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jbomar, Since you are in Valdosta, GA, I would guess your water temperatures are at least in the 50s to 60s. (Just guessing since I'm in Missouri.) If so, you could use a number of lures on Saturday. I'd think crankbaits in shallow water down to 8 feet would be good. Plastics, spinnerbaits, lipless cranks, jigs, and jerkbaits should be productive too. I'm not exactly sure how cold it has to get where you are at for the fish to start moving into a winter pattern. I'm sure there are people from that area on this forum who would know.

Alright, alright. I'll be talking to my wife tonight to see if she wants any gear too, so I'll be ordering in the next 24 hours. I guess we have to support you, Glenn. I wouldn't want you living on the streets.

The canal issue is an interesting one. Keithscatch, from your initial post I assumed you weren't in the middle of the canal, and I agree that one should move to the side to let other boaters through. I also agree that the other boaters should idle through if you are fishing at the side of the canal. But being the sh%# disturber that I am, I like to think of situations where this may not be easy to do. For instance, you're fishing the middle of the canal and you just hung into the Mother of all lunkers. A speeding boat is closing in fast and wants to get by. What do you do? And what does the speeding boater do? Shouldn't the boater see that you are hooked up and back off to let you play the fish? Shouldn't you try to get of the way as well? For safety's sake I'm going to get out of the way, but I'm going to be playing that fish the whole way.

I thought about that when I made the post, Hale. I know that Michael Jordan wouldn't have been able to do commercials if he wasn't a pro basketball player. To me, and it's just my opinion, it doesn't matter. If he is doing both, he is both. It doesn't mattter how he got there. There are a number of examples of people having two occupations. Politicians and laywers, politicians and doctors, politicians and crooks , burger fryers and dishwashers . . . . . . Fred Thompson of Tenessee acted in a number of films while he was a United States Senator, etc, etc, etc. What you are is what you are. The path you took to get there doesn't change what your are.

I by no means was coming after you on that or anyone for that matter. Maybe he was in the wrong I wasnt there. I was jsut pointing out that we are sometimes quick to judge and point out others lack of good judgement when 'we' are making the same mistakes. No offense taken, Hale. I thought you might have been referring to another post, but your post did make me think a little more, and I just wanted to make sure that I didn't offend any of the hunters on this forum.

So here's a wrinkle for all you guys who say that a lawyer who makes most of his income from that pursuit, is not a Pro fisherman if he makes $80,000 a year from it. And a lot of you are hung up on the W2s. When Michael Jordan was a pro basketball player there were years when he made more money in endorsing products (i.e. doing commercials.) Going by the reasoning above, he wouldn't be a pro basketball player since most of his income came from commercials. It's all semantics. Michael Jordan was both a pro basketball player and a company spokesperson. The lawyer is both a lawyer and a pro fisherman. "What's in a name? That which we call a rose By any other word would smell as sweet." (Shakespeare)

There isn't much I can add to the posts and previous threads. The fishing of Senkos has been covered in detail. I will add that I generally fish my Senkos on a hook at the end of some line attached to a rod and reel combo and I usually fish them in water.

Hale stated: Just to make it clear to all you goose and duck hunters out there, I wasn't necessarily saying the hunter was wrong. This is the quote from my post: I moved out and allowed the hunter his space since he was there first (also stated in my post). I just wondered where the line should be drawn, one way or the other. With regard to my situation, the hunter appeared to be hunting out of season anyway, but I was curious if any of you knew how such a situation should be handled from both sides. I do hunt, but not waterfowl, so this post wasn't meant to bash hunters.

I haven't had any problems with EWG hooks and hooking up with fish.

Tom Bass: Maybe it's a Moosalope . . . . . or a . . MuleMoose Unicorn NoHorn . . . . it's definitely not the famed Jackalope. It's ears are too small.

The mono is to keep the braid from slipping. (I love being redundant.) Now if you placed braid on the spool, without the benefit of mono backing or tape around the spool, over thousands of years the slipping of that braid on that spool will eventually create one of the Seven Wonders of the Natural World. I believe I read this in a geology book somewhere.

I asked that a couple of times quite some time ago, but didn't get any results. You must know how to ask. ;D Marty, I think when you brought this up, that was the thread that motivated me to place my location in my signature line, so you weren't a complete failure. Matt Fly makes some good points. I withhold specific information about my personal life when I post. You'll see my location and occasionally, I'll post my actual first name. That's about it on here.

How cool is this!!! Welcome, Mr. Hannon. It is an honor to have you as a resource on BassResource.com. Glenn, I can't commend you enough for this accomplishment. Thank you. Catt stated: Catt, Glenn doesn't look that large to me. :

The noise from Avid's creaky shoulder is enough to scare any fish away. I believe that fish in a lake or pond that aren't familiar with the trolling motor sound would be skittish until they became used to it. If fish are in heavy cover I don't think it is too big of a deal; otherwise, if you use a trolling motor to move in close to cover, flippin' and pitchin' would be much less successful. I think Chris had some good points, as usual. Just use common sense and try to make as little noise as possible under the water.

Here's one that I've never seen addressed and it is actually involves both hunting and boating ethics. On October 12th, I was half-way into Rock Creek on Smithville Lake, north of Kansas City. For those not familiar with this lake, Rock Creek, by itself, is large enough to be a small lake. At about the halfway point this section of the lake splits off into three branches. A goose hunter had setup his blind on a point and he had some decoys set out. Being the observant man that I am, I was too busy fishing and I came perilously close to his area. I really felt like a heel and I apologized profusely once I realized what I had done. I got out of his way as quickly as I could. My question is this: I understand that this was his area and he was there first. However, due to where his blind was located there were acres and acres of water in the three branches, and in the main branch of Rock Creek in front of his blind that were now unavailable for fishing. I'm talking about at least 100 acres of water that are now unavailable. No one could fish even at a fair distance from this guy without the possibility of spooking his geese. Is it ethical for a hunter to set up in such a place as to block off so much water? Is it ethical for a fisherman to fish somewhere in that vicinity and how far away would he need to be to avoid spooking the geese? (I'm not a goose hunter, BTW.) Just an aside: After I left the lake that day, I checked the season and if I'm not mistaken October 12th was not in season. > According to MDC online the Canada Goose season for 2006 in the northern section of Missouri is 9/30 to 10/9 and 11/24 to 1/31.

I agree with Way2slow. Plowing creates the worst wake of all. When I'm talking about idling, I'm talking about not leaving any wake.

These lists are so difficult to do because there are so many great musicians and it is hard to narrow the list to 12 or even 50. Also, I forget to name people and after I create a list I look at it and say why didn't I think of so and so. So for this moment in time, these are who I thought of: Drums: Mike Portnoy, Neil Peart Bass: Stanley Clarke, Geddy Lee, Billy Sheehan Trumpet: Miles Davis Harmonica: John Popper Keyboards: Chick Corea, Keith Emerson, Jordan Rudess Guitar: Andres Segovia, Christopher Parkening, Joe Pass, Steve Vai, Jimmy Hendrix, Paco De Lucia, Al Dimeola, Steve Morse, John Petrucci Vocals: Ronnie James Dio, Geoff Tate, Barbara Streisand As an aside to LBH: I agree with you regarding The Police but I give Andy Summers the nod as the one who made them unique. Andy Summers wasn't an extravagant or technical virtuoso, but his guitar playing was very unique and without it, The Police would have been nothing but very basic drum and bass lines played to a rockin', reggae beat. Without Summer's guitar there was no color to their music.

This is a good point Tom Bass. I've used fenders, but maybe its useless for me to do so. My boat is older and if I can squeeze it between trees I'll take it anywhere. It's going to get scratched up out on the water anyway. Maybe if I had a newer boat, I'd worry about it.

Tom Bass, I missed the post you deleted but I would bet there was some truth to it. John Lennon wrote some great songs that supported the cause of peace. Yet, in his life many times, he was temperamental and, at times, very difficult to get along with. He gave very little time to his first son, Julian, from his first marriage. During the time that he wrote the music for the album, Walls and Bridges (1974), his marriage to Yoko became so bad that she asked him to leave. For 14 months, he lived like a teenager and had an affair with May Ping. Near the end of his life he seemed like a much better man, though, I still fault any man who gives little time to one of his children. He gave plenty of time to his and Yoko's son, Sean. I've heard many fantastic anti-war songs written and sung by artists who fight each other and don't know the first thing about gettting along with others. Some sing these songs because it is cool and it sells. I don't worship people just because they are celebrities. They put their pants on one leg at a time just like you and I. They have their faults and foibles, just like you and I, and in many cases, worse than you and I. I respect John Lennon and love much of his music. I respect some of the actions he took with regard to the peace movement, although I also realize that some of his actions were motivated more by the celebrity need for attention, than any need for peace. I hate it that he was lost to the world before his time. But he was far from perfect. Having said all that, I still respect and honor his memory, music, and some of the ideals he strived for. Just because he failed to embody those ideals perfectly means nothing. None of us do.

I'm like you, Keithscatch. If it's only four lanes wide I'd idle by everyone that is fishing. If it is wide enough to give them a wide berth (say around 100 yards) I'll slow down but I'll still stay on plane.

Tracker 165? Then I assume you've got an outboard. With that it mind, here's how I do it. 1. Back the trailer into the water but keep the rear wheels of your truck, etc. just out of the water. 2. Hop into bed of pickup, etc, climb out back and onto trailer tongue and catwalk to boat. 3. Disconnect from winch strap. 4. Climb in and crank her up. 5. When she's warm, back off the trailer and park next to the pier/dock. 6. Tie her up. 7. Hop in your truck and go park it.

Like Avid stated, I don't think I can narrow this down to a favorite. I can state some generalities. Hardbaits: I have more Rapala than anything else. Softbaits: Depends on if its a worm, creature, tube, frog, etc. Jigs: I have more Booyah and Strike King than anything else. Spinnerbaits: Terminator and Strike King

My main considerations are weight, blade configuration, blade color, and skirt color. I am not an angler who believes in counting the strands of each color added to my skirt so that I get what I think is the perfect color. I like to use the following skirt colors: (1)white, (2)chartreuse, (3)black mainly at night, (4)white and chartreuse in an approximately equal number of strands, and (5)White and light green. I use the typical copper blades in murky water and nickel in clear. My blade selections are typical as well. I like two Colorado's when I need vibration in murky water, or I want to fish my spinnerbait slowly and keep it in the upper part of the water column. I love twin willowleafs in the spring and the fall, and I also like one willowleaft behind an Indiana or a Colorado when I'm pumping the spinnerbait up and down through cover and letting it hit bottom. I catch a lot of good fish on spinnerbaits, but I keep my selection of components fairly simple compared to some.

Nice catch!

I googled Missouri Master Angler Awards and found this PDF file that gives the minimum requirements for my state. I had read about these before, but it's not a big deal to me. From glancing at this, I know I've caught a few largemouths and bluegill that would qualify. http://www.mdc.mo.gov/documents/fish/records/fishawrd.pdf