Fishing Rhino

All are on spinning rods with six or eight pound fluorocarbon and a six foot length of 15 pound fluorocarbon line for a leader, tied on with an Albright knot. I got tired of losing baits to the pickerel. All they had to do was to nick the six or eight pound test, and they were gone along with the bait. Last year, on the forum Road Trip to Wilson, I caught a 45 pound channel cat on a wacky worm on six pound test InvisX. Was fishing with Ghoti at the time. He asked me if it pulled hard, so I handed my rod to him and let him play with it for a while. It was just a straight up and down battle in about forty feet of water. It was hanging on a ledge on a bluff wall in about fifteen feet of water. When it realized it was hooked it headed for the deeper water. Just as well, there were no snags for it to use to break off. I also have a spinning rod with four pound Seaguar InvisX fluorocarbon. It's now rigged for drop shot fishing. A few years ago that was my main style of fishing, and I did well with it. Now, I rarely fish with a drop shot rig. I plan to do more of it. Did really well with it in fifteen feet of water at Great Herring.

In no particular order. Wacky worm, Yamamoto 4" watermelon w/red and black flakes on a Jackall 1/8 ounce jig head. I prefer the Gamakatsu wacky jig head because it slips through vegetation much better, but the head is lead. Shaky head. Vike 3/16th ounce jig head with a 4/0 hook with a Strike King Super Finesse worm, peanut butter and jelly or coppertreuse. The SK worm is elaztech so you'll need to use a safety pin heated over a candle to melt a hole in the center of the head along the center line to about 1" deep. You'll also need to close the top coil on the bait holder into a loop so you can slide/twist/thread the bait over the coil. Use a drop of Loctite Super Glue to button the head of the worm onto the coil and jig head. You can rig it weedless hiding the point of the hook in the bait, or run the hook through the worm so that the bait will hang straight with the point exposed. I prefer the latter. Other good baits are the Rage Tail Menace in pumpkin with purple and gold flakes and black with red flakes, Fat Albert in watermelon with red (and black) flake or black with red flakes, You can also use plastic swim baits such as the Keitech Swing Impact Fat or the Lunker City swimming ribster or LC's grubster, all rigged as shown in the image below. Be sure to "burp" the glue bottle after using. If you don't it may form a membrane across the opening. Hold it upright, and squeeze the bottle two or three times until it stops forming bubbles. The hook pictured above is the Jackall. I prefer using the Keitech 1/8th ounce tungsten super round 2/0 jig heads. Run the point of the hook along the centerline of the bait until it gets to the end of the bend (or the straight part of the shank) and exit the point at the top center of the body of your bait. Put a drop of glue between the nose of your bait and the jig head. Most of the time the bait will pass cleanly through vegetation. When you feel it "snag" the plant just pull slowly, gradually increasing the pressure. If you try to rip it free it's more apt to snag. As soon as it comes free, give it some slack to allow it to drop. If you feel resistance when you pick up the slack keep tension on the line, and feel for life on the end of the line. It could be slight tug or head shake. As soon as you feel life, set the hook.

I wouldn't do anything until the matter of the lien is resolved.

You're feeling pressured? Man, you ain't seen nothing yet. Life gets more difficult as the years go by. At some point you've got to learn to be independent, and take control of your life. That is something you will never learn as long as you are dependent upon others to provide for you. Unless, of course, you want to live life as a hermit. Then you will be accountable to no one.

First, thanks to the finder of this thread. I'm reading it over again. Now, I have one question for Raider. That last sentence leads me to wonder if you were born with the Yogi Berra gene.

While we're at it. When you take someone with you, make sure they know where all the safety and emergency equipment is. First Aid kit, fire extinguishers, paddle, flares, life preservers, throwable float whether a ring or a cushion, sounding device, (horn, whistle), anchor, etc. You never know when your well being may be in someone else's hands.

Same weather here. I went out today, and they hit everything I cast. Wacky worm, shaky head, Menace and Flapping Hog. The shaky head had a 3/16th ounce head and everything else, including the wacky worm was rigged on 1/8th ounce jig head. Hook sizes were 1/0 on the wacky, 2/0 on the Menace and Flapping Hog, and 3/0 on the shaky head. Caught 'em deep, though that's a relative term when the deepest water is less than ten feet, caught 'em in as little as three feet. The action was non-stop. It was one of those days when they would have hit anything. Many of the bass were regurgitating yellow perch up to five inches long.

The spelling may be correct if it's running like a planter.

Well, it may run like a sewing machine, but can it do buttonholes?

The thread, or the movie?

Several years ago, the rule of thumb was that an outboard would burn one gallon per hour for every ten horsepower at wide open throttle. A 300 hp would burn 30 gallons per hour at wot, or two minutes per gallon.

I second that motion. I have seen weed removal have a negative impact on the fishing where it has been done. Ponds that have been impacted in my experience are Webster in the town of Webster (which was already mentioned), Mashpee/Wakeby and Ashumet on Cape Cod, Great Herring in Plymouth, and a couple of others. I'm not sure Great Herring was treated, but the vegetation has been greatly reduced by something over the past three or four years. Bass love to hang out in the cover of vegetation and were easy to find in the aforementioned waters. While treating waters may not harm the fish, my experience, and that of many other fishermen I have spoken with that regularly fish these waters agree that it has harmed the fishing, in some cases, drastically.

There's one, and only one best thread in that category. The ladle thread. It would have made a great scene in "Big Trouble in Little China".

Mine is bolted to the aluminum channel that stiffens the hatch on the starboard rod locker. Open the hatch, and there it is. It was originally secured to the rear wall of the rod locker, and awkward to access.

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Do you have a boat of any type? If you do, I'd suggest Great Herring Pond. If you are determined to catch a smallmouth, this is the place. The largemouth fishery is better than that described in the Mass ponds information. http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dfg/dfw/habitat/maps-ponds/dfwgrea.pdf If you're interested, I'll send you a private message with some particulars on baits and areas that have been consistent producers, and some others worth trying but are usually feast or famine. One word of advice. Get to the ramp early. There is not much parking and the cops love to ticket those who park off the side of the nearby roads.

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In no particular order. 4" Senko wacky rigged on a Gamakatsu wacky jig head (where you can fish with lead) in MA I use a Jackall wacky tungsten jig head, Shaky head 3/16th ounce Vike tungsten with a 4" SK super finess (elaztech) worm peanut butter & jelly or coppertreuse, Fat Albert or Rage Tail grub on a 1/8th ounce Keitech super round tungsten 2/0 hook, Keitech swing impact fat, Lunker City swimming ribster or grubster (a smaller version of the ribster) clear water color or silver flash, all rigged like the grub on the above Keitech jig head, A Yamamoto flapping hog (watermelon w/ blk and red flake also rigged as the above. A Rage Tail Menace watermelon red flake or green pumpkin with purple and gold flake also rigged on the Keitech jig head. Everything else being equal, I prefer the shaky head setup because the Elaztech baits will last forever, or until you lose them, whichever comes first. The grub baits and the Rage Tail Menace are pretty durable. While the flapping hog is a good producer, it can be pulled apart by panfish.

Try a google search, or call a Mercury dealer and ask them what plugs they recommend for your motor.

What does your manufacturer say? Do their motors come with resistor type plugs? In some cases, they are necessary. Years ago, fifty or so, before electronics even approached the sophisticated gizmos of today, resistor plugs were fairly common. They helped to reduce ignition static in the old am radio receivers. Even then a majority of vehicles did just fine without resistors or suppressers. I suspect that today's electronics come with a certain degree of "noise filters" in their circuitry. Further, most of the time, you are on the trolling motor, not the propulsion engine, so the spark plugs serve no useful purpose when you are on the trolling motor. Difficulty starting can be caused by a number of things. For an engine to run, it needs fuel, air, and ignition. You could have contaminated fuel. You could have a clogged filter(s). Your plugs could need changing. It could be in the fuel delivery system, such as an air leak in the fuel line between the tank and the engine. You could replace components one by one until you solve the problem. Or, you could take it to a technician who will, for a fee, plug it into a computer diagnostic device to find the problem.

Did you mean allot? To designate a specific amount. Sorry, the devil made me due, or dew, or do it. "al·lot (ə-lŏt′) tr.v. al·lot·ted, al·lot·ting, al·lots 1. To parcel out; distribute or apportion: allotting land to homesteaders; allot blame. 2. To assign as a portion; allocate: allotted 20 minutes to each speaker."

Here's a good starter bike for you.

Tell the truth. You got it because its colors coordinate well with your tow vehicle. Enjoy!

Roger (Rodger)

Get some decent foul weather gear with bib overalls. It will keep you dry, and you may actually look forward to the rain. A lot of folks share your aversion to the rain, and stay home, meaning that there are a lot less people on the water. It all but eliminates the jet skis and recreational boaters. Dress for the weather. You'll stay dry, comfy, and find yourself looking forward to the rainy days. This is particularly true if work limits your fishing activity.