Nitrofreak

If they fought looking like that, I would be a lifetime subscriber LOL !!! Even this is beautiful !!! This however, is not my cup of tea, but it looks like she could take any of the men in her weight class !!

I see your point, at 4 yrs old winning and loosing is not much of a big ordeal, at that age all sports are and should be about fun and exersize, but on that same note, we can't afford to sit back on our duff's for very long if the child shows promise in a particular sport, any sport, the harsh reality is something that is the resposibility of the parent and or coach and or both to refine and teach. At what age do we start to prepair them is the line, once they enter school on their own, and start to do things on their own is soon enough imo.

Oh ! I live backed up against the mountains, West part but close to the middle of the state.

You and I ever get the chance to fish.....you may find out LOL !!

Well I guess as far as fun goes, you wont get much more fun than that huh LOL !!!

You are correct in saying a line does not vibrate to the extent of a guitar string under water, however it is able to transmit, the guitar string is not a good example for what you are reffering to, the guitar string requires some sort of magnification to produce sound, however if you were to take two cans and tie them to a piece of fishing line and stretch the line between 2 people a voice can be heard at the other end. Lines will transmit relations to the bottom, anyone who has ever drug a jig across pavement, small gravels, can pull the line and feel what the jig is transmitting without using a fishing rod.

Not sure where you are but I had 9 at the house at 5 this am.

UFC I really like, I really don't have a favorite, but I always stick with the guy's from the USA, and the girls that carry around the round numbers are quite easy on the eye's too !!!!

You don't know the half of it my friend LOL !!!!

LOL !!! I would still fish with him, if he wants to be serious about catching fish, then we will fish and I will work just as hard if not harder and be just as passionate about it as he wants to be, in all seriousness, name one fisherman out there that their passion to catch fish is not over the line, it has to be, or I would venture to say they have no buisness being out there. I have seen him on a couple of you tube videos having fun too, I was reffering to those moments when I made that comment. Thats not to say that I would not fish with anyone out there, I would enjoy the chance to fish with you, Traveler, Zoff, Quanjig, people I have already fished with, or anyone on this site and still be just as excited to share that time on the water as I would with any pro, moments like those are priceless to me, I get excited to see us all having fun, I don't care if you catch all the fish, well, I take that back, I would at least like to catch one or two lol !, However, I live for and enjoy the moment and the friendship along with the fishing, if you want to be serious about fishing then by all means, lets shut the hell up and get down to buisness and may the best man win. Ike, I feel, has that passion, I am by no means comparing the 2 of us, but, when we talk about Ike you can't help but feel the passion and see the passion he has for the love of this sport, he has no problem wearing that passion on his sleeve, good or bad, I LOVE THAT !!! My thoughts and prayers to you and your family Ike, God be with you all. Good luck and be safe !!!

YES !!!!

No No No !! he did not get any pics of himself I think we need to pass it around this time.

You callin me a cheater LOL !!! If I were to take anything out of that pond.....even though I built the da#n thing, my wife would shoot me in the boot, I would say A## but she's a poor shot.

My Sunday, Wake up 4:30 am, get the fire pit going, grab my first Budweiser.................... pour it into the BBQ sauce, Ha HAAAAAA !! thought I was going to drink it huh didn't cha !!!! I grab a second one to drink, then maybe one or two or three more until the coals get hot, have another Bud just before putting the chicken on, after the chicken is on the mesh, it's back to the fridge and get the sauce, BBQ sauce that is, and what the heck grab another Bud, this is where the professional beer drinking comes out in me, as the chicken is cooking and the sauce gets applied, again, the BBQ sauce, its SLLLLOOOOOOOWWWWWW cooked so it requires a steady pace, it's almost game time.........HONEY !! Im out of Bud could you go to the store for me please???? I won't repete what she said......luckily I remembered I bought 3 cases and head to the beer cooler in the basement, I open the door and this bright light emenates from within and you hear AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH like a chior singing in unison, BEHOLD !!! I say unto me, 2 more cases of crisp clean Budweiser....I wonder who left this here? oh well, I digress and pop the top...ppssssssssstttt !! and from somewhere up the stairs I hear this screaching loud voice.... THAT HAD BETTER NOT BE A NOTHER BEER YOU JUST OPENED !!!! oops !! talk about a mood killer....Hey lookie there my buddies are starting to show up, well gotta go boys see ya after the game !!!! Enjoy GO RAVENS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Somebody hand me a bud would ya !

Well I was going to invite you over to watch the game, but after seeing what you will be eating....it ain't happnin LOL !!! I like the seafood idea but I am fixing Sunez BBQ chicken, I may just do some Sunez BBQ shrimp now that you said shrimp, DANG I am already hungry !!! see what you did !!! thats not right !! LOL !!

My 1990 Nitro, I had to do that very same thing too, although you dont really need to go through all of that different grit of sandpaper, all you really need is 1000 or 1200, when wet sanding, all the rest is pretty close. I have been thinking about giving her a new look come this spring, I am thinking some patriotic coloring for the ol' girl.

Welcome to the forum !!!

Nice, really good job !!! If you can't fish these after all that then.........use dynamite, it never fails LOL !!!

Wow !!! We look forward to hearing from you, if your posts are going to be half as good as your introduction, then we will learn a lot from each other LOL !! Very well said and welcome to the forum...again !!!

Welcome to the forum !!!

Who are you asking ? If your asking me then have at it !!!

Every year it seems we have a thread like this, I love seeing that all of us want to get better at something, either a technique or a study of some sort, like a map. We have all of the information here at our fingertips to make us all better anglers, all we need to do is get out there and practice, practice, practice, it sounds so easy. What is it that holds us back from being better anglers and accomplishing the goals we set for ourselves? It's much like a new year resolution isn't it, my goal is to loose 25lbs, how many of us start off great and end up dumping the program because it is simply not working out? Same here, whats the main reason it does not work out? the reason is different for each and every one of us, oh that plan stank, or I am just too lazy, my dog ate my...., Think about it, all they are, are excuses. My point is if you want to be better at doing something or have a goal, then one thing that we all know is that it takes commitment, commitment to doing something over and over and over again until we get it right is, lets face it, boring as he## !! Make things easy on yourselves, if you want the drop shot to work for you, or you want the crank or spinner baits to work, you have to find the fish first, stop throwing those baits in hopes a bass will bite, don't just look at a spot and think, man there just has to be a bass in there somewhere, stop thinking in single digits, think big !! Make yourself do something different, make your baits do something different, make it all work for you by knowing when the right time is the right time to use the baits you want to get better at, take the time to read and understand what you are attempting to do with the baits so that it works out for the best for you and your new technique, without finding the fish first, the technique is going to be useless to you and you will just toss it aside like that failed weight loss plan, get off the couch and get off the banks and allow yourself the opportunity to achive the goals we set for ourselves and become the successful and skinny anglers we want to be. Good luck and be safe !!!

I have done away with rods all together, where your hands come in contact with any fishing equipment needs to be an extention or a continuation of what you are feeling at the other end of your line. My hands are rough and callused to the point that there is not much sensitivity in them at all, I have tried some pretty expensive rods in recent history and non of them are what they claim to be for me.(Sensitivity wise) The line is more important to me than the rod itself is and how well it will transmit information from my bait.

Glad to hear it's not too far from home that you can't still have family time, thats always a plus. Good luck and be safe !!!

I have not seen it in anything higher than 65# so I think your assumption is correct, I have not tried coloring the line yet, I have heard that it helps, but the smell of the sharpie I think has been in the back of my mind as to why I have not attempted to try such a thing, your confidence in doing so will help me give it a try, but it's like other things as well, you just have to get past the smell, LOL !!! I really appreciate the time you have taken to answer my question, welcome to the forum and I look forward to hearing more of what you have to offer in the future. Good luck and be safe !!!