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I CAN'T BELIEVE SOME PEOPLE GAVE IT AN A AND A B....LOL

THANKS GUYS

ME I AM CELEBRATING MY 21st BIRTHDAY FOR THE 22nd TIME. IT'S FUNNY...THE 21 YEAR OLD GIRLS STILL LOOK THE SAME...BUT FOR SOME REASON I JUST DON'T LOOK MY AGE ANYMORE.....HUMMMMMM :

Yeah, best fisherman on his home lake. Lets see how he does on the Elite Tour this season. He might join Byron Velvick near the 70-80 mark. SO THEN...ALL THE PRO's SHOULD WIN ON THEIR HOME LAKE...RIGHT? JASON QUINN.....?.....HUMMMMMMMMMM : HE IS THE FIRST TO WIN ON HIS HOME LAKE.....PRETTY GOOD ACHIEVMENT IF YA ASK ME. 8-)

COOOOL......LIVE RECAP.......LOL

THE ONLY THING YOU ARE TELLING ME IS THAT HIS SKILLS HAVE BEEN FINE TUNED. KVD IS THE MAN NO MATTER WHAT LEAGUE HE FISHES WITH.

T-MAN....IKE BROKE THE POLE ON THE TRITON....NOT THE RANGER. RANGER DID NOT LIKE HIS ACTIONS TOWARDS THE BOAT AT THE CLASSIC.

KVD was fishing the FLW before they started this 11 event Elite Series, show me how well KVD did in the FLW. I believe he is smoking the BASS guys more than he did the FLW boys. Chew on that. I THOUGHT HE DID AWESOME IN FLW. IN 3 SEASONS WITH THEM HE WON OVER $227,250 WAS AOY IN 2001, RUNNER UP IN 2002. NOT BAD FOR 3 SEASONS. FINISHED 22 IN 2003. FISHED 1 TIME IN 99 AND CAME IN 2ND AND WON $100K. SO GRAND TOTAL...FISHING 21 EVENTS HE AMASHED $370,950

THEY FAILED.....NO LIVE WEIGH INS THIS YEAR.....SUNDAY THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN ALL OVER IT ON ESPN2.......

GOT OUR NEW MINN KOTA TROLLING MOTOR FINALLY OPENED AND LOVED WHAT I SAW. WE USE A 17 1/2 FT ALUMINUM TRITON AND OUR OLD TROLLING MOTOR IS A 50lb THRUST, SO THIS SHOULD PULL US AROUND THE LAKE BETTER....LOL IT IS A MAXIUM 70lb THRUST. NOW IF IT WOULD WARM UP....CAN PUT IT ON THE BOAT AND THEN ON THE WATER TO SEE HOW WELL IT WORKS......DARN ICE ANYWAYS.....LOL

FLW COST $3500.....PAYS $10K FOR 50th PLACE AND $2K FOR 75th ATLEAST THEY GET SOMETHING BACK FOR FINISHING THAT LOW...HUH?

YES YOU DID....I ENJOY IT....LOOKED IT OVER PRETTY GOOD YESTERDAY AT WORK...LOL THEN IT GOT TO BUSY FOR ME TO JOIN IT...WILL DO THAT SOMETIME TODAY.....THANKS FOR THE SITE. SQUID

CABELA10, I LIKE THAT FORUM. BUT I THOUGHT THIS THREAD WAS ABOUT BASS vs FLW.....NOT STREN, BFL, OR FLW SERIES. BASS NO LONGER HAS A WEEKEND THING ANYMORE. THEY HAVE THE TBF...THROUGH FLW, YOU CAN MAKE IT TO THE CLASSIC THROUGH THIS (I THINK)..IF SO..PRETTY INTERESTING. SO ARE THEY GETTING READY TO MERGE? BACK TO SUBJ. AT HAND. TWO PRO TOURS. IN BOTH...YOU STILL HAVE TO FINISH IN THE TOP 50 TO MAKE "SOME" MONEY. THIS IS TOURS AND ELITE SERIES NOW...NO OPENS OR ANYTHING CLOSE. ONE HAS THE GRAND DADDY OF THEM ALL..AND THE FAME...THE CLASSIC. STILL HAVE TO FISH OR ATLEAST PAY FOR ALL 11 EVENTS THOUGH. THE OTHER..HAS ALL THE RICHES....HAVE TO FISH 6 EVENTS. SO..IF YOU WANT TO BECOME A PRO....LET YOUR WIFE OR WALLET DECIDE FOR YOU...CAUSE ON HERE YOU WILL ONLY GET A ONE SIDE vs THE OTHER ON WHO IS BETTER.....IMO...FLW AND LIKE GLENN SAID...IF YOU ARE GONNA GO ALL PRO...YOU HAVE BASS AND FLW TO CHOOSE FROM....OTHER THAN THAT....THE GUY WANTING TO GIVE THE BIG BOYS A TRY....(BFL,TBF,STREN, AND FLW SERIES) IS ALL YOU HAVE TO CHOOSE FROM FOR NOW. FOR ME...THIS YEAR I WILL BE FISHING A TEAM TRAIL...MORE FUN...LESS EXPENSIVE AND HASSELS. BUT AGAIN...LIKED THE FORUM AND THE TOPIC...GREAT POINTS TO PONDER ON.

THANKS....JUST NEEDED TO KNOW I DIDN'T LOSE THEM.....HARDER THAN HECK TO FIND......NOT COMPUTER SMART...THIS ONE HERE....LOL

This is actually not true. In another forum that I'm in, they've been debating this same issue for over a month now. SORRY CABELA...YOU LOST ME....WHAT PART IS NOT TRUE? THE FLW TOUR HAS SIX EVENTS...3 WITH A 1st PLACE PAYOUT OF $125,000..ENTRY FEE IS $3500.....3 WITH A 1st PLACE PAYOUT OF $200,000...ENTRY FEE IS $4000....CHAMPIONSHIP'S PAYOUT FOR 1ST PLACE IS $1,000,000...NO ENTRY FEE. TOTAL ENTRY FEES IS $22,500 FOR THE CHANCE TO WIN A GRAND TOTAL OF $1,975,000 BASS HAS 11 ELITE SERIES EVENTS THAT RUN $5000 PER EVENT AND TOP PAYOUT IS $100, 000, WITH A CHAMPIONSHIP PAYOUT OF $500,000. TOTAL ENTRY FEES ARE $55,000 FOR A CHANCE TO WIN A GRAND TOTAL OF $1,600,000. HUMMMMM...YOU DO THE MATH. EVEN IF MY MATH IS WRONG...MY STATEMENT IS TRUE....FEWER EVENTS WITH BIGGER PAYOUTS. $1500 DIFFERENCE IN ENTRY FEES PER EVENT AND $25000 MORE TO WIN...OR $1000 DIFFERENCE IN ENTRY FEES PER EVENT WITH $100,000 DIFFERENCE IN WINNINGS. THAT PART OF THE MATH IS RIGHT. JMHO

WHEN USING A ROD THAT IS DESIGNED FOR SPECIFIC THINGS....DRAGGING A TUBE ON A DROPSHOT ROD IS NOT ONE OF THEM. IT'S FOR DROP SHOTTING. I USE A M/H ROD...LIKE OTHERS HAVE SAID...YOU ARE GONNA NEED SOMETHING WITH BACKBONE. DROP SHOT IS A FINESSE TECHNIQUE. LIGHT ROD...LIGHT LINE....WELL IN ERIE..INVISIBLE LINE...LOL...FLOUROCARBON.

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LBH...I WAS WONDERING IF YA GOT MY EMAIL WITH MY PICS.....HAD PROBLEMS WITH MY COMPUTER AND DID NOT KNOW IF THEY ACTUALLY WENT OUT. SQUID

lol....I will remember that..lmao

If I can get the boat in the water...My partner and I are all over it.....oh....but, it does need to be a tournament. Won't go out in the freezing cold just to fish.......My coffee never last that long in the cold....lol

I kinda agree with 520. The entry fees in BASS are gonna kill ya if ya don't get some huge sponsorship to help with the $55,000. Yes they now have more events, but that also adds up to more expenses. FLW also has bigger pay outs, with fewer events. You just need to write out a list of Pro's and Con's for both and see which is more in tune with your wallet.

I own a Triton, but with being a Co-Angler in the Michigan BFL's...I have found that BASSCAT's run a lot smoother on the big waters. My list of comfort for the waves goes like this...I also need to let you know that I have a bad back and neck problems....so for me the smoother the better: BassCat Triton Champion Ranger Nitro Javelan(sp?) Gambler

THOUGHT THIS MIGHT HELP....FOUND IT ON ANOTHER SITE. Selecting A Marine Battery By Joel Brady, East Penn Manufacturing Co., Inc. 3 Images Which Battery is Right for You? Never before has the marine industry seen such a vast array of boats and watercraft equipment being used for numerous types of recreation and commercial use. Even within just a single market like bass fishing, there are many different power needs for batteries to deliver. These needs can vary from infrequent to frequent use or to powering multiple electronic accessories to just a few. Varying needs directly affects the type of service required by a marine battery. It would be impossible to make one battery that would perfectly match each and every consumer's need. That's why different types of batteries such as Gel, AGM, and flooded designs are made to meet the multiple demands of the fisherman as well as the entire marine market. 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GEORGE CARLIN'S NEW RULES FOR 2007: New Rule: Stop giving me that pop-up ad for classmates.com! There's a reason you don't talk to people for 25 years. Because you don't particularly like them! Besides, I already know what the captain of the football team is doing these days -- mowing my lawn. New Rule: Don't eat anything that's served to you out a window unless you're a seagull. People are acting all shocked that a human finger was found in a bowl of Wendy's chili . Hey, it cost less than a dollar. What did you expect it to contain? Lobster? New Rule: Stop saying that teenage boys who have sex with their hot, blonde teachers are permanently damaged. I have a better description for these kids: "Lucky scoundrels." New Rule: If you need to shave and you still collect baseball cards, you're a dope. If you're a kid, the cards are keepsakes of your idols. If you're a grown man, they're pictures of men. New Rule: Ladies, leave your eyebrows alone. Here's how much men care about your eyebrows: Do you have two of them? Okay, we're done. New Rule: There's no such thing as flavored water. There's a whole aisle of this crap at the supermarket, water, but without that watery taste. Sorry, but flavored water is called a soft drink. You want flavored water? Pour some scotch over ice and let it melt. That's your flavored water. New Rule: Stop screwing with old people. Target is introducing a redesigned pill bottle that's square, with a bigger label. And the top is now the bottom. And by the time grandpa figures out how to open it, his *** will be in the morgue. Congratulations, Target, you just solved the Social Security crisis . New Rule: The more complicated the Starbucks order, the bigger the *******. If you walk into a Starbucks and order a "decaf grande, half-soy, half-low fat, iced vanilla, double-shot, gingerbread cappuccino, extra dry, light ice, with one Sweet-n'-Low, and one NutraSweet," ooh, you're a huge *******. New Rule: I'm not the cashier! By the time I look up from sliding my card, entering my PIN number, pressing "Enter," verifying the amount, deciding, no, I don't want cash back, and pressing "Enter" again, the kid who is supposed to be ringing me up is standing there eating my Almond Joy. New Rule: Just because your tattoo has Chinese characters in it doesn't make you spiritual. It's right above the crack of your ***. And it translates to "beef with broccoli." The last time you did anything spiritual, you were praying to God you weren't pregnant. You're not spiritual. You're just high. New Rule: Competitive eating isn't a sport. It's one of the seven deadly sins. ESPN recently televised the U.S. Open of Competitive Eating, because watching those athletes at the poker table was just too damned exciting. What's next, competitive farting? Oh wait. They're already doing that. It's called "The Howard Stern Show." New Rule: I don't need a bigger mega M&Ms. If I'm extra hungry for M&Ms, I'll go nuts and eat two. New Rule: If you're going to insist on making movies based on crappy, old television shows, then you have to give everyone in the Cineplex a remote so we can see what's playing on the other screens. Let's remember the reason something was a television show in the first place is that the idea wasn't good enough to be a movie. New Rule: No more gift registries. You know, it used to be just for weddings. Now it's for babies and new homes and graduations from rehab. Picking out the stuff you want and having other people buy it for you isn't gift giving, it's the white people version of looting. New Rule: And this one is long overdue: No more bathroom attendants. After I zip up, some guy is offering me a towel and a mint like I just had sex with George Michael. I can't even tell if he's supposed to be there, or just some freak with a fetish. I don't want to be on your web cam, dude. I just want to wash my hands. New Rule: When I ask how old your toddler is, I don't need to hear "27 months." "He's two" will do just fine. He's not a cheese. And I didn't really care in the first place. New Rule: If you ever hope to be a credible adult and want a job that pays better than minimum wage, then for God's sake don't pierce or tattoo every available piece of flesh. If so, then plan your future around saying, "Do you want fries with that"

UP HERE IN MICHIGAN...THAT IS OH SO TRUE....LOL :