CJ

OOPS! I thought your name was Wayne. You must be drinking to wear a Braves hat. Hey Muddy, how many Rapalas can I get for 3 Atlanta hats? It seems I may have found a weakness.

OMG, Risk Kid has posessed Alpster! Alpster...I know your in there buddy. Don't wear an Atlanta Squaws Hat. They are for guys with names like Chipper!

Well, the Teletubbies would be better than watching an AL game! Atleast they have a "strategy" for eating tubby custard! Close enough to a squeeze play or perhaps a sacrifice.

Cool, hope you knock him off his.......uhhh....feet!

HA HA! Your 1000th post just got moved!

Nice pic, Micro. Yep, I'm seeing more and more every year too!

I guess we gotta new "board police"! Season hasn't started here either. So, was you trying to bushwhack em' or was you callin'?

Yeah...I figured that would go over your head youngin'. Hey you better hurry, Naruto just came on! ;D

I'll have to see about how bigga boy he is before I can make any promises. LOL Then again, if he starts watching "real" baseball (NL), he'll probally forget about the Yanks.

fivebass, that's how it works around here too.

Okay, I'll root for the Cards and who ever is playing the Yankees!

First of all, try to avoid getting your tackle box wet and always dry it out when you do. Then use those little packages of silicagel you get with some products you buy? They are oxygen absorbers. Put a couple in your box.

Are you skin hooking your lure? Does your shakey head have a quality hook? Are you using the right line and rod? Those are the questions that come to mind. Anyway, it doesn't matter what lure you use, your gonna loose one eventually if not often on some days. Shake it off...you'll get another shot! Another thought: You might have just had him hooked in some loose skin or a previous puncture. As hard as some spots fight, they can loosen up the puncture while fighting.

Yeah, water snakes are pretty aggressive. You know, I've seen to many small ones swim through where big bass live and never seen one get struck by a fish. IMO, waste of time.

Pics can be deceiving but I think that one is better than 5. Regardless,nice fish! CJ

You are a bit south of me but, no it's not time yet.

I think ya'll may be getting the wrong idea. Just because your going for an early limit doesn't mean your going after dinks. Certain times of year, right now especially, big fish may be in a little bit different water. Pre-fish scernario: You find a shallow roadbed (4 ft. deep on top). You learn it's stacked (3-4 lbers). Then you go flip the brush back in the bays for the rest of the day catching one or two 6-8 lbers. Are you going to the brush first? Most guys I've fished tournaments with got one thing in mind, a limit. I know ever time I fish a tournament, I get alot more comfortable when I got 5. Really, I have started out alot of tournaments on spots that there were more quanity, than quality. Also it can help me determine how well the fish are biting for that day. I've always let the fish talk to me when I fish, tournament or not. I like to go where they're plenty of them to talk to. And...NO, I never go after dinks regardless. Yet the term I've used myself,"Hero or Zero", gets thrown out the window when fishing tournament trails I'm trying to qualify for a bigger event at the end of the year. In other words, when fishing for points. Just the way I do it. To each his own. CJ

Water temps were 65-70 and now you think they will be mid 40-50? Is it a power plant lake? I don't think it will drop that much with a cold front and rain.

Well I'm sorry the thread has partially been hijacked. But the topic does say "Best athlete ever". After watching documentaries on alot of athletes throughout my life, my vote would be Ali. His coordination and physical strength were superior. A couple I haven't seen mention: Pele Carl Lewis

Yeah...I saw on TWC last night Popular Bluff,MO had 10 1/2 in. and still counting! The Ohio and Miss are at flood stages and will be on the rise. It has kept the TVA from letting much water out and Ky. and Barkley are about 5 ft. above normal for this time of year and will rise more (doesn't sound like much but they're not highland resevoirs). The campground my mom and dad are members at will be underwater most likely. I may be flippin' around swing sets and fire rings before it's all over! :

If it would have been weighed on common scales (lbs. oz.) you would have had 10 even! I consider you a part of the club. I'm still not in yet though."Yet" being the key word!

Lead and communism don't mix.

I will say, he has dominated his sport as well as anyone. Jordan, Ruth, Ali, and Gretsky are others who have for the era they played. To say he is the greatest athlete ever? I guess I would have to get the proper definition of athlete before I went that far. Your right though, history is being made. He is truely the best golfer ever in my book.

You know Tony....(hold on i'm still laughing)..... :-X! Just go listen to the latest Brad Pasley hit.

Yeah...what Speedbead said! Ronnie, Glenn and others who have put alot of time into the planning for this trip: THANK YOU!!! You guys have made it easy for the rest of us! Heck..all I had to do was say,"I'm in!"