basspro48

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Lifted trucks are basically a way of life around here lol it is not uncommon at all to see someone's daily driver truck with 9, 10, or even 12 inches of lift on it. I want to lift this truck because it was my first vehicle, and my dad bought it new back in 1993 so it has been in the family for almost as long as I've been alive. It has been kept in near perfect condition and has only 121,000 miles on it. Plus, the early to mid nineties F150's are my absolute favorite body style Ford ever made. As far as parts are concerned, I've never encountered any problems with lifted road trucks going through ball joints or U-joints on a "regular basis", the mud trucks I have run will go through em but that's because they get beat to ****. I'm aiming for something like this but a few inches smaller... A guy I know drives that truck every day with no problems and it sits on 12" of suspension and Mickey T 39's

tipptruck- I can do all of the installation myself in my buddy's shop but I never thought about the warranty, now that you mentioned that I might go ahead and pay the shop to do it professionally. cannalstalkin- haha yeh my truck has stock 32's on it and she'll tear some mud up but we got some real nasty holes around here that require a whole lot of ground clearance to get through. I was lookin at Rancho too but if I spend that much money for a premium lift i want at least a 8" and I don't think they make one that big for my truck. So far Skyjacker is the only company I've found that makes an 8" suspension kit for an early 90's 150

I've decided to go ahead and lift my daily driver truck, 1993 Ford F150 5.0 V8. But I am running into some issues regarding who to buy my lift from. I am looking at getting the 6" kit from Roughcountry and getting 3 more inches of body lift, but my cousin has a Roughcountry lift on his F150 and the pitman arm and ball joint broke a few months after he put it on. Also, I've heard several people talking about how there's a reason their lifts are so much cheaper than other competitors. So I'm a little uneasy about buying a lift that could come back to haunt me down the road. As an alternative I'm looking at an 8" Skyjacker kit, which is unmatched quality no doubt but we're talkin biig bucks for that, over $1500 just for the lift. So I'm wondering if anyone on here has some suggestions or information that could help me out? thanks.

That's awesome that you found your fav crank, but... I wanna fish that pond!!!

The grasslines are probably grown and ripe with bass at a dead low tide. I know last summer me and my dad went out 3 days in a row and caught 40+ bass each day with several 3+lbers and a 4lber. I say probably because I have only been able to hit the pamunk once this summer and that was before the grass was up, and I'm pretty sure the grass should be grown in full by now.

I make most of my jigs, but my favorite factory jigs are the War Eagle's and Booyah's pigskin footabll jig. My most productive jigs this year, homemade green pumpkin/blue/blue fleck finesse w/ 3" green pumpkin blue chigger craw... ...and Ozark craw Booyah pigskin w/ green pumpkin/blue baby brush hog

I'm back home now after spending 5 days in Pittsburgh, PA for the National Guard Junior World Championship and the FLW Cup on the 3 rivers. I qualified for the NGJWC by winning the Virginia state championship tournament on the James River back in May, and when I heard this tournament was going to be held on the Alleghany (pools 6 and 7 in Kittanning, PA) I was very excited because 95% of my fishing is on rivers. However I found the conditions to be much less than ideal when I arrived at the Omni- William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh. It had be pouring rain constantly for almost 3 days and had turned the beautiful clear, green water of the Alleghany into a muddy mess. Upon seeing this I had to greatly alter my gameplan which had relied on drop-shotting roboworms, small tubes, and small Lucky Craft crankbaits and jerkbaits. Now I had to revert back to the baits and tactics which I usually use on the often muddy waters of the rivers back home. Which I thought wouldn't be that much of an inconvenience because I was used to it, but I knew that in a river system like that where the fish were so acclimated to the clear water that any sort of color added would make the already tough bite even worse. So when I woke up at 3:30 Friday morning and stepped outside the lobby to yet another torrential downpour I was slightly discouraged. We loaded up all of our gear and boarded a charter bus for the ride to the launch in Kittanning. After arriving I met up with Johnathon Newton, an FLW pro and member of the National Guard fishing team, and my partner for the day, a younger angler from Minnesota named Josh. After launching we headed to my first spot, a series of backwaters and islands which I hoped would hold some largemouth but it proved to be pretty worthless. So we headed to my second spot which was a beautiful steep, rocky bank behind an island near the mouth of a creek. This spot was absolutely perfect, even my pro was impressed lol, I was able to get 4 smallmouth bites on my homemade finesse jig but only 2 of them were big enough to keep and several more short fish on a spinnerbait and that was it for me. I was extremely nervous throughout the whole weigh-in because it seemed most everybody had either zeroed or only had 1 small keeper and I thought I might have a chance at it. After waiting nearly 2 hours I was finally called up on stage to weigh-in and I took the lead with 2 fish for 2.7lbs. But the next guy to weigh-in had 3 fish and beat me with 4 something I think. So I came in second in the mid-Atlantic division and couldn't fish on saturday. But I ended up coming in 7th overall in the nation so it wasn't too bad lol. Also, the younger angler from Virginia, Ryan Drewery, also placed second in the mid-Atlantic division. This was the first time Virginia had both anglers finish that high in the standings. I had a great time and FLW/TBF and the National Guard did a wonderful job putting the whole event together and making it enjoyable for everyone. Here are a few of the pictures...

I am fishing in the National youth TBF/FLW tournament the first week of August on pools 6 and 7 of the Allegheny River. If anyone here has experience on this body of water or has any information you are willing to offer I would greatly appreciate it as I am having trouble finding solid fishing information about the river. Thank you.

At 7:00am yesterday morning 17 boats left Osborne Landing on the James River with 2 anglers to each boat. I had high expectations for this tournament because the week before I had been locating some really good fish in practice and this was my fourth consecutive state appearance so I was pretty anxious to get out there and see if I could pull off the win this year. I caught my first keeper on a bronzeye frog not 10 minutes after I pulled up to my first spot, but they were about 10-12 boats in there as well so we left after about 30 minutes. After that it was like one of those days you dream of, every spot we hit produced big time and every decision we made was the right one. Between my partner and me, we caught around 12 keepers (all 1.5+lbs) which is an excellent day on the James. I managed to cull out a 4 fish limit which came in at 9.55lbs. The next closest angler had 8.84lbs, so I WON!!!! Now I get to take an all-expenses paid 5 day trip to the 3 rivers in Pittsburgh in august for the national tournament! I can honestly say I have never had a better day on the water than yesterday and I have never been more pumped up for a tournament. Also, I need to thank my buddy Conner and his dad Chris for helping me tremendously all these years and to Nick, who missed winning his age division by 1/100th of an ounce; and thanks to all here at Bassresource!

The spawn has been on around here for a while now but unfortunately I have yet to spot any monsters in the shallows. I have been catchin some solid fish though, here's a couple nice ones from the farm I go to a lot up around Goochland. Also, I fished a BASS tournament out of Aquia Creek on sunday up on the Potomac and was looking forward to a good day. However terrible weather combined with a 15" slot limit made for a very tough day. I was catching fish all day long but they were all 12-14.5". I did manage to coax my only keeper, a 3.77lb. female, off of a bed around 11am, but that was it for me. Nobody had a limit and I think 1st place had like 3 fish for around 7 or 8lbs.

I left for my grandpa's farm in West Palm Beach, Florida on thursday april 2nd and arrived on friday the 3rd after driving 16 hours straight. I stayed the whole week and actually just got home at 4 am this morning. I had been looking forward to this trip since I got home from our last trip down there because I have always caught monster fish in the canals and ponds around the farm, and we usually catch some real nice ones down at lake Osborne. However, that was not to be this year. We caught tons and tons of fish, but they were all 12-14" long and skinny as could be. In fact, I caught the biggest fish of the trip on my third cast the first day, a 3lber on a LC real california swimbait. Needless to say I am still pretty disappointed But aside from the mediocre fishing it was great to get down there again and spend time with the family. The weather was beautiful most of the week, besides a wicked cold front that blew in monday and tuesday. I'll post up a couple of pics from around the farm when i get around to unpacking

Thank God the temps are rising and the bass are starting to move around again, seeing as this past winter was one of the coldest and worst winters fishing wise I can remember I am glad to see it go. The weather has been great for the most part, besides the expected weekly cold fronts, and the fish have begun feeding around staging areas leading up to spawning coves. The jig has been my most effective bait so far with 90% of my fish coming on a brown/purple rubber football jig with a baby brush hog trailer, the remaining 10% have hit various drop-shotted worms, cranks, and jerkbaits. Here's a couple pics of some decent size largemouth (no brown bass yet) from the pamunkey and chickahominy rivers, and chickahominy lake. And my dad with a pamunkey special One of my favorite spots on chickahominy lake

Water temps should be up by then and fish should be moving shallow and spawning. Try throwing shallow cranks and senkos for cruising fish in the backs of creeks and keep any eye out for beds. I can't really give you any specific areas but hit as many creeks with spawning flats adjacent to a channel or other deep water access. However, if a cold front has delayed the spawn and pushed fish back then hit points and the first depth change down from a spawning flat. Also, if we get a heavy warm rain before the tournament that raises the water up in the bushes then pack your flippin stick and be ready for a slugfest.

Mechanicsville. I fish the Pamunkey, James, and Chickahominy rivers on a regular basis. I also fish Chick. lake, diascund, little creek, Gaston, Buggs, Anna, and all the farm ponds I can find. I have also fished Claytor, Rose river, and several smaller lakes in the Emporia area

One of my cousins got a full scholarship to VMI for baseball, he plays first base and bats in the number four spot, and is currently in his third year. So when he called me up and said they were hittin the road for UNC this weekend, and told me he could get free tickets for me and my brother, I drove to CNU after school friday, met my brother at his apartment, and we took off for chapel hill. As UNC is ranked number 1 in the nation, nobody was really expecting the Keydets to be able to do much, but they did manage to put up a good fight in the first game. Holding Carolina to a 1 run lead (score was 4 to 3) til the 6th inning, when a pitching change allowed 9 more Carolina runs to score. The second game wasn't much better, however, VMI's starting pitcher Chris Henderson pitched an awesome 6 innings, allowing only 2 Carolina runs to score. But several errors in the outfield and a lack of any offense whatsoever led to a Keydet 6 to 0 loss. The highlight of the whole trip was seeing my cousin turn on a split finger fastball in the first game and yank it over the left-center fence, the ball was still rising when it left the park, which means it prob went about 420 feet. It was the first homerun ever hit in Carolina's new stadium and it was off the number one pitcher in the nation

There really is no need for a rig that is completely dedicated to just one technique, however I am flippin and pitchin nut, it is by far my favorite technique. So I have three "flippin" setups, the first is a 6'6" Medium Heavy action Loomis GL2 with a Curado 100D, I use this for light pitching and short casting in sparse cover areas where a winch and a broomstick is unnecessary. The second is a 7' Medium Heavy Kistler paired with a "classic" curado 200B, this is my favorite setup, I use it for pitching and flipping in moderate to heavy cover situations that require heavier gear. The third is a 7' Extra Heavy Daiwa Coastal Special paired with a citica 200D, this is my one true "flippin stick" and it shines when faced with heavy cover situations and is a helluva frog rod. I always keep these three setups rigged for flipping and pitching, however they can also be used for a wide variety of other techniques from carolina rigging to shallow crankin. So no you don't need a dedicated setup, but it sure is nice

This little beauty right here

Robo's, Kut-tails, and ZOOM finesse worms

1- Back on my Grizzy, Lil Wayne 2- Sky is the Limit, Lil Wayne 3- I'm Illy, T.I. 4- Headstrong, Trapt 5- Amarillo Sky, Jason Aldean 6- Pedestrian, Foxboro Hot Tubs 7- Give me Novacaine, Greenday 8- Get Down on the Ground, Gillie Da Kid 9- Remember the Name, Fort Minor 10- MLB on Fox Theme, Major League Baseball These are just a few of my favorites for fishing, baseball, or really anytime.

I started off my weekend early friday, skipped my last class and hit the pamunkey river for a couple hours. Despite the bad tide and frigid water temps I was able to pick up a couple decent smallies and about a 2lb largemouth. Nothing huge but it was nice to be out there catchin fish. I wasn't planning on going anywhere saturday because of the cold forecast and I was goin to a party in the next county that night. But my buddy calls me up while I'm at the party and asks me if I want to go trolling for stripers with him out in the bay in the morning. Now this is an opportunity that I only get maybe 2 or 3 times a year, so I jumped on it. I met him at his house at 4 am, we hooked up his 28ft. Grady White, and got on our way. I'm not exactly sure where we launched because I was asleep most of the ride there and didnt really recognize the landing but it was near the mouth of the Rappahanock. After launching we headed out to the bay and were by 5 and 6 foot swells. We tried trolling around the channel for a while but the waves were just to much so we headed back to the river and trolled for a couple more hours before picking up a nice 36"er and a 37"er That's me on the right. Sorry about the long report and poor photo quality, all I had was my phone and I haven't gotten the pictures off my buddy's camera yet

Dang good fish, and is that a throwback castaic I see? Lol

Weightless senko or ZOOM fish doctor

No I usually don't trim living rubber skirts on my football jigs. Because I want a big profile and I want the skirt to flare out as much as possible.

Picked up a couple of these for fishing deep rocks and riprap and man I was really impressed by them. I rarely fish factory jigs but the action of the silicon with the living rubber in the skirts of these jigs was just awesome, and the fish seem to like it too. I threw one for the first time a couple days ago with a trimmed baby brush hog trailer and got on a whole school of fish stacked up in a hole off the end of a beaver hut. They were absolutely slamming this thing and I'm convinced the design and materials of the skirt had a major role in this success as a regular silicon skirted jig pitched in there as a follow up yielded nothing. I was hesitant at first to buy these because I really don't like anything Booyah makes, especially their jigs (most of them are complete garbage IMO). But I'm glad I did because they have become one of the few staple factory jigs in my box now. If you haven't tried them already I highly recommend them 8-)