KU_Bassmaster.

As long as the water is not hard ... I will fish.

I think what cart is trying to say is ....... This is obviously going to take A LOT of hard work. When you get done, wouldn't you rather have something function a lot better than it looks. I mean, what is the point at having a boat you can only look at??

Man, I have really enjoyed reading this post and seeing the plan come together. Hope you go ahead and do it, and if you pull it off and everything is okay ..... You might have an order coming from Kansas ...... among other places I would guess. ;D ;D Also, in your model pic ....... Why would you want to get rid of the open area in the middle?? IMO that space is VERY valuable ...... I think you do as well. At least that's what you told me when I took on my project earlier this year. : When this whole thing started, I was kind of imagining something kind of like muddy's pic, but with some LBH details.

I consider deep anywhere in the 10-12 ft + range. Most of the lakes I fish, the deepest it gets is 40 ft. The deepest I have ever caught a bass is 25 ft.

I'm gonna guess at least $15,000

I caught this last weekend ... It's tail was DRIPPING blood and even got some on me and in the boat. It has a red sore on it's side. Glenn suggested she might have had a favorite hiding spot she was a little to big for. Made sense because I caught it off a brush pile in about 18 ft of water. Now Jim has pointed out the "red sore disease". I'm not in the deep south, but could that be it?

WIN with class too. These are two things my dad taught me at a very young age.

Somebody can correct me if I am wrong, ... but the X96 and the 320 are the EXACT same. Lowrance owns Eagle.

Triton_Mike has one of those and he has posted some images he saved a while back. Those things are VERY cool!!!!

That 8 lber is shaking in his boots ......fins. Yes, be sure to snap some pics. I think it's cool to see everybody's custom set-ups.

I got this at the beginning of the year. I was told it was the BEST VALUE out there. I have really liked it.

#1 - 10 lbs 8 oz - Crankbait #2 - 8lbs 3 oz - Jig #3 - Quite a few 6 lber's on baits such as toads, jigs, and 10" Worms

Exactly ..... they are a lot heavier. I will be in your same shoes in a couple of years ..... I hope. It's at least two years away and I am already debating the Fiberglass vs. Aluminum and what would be best for me. I generally fish small lakes here locally and an aluminum would probably suit me fine, but I would like to have a boat I could take on trips to some bigger lakes.

Fiberglass boats handle wind MUCH better and are generally more stable.

I caught two last year and one this year. Raul mentioned same panties ..... caught a pair of those this year too. All caught on DD22's

Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have never seen a pic like that befoe, but have heard stories. That's all I needed. That pic just brings home the point.

There is no reason why you can't. Is it the most ideal situation ....no. Remember ... if there is a will, there is a way. I am in the same "boat" as you. H.C. T/M on the rear. What I do is get my boat going WITH the wind, and then cast back behind the boat so you are bringing your bait back with the wind. Then make your next cast and while the bait is in the air, make your minor corrections with the t/m. Again this goes against everything you read about boat positioning, but it gets the job done. Your bait is still being presented in a proper fashion. I have found this most effective with crankbaits and C-rigging. I have never tried this with a spinner bait (mainly because I don't ever use them), but I don't see why it wouldn't work. It could work with a few topwaters such as Sammy type baits where your bait is almost always moving. It might not be the best method for jerkbaits though.

Grass = Bass

That's OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!!

Hmmmmm, I missed that somehow. Good luck man!!!

I am a junker.

There was this on Easter Sunday of this year The reciever completely broke loose on a bust highway while going 70 mph in the left lane and there was no shoulder on the left so I had to switch 2 lanes to the right. I am still amazed that everything turned out OK with this.

Both are AWESOME stores. For some reason I like BPS a tad more. It might be because I don't have one that near me ........ yet. And you always want what you don't have. I have a Cabela's about 15 miles from my house and in a few months I will have a BPS about 10. WHAT AM I GOING TO DO???? ;D :

I look it as it's not so much the pain, but the pressure you put on the fish. Kind of like if somebody grabbed your wrist and started to try to drag you around. That doesn't necessarily hurt, but wouldn't you fight back the other way?? Jig fishing especially comes to mind with this. Sometimes a bass will pick up your jig .... take a bite ... get hooked ..... and not fight until you start putting some pressure on it. I don't feel real strongly about this subject one way or another, but that's how I look at things.

11' Patriot Sport Minkota 55 Weedless prop Normal Fishing load ............... I would say a good 3 to 4 mph ;D ;D ;D