Scott F

You bring 29 rods for one day of fishing? How many boats do you bring to carry all your gear? Can you explain a day where you might need all those rods?

If it just rained, I would work the area where water run off is entering the pond. Ponds in my area are drainage ponds and usually have a pipe where water runs in. I find that it seems that every fish in the pond will be hanging out near that pipe to see what new food will be coming in. If you have that situation, it doesn't matter what you throw, feeding fish will be there to eat.

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One of the first times my wife and I were visiting the U.P., my wife kept seeing all of these "Party Stores". She couldn't figure out why when there are so few people, they needed so many places selling balloons and party hats. That's when I told here that they serve a lot of alcohol at parties in the U.P.

Ya, hey der! I LOVE da U.P. (in summer) Lake Superior, Pictured Rocks, Sylvania, the Porkies, party stores and 200 water falls. One of my favorite places to vacation. Welcome.

Take 2 pair of the clip on sunglasses, turn one pair 90 degrees and look through both pair. Light should not pass through. If it does they aren't polarized. The darker it is the better the polarization.

I never caught a bass on one but I got this nice pike on it.

Peanut butter. Just the smell makes me heave. I'm actually gagging a little bit just thinking about it!

Eating the same food every day would quickly ruin your taste for your favorite dish. When I was diagnosed with diabetes, I ate one of my favorite lunches, a turkey sandwich on whole wheat every day for lunch for a year. I got so sick of turkey, I haven't eaten one in 5 years.

The only problem you may have is the apparent lack of confidence in a straight braid set up. I've been using nothing but braid for many years and have never used a mono or fluoro leader. I don't believe bass are spooked by line and my success supports way of thinking. My advise is to lighten up on your drag a bit, and don't use monster hook sets. The lack of stretch in the line will bury hooks with a lot less pressure needed. Do not worry about limiting your catch. You'll do just fine.

Several years ago when digital video was just coming to the home market, I paid $1,000 for a 4GB hard drive for my computer. Today, a 4GB flash drive can be had for about $5.

I've tried that but it doesn't stop the lures from getting snagged and I don't hook as many fish.

Thick ice on the water for a long time lowered the oxygen levels to the point where fish can't survive.

That was MUCH funnier the second time.

I use them in shallow, rocky rivers for smallmouth a lot. It's easy to get them hung up so I loose more than a few. The cost savings on the plain vs. dressed adds up. Another thing, the dressed ones seem to hold on to weeds pretty good. The plain ones are easier to clean off. Plus, as I said you would probably never notice any drop off in catch rates using the plain ones.

You guys who like the dressed Mepps. Have you ever tried them plain?

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I've heard about bass that grew several pounds between the time they were released and the time it took to tell the story about catching them.

#4 plain Mepps. The models with the squirrel tails don't catch any more fish, they just cost more.

You can't buy a boat near me like that for $1,200. A used 9.9 motor alone goes for $1,000. $4,600 might be high, but you gotta start somewhere on the price.

A trolling motor big enough to push a 20 foot pontoon around will probably need to be 24v. I'd suggest a Minn Kota with electric steer you can operate from anywhere on the boat. That alone with the 2 batteries needed will eat up more than your $1,000. Cable steer models can be a lot less.

I've been using Super 33 for 35 years. I didn't know there was another electrical tape. I'm not a connoisseur of tape. Good to know there are other options.

They probably have had too many people falling out of boats and need safe conditions to ensure that people will not get hypothermia too quickly before than can be rescued. I don't know how their formula is figured.

Electrical tape leaves a black, sticky residue on whatever you stick it to. If that is not going to be an issue later when you remove the tape, go fot it.

Bass Pro has Plano make them for them. Plano has an outlet store next to their factory where they sell boxes with Bass Pro's name on them along with other names. I just picked up some of the 3700 boxes there for $3 a piece.