BigBassGuy

Sounds like the killswitch to me also

A 'Debbie does Dallas' DVD ;D ;D

Do you have a Best Buy near? If you don't want to start something with the neighbor while the GF's alone, have a couple of your buddies bring it to the nearest Best Buy. They take old electronics for no cost at ALL of their US stores.

Tighten the drag all the way down, you then will notice a piece of black plastic between the handle and drag star. Push that towards the drag star and rotate the handle backwards.

All of the 'girly' combos out there were just too cheesy for me, so I built one for a past girlfriend, too bad she kicked me to the curb before I had a chance to give it to her. : Mudhole sells the kits - 6'6" medium, holographic guides and reel seat

Blue Shad? These aren't the right model but they look to be the correct color. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250361025663&category=7300&_trksid=p3907.m263&_trkparms=algo%3DSIC%26its%3DI%252BC%26itu%3DUA%252BIA%252BUCI%26otn%3D14%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D54

As many as you can carry!! ;D

Fat Free Shad Junior if it only dives 6-8 feet. Check out the Foxy Shad Color

Powerloading can wreak havoc on the ramp as well. Last year on a lake I fish quite often they rebuilt the ramp, the existing one was constructed of 12 foot long 1 foot wide by 6-8 inch thick concrete slabs that I'm guessing weigh somewhere around 1000lbs each layed parallel with the shore and side by side going down the length of the ramp. When removing them they found that the very last one had become unhooked from the chain that connected everything together and it was now laying about 20-30 feet away. Some may think powerloading doesn't hurt things but if propwash can move a 1000lb piece of concrete 20 feet what else is it doing? I try my best not to powerload but sometimes it is required like on a couple ramps I use that were made too short and if you back your trailer too far the wheels fall into a 3 foot deep hole caused by propwash.

It looks to me like either the bolts on the hinge were tightened before everything was aligned properly or the holes for those bolts were drilled out of position slightly. Both of these conditions would prevent the mount from straightening out properly. Try this, loosen the two bolts holding the hinges together and see if it straightens out. If it doesn't help call MinnKota, its definetly not right.

Yup, I agree with Tom. The spool tension knob on most reels should be a small 1/2inch or so diameter knurled knob on the handle side. To adjust it, hold the rod horizontal and release the spool. The lure should slowly fall to the ground and when hits the ground the spool will immediatly stop. Adjust the tension on the knob to achieve this. This setup is for normal conditions with little wind. If you were to use something like a spinnerbait that has a chance to get 'hung up' in the air you may want to tighten it just a hair. The brakes on the Citica, (I beleive there are 5 or 6) will be adjusted to your experience level with baitcasters, the type of lure, the amount of wind and the speed of your thumb. If you are new at baitcasters you may want to make all of the brakes active. Pull the cover off the side and you will see 5 or 6 little white (red on some models) plastic T-shaped pieces around the inside of the spool. To activate a brake simply unclip it from its position and it should now float free on the small shaft it is on. To deactivate it push it towards the center up the spool until it clips in. The more you have active the shorter your casts will be and the less likely you will get a backlash. The less you have active the further your casts will be but the likelyhood you will get a backlash will be higher. Start with all of them active and work your way down until you are satisified.

You should have no issues with braids on most rods. I use anywhere from 4lb all the way up to 80lb Power Pro. Never once have I had an issue with the guides being damaged from the line.

Three One when I was young and dumb trying to get unsnagged, snapped right in the middle. Two last year both on the same day, one while I was casting a Rattle Trap, made a cast and the rod exploded about 2 inches above the handle, right where it had been damaged about 2 years prior from a deck hatch falling on it. The other one broke from the same deck hatch mentioned falling on it. Never broke one on a fish but apparently I need to fix that deck hatch. >

Browsing my local tackle shop the other day and came across a new seat/leaning post made by Action Products called the Hammerhead. It was nice because it had a full seat but it also had the leaning pad on the back side. The only thing I didn't really care for was it had an area in the middle that was low and could possibly collect water, you all know what its like sitting on a wet seat. Anybody tried one yet? Thinking about picking one up.

Yup, don't even try. If you do need your fishing fix panfish and roughfish are open year round. And remember, if you travel into the northern zone it is catch and release only and you may only use artificals with barbless hooks from May2-June19 Check out the WI DNR website for more information.

Congrats to you and your son!! Thats an awesome first fish for anyone. It seems you may have turned him into one of us though, this time next year he'll have twenty rods and reels and countless tackle boxes filled with everything you can imagine. ;D Nice job, keep it up dad!