TheBossT127

In a recent article I read about bass boats, some top pros were polled asking them what they'd like to see in the way of innovations with boats. I believe it was Shaw Grigsby who said that he'd like to see a onboard cooling system for livewells. I found this product called Keep'em Cool last night that may do the trick. I'd like to know if anyone here has tried the product.

It is being strongly considered.

Wouldn't have been a long video, but it may have taken the prize.

Thank you! That is a great idea. It will now become part of my regular routine.

Usually I do that so I can grab the rope. Stupid :

Well, yesterday I finally got out on the lake, but not before driving INTO the lake. I was backing the boat down the ramp, I had the door to the Mountaineer open as usual, with one foot on the running board. My foot slipped off the brake, my left foot hit the ground and I fell out of the truck! Needless to say, the truck kept going, right into the drink. Of course it filled up with water--about 4 inches into the driving compartment. The boat floated off but I wasn't worried about that. I managed to get back in, and pulled the truck out of the water. I think that if not for the lake itself I would have had at least one leg run over. I was okay except for bruises on my legs and a sore back/neck. I'm pretty lucky overall. My wife is not happy with me since it is her Mountaineer and she doesn't like me fishing alone, but what's a fisherman to do? The next step is to let everyone know if and when I have an open seat in my boat. I still went out on the lake for a while but I got skunked. Post-cold front conditions, storms, 20-30 mph winds didn't help. Now if I can get the flashbacks to stop...

We talk a lot on these forums about tackle, boats, techniques, weather, lakes, and so on. I am very curious about what you all wear on your feet during long days on the water. I'm a big guy, and foot comfort is very important to me. I'm trying to get a read on this by watching the pros, and they wear everything from sneakers to flip-flops. Let's see what the replies look like...

Absolutely! Send me an email with your address. I'll even cover the stamp!

I don't think that'll be happening since I'm not paid for this, only points toward National Team sponsorship. I'd love to do this for a living though. Thanks

Hey everyone! If you live or travel in the Harrisburg PA area this weekend, I have some news for you. I will be working Friday afternoon/evening at the Harrisburg Bass Pro Shops. If you see me, I might be able to get you a good deal! Also, I will be working at Hawhead Baits in Wellsville, PA on Saturday. Free food and drink too! ;D

Hey everyone! If you live or travel in the Harrisburg PA area this weekend, I have some news for you. I will be working Friday afternoon/evening at the Harrisburg Bass Pro Shops. Hope to see you there!

Great New! TBF is coming to NY!! I am involved with the creation of The Bass Federation (TBF) in New York. I have been in communication with the gentleman heading up the efforts, so if you have a club interested in becoming a member, please go to http://www.tbfwebservices.com or contact me and I will see that you get the help and information you need. thank you

Saturday August 25th was the second stop at these lakes for Tioga County Bass Anglers. After the rotten showing I had on Waneta last time, and with the top bags coming from Lamoka, I made my decision early on to go out on that water despite being somewhat less familiar with it. At the 7am takeoff, everyone left the area except me as I had made a determined effort to fish deeper than I usually do. I was alternating between working the outside edge of the weedline in 12 ft of water with a silver and black Shad Rap, pitching into the pads with a Maniac Salt Stick, and throwing a Scum Frog across the pads. The Shad Rap was the first to pay off with a nice 2lb. fish not 10 minutes into the tournament. It was a solid bite and it left me very hopeful for the rest of the day. I stayed around the island in that area combing with the crankbait and also jigging off the southwest point. No other takers, so after another tournament boat left the south side of the island I worked my way shallow around to the west side. I had a couple of huge blowups on a green pumpkin Yum Wooly Hawgtail that I was flipping into the pads but I couldn't get a hook into one. I headed south east to try the shady docks that I'd had luck with in the past but that was worthless. Lots of wind out of the south made navigation quite a shore. I moved up the east shore toward a point and as I got into about 8ft the fish finder lit up like the night sky druing the Gulf War! I quickly got a drop shot with a pearl/silver fluke and before I could close the bail a 3lb. largemouth nearly ripped the rod from my hands! I thought I'd be there the rest of the day as I was sure I'd hit the mother lode on this point. When it was all said and done I don't know if I could have gotten another fish from that point if I had M-80's. I tried in vain to work the pattern in other areas, staying deep with the drop shot along what few points that Lamoka offers, as well as working deeper weed edges. As it turned out, the winning weights came from Waneta, flipping docks of all things (my specialty). It's amazing that two lakes so similar and connected by a canal (if you wanna call it that) could perform so differently. If the State DEC ever gets their head out of the sand and builds the bridge that will allow boats to pass under the road, the possibilities on this water will really open up. Apparently the money is all set aside and no one seems to know what the hold up is.

Anyone know where I can get a livewell divider that will fit my 02 Procraft 210 superpro?

Cookin' on Cayuga Category: Sports I fished the Bassmaster Weekend Series New York Central Division event on Cayuga Lake, NY 8/12/07. Boy do I remember what this lake used to be! Time was that you could go out on this lake at the north end and pretty much pick how you wanted to catch largemouth and go do it. Not any more. I don't know what happened to this place, but ever since they had a big die-off about 5, 6 years ago the water just doesn't fish the same. My partner for the day, Roy Tucker, and I had to work really hard for our fish after I caught a keeper early. I think the trick here is to get into the marinas early, be quiet, and catch fish before the marina witches chase you out. We went into Hibiscus Harbor and both hooked up at the same time along the wall at the entrance. We made our way back, swung and missed at a couple more until we got back to where the pads and matted weeds were. We both missed big fish back there using topwater baits. Nobody was awake back in there except us and the fish. By the time 9am rolled around the Madam of the Marina told us we couldn't fish back in there. In the interest of goodwill and the fact that we'd covered what we wanted, we left peacefully. Marina operators have this notion that they own the water. We didn't argue. We went virtually fishless for an hour or so working our way in the shade of boat docks up the east side. We found a rocky point a ways up and the action heated up as fast as the mercury in the barometer was climbing. Again we doubled up, both of us with keepers this time. I boated a 3lb. fish on a Maniac Lures Salt Stick in changeable craw color, while Roy got a 2lb-er on a purple Senko. We made several passes on this shoreline and missed a couple more each. We decided to give it a rest and headed up near the railroad bridge and worked around that marina. Roy got a surprise fish on a jig and pig as he was reeling in the bait, but nothing else happened there despite finding some thick vegetation with pockets adjacent to deep water that we both thought surely would have fish. The area had probably been pounded hard though. We went back to the rocky shoreline and both missed a couple of more fish there. As the tourney day wound down we went over to the west side to find gin clear water, a big difference from the cloudy water on the windward eastside, and no more fish. I finished the day with 3 fish for 5.40 lbs. with a 1/4 lb penalty for a dead bass that had the hook in its gullet. I finished 32nd of 45 boaters in my first Bassmaster event. I was surprised to see only this many boaters compared to the 160 boat field in the BFL on the same lake last year. of course, I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that ESPN basically washed its hands of the Weekend Series and farmed it out to ABA? Nothing against ABA as they ran a fine tournament. It's just maybe lost some of its luster now that it isn't tied to BASS anymore.