MDBowHunter

As said by most don't worry as much about the color as presentation. Next time try skipping a jig, a TX rigged plastic craw or a hudd 68 under that dock and see what happens.

There was one caught on the eastern shore in Tuckahoe, and they just reported that they made it past Great Falls on the Potomac, they are here to stay...

I have the same type of situation going on where I fish and I've been drop shotting the back edge of the grass and doing real well. I've mainly been fishing flat grassy points, but the back edge of the grass is where the better fishing has been. Oh yeah I've been using roboworms the last few weeks, but I used dream shots today and they were all over it.

Again thanks a bunch guys for all the kind words. This whole experience has me rethinking how I go about things, as I am a hunter and I love to just go scouting. The only thing is I do a lot of these things alone and my wife's not always aware of where I am, but that is going to change. I also put together a small supply of meds that I need daily. Oh and I did manage to catch 4 LM all around 2lbs with what time I had left. I also managed to find a lot of offshore structure that was holding fish, and got waypoints on my GPS. Now I just need to go and fish them, but they look really promising.

I have 1542 Jon and I have my finder hooked to my bow mount battery and have seen no ill effects.

Thanks guys, it made me feel good to be able to help him. I never saw someone appreciate a bottle of Gatorade as much as this man. Right now he's at the hospital, the paramedics gave him IV as soon as he hit the ambulance.

Well I took a buddy out on the local reservoir with me today with hopes of hitting a section of the reservoir that I've never had my boat at. The whole way there my buddy kept saying lets stop here and fish and I kept telling him lets just get where we're headed and we' fish the whole way back. Going to this area was a gamble to begin with since I've never fished this area from a boat, and I have other areas that I know produce. So I had one voice telling me to go where I know the fish are and another one telling me to stick with plan A, which was scout out a new area. Well we get to where I want to go and we start fishing out on this point when all of a sudden we start hearing someone hollering something but we're not sure what they're hollering. Well after fishing across the point and getting closer to the person hollering, my buddy says to me is that someone in the water ( which is illegal here ). I then realize the guy is in water up to his chin and he's screaming help, so I get to him as fast as my 2-55 lb electric motors will take me. The whole way to him I'm thinking he must have his foot stuck or something, when we get there he begins to tell us. He's been lost there for four days now and hasn't had nothing to drink or eat for four days. He said he went there scouting out spots on the bank to fish from when he got real dizzy fell down and couldnt stand back up. He said he tried crawling on his hands and knees trying to find his way out, but was unable to get out so he laid there for four days before he seen us. Needless to say we pulled him into the boat and called 911 and made a plan of where to meet DNR Police. We took him to the closest easiest place to off load him on a basket so the paramedics could take him out on the back of a side by side. Come to find out he has severe high blood pressure along with some other medical issues that he needs daily meds for, but didn't have them. I don't know if he would've died there, but when we rolled up he had the fear of God in his eyes, he said he tried to crawl into the edge of the water. The only problem is he crawled off of a drop off and was immediately in 6' of water, and didn't have the energy to get out. So the moral here is don't run off into the woods with out a phone or letting someone know where your go cause that fast it could be you.

LV500, color just depends the time of year I'm throwing it

cast parallel to the edge of the mat and walk it back right along the edge of the mat.

First thing in the morning with a Sammy or other top water

Welcome from a fellow Marylander

I have to second that it's a juvenile northern pike

Power pro for me I tried the suffix but the coating sucks, so I'm back using power pro

Yup, I just decked out my 1542 for a reservoir boat and I ran all 6ga wire with 8ga plugs.

My first brand new all mine was a 6' ugly stick with a first ten Daiwa magforce reel. I actually caught my first bass on that rod, wish I still had it for conversation sake

Graphite all the way

Lucky Craft LV 500

4.5" roboworm nose hooked for me.

Welcome from North AA county and a fellow reservoir angler.

That would be great, when I was talking to the sales guy he said that it was more for people just cruising and actually it take some of the details away so it's not so confusing. I pulled the trigger on it last night, I can't wait to get it out on the water and see what it can do.

Since it's an invasive species that's what they want done with them, same here in MD.

The package I'm looking at includes the Navionics chip, I was wondering if it would be of use but I guess it will.

I'm about ready to pull the trigger on a new fish finder/chart plotter and at first I was looking at the Elite HDI, but then I realized that the Chirp model has a $50 rebate, that along with my daughter in laws employee discount I can get it for not much more then the HDI model. With all that said, to the guys the have a Chirp model. Give me the low down on this particular model, do you like it, what kind of job does it do. All the pros and cons are appreciated. Thanks again for all of your help...

Bomber speed shad, they would catch fish in fresh and salt water. They were striped killers...