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Welcome to BassResource.com!

Welcome to BassResource.com!

Welcome to BassResource.com!

That was long before I moved down this way but I'm sure that story is probably true. I believe that store was torn down to make way for a bigger one that has the false teeth in self serve vending machines.

Yep, I hear the professhunul fishers can spool an STX with nothing more than a 1/32 oz. duck feather fly. and that's into the wind buddy.

$800? Just go buy the thing and tell us what you find when you get it home. Pictures, especially of the damage under the rotted floor will really help. 8-)

Nope. I'd probably feel differently if I was some hoitey, toitey representative of this forum like you.

+What many don't realize is there are voluntary groups that clean up trash from our rivers, lakes and streams. Knowing this, I figured a great way to save a little money for my fishing hobby was to cut trash service to my home and drag the stuff down to the lake with me. I normally dump it all right at the ramp before I launch. I've not only saved a few bucks for fishing but I've given those volunteers something to do. It's even pre-bagged! 8-) +

I don't think you're getting this at all. You and WRB made blanket statements lumping all tournament anglers into one basket. A basket that says they don't know how to fish for bass using seasonal migration movements nor understanding the forage base the bass are currently using. That they rely on catching bass using special XYZ lure. That's just not true. What they are doing is giving themselves the best possible chance to weigh fish given the odds stacked against them that the competition (local anglers) brings to the table. ie: the ability to spend time on the water before the tournament locating the fish.

You should be ashamed of yourself. > I pee into a small coffee can which so happens to be where I put my ciggy butts at. Then at the end of the day I dump the whole thing into the lake.

I used a hand controlled in the early days because the pro's used to preach them. Sorry, a foot control has way over hand control. If you're worried about having a foot up on the pedal, look into one of the foot control trays that flush mount with the front deck and keep the foot pedal even with the deck. Much easier to fish with those.

You're probably referring to the Minn Kota maxxum series with lift assist. Those have springs that aid in the upward motion of lifting the motor up while you pull the rope. I don't know if they made the lift assist in a 55lb model. To my knowledge the lift assist models have been dropped from the line. I don't know if the new Fortrex models have lift assist or not.

There are a couple clubs in my area that fish around 8-9 T's a year, none of them on the same lake. The same goes for the guys that don't fish in affiliated tournaments but instead, fish the larger charitable events. Those draw a huge number of boats but also have big payouts, often a boat and motor. You could fish a dozen of those in a year within 300-350 miles of my house and never fish the same body of water. I've fished my share of those tournaments. Where I knew I was going up against guys like Charlie Campbell and Stacy King on Table Rock. Talking about playing pool against a guy on his own table. I had no chance unless I somehow hit "The spot" at the right time with the right lure and presentation. Some of those guys think if they fish enough of them that the pay day will eventually payoff. I personally think they're just throwing their money away. I've been there and done that.

A word of advice. Stop using the green coloring for your posts. They're difficult to read and hard on the eyes.

If you have Real Player installed, it will ask you if you want to download the video. Then you can watch it at your leisure.

but you also said this.. Most weekend warriors struggle with the concept because they don't have the time on the water to actually follow the fish. Typical tournament anglers fall into a couple categories, the guys who fish different bodies of water from weekend to weekend or those that concentrate on a single body of water. For those fishing travelers, their chances of actually figuring out where the fish are in the seasonal migration within an 8 hour time frame on a lake they may have fished only once the past year (or not at all) are pretty slim. "Go to your big bass spot first thing in the morning?" That big bass spot may have been great last spring, the last time that angler was at the lake but several months down the road it isn't. The guys that concentrate on a single body of water to fish on all year at least have a better chance. They have an idea where the fish were last weekend and the weekend before. They'll probably have an idea of bass/forage connection on that lake from previous years experience and are able to get themselves in position to catch decent fish, even a limit. IMO, if you want to fish weekend tournaments and have the best chance of putting yourself into the money and you don't have a lot of free time or monetary resources to spend extra time on tournament bodies of water during the week, you're best to concentrate on a specific lake and learn it. While it doesn't guarantee a check at each weigh-in, you certainly increase your odds immensely. I'd be more curious to see what KVD's strategy would be if he were up against locals on a lake without the aid of pre-fishing time. I suspect he'd have to shift gears like so many other weekend warriors do. BTW, BASSMASTER's "Day on the Lake" series was probably one of the best features that magazine ever produced. It dropped tournament trail anglers onto a lake they had never fished and told them to catch fish. Some did, some didn't. The one thing I learned though was the methods I was using to try and find fish on a strange body of water or one I didn't fish often were almost dead, spot-on the same as most of the pro's use. I suspect I'm not the only one that fishes in the same way.

Not offended at all. I'll just ignore you since your posts are illegible. Unless you have intimate knowledge of a lake, despite the fact you don't live there, or are just really, really lucky, entering in a typical buddy type tournament that has no provisions for excluding guides or locals is a waste of money IMO. You really stand no chance.

Welcome to the club Leo.

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As FFD said, you're best bet with todays OB's is to have a trained mechanic look at them. You'll wind up spending (looks like you already have) a bunch of unneeded money trying to shotgun the problem with parts and still not fix the issue.

There are quite a few nice cranking rods out there for less than $100. The All Star TAS cranking series, BPS cranking sticks, American Rodsmith's Fritts rods, etc. are all nice and will only set you back $70-90. Total.

Clamp the transducer to your shoe and dangle one leg into the water.

Used 175's are tough to find.

Mike is pretty spot on with that boat dock end pattern. Late sept finds the threadfin shad moving back into the coves in droves. The bass will hang under the boat dock ends and ambush the schools as the cruise by. Another little trick is to throw a white swimming jig with a trailer along the boat dock sides and ends.