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I live in Fenton and work in midtown, Neither qualifies as Nirvana but I wouldn't call them bad areas. All cities this size have bad areas, some less, some more. But judging a city by it's least desirable qualities is a little like dropping a friend because they are too short or overweight.

I'm sure I've done worse stuff in the past that I've blocked out of my memory, but heres a recent Oh Crap moment. I had pulled the boat out of the garage just to clean and organize for the next days fishing trip, everything was going smoothly and quickly. I decided to check the fuel level and thought it would save a few minutes getting on the water if I went and filled the tank right then instead of waiting till morning. I head out for the gas station just 1/2 mile away and the trailer is pulling oddly and making noises I hadn't heard ever before. When I get to the station I start looking for the problem, I had left the new trailer jack in the down position. I'm just lucky that I haven't done something that stupid when I pull out for a long trip.

Went out to Coffeen lake the last weekend of Feb, water was at 52 degrees everywhere in the lake, made for some slooooow fishing. We found out later while we were loading up the boat that the power plant is down for maintenance until sometime in May, so until then Coffeen is a regular lake without any artificial warming.

Alcohol makes me break out............Doors, windows that kinda stuff then I start seeing spots..........like jails or hospitals

Once when I was trolling for Salmon in the Puget Sound we had a hit on a downrigger rod and began fighting a Salmon, not too long into it it felt like I had lost him, no head tugging or running but I still had a lot of tension on the line. As I reeled some more I saw that I had snagged some yellow poly rope, it obviously had something tied to it that was heavy, we thought it was most likley a crab pot that had lost it's bouy. So I set down the rod and started pulling in the rope and soon feel some head tugging on the rope. I wound up had landing a @7lb Coho that someone else had broken off on the crab pot line and got a nice crab pot as well. I did lose my original fish and about $15 worth of tackle though

On our little cul-de-sac we have great neighbors, mostly older retired folks, very friendly except for one widow, she just keeps to herself but causes no problems. We have a similar deal as the OP with our next door neighbors except they are @ 80 years old so we mow their lawn and shovel when it snows. He has a huge organic garden in the back yard and my roommate has full access, she helps him tend it and we get free veggies. It's neat to come home and see 6 big bright tomatoes on our front bench. One thing the old guy still gets out to do is deer hunting, last year he gave us an entire deer, processed, packaged and ready for the freezer. Thats the best payment I ever got for mowing a yard!

I have tropical fish, some of them are over a pound. I think if they were bass or crappies the temptation would be too much in these winter months :-[ If it did get the best of me I'll bet I could still lose tackle in a 75 gal fishtank

Website says they are in the U.K More manufacturing jobs lost to foreign competition ;D

http://www.geekologie.com/2010/12/drunk_man_kills_shark_by_jumpi.php It would also appear that he like to have a couple cold ones while he's at it. Hard to say if this is true or not, but I thought it was pretty wild.

My 1957 Richline hasn't given me any problems with leaking in the couple years and couple dozen times I've used it. This boat is a 50+year old riveted semi-V that was just a shell when I got it but now has front and rear decks and a floor. I owned an 18' Starcraft center console(riveted) for years that was used extensively on the Puget Sound, this boat took countless poundings in rough water and leaked the entire time I owned it, a bilge pump easily handled it but I always kept a spare pump on board, I learned that lesson soon after I got the boat. (bilge quit working = end of fishing for the day before I wised-up) I'm no expert but I'll give you my opinion FWIW: Either type of construction is prone to failure, a welded hull will probably take more abuse but can fail in a more costly and dramatic way if it does. Welded hulls are usually going to be rated for more HP and weight. So the real questions would be: How many people do you want to accommodate? How fast do you want to able to cruise? How likely is it that you'll be in rough water? A couple guys on a small/medium lake/river: riveted will be fine for many many years. 3 or 4 people or 2 adults and a couple kids going out on larger lakes or rivers: you will probably be happier with a welded boat

Awesome movie. And +1 on the Dukes swagger. "Don't worry, I aint gonna hit ya"

I've only done small areas with it but one of these can make the task a lot less difficult and time consuming http://www.harborfreight.com/power-tools/multifunction-tools.html I see coupons for this item in many outdoor magazines that would let you pick one up for @ $30

I've only fished there once early this spring and did well on a carolina rigged worm. I fished on of the bays on the southwest corner. I haven't been back lately just because the water temp there has been pretty high with our overly hot summer we had. Also last time I was there I had a little 14' flat bottom with an antique outboard. I'm really looking forward to getting my newer boat and bigger motor on that lake so I can cover some more water. Things should really be picking up there about now.

A religious man goes to church on Sundays and thinks about fishing... A spiritual man goes fishing on Sundays and thinks about God.

This is proof positive that whenever "they" try to make something idiot-proof a better idiot will evolve.