Fishing Rhino

It will never happen to Green Bay, unless the team is sold. The chances of that happening are less than zero since the town/city of Green Bay owns the team. The Rams took the concession sales from Los Angeles to St. Louis. Now they are simply moving those jobs back to LA. It's not about loyalty. They are businesses, not friendships or marriages.

Looks like a road that could lead to "The Twilight Zone".

You started it with the "celcius". I was just taking it to the next level.

Ahhhhh, Pennsylvania and gas prices. We travel south two or three times a year. In addition I make one or two more trips with my bass boat. The route is west on I-78 to I-81 south. I fill up at the last Pilot on 78 just before PA. That gets us through PA without having to buy gas in the state. PA has the most expensive gas between here and Florida, or Georgia, Alabama, TN, etc. It is usually 30 to 40 cents more per gallon than in NJ or VA. Cheapest gas is usually at the Pilot just off exit 150 in Troutville, VA. Correction: Connecticut has the most expensive gas with PA running a close second. We'll be heading to Daytona in four weeks. Looks like gas will be cheaper than I've seen in the past eight years, give or take. It'll save us a few hundred dollars.

Watch it Mr. Mod. That overlator is awfully close to an ovulator. This is a family forum.

He's from Mehheecoe. I think everyone but us uses celcius. or am I thinking of the metric system? Could be worse. Could use Kelvin. Ever hear of a Kelvinator refrigerator? "Kelvinator was a home appliance manufacturer that is now a brand name owned by Electrolux. It takes its name from William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin, who developed the concept of absolute zero and for whom the Kelvin temperature scale is named. The name was thought appropriate for a company that manufactured ice-boxes and domestic refrigerators."

I'm a few hundred miles north, but this much, I can tell you. If there was truly one best football jig, it would be the only one on the market. I'd go into a local tackle shop, or better yet, several, and check out their display of football jigs. Then go with the more popular brands. Which are the more popular? The ones with the biggest displays. It's just like the shelves in a food store. The better selling brands will have more space on the shelves. What's the most popular Campbell soup? Most likely tomato with chicken noodle and chicken with rice close behind. Markets are not going to devote much shelf space to a product that doesn't move quickly. The same is true of other types of stores. The faster a bait moves, the more space it will get on the shelves. If several types/brands of jigs have a lot of display space, it means they sell well, and they sell well because they work well. Talk to the employees in the fishing department. They should be able to provide some guidance.

Find a pond that produces a lot of fish, and fish it exclusively, for starters. Use the good ol' reliable, easy to use, hard to fish wrong, baits. Wacky worms, shaky head, drop shot, jigs, etc. Doesn't matter if the body of water is a puddle or an ocean, though a puddle is better, for no other reason than you can learn about the structure and cover in a puddle easier than in an ocean. Don't worry about size. It's numbers that count (for now). If you find one bait is working well, vary your retrieve. It might work even better. Then try another bait. What you are doing is learning how to present the bait. That is not something you can do until you begin catching fish. Mix things up. Have fun. If you hear a little voice in the back of your head that tells you to try another bait, try another bait. Your brain is a computer that takes information and processes it, and it does that without you having to think about it. In a nutshell, keep it simple. And have fun. If you can find an experienced fisherman to join you, do not hesitate. Read the how to articles, but do not have unrealistic expectations that you will get instant results. Fishing is a puzzle, and as you learn, you begin to see the image forming. You will never complete the puzzle, but that's not the goal. The goal is to learn and improve, then learn and improve even more. You cannot do that on waters where you cannot catch a fish.

Looks like you've joined us into the cold side.

That certainly does throw a monkey wrench into the works. How does your deductible work? Do you have to pay a certain amount before the insurance kicks in? Or do you have a deductible on each visit to the hospital or doctors' offices? My knee is probably 85 to 90 percent today. I can walk up and down stairs normally. The last remaining pain is when getting up from a low sitting position, such as on the john. Even that has diminished considerably. The flexibility exercises are working well. Speaking of exercises, is there anything the doc recommended, that might help some? The only lasting solution is to have the meniscus trimmed. I have no idea what that bill would look like since we are now on medicare and have gap coverage as well. Did you have to pay for the MRI?

The point is, there is a story behind every damaged boat, and it's not always a problem with the boat's construction. Let's leave out the brand names for the purpose of discussion. Brand A sells X number of boats. Brand B sells twice as many boats as brand A. If their constructions are equal, Brand B will have twice as many problems as Brand A by virtue of the fact they sell twice as many boats. It is true to say that Brand B has twice as many problems as Brand A. On the surface, it would appear that Brand B is inferior to Brand A, when in fact they are equal. I've owned two Nitros, both bought new, and have not had a problem with either of them. I have no illusions that they are as good as a Ranger, Bass Cat, etc. But, I have had zero problems. And as far as fishing goes, I would not have caught one more or one less fish out of any other brand of boat. What I do have is a several thousand dollars more in my bank account. I bought the current Z-8 for 28,000 dollars with only three options. A custom Nitro boat cover. Trailer brakes on both axles, and retractable tie downs.

I may be mistaken, or maybe it's that I'm older, but I think it's Woody Hayes. Though, back in that era there was a wrestler known as Haystack Calhoun.

If you're looking for sympathy, you won't get it from us "YANKEES".

All boats handle differently. Some respond quickly to steering input, while others are sluggish to respond and therefore need more steering input. It varies with the shape of a hull, its weight, and other factors. The same is true of course corrections. Try running some of your buddies' boats, and see how they feel. Unless you have a lot of play in your steering, there should be no lag in the actual turning of stern drive, and that should be obvious. If you have hydraulic steering, the system could have air in the lines which would account for the lag time. If that's the case, the system will need to be bled.

I'd spread it, then install the yoke. Once the yoke is installed, it should hold the sides to the original dimension. Apparently the wood is stiffer than the plastic it replaced. It shouldn't take much to spread the sides where the yoke is to be installed.

Hey, it's your decision to make. If there was something I did on a regular basis, or something I enjoyed, and a sore knee or wrist, or thumb or whatever, I'd want to get it trimmed, and out of the way. I don't know of any downside to having a torn meniscus trimmed so that dangling parts could not get between the joints, causing them to bind up. Risk vs. reward. In this case, for me it was a no brainer.

Okay, consider this. Humans have reproductive parts that are usually equated to the opposite sex. For instance, men have nipples. It's certain that men do not have nipples as a result of chemical pollution. However, one of the side effects of meds to reduce the size of a prostate gland is that males may develop man boobs, and discontinuing the use of these drugs will not result in the "boobs" shrinking away. As the saying goes, "More information is needed."

I don't think a torn meniscus will heal itself. If you were talking about a joint replacement, that's a whole 'nother matter, since replacement joints will wear out, and if you live long enough, need to be replaced. So, they delay doing a total knee, hip or whatever for as long as possible. My understanding is that a torn meniscus will only get worse, and there is no downside in doing it sooner. It depends on what discomfort you are having to endure, and how much it limits your normal activities. My knee is a little sore today, but nothing bad. When he got into the knee, the damage was worse than it showed on the MRI. In any case, with a meniscus repair, you are not looking at a prolonged recovery that can lay you up for weeks or months.

You have to rub it in, don't you.

That's what you get for using a crankbait for your avatar when your screen name is Jigfishin.....

Have a great time on your Florida adventure. Catch 'em up while you're down there. Jiggy, I had my surgery yesterday. Piece of cake. If they give you a choice of anesthesia, I'd recommend propofol and a nerve block on the knee. I had two choices, snoozing on the propofol until the knee was thoroughly injected with a nerve block, then they'd cut back on the propofol and I'd know what was going on, or turning off the propofol when the doc was done. I'd suggest "snoozing" until you are on your way or in the recovery room. The process is over in the blink of an eye once they start running the propofol. I can remember them wheeling me into the OR, and getting me on the table. After that, the next thing I recall was coming to as they were wheeling me into recovery. The entire process took about a half hour. The knee feels great. I'm on a pain killer for 24 hours. After that, take as needed, if needed. Good luck. Hope your experience is as good as mine was.

Two years ago in February you did. We ran into that blizzard along I-81 between Troutville to about fifty miles south of Troutville. We were on our way to Daytona, having left home about early in the a.m. It started snowing in earnest in the late afternoon, so we stopped and got a room just off exit 150. Got up just before daylight to find a foot and a half of snow on the ground. Went to the Cracker Barrel for breakfast. Stowed the luggage in the truck and off we went. Wouldn't have done it without a four wheel drive with a locking rear end. We made about forty miles southbound and the traffic had come to a stop. Fortunately there was one of those turnarounds for official use only so we did a 180 and got in the northbound lane. Back to our room, and chilled out for a few hours. In the afternoon we made another attempt. Still only one lane open. Even more big semi rigs down in the ditches, some rolled over onto their side and others were upside down. The roads were still slushy and slippery until we got to Knoxville, TN.

Fish may have small brains, but that doesn't mean they don't process much information. Consider salmon, herring, and some other species. They spawn in fresh water. Some die after spawning, others return to the sea along with the year class, and are able to process enough information through smell to return to the spawning grounds. Some on a yearly basis, while others spend a few years at sea before returning to their birthplace. If that pea brain can navigate to the open ocean and then return to their birthplace, that pea brain can process a lot of information. Two fishermen can fish the same bait, yet one will consistently outfish the other based on nothing else but presentation. I would say we'll have to agree to disagree on the importance of coloration. If a fish can precisely navigate thousands of square miles of oceans, with their currents, and sea conditions, who am I to limit what their tiny brain is capable of processing. I've seen times when striper fishing that they wanted a certain color and could not be bothered with anything else even though the only difference in the bait was color. They would fight each other to get to a fluorescent red, pink, or orange hoochie troll (a bait that has not been around for decades), but would not give those colors a sniff if they weren't fluorescent. I'm talking about stripers that were in a feeding frenzy, or a blitz, if you prefer. As soon as you'd engage the reel after paying out line, you'd get hit. You could tow the non fluorescent for miles without a hit. There have been days when color did not seem to matter, but on other days it has been critical.

Time to move the John Deere to the garage attached to the house, remove the mower deck, and mount the snowblower. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.