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It's not called malware, it is called ransomware. I can't remember how the IT guy fixed mine exactly, but they are a pain to get rid of. When I got the virus last year, I got it through an email.

It's getting better. If you have time before this needs to be turned in, leave it alone until morning, and then slowly read each part back to yourself. I think you'll find a couple of extra words need to be inserted here and there. As you are reading this again, pause each time you have put in a coma. Now think if moving any of those pauses would make it flow better. Like I said, it is improving. Probably passable now, but shoot for the moon with those few tweaks!

Not that these are rules, but I was always under the impression that the coloration of the blades on a spinnerbait dealt more with flash and the illusion of what the blades represent. My choice of silver, gold, or painted blades has more to do with sky conditions, water clarity, and the mood of the bass. While many people say to use silver blades in clear water or sunny skies, I tend to lean towards them when I want to maximum flash. I use gold or painted blades when I want something more subtle. If there was a rule that I was going to live by, it would be that the fish will tell you what they prefer on any given day by how they respond to the bait.

You're welcome, and good luck on the interview. Now go do your homework! ;D

I think a lot of what you wrote is good stuff, it just needs to be put into a better order so that the paper flows smoother. I'm far from the perfect teacher on this subject, but how about the following: 1st Para. - Start out by asking the question so that you can lay the groundwork for what comes as an answer. Maybe it could sound something like this: The assignment today was to describe what in sports impacted my life. I am extremely interested in the sport of competitive bass fishing, so my answer is going to deal with individual effort. 2nd Para. - Explain to the reader how the sport actually works, what it takes to be competitive, and the effort required to succeed at it. You are writing this as if your teacher or any reader doesn't know the first thing about the subject. The sport of competitive bass fishing is an individual sport much like golf or bowling. Much of a tournament fisherman's success is due to his abilities to locate and catch the best limit of fish against both the other competitors. Like golf, the angler also has to adjust his fishing to match weather conditions that effect where the fish may be located and what they bite on. How well he does will be strictly based on his knowledge and skill. 3rd Para. - Now that you have asked the question, and answered it with a detailed explanation, this would be the time to list why Gerald Swindle is the person that you wish to use as the source of your inspiration. There should be at least three parts to this. Give a brief introduction to who he is, list some of his accomplishments, and then how what he has accomplished inspired you. Hey, you've got the words already, just pick and choose, and put them in order! 4th Para. - Give a closing statement. Explain again, in a somewhat different way, (in other words don't repeat) how this sport has impacted you. Explain how the lessons you have learned will help you both in the future of fishing tournaments and also your non-fishing life. If any of this makes sense, get back to work on re-working your paper, and post the new one so we can all see it. Make sure that you run spell and grammar check! Don't copy/paste anything I've put up here, teachers have and use utilities that can find this thread...... By the way, what did you decide about that BPS interview?

When our oldest daughter was in high school, she got a part time job there. After she explained the process of "making the meat", I gave my permission for her to quit. I haven't ate there since then.

The darn thing has it's own shrine, what more could anybody want? http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1121531245/0

Yeah CJ, I guess I mis-spoke myself. What I meant to say that I did see that Pisgah Bay has a fairly large human footprint with that campground. I can also see that several other bays have roads leading into them for what I assume are the listed launch sites. I read and fully understand your previous comment on how this is one of your tournament lakes. While I have a few questions, I'll hold off until I get the chance to meet with you down there. I hope this roadtrip isn't coming just before one of those tournaments. If so, just give me the evil eye if I ask about a certain area. Been there before.

Good timing Bird Dog! I'm being forced to retire an older Bud Erhardt rod that I bought back in the mid-1980's when it went from a 6'6" model to a little over 3' one. Oops. Snooping through google yesterday, I see that Bud passed away in 2009. Another company had purchased the business, lost it, and now somebody is supposedly building them. So now the question period. Who are you guys buying these rods from? Quailty? Cost?

I'm just using Google Maps, as that does label all of the bays. And I did finally find that last bay. Sometimes blind guys like me can't find certain bays for quite awhile, but the labels are there. 8-)

Speaking of over statement, if that were the case, Mr. Yamamoto would be selling three packs of senkos for $79.95. Seriously, there is no magic lure that will catch fish on every lake under all the variable conditions that fishermen faces throughout the year. In many tournaments, there are guys qualifying for the final day cut that fish something completely different than the pack. I learned long ago that I don't concern myself with what others are throwing. I simply try to look for where the fish are located, and then go through the baits that I have confidence in. Location is about 90% of the game, what bait you throw takes up a small part of what's left. I politely disagree, I believe most baits would catch a fish on any given lake in the country, given the proper presentation and time of day. Minus of course the huge trout swimbaits and things of that nature. I'm not saying you could literally ALWAYS catch fish on ONE lure anywhere in the country, but I do believe that every bait has it's time and place, and can catch many different types of fish on many different bodies of water. Sorry if my post confused you, but that's what I was trying to say. Any lure will work if it is used under the proper conditions. The problem is, conditions always change. Therefore, it only makes sense to change lures to match the conditions. Did that make sense?

Well CJ, I can't seem to find Davenport, but the others are all located in the LBL area, looks like few if any homes on them, and I would assume most importantly are the number of feeder creeks that are feeding into each of them that create plenty of secondary points. What I can't see on my map is bottom content or what if any flooded timber there might be.

Red Bull must have heard it from somebody as well, as that one was floating around years ago. Still funny, but kinda dated.

I knew better than to look, but when the furnace kept kicking on every hour or so, I just had to. Current Temp: -18* Any forecast on what the wind-chill is going to be when Da Bears take on the Cheese-Heads this afternoon?

I think that's part of it. There is also the issue of older 2-Strokes where oil doesn't mix well with ethanol, though I don't think that bothers the newer direct injection models as much.

I read the title, I saw who started it, and it just screamed Puppy! Good for you. While I'm a big fan of shelter adoptions, I think it's important for kids to grow up with puppies. Did you take the girls with you when you went looking, or did you pop the surprise on them? And I'm also happy to see he is going to be allowed to climb on the furniture because it is going to end up being his house soon.

Doesn't the new chigger craw have legs now? Not much of a change IMO, but I'm sure it will fly off the shelves if it is part of a winning pattern.

I usually start each day with 7-8 rods rigged and ready to go, 4-5 BC & 3 Spinning. There's always 4-5 more in the rod locker that are backups. BC's include: Topwater, Crankbait, Spinnerbait, Heavy T-Rig, and Pig-n-Jig. Spinning: Medium/Light T-Rig, Dropshot, Tube/Grub.

I have really got to improve on NOT short-boating the wife, or whoever else is sitting in the backseat. It's not like I do it on purpose, but I just like to attack a weedline by sitting right on top of it and casting dead straight ahead. I seem to do the same thing fishing down a row of docks or just about anything else. Am I the only guy that is guilty of this?

I guess I should wait for some of the more accomplished fishermen on here to reply, but if you humor me a little I'd like to throw in my two-cents worth. To begin with, I don't think anyone here thinks that the guy who has bought into the theory that the senko is the perfect bait is cheating. Unless the infatuation with that lure gets to the point that the fisherman in question believes the lure will catch fish in all situations. That maybe when the senko fisherman is cheating, but only themselves! To be blatantly fair to these more accomplished anglers, you can take the above paragraph and replace "senko" with the name of any lure you would like to. I'm sure they will all tell you that the end result will still be an angler who is cheating themselves. If you read through all of the pages you will find a few recurring tidbits of knowledge that these people will continue to explain to others. One of those is that every fishing lure that has ever been invented is nothing more than a tool that could be added to a well stocked toolbox. Every type of lure, from topwater to bottom bouncer has a time and place where the conditions tell them that a certain lure is what they should throw to produce the best results. But the one thing that you will never hear from any of these more accomplished anglers is that you should always stick to one specific lure. Now I've only been trying to seriously fish for bass for around 30 years, and while almost twenty of those were spent fishing local weekend tournament circuits, I don't know nearly as much as some of these other guys on here. Of course, all of this is just my opinion, and I'm sure they could chime in here with a better explanation than I could. But I know I can put a newbie in my boat and depending on the conditions, hand him or her any of a dozen different baits, and they will catch fish.

It doesn't matter as long as it comes in at least fifteen colors!

Congrats! I'm trying as hard as I can to finally slam the doors shut around here too. I'm down to a half dozen consulting only clients now, and the first advice I gave all of them was to start looking for somebody else in another two years!

I'm pretty sure that everyone gets bombarded by advertisements every time you turn on the TV, and not just the commercials. Granted the fishing/hunting shows are more blatant about it, or maybe just more open is what to call it. Have you ever watched a NASCAR race? They're almost as bad and maybe more so as the races are longer. And the the more subtle sports. How about a football game where if you are really looking, you'll see Nike slashes, UnderArmor's little logo peaking out there too. Basketball, and Golf are the same way. Then there's baseball and hockey with advertisements along the walls. Do you think that blimp is only there to provide you with a birds-eye view? If so, why does Goodyear appear across the side of the thing? Then you down to the subliminal advertising that is entwined in almost every TV show or movie. Did you know that Coca Cola pays the producers to have the star drink out of a can with their logo on it? A few years back, Alan bought a Porsche on the TV show Two and a Half Men if you remember. Do you think somebody got an endorsement check for mentioning the name (correctly or not) numerous times in a half an hour? It doesn't matter if it is Rolland Martin or Charlie Sheen, it's how they make their living. If you don't want to watch it, switch over to Fox News. Then you'll only get advice on buying Gold! ;D

If memory serves me correctly, there could be one reason to choose a color that I haven't seen here yet. Like I said, it has been many years ago that I read an article concerning the color change some species went through when they had shed their older and harder shells. The article continued on to discuss how bass were wired to recognize this color phase as an opportunity as the softer shelled crawdads were somehow easier to catch. Now I haven't run across any article lately that discussed this topic, so maybe it is just an old wives tale. But if it were true, then I would consider trying to discover what coloration your local species had during this stage of the crawdad's life. This would seem to be the color that would trigger the best response.

Take every bit of the great advice you've gotten from these guys so far, and at least make the time to go to the interview. Like it has been said before, see if they can work you in with your prior commitments. Your statement: "I have been trying to get this job for a long time." If you don't at least show up, I'll bet you will be spending the next year or so asking yourself what-if. So if for no other reason than peace of mind, go for it.