Lund Explorer

#1 lure for me is a Hali Jig. You can use them with livebait or one of Gulp's lineup of artificials.

I thought Bombingham was made famous for it's explosive sounds.

Sadly, the second biggest problem with this whole story is that the upper level of this union has really dropped the ball in training it's worker level representatives. This isn't a slam against the OP, but it looks like he could use a week of leadership training!

The eutrophication of our waters is caused by a whole lot more than a few lawns being fertilized next to the lakeshore. You can add septic systems that don't work to that list. As mentioned before, golf courses add to the problem. Then we can include combined sewer/runoff systems that get overwhelmed when there is too much rain. Farms are another source. It all boils down to the fact that the biggest problem is the hardest one to cure. Mankind! Didn't we already have this discussion back on Earth Day?

Sounds like a great way to make a bucket list. Best source for Michigan that I can think of is linked below. http://www.michigan.org/campgrounds-rv-parks/#&&page=0&sort=&miles=20&ips=B511&dt=2014-05-04&dte=2014-05-11&rpp=0 One campground I can recommend that is located on a Top 100 lake (Mullett Lake) and connected to a second one (Burt Lake) is Aloha State Park. Later half of September, into most of October puts you right on the fall smallmouth bite. The campground has sites right on the boat basin where you can slide right up on shore behind your campsite. Here's the link to that campground. http://www.michigandnr.com/parksandtrails/details.aspx?id=434&type=SPRK

According to the article, the Elites weren't the first or even the second source for this year's list.

Not really. More like a flat out lie! Gladly, they didn't mention several of my favorites spots along Lake Michigan.

Let's go through all of this again. Question #1 - Are you a steward for your shift/area, or are you the head Shop Steward? Question #2 - The guy drops 4,000lbs from an overhead and nobody from management heard it or asked about it? Question #3 - Even though the guy doesn't work in your part of the shop anymore, people are still coming to you about the situation? I may be wrong, but this is what I would do if I were in your shoes. First, tell these other employees who are coming to you that they should g o to management instead. When he gets called onto the carpet, that is when you should be there to help him out. Not just to save his job, but to make him see that he needs to make a choice of where he is going with his life. Here's the bottom line. This guy is NOT a drunk. He is an alcoholic, and alcoholism is a disease. The sad truth is that most alcoholics won't face reality until they have hit bottom, and it just may be that the possibility of losing his job could get him to the point where he is willing to change. I would think that if your contract discusses drug abuse, then it should have been clear that alcohol is a drug. Therefore, the company should be willing to help like it was any other drug that was being abused. If as you say this isn't the first time, you can rest assured that it won't be the last. Sooner or later, management will catch on to what is going on and do it's job. Sooner or later, the employees who are complaining to you will realize you aren't.

Don't blame me. All I did was "Like" it!

I wish I could say that I'm strictly a bottom feeder, but the siren call of that darn Pop-R gets me to waste a couple of hours every morning. Once the big fireball gets high enough in the sky, then I finally settle down to the bottom where I'll stay for the rest of the day. I've always felt that by fishing a vertical bait that I can not only catch those active biters, but also entice those neutral fish as well. Of course it also helps to know the water you're on so that you know the high percentage spots to target. That's much easier than having to cover lots of water looking for the places that the fish call home. BTW, I always palm my baitcaster, and the line is always running over the top of my index finger.

Your mother-in-law is Bigfoot?

I can't imagine why anyone would want their favorite lake on this or any other "Top Whatever" list. For what it's worth, all those Michigan lakes listed there are swamps with nothing more than dink walleyes and hammer handle pike in them. Smallmouth? Never heard of them unless its 10" bass with small mouths! Change your vacation plans and travel somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line where the real fish are.

There's the answer!

Boat ramps are fun, what with the people trying to launch or load. We watched a couple drop their 24-26' fishing boat onto the ramp three feet shy of the water one morning. Lesson learned for those with rollers instead of bunks to not unhook the bow eye until the boat is floating. I've seen more than one drain plug issue, and can proudly say two of them involved yours truly. But for excitement, you can't beat the trusty pontoon boat. There was the day my long time tournament partner and I were fishing docks and Mike skipped a 1/8oz sinker right into the back end of the float. Sounded like a rifle shot. We didn't have any idea that the owner's wife was sunbathing on the back bench seat that day, or that she was trying to get a tan without the strap line, if you know what I mean. Needless to say, Mike and I could never return to that lake without fishing that dock! The second time was a tournament when we noticed a pontoon boat drifting across the lake with apparently no one onboard. Thinking that someone's boat had blown away from their dock, we went over to investigate. We were almost there when the gentleman on the boat lifted up off the floor where he and his significant other were testing the "motion of the ocean" effect. I guess he didn't need any help because he waved us off quite frantically. Yup, you gotta love those pontoon boats.

Sorry about that first part, I should have added an LOL smiley to it. As far at what is admissible or not with regards to the taped conversation, I'm not a lawyer, so who knows. I know a wire tap isn't legal in a criminal trial unless a search warrant allowed for it. This is a civil matter so it may or may not be different. I held off commenting here because to be quite honest, I think it's a complete joke. An 80 year old feeling his oats hires a 30 year old, gives her a one million dollar home, all other kinds of perks and benefits cash wise. Then the old guy's family, probably fearing the loss of inheritance, takes her to court on embezzlement charges. The wife and half the team's office swear nothing is going on. Then the gold digger in question then releases taped conversations where the old coot is threatening her because of who she is hanging out with. Fans, media, athletes, and more than a few advertisers are all up in arms, and the other NBA owners, through their hired commissioner decides the side show is a drag on their product and wants to give him the heave-ho. Nobody in this whole situation is going to scream winner at the end of this, if it ever ends. The entire family and the bimbo are getting their dirty laundry drug out in the streets. 35% of the public thinks the NBA doesn't have the right to kick this guy out, and the other 65% know that this won't cure the problem of racism in either the NBA or in life in general no matter how it ends. Even if the old man does get the NBA to halt a forced sale, I can't imagine that some of his heirs aren't going to be back in court trying to take control of his assets. At the end of the day, I'll bet most of us have problems of our own to deal with. I know I do. The only possible plus out of this story is that it gives us the chance to be thankful we aren't personally involved in this circus!

I seldom use nightcrawlers for bluegill in preference to leaf worms. Use a #8 light wire Aberdeen hook like a Tru-Turn, pinch a small split shot 6" up the line from the hook, and set the bobber (I use a Thill brand stick bobber) at the appropriate depth. If I have to fish deeper than about three feet, I use a slip bobber with a bobber stop/bead. You can adjust depth by simply moving the bobber stop. Remember to take a pair of small hemostats to help removing deeply hooked fish. Also remember to keep a few for dinner.

I don't see his lawyers using the "Bought and Paid For" defense. Besides the fact that owning another person has been slightly frowned on for the last 150 years in most of the country, Sterling's family has already taken her to court. It seems that they think the woman embezzled a million or so dollars (including a home) from the doddering old geezer. Kind of like he was thinking with the wrong head!

Black on Black, I love it. Time to get yourself a Johnny Cash outfit to wear while you're driving it!

Let's get all of this right. 1. Everyone has the right to their opinion. Along with that, everyone else has the right to agree or disagree with that opinion. 2. Any organization has the right to create a code of conduct whether it is the NBA, UAW, or Mickey-D's. When that organization has more than one owner, and those owners form a code of conduct, it does so with the understanding that the actions of one owner can cause financial harm to all of the owners operating under that group's name. 3. When a person purchases a team in an organized sports league, they are responsible to know and understand the terms of the code of conduct. If the code changes after they have purchased their franchise, they have the right to leave the organization. The NBA's current code of conduct was voted into existence by a majority of the owners. As far as I know, the very heart of what makes this country so great is the premise that the majority rules. 4. No one has told Mr. Sterling that he cannot believe in whatever he wants to believe. What 29 other owners have said, is that his beliefs have the potential to harm their team's financial viability. The others have the right to protect their own interests within the rules setup in the code of conduct they all had to agree to before this incident took place. 5. The fans, the players, or the advertisers have the right to be upset with the guy's comments, but none of them have the right to remove his ownership rights. And they haven't! 6. Players and fans have protested, and advertisers have pulled their financial support. They are all legally allowed to do so, and the other owners clearly knew that if they didn't act, that the protests could expand to include them. As far as I am concerned, I could care less what this guy thinks, says, or does. If he wants to risk marriage, his name, or his wallet, that is up to him. He isn't the first elderly old codger that has been taken to the cleaners by some bimbo less than half his age, and he most likely won't be the last one. Mr. Sterling has already been sued numerous times, has paid out untold millions to the victims of his actions, and yet he can't seem to learn from his past mistakes. Too bad, so sad, the old dinosaur can't adapt.

I don't have a superstitious bone in my body but. I ALWAYS use scent if I'm fishing. 100% DEET!

Yup. And seeing as how that is hollow pipe, consider filling them with sand or something else to add some weight to it.

Here on Bass Resource, we are located in the North East. I've always considered us closer to the Upper Midwest.

Without a doubt, Faux News has a viewership that is extremely committed, or perhaps should be. I wonder what Dr. Keith Ablow would say about that!

I wonder which moderator moved my Michigan thread from the General Section to the Central States Section.

There you go. Always stick with a source that doesn't have an agenda and that is fair and balanced!