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If you've got a 'scissor jack', is there a way to get it under your trailer tongue. If the space is too small or too wide, is there a way of getting your 'trailer jack' into the mix? Roger

It seems that you're asking about Location and Presentation, which is a pretty tall order ? When it comes to 'location', there's no shortcut. Aside from the angler's gray matter, the most important tools are the 'lake card' and 'sonar unit'. Before I'd wet a line, I'd purchase the best lake card available (bathymetric chip) with the highest definition. I'd also learn to decipher the sonar readings, both from literature and on the water. Roger

Over the years, I've owned 3 Tracker Marines, and I must say, none of them ever required an appreciable repair. Tracker is a great bang for the buck, but they're not my favorite aluminum hull. My preference in aluminum boats is Starcraft and Alumacraft. The biggest obstacle I encounter during boat trading, is the accompanying power-plant. As we all know, Mercury cleverly cornered the outboard market, which is the one motor brand I ambitiously avoid. Lost more money on black motors than all others mills combined. In any event, my favorite outboard motors are Yamaha and Honda. On our most recent boat purchase (last year), my wife & I rode from Florida to Kansas just to mate an Alumacraft with a Yamaha Roger

In and of itself, 'wading' isn't likely to frighten bass, in fact, dislodging bottom sediment and food is likely to trigger feeding. In saltwater, propwash is commonly & strategically used to attract predatory fish. Roger

Add an 8-lb fluoro or copolymer leader to the main-line of your casting outfit. I see no reason why that wouldn't do the trick. Roger

When I stay within tackle I'm familiar with, it comes to around $350 per outfit (Before bargain-hunting) > Dobyns Sierra 703 Casting Rod (7.0 ft - MH - F) - $170 > Shimano Curado 200K - $180 Personally, I'd avoid the 'micro' model rod As for left-hand/right-hand and Gear Ratio, those are personal preferences Roger

Lynn did a number on the green fish...way to go. Then again, she was using the area's top guide. Roger

How nice it would be if one speed was the Holy Grail, but bass fishing is a little more complex. Guido Hibdon, Charley Brewer and Ned Kehde have all shown us the magic of a slow finesse delivery. In stark contrast, Kevin VanDam demonstrated the productivity of running & gunning. A slow meticulous delivery is more effective for cherry-picking individual fish, but power fishing provides more area coverage & interacts with a higher number of fish. Finding the best speed of the moment has a couple hitches: 1) The best speed isn't determined by the angler, it's determined by the fish. 2) The best speed is subject to change, it's a 'moving target' Roger

I've never had a twist-lock damage my main-line. Cranking pressure keeps your mainline knot on the leading edge of the hook-eye, while the plastic trailer keeps the twist-lock wire on the trailing edge of the hook-eye. Roger

Great question (hardcore objectivity) In order to "prove" that one color is superior to another color, you'd have to switch away from that color and experience a decline in action; then switch back to that color and notice a pickup in action. I can't say that I've ever confirmed that one color blade outperformed another color blade. In any case, I still adhere to a set of color rules to maintain my confidence level Roger

I know what you mean, I've been there. The best I've found is "Loctite Super Glue ‘ultra’ Gel Control" (Blue container/ ribbed sides) Precautions > When done, bang bottom of bottle on a hard surface then tighten cap securely > As an extra precaution (I never bother), place bottle in ZipLoc bag and store upright in the frig Roger

THERE'S A BEAUTY Roger

This thread exhibits rapid growth rate. What a bunch of boozers in here Roger

I don't know, she broke off.

Like any predator, their diet depends chiefly on opportunity. As for deer, a gator half that size could easily take down a deer. They begin by snatching one of the deer’s limbs, then drag it underwater until it drowns. To devour a large animal, a gator will chomp down on the desired cut, then roll violently on its own axis, until the flesh is torn off the animal. They get'r done without any knives, forks or oven Roger

One of the largest we've seen, my wife named him "Bubba" Lake Arbuckle, Florida Roger

It's no different in central Florida, where topwater action is a year-round event. With respect to "peak" topwater action, that belongs to April & May, which takes place like clockwork. That's post-spawn when cows are supposedly recouping, but it yields some the best pigs of the year As for Florida-strain, if you're fishing south of Ocala, you're most likely dealing with Florida-strain bass Roger

The only way to identify peak feeding periods, is to spend the entire day on the water. Sad but true, nothing in fishing is constant, as a result, timing & location both change with each season. Roger

My brother, who lives in Carlsbad, CA, shipped me a bottle of Mauricio Lorca 2018. It's a syrah wine, and I will say, it's more full-bodied than many burgundys & merlots. Roger

I must confess that I rarely look for rust, so haven't found any ? Roger

My gravitation in fishing tackle moved in the opposite direction; from spinning to casting. The main reason being the remarkable strides in casting reel technology. Like so many other things today, the youngsters have little idea how fortunate they are. Many anglers have the mistaken notion that spinning tackle is only for casting light lures. Of course that's true, when we compare an ultralight spinning rod to a medium-heavy casting rod. On boats I ran in saltwater, spinning tackle easily handled fish to 50 pounds and more. More significant than the choice between spinning and casting, is the difference in rod blank power. The spinning rods we used had more backbone than your average casting rod. Roger

Actually, with a Mustad grip-pin, the point is held at 30-degs throughout, so the bait lays-out straight Delaying the penetration angle tends to kink the bait. Roger

I’ve used Gama EWGs a long time before switching to a round-bend hook (pros & cons on both sides). Advantages of a round-bend hook include a very good hook-up ratio, self-centering trailers (when nose-hooking), and not as damaging to fish as the sharp corner in an EWG bend. Mustad Grip-Pin Big Bite > Start the hook-point in the center of the worm's nose (which centers the bullet sinker) > Push the point into the worm-head on a 30-deg angle, until it breaks out of the worm. (It’ll break-out about 3/8” behind entry, depending on the size of the hook and bait, ) > In the usual manner, thread the worm down the shank and rotate it 180 degs > Now push the worm head back over the hook-eye until the grip-pin emerges from the worm (The grip-pin puts Superglue to shame) > Now lay the hook over the worm and position it so the hook-point is just shy of the worm's backline, now pinpoint the point-of-entry on the bottom of the worm. (This is neither Tex-skinned nor Tex-posed, but a fully weedless Florida-style rig) Roger

Reminds me of the days when I hunted woodchucks with a 270 in New Jersey. Lyme disease was all the rage back then, nevertheless, I'd put an elastic band around the bottom of each pant leg, and hit the clover fields. When I arrived home, there were always a dozen or more ticks bunched beneath each elastic band. There were also others ticks that broke through my elastic defenses. After showering, I'd invariably place my clothes in the shower stall, and any ticks I missed would be seen climbing the walls. Ah, the good old days. Roger