Hammer 4

My Son has one, we both bought rods the same time at BPS, I choose the bps, now I wish I had bought the Allstar after trying his out...

I voted sheemano...always had good luck with them, plus the customer service is good, that's not to say the others aren't just as good. I've had a few Diawa's that served me well too.

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Good info Catt..I use to bump the wood, but haven't since I started fishin again...guess I'll have to go back to my old ways..

Don't drink, use to drink socially" about 20 yrs ago..Although I'm not on the water everyday, I have never seen anyone tippin a beer or anything else. I did run across a drunk at a local fishery a long time ago, the dude reeked of beer. So no, no acohol for us..

I try to support the small company's when ever I can. If they have a good product, I forgo the big names.

See, this right here is why I'd like to move to Tx, or some southern state...in cali. the criminals have more firepower than the cops.. Kinda ot. but what about Ga...there should be some good fishin down there...right.??? And yup, I have guns too.. You got that right, I may live in a Blue state, I'm Red Minded, but our state is pretty good with gun laws. It's an open carry state, not that many people exercise that right here. We are a concealed carry state to, so its not that bad.

I always watched his shows. Ole Dave has a personalty all his own..lol We just moved and our cable company doesn't offer wfn or any fishing shows,, :'(

That would be awesome... 8-)

Local guys if any would have a huge advantage..I don't have a clue who'd win ect..But I too would Love to see a tourny w/o any gadgets..

I live in so.cali, If I had to move it'd Texas. I know there are other states that have good fishin, but I hate the Cold..lol

Kinda depends, where I fish. my mood..ect normally I fish with my Son, who's 34, but when we do go, I get the task of manning the dang trolling motor..lol but 99% of the time, I enjoy the company. I never fish with a group. In the old days I fished by myself at least 100 times.

Most of the time..sideways..

Current....Skeet- KVD.. Past..Hank Parker, Larry Nixon, Don Iovino.. There aren't any I can think of that don't like..those listed are my faves.

And...where are the pic's..???

Man..I'd love to catch one of them toads... Nice fish, and Congratz.. 8-)

Absolutly..X2

X 2..keep an eye on ebay, and craigslist, as some of your stuff may wind up there...Dam thieves. >

Yup, at a distance, it's hard to tell a real trout form the catch 22.. at least it is for these Old eyes.. ;D

I made the Mistake of buyin a cheap wallyworld spinner..secdond cast the skirt fell off.. > I agree, shop at the mom and pop shops if possible..W/o going into a triad..walmart doesn't do much good for anyone. imho.. This will probably get deleted.. ;D

Congratz..that's a Nice lookin fish!!

First off, nice pic's.. Don't feel to bad, the first time I took my Son bass fishing when he was 9, he's now 34..I told him to cast his spinner bait right next to a stump..bait doesn't even hit the water and a 5 lb'r tags it..he had big fish of the day.. ;D Always good to see the young un's fishin.

Why the heck not ? ;-) More of a challenge with arificials.. Actually, I threw a few live crawlers yesterday.... but both of the two fish I caught, were on artificials. Go figure :-) While I don't really concider crawlers "live" bait, like minows, and craws ect..nothing in fishing is a sure thing, but it's fun tryin.. ;D Peace, Fish

Live crawdad on a rocky point..never fails.. Disclamier..I haven't used live bait since 1986..

I have to go with Crappie, and trout...and I agree about getting them on ice right after the catch. Trout out of COLD water tastes best. We have some man made lakes that don't stay really cold, so if the trout aren't from the high ground I won't eat them. So Cal sucks due to the warm climate...sometimes. ;D