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I found it on Amazon, it comes in a box of 25 packets. While fishing I'll usually have 3 or 4 packs on me that I use just for my head (face, ears, neck) and the back of my hands; the rest of me is covered.

I don't know that I've mentioned this before, forgive me if I did. But a happen-chance meeting with an other angler on the water introduced me to a nifty product designed and packaged for the outdoor professionals. It's an industrial grade broad spectrum SPF 30+ sunscreen called SunX30+. One nice thing about this product is it comes in a foil pouch that contains a towelette that allows you to wipe it on like your washing your face with a washcloth. What I like is I can carry these pouches in my pockets so they're always handy, and when your done with the towelette just stuff it back into the pouch and put it back into your pocket. The towelette allows me to carefully cover all the nooks and crannies of my ears. Plus it's PABA free, oil free, and non-greasy. On my last fishing trip with an old friend, I watched as he sprayed sunscreen over his face, head, neck, and arms. He thought he was covering himself, but from where I was standing, he was missing himself more that hitting; the spray was just flying off into the air. I offered him a SunX30 but he refused, saying he was good to go; at the end of the day the sunburned proof that he wasn't was all over his head. SunX30+ also comes in other forms for those that like lotion, check it out..... http://www.coretexproducts.com/sunx_30

X2, this works and is easy to do once you get the feel for it. The aluminum hull should make the job go even faster than on a glass boat. I would also follow up with a rub down of 3m general purpose adhesive remover or rubbing alcohol to get any remaining residue off. But to be safe, do a Rhino suggest and do an internet search on the topic of cleaning/restoring an aluminum finish, it could save you a lot of work and heartache.

I just saw this on WTOP.com: Caleb Newton, who lives in Spotsylvania County, Va., holds Monday June 3, 2013, the 17 pound 6 ounce northern snakehead fish that he caught in Aquia Creek in Virginia. He has filed paperwork with the International Game Fish Association to have the fish registered as a world-record catch. (AP Photo/The Free Lance-Star, Griffin Moores) See the story at http://www.wtop.com/120/3346723/Is-this-snakehead-catch-a-world-record

Nothing wrong with that rig at all, I started with about the same back in 84.... Look for a PM.

This just in from CNN: "A new study finds that regular sunscreen use protects against photoaging: the wrinkling, spotting and loss of elasticity caused by exposure to the sun's ultraviolet radiation." Read it here: http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/04/health/sunscreen-aging/index.html

I can do that, but it would help to know where you'll launch from and what kind of a boat you have. I don't want to give you something you can't use. So just a little info so we're on the same page. Cheers,

I'm told by many sources there are crayfish (mudbugs) in the river, but I can't say if the attractant will work; the only way to tell is to try it. IMHO, I gave up on chemicals some time ago, but I did just picked up some JJ's magic and will give it a shot.

EXERCISE FOR PEOPLE OVER 60 Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5-lb potato bag in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, and then relax. Each day you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer. After a couple of weeks, move up to 10-lb potato bags. Then try 50-lb potato bags and then eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100-lb potato bag in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute. (I'm at this level.) After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each bag.

Print out the info so you can take it with you because you'll never be able to remember it all when you get out there. Thanks Sam, but I'm just another angler that has days where I can't buy a bite. Where is your tournament launching from? If your in the Waldorf area, look me up.

you've been watching some hot head pro too much. I hope you got your rod, and didn't loose your phone, watch, and things in your wallet to water damage.

PM sent, hope it helps.

There has been a couple of good threads on this subject, look them over when you have time; http://www.bassresource.com/bass-fishing-forums/topic/118830-i-need-some-input-on-auto-inflatable-life-vest/ Whatever you decide on, take care of it as one of your most important items; and read the user manual, it may save your life. I've been using the Mustang made BPS model for four years now with some of that time in rain, snow, and fog without any problems. I just changed out the white disk ($10.00 at BPS) and should be good for another three years.

X2, I've been a victim of a dermatologist knife on several occasions; they did the tops of both ears, and spots on both forearms; it's no fun recovering from that. I now have to see the Dermatologist every six months for check ups just because I fish.

Best of luck, prayers sent, get well soon.

Where did you get the 12V L.E.D.'s ??

Here's one more...... Back in the mid 80’s my boat was a 14’ Jon with a 5 hp Sears outboard. Well, somehow I got my first depth-finder, and took my time to install it and study the user manual. When the weekend came I was excited to see how the flasher worked so I got an early start. I went to a tidal creek off the Potomac River where I’d be out of the way of other anglers and boats. When I got on the water I turned on the flasher and set out; I had the outboards tiller in one hand and the Hummingbirds user manual in the other. I began zigzagging along a channel drop-off watching the flasher closely; I went across a flat and found a hump that I “flashed” from different angles; then back to the channel zigzagging across the channel to see where the drops were. Throughout all my motoring I was engrossed in the flasher, trying to understand what it was telling me. Then all of a sudden I hear a loud “BANG”, was thrown forward, and I find myself kneeling on the floor of the boat with my chest laying on the center seat; I look up in a daze wondering what the H happened; when I got my wits back I realize I had ran directly into the piling of a day marker (that’s a navigational sign mounted on a phone pole for you bank anglers). What I didn’t realize at the moment was the outboard was still running and I’m not in control, or in the seat. When I pull myself up and get control of the motor I looked over my shoulder and found a small ski boat about 50-75 feet away coming up on me to render assistance. A young woman asked if I was OK, and if I needed assistance, I said no thank you; as they pulled alongside the young man remarked something about my new toy, and they had watched and wondered what I was doing as I zigzagging across the channel. To this day I can still recall the young man telling me I needed to keep one eye on my toy, and one eye on the road. Talk about embarrass!! I could tell my face was beat red.. L

Late summer 2011, I was working a wooded shoreline along a creek on an outgoing tide; I was casting a jig into submerged wood. My jig hangs in a crotch of a submerged tree limb, so not to disturb the area I put the rod down to pick up a Tx Rigged worm. While concentrating on hitting my targets I failed to notice my jig rod working its way closer to the edge of the boat. Plop!! I look down just in time to see the rod go under. OMG, I start thinking fast while I put down the worm rod, the worm still out in the wood. I realize “Don’t Panic, I know where the jig line is”. So I grab a shallow crank combo and start casting to locate the jig line. After a few cast I happened to notice my worm rod crawling to the bow of the boat, “d**n, no you don’t, you’re not going in too”; so I put down the crank rod to pick up the worm rod and retrieve the worm. OK, that rod is safe. I go back to the cranking rod and snag the jig line, but I can’t see the line yet, I just know I have it; without thinking I’m working the TM to hold position in the outgoing current. Then, just as the jig line breaks the surface…. ?? What’s it doing?? Why is it moving like that??.... d**n, the TM!!! I take my foot off the TM and reach for the pull cord…. As the motor breaks the surface I can see the jig line is wrapped real good,,,, Then within a foot of the prop I see the rod tip emerging. I almost wrapped the rod around the TM!!! So, as I’m working to retrieve the jig rod and clear the TM, I hear a thump, my crank rod is now half off the boat looking to take a dip, so I dive for the rod. So here I am, lying there on the deck, thinking “pull you sh%t together guy” ……… I could just imagine the Bass down below rolling on their sides, flapping the pec fins and laughing their butts off at me; it was one of the few times on the water that I just wanted to go home and hide under the bed.

IMHO, the only over kill is the size of the snap. Let us know how it works for you. Have you named it?

Here's a good article on this subject. In a nutshell, "But red is known to disappear in water, because red is the first color in the spectrum to lose light energy as it gets deeper in the water. It doesn’t really become invisible, it fades to black." http://www.worldfishingnetwork.com/users/skippermark/blog/-how-bass-see-color-are-bass-seeing-red--281522.aspx

Some good advice, trust your gut and protect yourself; if you don't have one get a car alarm, when it goes off it will attract attention and scare the sh**t out of the thief. This works, and is cheep insurance; but I would hide it out of sight inside your truck so it covers your hatch. Always report vandalism and thefts to the appropriate people, they can use the information to help protect the area.

Remember a Bass eyes are five times more sensitive than our eyes, so even in muddy or off colored water they can see something. If the muddy water is storm related and therefore not the normal water color, Bass will seek out cleaner water. Would you stay in a smoke filled room? If the muddy water is common for the area then the Bass are accustom to it; look for wood cover or some unusual structure the Bass will relate to.

In muddy waters you want lures that put out a lot of vibration, flash, and noise; the bass will be relaying on its lateral line senses rather than sight. You'll have to put the lure right in front of its face either on a swim-by or a drop. But look for the cleanest water in the area, Bass will move to areas that offer a better environment. Also, try both dark and light colors, something with a lot of contrast to the water, i.e. black, purple, white, chartreuse, silver blades, etc.

briansnat never stated what size motor he/she has, or any other details of the rig. Boats with small motors (5 - 15 hp) can be trailered down IF your trailer offers good ground clearance, and some rigs with large motors if the trailer setup offers plenty of ground clearance, i.e. the guy up the street from me has a center console ocean going Grady-White on a high EZ Loader triple axle trailer that provides around 18" - 24" of clearance, but it's a BIG rig and not something a Bass angler would ever use. Here is a pic of my Jon boat with a 9 hp on the back. I never had a problem trailering it with the motor down.

You know you have a keeper…….. when playing monopoly and your wife picks the Iron... A guy walks in a bar and yells "drinks for everyone, including the bartender". Afterwards the bartender brought the man the tab and the man said "I don't have any money". The bartender took the man out back and proceeded to beat the hell out of him and left him lying in the alley. The next day the guy walks in the bar and yells "drinks for everyone, including the bartender". The bartender thought good, he's got my money so he set the house up with drinks and took a double for himself. Afterwards the bartender brought the man the tab and the man said "I don't have any money". The bartender took the man out back and proceeded to beat the hell out of him again and left him lying in the alley. The next day the same guy walks in the bar and yells "drinks for everyone, except for the bartender". The bartender asked the man why not me and the man said "because you get violent when you drink".