jbsoonerfan

I take great care of my gear, but I use the heck out of it. I always make sure to lay it on the deck so that the handle is horizontal to the deck to prevent boat rash, always use reel covers and rod socks in the rod box. I have some reels that have over a hundred trips on them and they look as good as new. My boat on the other hand, not so much. I bought an 03 in 2019 that was in GREAT shape, not a scratch on it. Now it has a few noticeable scratches on it because it is a tool and I can't get to where the fish are without taking those chances.

Okay just turned it back on and now Mark Davis is in first???? He has 26 lb and his biggest is 2-15. I was just on there about 5 min ago and he was no where near the top. What happened? Edit** Apparently there was no cell service in the area he was fishing so when they were entered it never updated. Then when they got service they all updated at one time.

Fishing has slowed way down, but that pales in comparison to John Cox's hair. What in the world? LOL

This site has the best selection of Zoom that I have come across http://virginiaguidebaitco.com/

Texas, no question about it.

Just a few degrees North of 190. LOL!!!

I checked out your site. That's a pretty neat gig you got going there. Do you sell these items to production companies or do they rent them? I have no idea how that works. lol

I use my SI a lot more than I do my down (at the console anyway).

Heck yeah man, I'm happy for you. I will get by, I'm in debt, always will be, but we are happy!

I've got 4 kids under 16 and I am a school teacher, I will be poor forever. Hahaha

I wish I had that kind of coin! LOL

YES!!!!! Congratulations, I bet you will love it!!!!

Buy it!!! You already know you want it!

Maybe I will buy it, so they will be sold out, then send it back for a refund later.

Buy it! Why would you wait?

Yep, money won't bring her baby back, but it will buy her a new house, Escalade, and all the things she would never have without such a lawsuit. Dadgum, I'm gonna end up saying what I really think at some point.

Sounds like the boat captain is the ex-husband of the lady suing since his estate is named.

So as a teacher I was looking forward to Spring Break so I could hit the water. Well, mother nature decided she did not want to cooperate. I was able to go Monday and the water had really cooled from our blast we had last month. I fought the wind and managed one dink. The wind blew 20-30 mph on Tue, Wed and Thur and I just don't care to fight the wind. Today was going to be decent for the wind but we had a big drop in temp yesterday but I was going to fish no matter what. I waited till about 11 AM thinking the water might warm a little and give me a better chance. Preview to the last few trips (think of this like a movie LOL) so I had been having some fuel issues with my boat. It would start fine and run fine on the first run but by the third or fourth run it wouldn't start and I would have to prime the bulb again. I talked to a buddy and it said it was possible the the buld had developed a crack or something since my boat sits outside and it did get down to like -14 degrees. I had ordered a new one and I put it on Wed. Today I arrive to the lake (new primer bulb) and back down in the water. Takes a little bit longer than usual but it starts up and runs great. I park and get in the boat. It is about a 300 yard idle till you can get on full plane. I usually throw my life jacket on before I get to there and hook my kill switch up. I put my life jacket on, start to trim my motor down, turn to check it out and the boat dies. I take my life jacket off and go prime the bulb.....nothing. I put my TM down and troll back to the ramp. I beach it as beast I can and put my poles down. I take my cowling off and check that I am getting fuel to the motor, and still.....nothing. It just cranks and cranks and cranks. So I decide I am going to just put it on the trailer and bring it home since I live close and see what is going on. I was about 3 ft from solid land so I really jumped out there as not to get wet. I get in my truck and start backing down the ramp. Well I suppose my fat butt jumping off my boat caused it to swing free and the poles were no long holding it down, it is now floating away. It was about 30 ft from the bank so I just took off after it. It only got to about 4 ft deep so I was able to jump in. Trolled it back over to the bank and made sure to pull it up with me when I just hopped out since I was already wet. Back it down and trolled over to the trailer and just bailed out again to load it on the trailer. I bring it home and change the primer bulb again and still nothing. I take the fuel filter off and it is good. I checked the hot foot throttle assemble and noticed it was some what loose and not engaging properly so I was certain this was the problem. I had my son press the hot foot while I got everything adjusted, this should do it. Still nothing, just cranked and cranked and cranked. So I decide it has to be the spark plugs. I had ordered some plugs a while back so I got them out and pulled the old plugs and put the new ones in. This HAD to be it right, crank, crank, crank, nothing. So now I am trying to find a mechanic that I can get it in to Monday morning or even tomorrow, I need this fixed ASAP. I then had an epiphany, maybe when I put my life jacket on I hit the kill switch. I flip it and VROOOM, fired right up. I can't believe it will still try to crank with the kill switch flipped. I obviously had no idea it would do that, but now I do. I know the first thing to check from now on. Yes, I AM AN IDIOT!!!! Maybe I can get out the tomorrow and catch a pig!!!!!

Live minnow

Sweet Beaver or BFE

I will say ridiculous and leave it at that for fear I may say what I really think. I have been a school teacher for 15 years, it's hard going to work, driving buses, taking kids on field trips, etc. and knowing that one mistake is all it takes for someone to sue you. I carry a 2 million dollar policy, hopefully I never need it.

WEAK!!!!!!!! Some people here would destroy those numbers!!!!!

It won't matter, because without the link your TM won't communicate with your graphs.

I might add, this is like Mickey Mantles "alleged" 643 and 565 ft home runs as the farthest home runs ever. This "alleged" 14 lb bass is just crazy.