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I have lubed everything, organized everything. re-organizes again. It got to the point where i got tired of going out in the cold garage everyday to look at the stuff so i just brought in and put it the basement where at least its warm.The past month i have been going way back in the fishing tackle section on here and writing down different rigging techniques for lures i always use to give the fish some different looks for the same old lures.This site is priceless.There are so many good fisherman (teachers i call them) on here .If your bored just research on here,this site is truly amazing.

I believe i plays a big part with fishing success .Its kind of hard to explain but it helps bring everything together in your mind and helps with your focus and concentration and opens a lot of your senses so you can become a fine tuned bass catching machine.I hope this makes sense,i should be in bed by now.

Last time my wife came with me she brought her cell phone along and talked to half her family members while out in the boat ,unfortunately that daythe fishing was slow and she became bored and started doing pilates poses on the seat of my fishing boat .I had to tell her to stop, she was embarrassing me out there.

The fishing has been slow here also,i just picked up some zoom tiny brush hogs a couple days ago and rigged them on some charlie brewer slider heads . I plan on trying them out after work if they are successful i will post later.

Most of the small shops by me have closed with in the last few years.The one solo guy left has thin inventory and is always complaining about how slow it is,he is surrounded by walmart and a bps a few miles down the road.I also wanted to mention with such slow sales he seems to be a one man operation.

I have an understanding wife,she knows my love for fishing and knows that fishing is the only thing that i really spend money on, plus we split the bps rewards money we get, i spend the spring money on my fishing gear and since her sport is bow hunting she spends the fall rewards money on her sport.

I live near Chicago and every summer i would go to Whitehall to camp owasippe, not as a scout but to go see my friend who helped run the camp.I haven't been up there in 11 years but think about it all the time,fishing in lake wolverine,going in to Whitehall to hit the one bait shop in town by the marina .I cant remember the name of it but i remember the guy running it had more stuff lying in piles than hanging on peg board hooks.Do you guys know if the bait shop is still open?

All spinning for me also.

I hope to see more responses on this topic because i have been thinking of upgrading to tungsten from lead.I was at bps yesterday and saw they have their house brand on sale at 25% off but wasn't sure about them because of the silicone inserts.I have read about inserts may steal some sensitivity so i passed on them.

I just checked the bps website and it still says details coming soon.

I may be mistaken but i thought i read in the paper that the guy got robbed and shot while using his snow blower at 1.20 am.The first thing that popped in my head was that the guy was probably lucky one of his neighbors didn't shoot him for waking him up,especially in Chicago.

Slow way down!

I looked up the reviews for the bps tungsten weights on there site.I noticed as far back as 06 that customers were complaining about the inserts and line fraying.I wonder why its taking them so long to finally improve on them.

Being older (50) this was the first time i ever heard of them.I wished they would have stuck with all guns n roses songs.

Its so hard to pinpoint one piece because it seems i learn something new on here everyday.I do have a favorite quote that pops in my head every once in awhile ,Its from Catt i believe and it goes something like "Being a good fisherman has more to do with whats between your ears than whats between the folds of your wallet."

Happy birthday Burleyman! I have never met him so i cant really take a funny crack at him like the rest of you guys, but I'm glad to see he has started to post again on here every once in awhile.He adds some spark to this site.

Just hit 50.

I was thinking of upgrading my worm weights from lead to tungsten.For those of you who have gone the tungsten route have you noticed a big increase in sensitivity since the switch? Is it possible to throw a figure at it ,like 10% more sensitive or 40% more sensitive than lead. Just curious.

I still have some bps gift cards i haven't tapped yet.I have been waiting for the spring fishing classic or whatever they call it to start at bps to stretch them out. I saw those boxing craws with the tiny fluke attached on another site, they look tempting for sure.

I have two pond prowlers. I have a beat up one i bought used that i keep cabled out at a club i belong to and another one i keep in my garage for local forest preserve pond fishing.The boats are stable enough to stand up in and fish ,the wind can be a problem so i made a rudder for the back out of an old trolling motor pipe and clamp and attached a piece of plexiglas to the pipe with some conduit clamps.The rudder made a huge difference.I also reversed the handle on my trolling motor so i could mount it on the front of the boat and sit near the front and steer.This helped a lot also.If you go back a ways in this section of the forum you will find other ideas from some pond prowler owners.

Nope....To much dedication,diet,and drugs for me.I'm afraid that all the time ,energy, and money i would have to spend to look that good would leave me with very little time, energy and money to go fishing.I just turned 50 on Sunday and at this stage of my life i would rather look like Glenn Campbell than that.

I let the level of cramp intensity dictate my plan of action.

It looks like something cutler could rehab his knee on.

Live bait fishing and all the sitting that goes with it.

Sorry to hear of his passing.Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.His posts and his personality will be missed on here.