Fishing Rhino

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I've been getting prescription sunglasses for many years. I've probably had a couple of brands, but have been satisfied with all of them. I don't advise getting the non-prescription clip-ons. Extra weight. Rain and spray will get between the two lenses. All in all, they are a pain. If you are on a tight budget, they may be your only choice, and they will help your vision by eliminating or reducing glare. I like the bronze color lenses. Talk with the folks where you get your glasses. They should be knowledgeable about the applications for various conditions and which perform better. Some are better for golf when it comes to reading the slopes on the greens and depth perception. I have transition lenses and like them, but others have problems adjusting to them. The reason I like the bronze is that it is similar to color enhancing lenses for cameras. It makes the colors more vivid and increases the contrast which is good for peering beneath the surface of the water.

Don't know about the redbug. You'll have to ask the fish. If it's a color you've been successful with, why not?

The Menace: Pumpkin with purple and gold flake, Watermelon with red flake (it also has black but not in the description), black with red flake (might be called neon). My standby is watermelon with black and red flake, but there are times other colors work as well or better. Start out with my recommendation, then include some of your favorites. If you like creature baits, a pack or two of Yamamoto Flappin Hogs can be used as a drop shot, a trailer, or rigged as per the picture I posted. The glue is an absolute must on the Flappin Hog. Like most Yamamoto baits they are not durable. One other bait is the Strike King finesse worm. I like the four inch version, but if you like larger baits a seven inch finesse worm is available. They float and make a great shaky head bait. Just in case, do not mix any elaztech bait such as the finesse worm with your other plastics. They will melt together in a nasty mess. One more recommendation for the elaZtech finesse worm. Open a safety pin, straighten it leaving the circle intact and heat it over a flame (candle works well) and melt a hole along the center line to a depth of about 3/4" deep. This allows you to slide it over a barbed holder like those on the Buckeye Shaky Head Spot Remover. Without that, it is impossible to make the barbed holder penetrate the nose. This bait is a rare variation from my good old watermelon red, though I do have some. My color of preference for the SK finesse worm is coppertreuse. As long as you don't lose it, you'll never need to replace it. They are indestructible. I've caught over thirty bass on a single worm before losing it to a hang on the bottom.

I'm coming prepared this year with a more than adequate supply of Rage Tail Menaces. What color? Pumpkin with gold and purple flakes. They will be rigged on the Gamakatsu 1/8 ounce wacky jig hook. Button the nose tight to the weight. Add a drop of super glue to hold it there and you're good to go for several fish. It's a great weedless presentation. This is a Rage Tail Grub, but it's rigged the same way. I rig the flippers in the horizontal position. Big O suggested trying them in a vertical arrangement. This is a Jackall wacky jig hook. Cannot use the Gamakatsu in MASS because the weight is lead. Wish I could because the vertical shank to the eye catches a lot of grass. The photo is just to show the way I rig the bait.

Why not a pointing tool. You know, the thingy they use to hollow out the mortar in the gaps.

Not this one, but one exactly like it on the outside, except mine has an ARE black cap. Haven't taken any photos yet, so these will have to do.

The second picture looks like it was taken at the Pickwick Landing Dam. The generator turbine, and the bridge in the background look mighty familiar. I've spent a bit of time fishing in that area.

Trowel? I though you were a wannabe electrician, not a mason. I have to ask, why do you bring a trowel into the bathroom with you?

How about a list of those arriving early? Maybe we can have a pre-soiree, soiree to compare notes.

I'll second that. Every family should have at least one decent, or better, fisherperson.

That's what John Bobbitt said.

If the ladle incident wasn't enough, you are tempting fate. A Vietnamese chef with a ladle is far less dangerous than a woman armed with knitting needles, though they aren't as nasty as crochet hooks with their barbed points.

Well, at least the Editors' Picks.

From reading this thread, sounds like he has some serious personal problems and associations. Do the Pats want to risk having another Aaron Hernandez?

No regrets. Did I make mistakes? Yep. Are there things I could have done differently? Yes. But to change them would have changed the course of my life. I wouldn't gamble the life I've had to change something in my past.

Nice. That'll make life simpler.

Check with your doctor.

Enjoy!

None.

Check with some of the other "tubers". You can get a plastic basket similar to this. Set it in an inflated bicycle tube (find the best size tube) and secure a top to the basket with a chute for putting fish in the basket. Attach it to your belt, or float with a short lanyard, and you're good to go. You can attach the tube to the basket with plastic wire/zip ties. Make the top out of a piece of plywood or plastic. You need the chute to prevent fish from escaping while trying to get another fish in your "live well". You can hinge a door in the top with a clasp to take the fish out. The chute should be installed as part of the door.

House keys, truck keys (ignition and cap), garage key, boat key, two keys for boat trailer to secure the hitch in the receiver, and the lock which prevents the hitch from releasing, the key for the compartments, and a key for the spare tire on the trailer, and finally, the key for the outboard, starting/ignition. That's it, eleven keys.

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I think I "gotta" meet this "Ghoti" guy.

I've missed that avatar.