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Taking only one bid is not allowing competition. No With a little research you will find the IRS is a private corporation. With a little more, you'll see they are a part of the Department of Treasury.

Well before this thread gets locked down, I putting in a claim for Flying Lure! ;D

As Cheech & Chong would probably say "Up In Smoke"!

That reminds me of the year that the drinking age in Michigan got voted back to 21. I was bartending at my favorite old watering hole that night. Three young guys were sitting at the bar lamenting the fact that they would lose the right to drink soon. The bar owner walked past me behind the bar, and went up to these young men. "Show me your voter registration card, and you'll drink free all night!" he told them. Needless to say they were asked to leave when none of them could. In this instance, apathy became rather sobering!

I used to love that game as a kid. Just think how fun it would be today if we could play it with politicians. Why limit the game to piliticians? I'm all in for a game using jet-skiers! ;D

Your friend has chosen a tough career field, but he has nothing to lose looking into it. I've got a couple of life long friends that were both pilots in the USAF, and from talking with them, here are some of the things I've learned. First, your friend needs to decide "what" he wants to fly, or if anything with wings would do. Both of my friends saw themselves as future fighter jocks. One ended up in B-52's, and the second spent his career flying cargo. There's nothing so humble as a fighter jock waddling down the runway in a B-52 or a C-140. Your buddy also needs to understand the odds at even making it into flight school. Besides the education, there's the physical, eyesight, coordination tests just to start. One bump along the path can put him/her right out of the pilot's chair and into the navigator's seat. After all of this thinking, I would advise your friend goes to the nearest air base whether it's active, guard, or reserve. Call first to see if you can setup an appointment to have a short meeting with someone in flight ops, or another pilot flying a desk on a certain day. On guard bases, try to avoid training weekends as they are quite busy. But most have staff on duty every day of the week as well. Have your friend prepare a list of questions to ask, and be prepared to take notes if needed. Also, if the local air base has a type of aircraft that he/she doesn't want to fly, it shouldn't matter. All of these folks took basic flight school together before being divided up later. In short, I wouldn't go to see a recruiter first. They're doing their job getting as many young people signed up for a career (any career), and most likely won't be able to answer more specific questions with first hand knowledge. Whatever he/she decides, wish them luck from this old USAF & Air Nat'l Guard sergeant, who tried his level best to keep his feet firmly on the ground whenever possible!

If you're remembering an old B&W horror movie that you watched on HBO in the 1970's, it was probably an older classic from back in the days before color. Can you remember the name of any of the actors/actresses, or their screen names?

Tie on a Hopkin's Spoon or a Silver Buddy, and work the water column under where the bass were rising. These do a good job of mimicking a dying baitfish, and a bass could think that they simply missed a last chance at an easy meal. You don't have to do this by vertical jigging, just toss it at the location, and vary the depth of your retrieves. A jerking motion helps most times.

Didn't we have this same discussion/argument just a couple of months ago? Anyhow, here is the best way I can describe it as it relates to the State of Michigan. 1st - Property owner has full ownership rights of deeded dry land up to the shoreline, and private property rights of the lake bottom extending to the middle of the body of water. They also have full private property rights on any dock, swim platform, boat lift, boathouse, or anything else that is attached or anchored to their property. 2nd - Fisherman and other boaters have the right to navigate or fish "the water". They have no right to enter onto the property owner's "private property" without permission. This also applies if you snag your lure onto any of these items, much like the little kid that hits his baseball over a fence onto another person's property. You must ask permission to leave your boat, or to climb (even partially) in or onto the property owner's property. Without permission, it is a simple case of trespass, which is a crime. How does all of this relate to dock fishing? Many property owners do not object to people fishing in front or around of their docks. But there are also many that do. Most of them have had a few bad experiences that have soured them on the practice. Heavy jigs or sinkers bouncing off of their fiberglass boats can chip gel coating/paint, let alone the sound made when even a light sinker smacks an aluminum pontoon. Property owners are subjected to lures that are snagged onto their property which could hook a person trying to work on their dock, along with broken line left behind. Speaking of left behind, another previous argument dealt with cigarette butts tossed into the water, which in time will wash up on the property owner's beach for them to deal with. All of these things should be fully understandable. It shouldn't matter if the dock's owner is sitting on the dock, 45' away, or not even there. If more fisherman would take the time to be courteous, ask permission in a friendly manner, graciously leave if denied (regardless of their rights), and make the effort to not damage property or litter, this issue would slowly disappear. It is unfortunate that the few fishermen that don't respect dock owners rights have ruined the chances for all of the rest of us.

Man, what a sack of fish! To think that my only trip there was wasted fishing for perch in the middle of the winter makes it worse. Anybody ever fish for smallies there before?

I always had the most fun trying to get the beer cart girl to blush!

If you run short of cash there is a fairly nice place to pick up some scrap metal NW of town. Just watch out for any jets flying overhead. ;D

What is this? Santa comes to your house and takes the best half dozen crankbaits you own, and then gives them to Glenn & The Mods! ;D JK - You'll find out.

Yeah, that was some pretty poor reporting! If she was a blond, she could work for Fox News! ;D

The other questions I would have for the secret spot crowd would be if any of them have ever fished a spot where they have seen others fishing. Almost any place is a spot that was discovered by someone else at some point in time. So that's the question, have you ever drove by a point, sunken island, or some other spot where you've seen someone fishing, only to return to that place at some other time to check it out? Are the only sacred spots the ones you have found? What do you do if someone beats you to your private spot before you, and they've never fished with you before? Finally, do you fish with your super secret lures when you have a backseater on board, or do you just toss flying lures all day to throw them off what works?

Nice post. Thanks for saving this thread from the jaws of chaos and moving it into the light of clarity. I think that's why he makes the big bucks as our newest Moderator! 8-)

yes i do not own the coordinates, but i do own the boat. thats irrelevant. because regardless of any spot you take someone too(assuming its public waters), theyre free to come back and fish it anytime, whether they store gps info or if they remember it by landmarks. dont open your boat up to others if youre going to be a ****** about it. dont take others to your most productive spots if you dont want them to come back another time. since its your boat you have those choices of where you go to fish and if you choose to have someone else aboard. but if you do take someone to one your hot spots, remember its then that you essentially shared it with them so theres really no harm in them making note of it at that point, whether electronically or mentally... Well said! I sure do miss the good old days when we had to blindfold the backseaters so they couldn't triangulate their positions from reference points on shore!

Maybe we should just trade units! ;D You Sir, are a Funny Man. I did lol on that one. A-Jay So much for the trade as I don't think you'll be the only one erasing waypoints. I drove past the 45th headed north this afternoon headed for the kids place up near Cheboygan. I had no more than parked the truck, and the kid comes out to punch in some news waypoints he had supposedly found earlier with another of his friends for Burt/Mullett Lakes. First number goes in N 44, blah blah blah W 034 blah blah blah and then saves the waypoint. Punched a half dozen in before he looks at the map.... And no new waypoints on the map? Of course they were there, just look at the numbers. Have you ever caught a bass in the middle of the NORTH ATLANTIC? Kids!

Chalk up one more vote for shad. I've seen a lot of crawdads coughed up in the bottom of the livewell to know they aren't a good choice, but I've never seen a school of smallies herd crawdads like they do alwives in the spring, or gizzard shad in the fall. Add that to the fact that the vast majority of artificial baits imitate shad/baitfish which speaks volumes as well.

Lions are out of the running for the #1 pick after breaking another 10 game losing streak. They didn't even have to play the Redskins!

Man, you are old if you can remember Blue Cheer. Dion and the Belmont's....hit song was Run Around Sue..I can go back even further if need be.. ;D HEY! I knew Sue, and she was a run around! ;D

Congrats on the double! If you have a partner in the boat this time of year, it is always a good idea for them to throw in right near your fish. Schooled up smallies will chase that fish all the way back to the boat at times, and another bait quite often gets hit at the same time. That's the other kind of double.

Maybe we should just trade units! ;D

Hey! If you and your partner get a chance to swing over this way next summer, and want to explore those lakes, shoot me a pm. I'm always somewhere close, and wouldn't mind giving you the tour of my old milk run.

Just think of the last guy you saw fishing in a green Lund on Clear Lake last summer. How did you put that to me? "We got tired of fishing our swamp, so we decided to come over to yours!" You'll figure it out, or you can ask Tom or Harley. Steve