford Pond. My cousin and I would dig worms in the old neglected orchard behind the house, then continue through the orchard to the farm fields in back, then down to the pond. The farmer(s) had dumped stones from the field to make a causeway to what was once an island. That was the area we fished with bamboo poles, a cork for a bobber, and worms. One year the pond dried up to a tiny creek. It was probably due in part to a drought, and the Rezendes farm taking water from it for irrigation.

I know some bald people who feel that way about anyone with hair. Seriously, I have never watched his show. His goofy commercials were enough to turn me off.

See my post to Tin above.

Hey Tin, Those are all in my backyard. My home in Westport is only 5 minutes east of the launching area for Sawdy Pond. East on 177, right onto Sodom Road. What you may not know is there is a small pond, only a few hundred yards to the East of Sawdy just beyond the homes on Robert Street. It's my favorite, Devol Pond. It's about 1/4 the size of Sawdy, half as long, half as wide. It's surrounded by private property, but I have access to it. I enjoy fishing the others for a change of scenery, but none can hold a candle to Devol. It has nowhere near the fishing pressure of those other ponds. I am going out on a limb, but I'm that confident. If you'd like to fish it sometime shoot me a private message or an email. Ditto for any other member.

Personalities don't influence my purchase either way. If something works, I wouldn't avoid it because Bill Dance gets paid to push it, nor would I buy everything he hawks either. I put a good deal of stock in what fellow fishermen say on here. I'll also give some consideration to the reviews found on the online catalogs. I'll confess, I'm somewhat of an impulse buyer when it comes to trying a new (to me) lure. It has to look good to me, unless I've read reliable recommendations for a lure. When it comes to Bill Dance, or any of the other noted show hosts, they'd have success with lures I'd get skunked trying to use. On the other hand, in some of the places they fish, you could put a long shanked hook through a wine bottle cork, glue on a seagull feather and pull 'em in, one after another.

Does things I've "caught" during my commercial lobstering years on pot warp count? If so, here's a list. Several anchors, some more than a hundred pounds. Winch cable from draggers. Some New Bedford draggers empty the cable from their spools by streaming it out in Buzzards Bay on the way home. The stuff is an inch thick and all a hauler can do to raise it to the surface in 50 - 90 feet of water. A main sail from a Hinkley Yacht, and a few days later, the sail bag for it. Sections of railings from wrecks. Boulders the size of fifty gallon drums when the line takes a hitch on them. Dragger nets. Gillnets Comforters, yes the bedcovers. Sea turtles Basking sharks A sunken runabout Wood ship timbers Thankfully, no human remains.

Here's a modification to the above solution. Make sure you have excess marine sealant to get a good bead on each side. Slide the washers up to the sealant to spread it, but do not squeeze it out. Once the sealant cures/sets (depending on the type) you can tighten the bolt and nut. It will compress the sealant which cannot be squeezed out, making a watertight seal on both sides.

I fished it in my canoe last year. It's in Westboro, MA. I would never use an outboard powered boat. It is loaded with stumps just below the surface. Using any outboard at any speed will result in, damaged props, lower units, holes in hulls, personal injury or even death. It is literally a minefield of stumps. I used my canoe, and will return next year. It was breezy day, so my options were limited. I did catch four bass, the largest about three pounds. It's not only the stumps and fallen trees, it also has thick vegetation. Top water, weedless and shallow running baits are in order to fish this pond. In places, the submerged vegetation resembled large mats of spaghetti reaching the surface in places, with open pockets here and there. I went in September. http://www.mass.gov/dfwele/dfw/habitat/maps/ponds/pdf/dfwa1st.pdf

I'm turned off to most shows. Catch a fish, have a commercial. I've timed it on several different occasions. Here's a rought breakdown. Commercials, 2 - 3 minutes. Show, 2 - 3 minutes. In a half hour show, there are five commercial breaks. The intro, a commercial. The last couple of minutes are promos for either other shows, or the evening schedule. Less than half of the thirty minutes is the actual show. That's for WFN. Don't know about the other networks, but suspect they are the same. My nomination for worst show, Gillz and Finz. It seems to be as much about the club scene as it is fishing.

In my mind the whole "reaction strike" idea is theoretical, and there are a lot of ideas on just what that is. So, I'm not sure of your question; It's pretty vague. Guess I'd need more info. What prompted you to ask this question? Something in a video you saw, mag article, something you saw on the water? Curious here. My concept of reaction strikes was based on "reactions" such as Pavlov's dogs drooling when they heard the bell, or when a doctor whacks your knee with a rubber "hatchet". Those being involuntary and uncontrollable responses to applied external stimuli. While that concept does apply to some reaction strikes, it appears that as understood and used, it is not limited to that type of reaction.

That was the case throughout the summer. This is my favorite pond. It's only about 500 yards from our home as the crow flies. But it is surrounded by private property and the best access I have is across the pond, so I have to access it from the other side. I fished this pond four to six times per week from early July into October, with occasional trips to other nearby ponds for a change of scenery. This is not your typical pond. It is fairly small, a half mile long by a quarter mile across, give or take, with very little structure. The fishing pressure on the pond is light. I have never seen more than three other boats on the pond when I have been there. So, I do attribute my higher success rate on that pond compared to others that it does have a higher fish density, and that they locate primarily within 60 to 100 feet of the shore, depending on the area. The algae bloom did not begin to noticeably diminish, and visibility begin to improve until late September, early October, which quite possibly accounts for decreasing catches rather than any change in clarity. This pond is a rarity. There are other ponds close by that have a similar rocky shoreline, with similar vegetation along the shoreline that do not exhibit anywhere near the activities of wildlife that this pond does. They do however experience heavy fishing pressure, but that alone would not account for the difference in the activity seen around the pond taking fishing out of the equation. The pond has thick vine-like emergent vegetation along 90% of the shoreline. See photo. In the summer, between these viney plants and the water hyacinths in bloom, the numbers of insects and birds is incredible. In the thick of this stuff you can hear the constant splashing of fish feeding on the insects. It's not uncommon to see some type of fish bulldozing a path through the water hyacinths in pursuit of something. The pond is home to a pair of Ospreys, two pair of Great Blue Heron, a single cormorant (thank goodness it's only one), and countless kingfishers. Said pond is only six feet deep except for three small holes (springs perhaps) that are nine feet deep. The pond is full of white perch. If you target them, you can catch plenty in excess of one pound. It also has some large pickerel, which I only caught in numbers when the water cooled. I'm talking pickerel over 30 inches. My personal best in this pond was a 36 inch chain pickerel caught over forty years ago. I only caught two small pickerel from June into September. Then they became active. They seemed to "show up" as the water began to clear. Bluegills, crappie, and yellow perch round out the species that I've caught from its waters. I do better in Devol pond with low visibility than other similar local ponds with clear water. However, I would not attribute that to water clarity, just that Devol pond perhaps has a higher density of good fish, and less fishing pressure. The fishing was consistently better for bass during the time of low visibility. But, that could also be a seasonal condition, more than an issue of visibility.

That was the case for me last year, though it may be more a function of the ponds (fish densities) more than one of clarity. Devol pond had an algae bloom which reduced visibility to the human eye to a matter of inches. Could not see the bottom in more than six inches of water. On a breezy day the visibility was even less on the windward side of the pond. It is, no doubt, due in no small part to being more familiar with my favorite pond, and the fact that bass seem to be concentrated around the perimeter (within roughly 80 feet of the shore), where the other ponds have more structure, and are also deeper. Having said that, there was one instance on a calm day, while exploring away from shore, I did hit one area where I hauled in six bass in a matter of less than thirty minutes. Though I marked the spot with ranges, and tried many times, I never got a bite in that area again. As an aside, the peak fishing for the pond corresponded with the peak of the algae bloom. But, in the fall as the water cleared, the size of the bass I caught was larger on average. Just my experience. It proves nothing conclusively.

This is the distinction I originally saw too, but I've refined it considerably. It is at the center of what reaction strikes really are, even whether they really exist at all. DISCLAIMER: OK, this one's going to get dense. I am not responsible for headaches. OK, I rattled on long enough. Anyone still reading? LOL Yes, I've read every word, more than once, and it's beginning to sink in, I think. However, before I resume reading, I must run out to replenish my Excedrins. Man, that's a doctoral thesis. But, it failed to cover another possibility, the surge of adrenaline which prepares the body for flight or fight. That is, if fish experience adrenaline rushes. Is it possible that in addition to the territorial, of whatever type, and the need to feed, that a fish can react to a sudden perceived threat with an involuntary attack on said "intruder"? Said reaction/response not related to the instinct to protect and clean a bed of all detritus, be it alive or inanimate. Seriously, I found the post to be helpful in understanding a reaction strike as it is known in the fishing fraternity. Thanks

BPS does have more of a selection. But if Cabelas has what you need or want, their standard shipping is much faster, and, if you live near a Cabelas, they will ship it to that store at no cost to you. You can pick it up there.

I've been told the first rule of fishing is, never leave biting fish.

;D you beat me to it! I live in the North Country but find it is way too cold to ice fish any more,.....give me some warm water and sunny skies and I am a happy camper. Me too. Once upon a time, I enjoyed camping out with a friend of mine, even in the dead of winter. Now, I want a warm snug bed. I don't mind the snow, as long as I can view it from the inside of a house or vehicle that is warm.

I think the "problem" may be one of our concept or understanding of "reaction". You are correct about the dog thing, but, I'll insert one caveat, when a strange dog sees me approaching, he, to my understanding of the two words, react and respond, is responding to my entering his space. In order for us to reach an understanding, we need to agree on what the terms react, and respond means. When I talk about reaction, I equate it to a startled response. Every reaction is a response, but not every response is a reaction. Let me try to explain. We've all heard the expression, "You're just reacting." It means you have not thought a situation through. In that sense, a reaction is your first gut, instinctual response. After having thought a situation through, you can respond. l may be wrong, but I do not consider a fish biting at a lure because it is hungry and perceives it to be food, a reaction. I think it is responding to whatever sense tells it that it needs to consume food. We "respond" to our hunger by fixing something to eat. We react to touching something hot by involuntarily withdrawing our hand from a flame or a hot pan or whatever. I am making a distinction between a pure involuntary action and an action that is to some degree planned. In that sense, the strange dog has been studying my approach, and plans its response. Perhaps, in fishing, every strike that is not prompted by hunger is considered a reaction strike, and not necessarily the result of being startled and taking an aggressive defensive or offensive action. In any case, that is where I am coming from. I will defer to those with more knowledge and experience as to the understanding of the term "reaction strike", as it applies to fishing.