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Always wanted to fish there. Don't have any info beyond what you already know. Let me know how it goes if you don't mind

Glass lenses are much more durable than plastic. Plastic scratches much, much easier if you don't take perfect care of the glasses.

Don't worry about it. If the transom is sound and in good condition it won't matter. However, a heavier motor may expose a weak spot in the transom's armor if it is in fact weak.

Hope everyone has a great weekend on the water! Here's what I've been doing all spring (pic is from Sat) - biggest all the way on the left at 20 pounds. 15 bass total with some blues mixed in.

Sweet fish Shane. I was able to get out Saturday and Sunday this weekend, although I'm not home from school for another 2 1/2 weeks. I've been doing a ton of striper fishing down here on LI, catching some good fish up to 40". Just wish I knew a little more about that type of fishing. Anyway, only the 2nd and 3rd days on the water this year for the Skeeter. Two largemouth over 5 and three smallies that came real close. Very surprised at how good the fishing was considering the bright sun and lack of wind. Key baits for the weekend were swim jig and shaky head.The bass were overshadowed by my biggest pike ever though. 16 pounds on the swim jig Sunday morning.

Remember, just because some of the bass may be "spawned out," doesn't mean they've actually set up beds and spawned. Absolutely nutty spring though.

Newfound has some great smallies in it as does the CT River.

Just bend the eye on the top of the bait a little bit to the opposite side it's running to. If you go too far, it'll run on it's other side. Keep adjusting until it runs true

Educate Yourself!!! Courtesy of the American Bluefin Tuna Association

Went ice fishing last Friday and again Monday before I had to head back to NY for school Tuesday. Definitely lost some ice over the weekend (cutting 3" in the thin spots), and the dog went through twice around the shoreline on Monday. Friday we caught about 20 pickerel and a half dozen perch for a half day. Nothing big, but it was great to be on the ice again. Monday was more of the same with a few little largemouth thrown in.

Replica mount is the way to go. A bunch of pics, some measurements and you have a beautiful mount and fish that's still swimming. Most any decent bass fishery in NH will have some 5 pound largemouth kicking around. Fish a place that suits your fishing style well and pound it if you really want a big fish.

If you have confidence in it, you're going to catch fish. I love buzzbaits

Congrats! Nice looking fish. Smallies love the LC Sammy

Good God. He's not trying to tow a 5th wheel here. He doesn't need a truck that can tow upwards of 12000 pounds. He wants something fuel efficient. And there's no such thing as a 7.3 in a 2011 Ford. Get a Tacoma with the towing package (or something equivalent). It's rated to tow 6300 pounds. Your boat, trailer and all your gear probably won't even top 2500 pounds. I get an average of 13.8 MPG all around with the Tundra with the 5.7. I love the truck, but I tow a bigger saltwater boat (In addition to the Skeeter) or I'd have no reason to own it. slonezp makes a good point about using more fuel with the smaller engine. Consider how much you'll be towing as well.

The Cape has a much longer growing season than anywhere else around here. Some of the ponds won't even freeze over if we have a very mild winter.