Nitrofreak

I gotta ask, did ya catch the one in the middle screen shot?

Set me back $128.00 a month !!!!! Good luck to ya !!

You stay in trouble...what would be the difference lol !!!

Just got my first paycheck with the new taxes OUCH !!! I don't think it's going to be this year, I will keep saving in hopes it will work out next year though...Man all that work for nothing !!!

As big a Skins fan as I am too, these two are pretty evenly matched. There are two reasons I am going with the Skins this weekend. 1) We are at home, the long flight out and the work needed by the Seahawks I think will wear on them by the 4th quarter 2) Hasslett, his defesive stratigies with all the injuries that we have had has still out performed a lot of strong teams while using rookies, that says a lot for this team. If we do make it past this weekend, we have a long hard road ahead, we are 3 games away from the big show, if we continue to play like this we have a great shot at getting there, but they have to be after it, no mistakes !! GO SKINS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

1) Both 2) I pass and keep looking, although I may come back at a later date 3) A) Fishing a bait ball with no visable bass is not something I will normally do, but since they are in a ball that means they are still fairly shallow, threadfin will in most cases, not all, dispurse as they reach more open water, I will however make note of the location I have found them in and take notes of the structure and cover of the surrounding area, I will stay with the group to see where they lead, Threadfin shad, if that is what they are, will leave shallow cover very early in the day to head for open water and will more often than not form a group as they leave their safety of cover in search of food. B ) If there are bass located with the bait, the bass will most likely be located under the bait, most always I have found some of the larger bass to be located behind the fish located under these bait fish, so yes I will fish this pattern, but my efforts are not just concentrated under the bait. 4) If I see a fish on the bottom, most of the time if they are bass they will be grouped in a bunch, so I am looking for more than one, sonars have a tendency to give false information depending on the model, a single fish or a tree branch tip either one can show up as an arch, a small turtle is the same, I am looking for multiple arches, take notes as you look around and find out why they are there, there could be a key point in the structure, like two creek beds that join at that spot, could mean you may have found a honey hole, so a single fish, no, multiple fish, yes I will stop and fish the area. 5) I don't spend much time with suspended fish out in more open waters, I will usually look for a point close by that they may be associated with, again I am looking for a group when I look at the structure associated with looking for bass. Some of us do not have the luxury of owning sonars that do this sort of thing, but I will say there is a great advantage to getting one of these, for years it seems, the best on the market was a 2D sonar and only a handfull that I had seen could detect thermoclines, looking back now I wish I would have started with one of them. When you first start looking for structure and start to understand the best places to look, the very first place I start to look is at a good quality topo map, I want to find the largest flat I can find, then I start looking for creek channels that lead to those flats, these flats could be great spawning areas. Creek channels that acually still feed a lake are my primary channels I start with, current is the key as to why I look for these channels. If you are looking for bait fish, Shad in particular, Threadfin or Gizzard Shad, Threadfin are what I like to key on, threadfin like current, they are a prodominately shallow fish 10 to 20 feet, most areas May through June is their spawning time, you can find them in these feeder creeks or in areas that have a lot of grass, they broadcast their eggs and they stick to the areas with vegetation, the more vegetation you can find the better during this time of year. During the summer, they are in more open waters feeding on phytoplankton and zooplankton, structure becomes more productive, knowing productive structure during this time of year is important,(Hint) make sure you are looking for structure that provides current flow, either wind blown or power generation, thats where you will find the threadfin and the bass that follow them. Back to Autumn, they revert back to the backs of creek channels that have this warmer inflowing water, these fish can not survive cold water temps and will start to die when the waters dip below 45*

Not something I am familure with, but it sounds interesting for sure !!!

Interesting !!! what do you teach?

Duh !!! I forgot I was using my daughters lap top, Sorry Glenn and thanx !!!

Deknh03 and Raider Nation If you try to do something like that it could be very dangerous, if the cells in the battery are shorted it could cause the 12 volt battery to explode, much like if you were to charge a live battery with reverse polarity, the short could act as a welder also and cook the device you are trying to charge, if you can't get it disconnected in time it cause severe damage to not only the device but yourself as well. Take the batteries to a location that recycles the batteries, you may get a few bucks toward a new one if they take those kind.

Congrats!!! nice job buddy !!!! You should know by now that you will never be able to cure that, might as well give in and enjoy and get your fix another day. lol !!!

Oh man thats sad news, for some reason I cant open the link, does the artical say what happened?

Me too. I am in DT's right now for a nice day. Did hit the farm pond today. Dt's?? I am assuming double something? If you are going to say you went fishing today then you need to let us know if you caught anything !!!!

Christian school?

This is what I keep having a problem with.

I will be there, I already put that money aside, I started saving as soon as the last one was over lol !!!

This is one topic you will get a lot of answers too. Me personally I start with two colors, black, and green. I want the jig to come as close to whatever the forage is, if it's sunfish, then it gets purples and oranges added to the green, cray fish then reds and browns and so on. Blacks stay black or black and blues, when I fish dirty or deep water or it's heavy overcast outside. This one I just added a little chart to the otherwise prodominatly black jig for the shady areas I was fishing.

I look at it this way, Alabama's rushing defense is ranked number one allowing only 79.8 yrds per game, ND is ranked #4 with only 93.3 ypg Bama's rushing offense is ranked # 19 with 224.6 ypg ND is ranked 29th with 202.5 ypg Pretty good match up so far, but when we start to look at what Bama does better than ND it gets to be not so close. The passing offense as a whole for both sides are ranked pretty low Bama is actually worse than ND, but Bama's passing defense is 2nd compaired to ND which is ranked 21st Bama's Aj McCarron has thrown for 2669 yards so far, ND's Everett Golson has thrown for 2135 Aj has connected with Amari Cooper 9 times for TD's and with his other recievers for a combined total of 21 TD's through the air. Everett has connected with Tyler Eifert for only 4 TD's and with his other recievers for a combined total of only 9 TD's through the air. Rushing TD's for Bama's Eddie Lacy equal 16, out of 184 carries this year he has gained 1182 yards this season. ND's Theo Riddick has almost the same amount of carries at 180, he has only gained 880 yards with only 5 TD's Bama looks pretty good to beat ND on the ground and in the air, but one thing I can't help but think about is the kicking game. Jeremy Shelley has only had to attempt 11 field goals for Bama, he is 11 for 11 , ND's Kyle Brindza has kicked 31 field goals, he is 23 of 31 what this says to me is ND is not able to move the ball on the field or in the red zone as effeciently as Bama. I say Bama wins anyway lol !!

No, not kidding, they were severly under rated, and for good reason, but what they did not do was estimate them correctly, Fla, thought this was going to be an easy victory and it should have been, but I guess they just did not prepair for the unexpected. I don't think Bama is taking their game lightly against the Irish, and I don't think they have enough to stop Bama anyway, but just as fla's game they had better not come ill prepaired.

I know how much you like your Ravens, most likely as much as I love my Skins, I am not doubting they can put it all together, I hope they can, but with the way things have gone these past few games it leaves a lot of open questions, too many IMO not to give the Colts a good chance, Caldwell was and is the right choice, at least I feel it is. As for Ray's last ride, we all have a time to go, I will miss seeing him on the field, he is without a doubt a hall of fame player, and one reason the Ravens are who they are today, I would hope he would come back however and coach your linebackers to some extent, his ability to read plays is amazing, and I hope his last ride is enough to get them motivated for sure. Good luck this weekend !!!

Lipton tea for me as well, sweetend of course, at least when I use it for drinking, it also goes really great with some of the cooking I do when added into some of my broths as well, it really adds a brisk flavor to chicken recipies.

It really depends on the location of the school, late June, mid July is the norm, snow days and makeup days etc.. come into play as well as summer school, so we try to work it in as best we can.

Same as WW2 here, this year has been a struggle, so I have not had the boat out but once this year, two other trips were on boats that my friends own, normally I do not winterise my boat, we have a nuke plant lake that allows me to fish year round, however, when we get those weeks of nasty sub zero cold snaps with snow frozen to the ground then i need to store it, I do not however go to the extremes as a full out winter storage, usually this time of year only lasts for 4 to 6 weeks and I am back at it again, this year though, I have gone to the winter storage as WW2 has done since I know it's not going anywhere. If you know you are going to have it stored for months then I would suggest doing it like WW2 has suggested, if you know you will be making a trip out every so often during the winter there is no need in doing all of the above, just make sure the engine assy is in it's full down position to allow water to drain from the unit, make sure your plug is out to allow water to excape the hull, etc...make sure you keep on top of your service for the craft and trailer, you can use all or part of WW2's post depending on your conditions and how long you plan to store your craft. Edit: Don't worry about what others are laughing at you for, it's your craft do what you feel is right, mine is a 1990 Nitro, even though it's old she still looks and works pretty good for her age.

Most everything I have is Snap-On, I am in the automotive industry, the cordless impacts etc... they have come in pretty handy if I need to visit a junk yard or take a trip and have to change a tire, yes they are on the pricy side but I have a tool truck I can call anytime and have it replaced usually the next day, if not i will usually have it by the end of the week. I used to use Craftsman and others as well but the turn around time was always a hassle, if you have ever broke a ratchet gear in a wrench you were just out of luck and they would never seem to be able to stock anything of that nature, I use my tools hard and on an every day basis, there is nothing wrong with aftermarket tools, some of the Snap-On tools are produced by the aftermarket world they work just as hard as Snap-On tools.

BB50, we can't do that for two reasons, one is that it puts the dates too close to the Roadtrip, we do not want to interfere with that at all, 2) this is a family event, the children are not out of school until August, some of these children have a lot of homework and extra caricular activities going on during the school year, this is a time when the whole family can make a vacation out of something like this if they so desired. I will say this much for the Meet and greet, it has opened the doors and allowed me to fish with some really good people from here, I have made a couple of good friends locally that allows a weekend trip to be possible, with or with out family going along, I would love the opportuniity to fish with each and every one of you, it has been nothing but fun so far, if you or anyone else for that matter wish to fish with others you have not met from here yet, all you need to do is ask, post a trip you are going to take and see if you have a couple that want to join in. This year is going to be a little difficult, I am currently saving all my pennies to try and make the Roadtrip, otherwise I would love to get out there with you if you would not mind having me along.