clayton86

Iv been seeing quite a few groundhogs lately maybe it's a sign...... One thing that is normally a good sign but i haven't seen yet is birds. All I'm seeing still is starlings and the little finches that stay here year round. Normally I will start seeing robins a few weeks before the weather breaks and I have yet to see one.

Dude spaghetti ohs! Just take a can opener there ya go breakfast lunch and dinner it's how my 3 year old rolls lol. If you like tuna you can also take the little tuna meal envelopes they are small and pack easy. I also like to take what I call fruit leather idk what it's really called but it looks like leather but it's all natural fruit almost like a fruit jerky.

Im addicted to ragetail baits like it's crack I love rage craws in bama craw.

Lol I like that one

I rig it both vertical and horizontal when using it on a swim jig some times I split the tail also.

This is how all my reels are set up even the dreaded finicky 2nd gen SX never had an issue and this way I can swap different weights and lures with out re adjusting the whole reel just learn to feather with your thumb.

Iv rigged them as trailers on swim baits with great success. I love the devil spear it's the only havoc bait iv used but I did pick up some of the sick fish for this season.

iv fished from a canoe for years and never had a issue with either type casting or spinning. This year I'v upgraded to a kayak J Franchos old kayak actually I don't see how you could snag your rods on the cast unless you have em leaning way back. Iv always stood em up behind me in the canoe and I sit what 2 feet at most in front of them same with the kayak there directly behind you unless you use an extremely short rod or you leave the other rods leaning out the back behind you a ways. I stand up even when in the canoe to fish some times i sit but I find it awkward to set the hook sitting down not casting.

Any one fish these? I have about 20 or so pre rigged ones with the weights already in them. I got them as a bonus in with one of the revos I ordered of eBay. I'm not even sure that's that thy are but I just scoured TW and they look like the huddle bug I'm 99% sure that's what they are. They look very promising think they may be a river small favorite this year for me.

My brother in law does roofing it's who is getting me into it. I have no interest in school and Washington cut tuition assistance for vets so.....

Iv been on the waiting list for state corrections for 3 years now..........scored a 93% on the test passed all the evals and every other hoop to jump threw but I'm still waiting and try keep closing prisons down and cutting everything. Right now I'm waiting on mother nature soon as weather breaks I go to work on the roof doing commercial roofing for the union but can't do it with this screwy weather.

Yes I'm well aware of that but this TA and everythin else is a bit ridiculous **** on service members just so you can help people who are to lazy to do anything for them selves.

I'd fish with him and Ike in the same boat it would be a blast

Well I already have uncontested divorce papers signed and everything worked out just waiting for her to come up with the money cuz I'm not paying for her cheating iv got the boys it's all I wante out of it.

It is tough that's for sure

Mine at this point is to fish in above freezing temps! With no snow in the forecast

700rnds of ammo is a lot in my opinion I love to plink with my 22 and it would last me a good while but all my rifles are single shot or bolt action kinda hard to get trigger happy with.

The super slick power pro or old kind

If I didnt have custody of my boys I'd go active but having custody changed everything but I'd rather have my boys it's not often the father gets custody.

The kids are why I'm not putting my name in to go on another deployment. But re upping isn't like I'm gonna be gone all the time we may not deploy again in the next 6 years but I'm gonna stay in for 20 if I re up this time it would give me 12 of the 20 needed.

So I was all for re enlisting for an additional 6 more years in the guard but I'm starting to second guess my self. Iv weighed out the pros and cons but it seems like the cons are starting to greatly out weight the pros. Here is some of the things iv come up with Pros: Continue to serve my country Almost certain to make Sgt within the year $10,000 sign on bonus That much closer to a retirement from the guard I do enjoy being a grunt Cons: I hate being a grunt lol Pay is always being cut and screwed up Uncertain drills with these funding cuts Gets in the way of life some times Deployments are uncertain at this point and I would gladly deploy again, if I hadn't just gotten custody of my kids I would be doing everything I can to jump right back into another deployment. Even still it's a 4 year rotation so if there is still something in 4 years I could go. They are screwing me over right now on my pay again and iv followed my chain of command and am getting no where but basically drilling for free now because they are taking money for things I signed to be canceled but are still taking out of my pay. Then they are also taking money because they changed the status of where I was deployed while there an paid me for hostile fire now want it back which yes there was no hostile fire but don't pay me for it then months later want it back. It's the issues with washington that is really making me second guess this and I don't mean to go political but it's a huge part of why I get jerked around the reason all vets and current service members do. They say there gonna give me 10,000 for a 6year paid on my anniversary date which is February next year but from my experience they can and will charge me for some thing or just flat out change there minds and say no after iv signed. What do you guys think? I mean I can deal with stupid people in my unit but not stupid people in Washington.

Yeah we had 65* last sunday 3 days later in the teens. Im not only waiting to fish but also start work this weather needs to go.

Yeah the zebra mussels here are crazy try are even in the rivers I fish also it's a total PITA you can't wade barefoot or even in sandles they do clear the water up though.

I'm seeing alot more ammo lately but its all varmint stuff actually had a harder time before all this to get my 243 ammo only 2 shops carried 58gr superformance now every store and shop I go to has had 10 boxes or more of it it's just a bit more now 29.99 compared to 23.99 what I used to pay.

Please..... Were not even hitting 40 for a high