SudoomFisher

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I have a 17ft bass tracker crappie version with livewells and bait wells in the front and back. I'm pretty sure something is clogging the hoses because the water is coming out very slowly for my livewells and takes forever to fill them. Anyone have any tricks to clear them?

I've been using 1/0 gamakatsu circle hooks this year on 5 inch senkos. Usually just tighten the line with the rod and then start reeling to set the hook. Was using with o-rings and without them through the summer and felt like success didn't change much when not using the o-rings. Used a Shakespeare rod that has a pretty soft tip and 6 pound trilene fluorocarbon line. Probably going to up it to 8 pound test next year so I get less break offs when fighting bigger fish, but that is mostly from my inexperience. Cant imagine to much change in technique other then remembering not to put to much pressure on the hook set.

If your not enjoying yourself while fishing, that is the time to hang it up. Why torture yourself?

To me these look like a good replacement for the RI hook that was discontinued that everyone liked so much.

What size weight were you using with these?

http://tackletog.com/news/2009/07/14/frabill-hiber-net-new-product/ Maybe this? Seems to be similar to if not the same as the one you are talking about

Bad things happen in 3s so it looks like you should be good for a while. ;D

For those of you who have used them, what kind of trailers do you use with them. I bought some rage craws and some baby paca craws to use on them from TW but didn't realize how big they were compared to the jig. Do you still use big trailers with these jigs or do you downsize more?

What do you guys use to clean the oxidation and other stains that build up on the boat? Any magic products out there?

Thanks for the info, ended up getting it, cant wait to try it out

Anyone have any experience with this boat. Right now I am looking at purchasing a used one with a 40 hp, anyone have any problems with theirs? Positives and Negatives? Thanks

Just fished the upper side on Sunday for about an hour and was only able to catch a pickerel on a spinnerbait as well. To me it was weird because I had never caught a pickerel in there and my Dad thought they had pretty much died out years ago, guess we were wrong. Plan on trying again there Thursday morning, I'll let you know if I find something that works good.

What kind of position does it have when sitting on the bottom? Is it nose down like the bluegill or does it fall on its side? I have the perch pattern and was thinking about trying it for bed fishing.

I use those for wacky rigging senkos, also plan on using them for drop shot, and i have had good success with them. Your not really supposed to set the hook with these, just put pressure on the line and the fish hooks itself as it swims away.

http://www.***.com/descpageRDSAIRRUS-APS.html Pink, but a composite rod and pricey, your probably looking for regular graphite

None of the black is reflecting back at you so that boat should stay cool.

I was considering the KVD rod, but I dont think they are very versatile unless you want to go above the 7 foot mark. The lure ratings seem way to low for crankbait rods and are also very small ranges for the rods below 7 feet.

When you have treble hooks swing around and hook the gills like when fishing jerkbaits, do you take the hook out or leave it in of taking it out could rip them up pretty good?

Norman DD22 smokey Joe color is close, check it out on TW

Was looking at the dobyns champion casting rods and noticed that the MH rods and H rods both have minimum lure ratings of a 1/4 ounce and both are fast tips. The max however for the MH is 3/4 and the max for the H is 1 ounce. Was wondering what the MH would be better at than the H or if I would be able to do everything the MH can do and more with the H.

Bought this 1980 Sears GameFisher 12 ft Jon Boat on Craigslist for $140. Was in pretty rough shape but gave it a new two tone paint job, replaced the transom wood, and used some aluminum epoxy to reinforce some rivets. Then found this 2005 3.3 with only 3 hours on it and was able to pick it up for only $300. Overall I think I got a pretty good deal on the whole setup and plan to use it on the local lakes. Also plan on putting some swivel seats on the bench.

Aren't those shafts designed to flex a little to absorb impact? Check to see if the bend is still there when its deployed, then you may have a problem.

Some of the crackers with peanut butter in them were the ones that had salmonella found in them I'm pretty sure so you may not find them for a while. I like Gatorade and Famous Amos cookie packs

Yea my mistake, I mixed up winning Oneida with winning AOY