wnybassman

I'd say a good $150-$160 a week on average. That includes the quick stops for milk or bread or anything else we need between main grocery trips too.

A home brewed bait I call a Beavko works pretty well for me.

Most of what's on the screen is history. The most recent echos (real time) are to the far right-hand side of the screen and as it becomes history it scrolls to the left, sometimes units will have a thin separated bar for real time. Real time is directly below the transducer. Where the history is depends if you are moving or not. If you are moving forward obviously the history will be behind you. If sitting still, it's anyone's guess which way the fish are moving.

As far as bass on spinning gear, a few upper 5 pound largemouth and a few lower 6 pound smallies. As far as other species, this on a 7' ultralight with 4 pound flouro. 45 minutes and had the trolling motor on high chasing it trying not to get spooled.

Would have been nice on some of the traplines I ran with a three-wheeler as a kid. Have to catch a lot of 'rats to cover 43 G's though lol

I use a small one compartment Plano box (maybe 6"x4"x1" or so) and keep all my hooks in the original packaging just stacked up in that box.

6 to 7 feet deep Wacky rigged Senko (no rattles or hinges) Watermelon with black flake or smoke with blue and gold flake (can't remember what I was using at the time) First quarter

Truckers do that all the time here.

I think that is a pretty fair price as long as it in good running condition. I have a '98 Ranger 19 footer with a Johnson FastStrike 150 (basically the same motor) and it is in a little rougher condition than that boat, and I would hope to get at least 7 g's for it if I were to sell it.

55 feet on the St. Lawrence dragging a tube.

Put a rudder in the back like a small sailboat, then you can turn it one way or the other depending on what the wind is doing to you.

The Mohawk River

You'll need that air horn to let other boaters you're screaming up behind them. lol That boat should move right along with a 150!!

I think you could stuff just about any kind of jig head into a tube and expect to get bit after a while. I know guys that even shove a football head in there to get that fat head look like a goby. If I were you I'd look into the traditional tapered tube head for dragging purposes. Personally I feel the 90º head is best and I will use a 3/8 ounce head in most conditions.

Several times over the years I have had my truck in 4WD pulling to the ramp......................because of snow in the roads. lol A couple times I followed the plow going down the road, and another time I timed it right to get out before the plow went by so I didn't get the extra salt on the trailer.

Pour your own. Don't get much different looking than that.

When I was a kid I was fishing a pond with a crappie spinnerbait and hooked a small 6 inch bass. Flailing on the surface a bigger bass slammed it and I had it on for a moment before loosing it. A few years ago I hooked a small 10 or 11 inch bass on a dropshot, and while reeling it in a pike nailed it. I fought it for 30 or 40 seconds and got it close enough to the boat that I could see the hook was no where near the pike's mouth. It just had a good hold of it. Then I really wanted to land it! Nursed it for another minute or so but it finally let go. Still had the bass, and it looked like it went through a paper shredder. lol

Are they the same gph pumps? Is one weakening? If cartridge type I'd pop the pump out and see if there is any obstruction limiting flow. Weeds in the intake screen? Definitely clean the wells too. I hate loosing fish, it sucks.

For most those presentations you'd be better off getting another casting rig.

Fish the same way you would as if it wasn't raining, but wear a rain coat.

Size 1 for me, and 99% of the time I am using a 1/2 ounce weight.

Vertical fish always looks bigger than horizontal fish. I'd guess somewhere between 3 and 7 pounds. lol

I went out fishing with my dad in his boat this past week. I still had all my gear bundled up in a non-boater package from when I fished with ww2farmer. Got out on the water and realized THE ONLY thing I took out of my tackle bag was my prescription polarized sunglasses. CRAP!! That was the first day in a LONG time that I have fished without them. It was a pitching to weed pockets day also, to make it that much worse.

What I can't figure out is putting scents on a bait to get rid of unnatural scents. And these can include coffee, garlic, anise, etc. All of which are just as unnatural as the scents you are trying to cover up. lol

I like flouro because it makes me feel good. Obviously either is fine though.