FL_fisher

Im not sure if my 14 vbottom boat is rated for 20 or 25hp ,but if it was rated for a 20hp would putting a 25 on it be illegal? I want to know because Im thinking about getting the merc but they only make a 25hp.

Thanks for the replys. Anyone else with experience in these motors?

Im talking about new ones, I dont care about 5 years ago.

I want to now what your thoughts are on who makes the best small outboard motor.

ike,kvd,Brauer and hackney

what channel is it on?

I want to make one of these but im not sure how to make it. Last year I had some 1/2 plywood left over form the hurricane season so I made a deck for my boat and it came out real nice.So I know I can make one if I only knew how to make it firm? So I guess my ? is can someone tell me how they think the trolling motor deck is being held in place?

Can I be your nonboater ;D. Are you new to being in the front of the boat?

oops I didnt read the last few post so I didnt know someone already used a football line.

I would ask him if he is going to cry this year when the gators whip up on the vols.

That's why I said "if your boater is fishing slow enough". Come on now it took me at least 2 mins to type that.

I all depends on what the boater is doing you dont want to use a worm if the boater is trolling in high gear using a crankbait or some other search bait. When im in the back of the boat I try to fish the same places I would if I was in the front. A lot of times I will out fish the guy in the front and catch fish right where his bait just came from thats when I think em for waking or warming the up for me ;D.

you might be waiting to long to set the hook so try setting the hook as soon as you feel a bite.

lol bill dance says that about 3lbers.

A foul hook is anytime the hook goes in the fish from the OUTSIDE anywhere on the fish. A foul hooked fish can be kept as long as you were not sight fishing when it happend ( this is b.a.s.s rules).

Wow I was to young to remember my first bass I was 3 when I started fishing . I was lucky to grow up on a lake with a dock I would literally fish all day every day off my dock when I was 5 ( I was a good kid).I fished so much that when I would threw a piece of bread in the water the bluegill and shiners would literally jump on top of eatch other the ones on top would be flopping on top of all others. I learned to bass fish pretty much by my self when I was 5 my brother showed me how to cast against his will (hes 12 years older than me). My mom and dad didnt fish so I had to learn just about every thing on my own .I know my first bass had to be caught on a plastic worm because my mom wouldnt let me use any kind of lure untill I think I was 8. I remember all my friends would always ask me why I fished so much lol.

It is a little on the skinny side.

The ones in my lake change colors in cold water they tend to turn a little blue and in warm water they are brown with a little green. I have some in my fish tank and sometimes they will turn almost white.

hey aridog what is that sign tring to tell us lol

a easy thing you could check is the spark plugs.

comet or ajax works really good it will even get the smell from shinners off.

Try this dude, remember the senko is dying minnow bait. It catches fish on the drop. Fish it that way. Yes, it is very versatile but this is the standard method that catches the most fish for the most people. In Florida this time of year your best off rigging it weedless. Use a 3/0 or 4/0 extra wide gap quality hook. hook the point from the top down 1/4" and then pull the hook out through the body. then reinsert the hook where the bottom bend of the hook lines up with the senko body. This will insure a straight rigging. Now cast it close to cover and let it wiggle down on a slack line. You MUST keep your eyes riveted to the line. Any jump, twitch, or sideways motion means a fish is on. reel in the slack and set the hook with a sharp upward motion. don't panic, the fish will eat the senko, not spit it out. do this with a junebug, or watermelon/black senko. I really like the color # 913 it is sold at walmart and has a watermelon body w/chartruese tail. this bait can be a killer. Once the bait hits the bottom lift it up and let it fall again. You can do this a couple of times, then cast it to again to fishy looking cover. If you stick with this it will work. YOU MUST HAVE CONFIDENCE That is pretty much the way I have been fishing with the senko I think I will try them on a different lake the lake I was fishing can be tuff in the summer.

I weigh them behind the gill plate and I think that it would be pretty hard to miss and hook the gill (even if you tried to).

Well I didnt help my confidence any today. I went out for only a hour and a half today but I used only a junebug senko the whole time and blanked. The way im fishing the senko is I cast it and let it hit the bottem and then sit for a few secs and then twich it a little and repeat over agian is this a good way? Will I ever catch a bass on a senko? :'(

Am I the only one on this forum that has not caught a bass on a senko? I never gave them a fair chance I guess , but I know the must work because everyone on this forum is always talking about them.