burleytog

Likes sleeping with dogs.

The 3/4 oz. Hot Lips, on a normal cast, will get deeper than any other deep diver. Throw it on a 7'6-8' rod and 8 lb. PLine CXX and you'll hit 20-22'.

Rodman may have been the absolute worst person they could have selected for this show. Glad to see the men finally get on the right track. Clint Black is a jackass. Jesse James and Herschel Walker are the only two on that team who understand the game.

Speak for yourself.

Needs to watch Deadwood to see the other side of Warren.

10 lb. line is thick and stiff? :-?

I think he was far from being a slacker. He worked for everything he had!!! He didn't have a typical "job", as his job was to keep living. Not many slackers would go searching for answers the way he did. He actually took action and didn't just sit and talk his philosophies, he lived them. He was also far from being a dummy. Trying to find some sort of meaning in life and having the "onions" to go after it, does not make you a dummy. Also, graduating from Emory College is no easy task. That's like saying Jack Karouac was a slacker and a dummy. The kid had it made and threw it all away. In my book that makes him a slacker and a dummy. And as for Kerouac, he too was a slacker. Don't know enough about him to comment on his level of asshattery.

Wow, you look much older.

Used it a few times, no catches. It has a good action.

The color of the lens makes a big difference depending on light conditions and water clarity. In low light situations, an amber lens will brighten earth tones and make beds stand out like a sore thumb. In bright conditions, a grey lens will excel. There really isn't a perfect pair of glasses to cover all situations.

I wish Randall would drop in on this topic. He knows this technique inside and out. Taught me everything I know about sight fishing, all in 11 hours on the water. I'm by no means an expert, but I can offer a few tips. Don't look for the fish so much, look for shadows. I usually look for a long dark spot on the bottom. Of course you want to keep an eye out for beds. Once you find a bed, back off and keep an eye on it. If you've spooked the fish on approach and they come back, creep in and see just how close they'll let you get. It's all a matter of how much time you want to spend on the fish. Use the sun as an ally. If the sun is at your back, the fish is going to see you. Sometimes you may have to beach the boat and approach from land. I like to keep the sun at my side. When I'm looking for beds, I've got my trolling motor on high and several marker buoys on the deck. I zoom the banks, throwing buoys in every place I see a bed or a fish on a bed. I'll visit these spots several times through the day to see if the fish are receptive. Don't throw the marker right on top of the bed, throw it 10-20' to either side. If you don't have buoys, you can use H-shaped pieces of foam and a 1 oz. lead sinker. I'll look for beds in areas with a hard bottom, adjacent to deeper water. I find a lot of my beds near flat rocks, stumps or other pieces of cover and structure. Clear water certainly helps. I've tried looking for beds in stained water and can only spot the shallowest of beds. In clearer water, I've spotted them as deep as 12-15'. This fish came off a bed that was in 17' of water. All we could see was a light spot and a huge shadow. When I do find a fish that will tolerate my presence, I move in with one bait, a white 1/2 oz. jig. I thin the weed guard (don't remove it) and fish without a trailer. Once I've determined how close I can get, I'll anchor and just sit there for a while to let the fish get used to me. Then I'll softly pitch the jig past the bed and slowly hop it into the bed. Once I'm in the bed, I'll let it sit there and occasionally shake it. Keep an eye on the fish. When they nose down on the jig and flare their gills, set the hook. They're not eating, they are only picking the jig up and spitting it out of the bed. Sometimes you can keep the bait in the bed forever and the fish will never bite. They just ignore the intruder. In times like these, you have to work a bit more to make the fish aggressive. What I try to do in these situations is hit the fish with the jig. Sometimes all it takes is a little bump. You want to tick that fish off and make that jig it's worst enemy. This is why I use the white jig. With the jig in the bed, keep an eye on the white and when the fish blocks your view of the jig, just hop the jig right into the fish. A time or two is usually all it takes to rile them up enough to pop the jig. If that doesn't do the trick, I'll pitch a Mattlures bluegill into the bed and see how they like that. A pass or two of that will really tick even the most indifferent bass off. For me, the hardest part is having the patience to sit on one bed. I spent 7 hours on one bed last year and never caught either fish. One was a 4 lb. male, the other a 6-7 lb. female. I was able to get within 15 yards thanks to a bit of chop on the water, but the female just wasn't really locked in. She would come in and sit for a minute or two, then move back to deeper water and keep an eye on me. There really isn't a magic trick to bed fishing, it is more a matter of taking the time to evaluate your surroundings and having the patience to sit in one spot for several hours.

Yep, I pay more attention to the stomach than I do the fillets. ;D

Ain't hurtin' my feelings none...

Beast got one in last week, I was surprised at how much I liked the reel.

Front. I've owned four rear drag reels over the years and none of them featured a non-sticky drag. The best of the lot as far as the drag went was a Spirex 2500RE. Caught two 15 lb. stingray with it, the drag never missed a beat. The same couldn't be said for my two older Daiwa WE1355's that struggled with anything heavier than a pound.

fivebasslimit! He's almost an old man! ;D

They were both equally insane.

http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/fishing/waterbodies/?type=1

No

Go cheap if you feel like buying twice. Cabela's has a better selection of butt seats than BPS and their service is better as well.

Your terminology is flawed. There is a huge difference between a #1 hook and a 1/0 hook. And FWIW, a 1/0 is far too small for a Baby Paca Craw.

A photograph would be great in this situation. I will say this, a #1 hook on a baby Paca Craw is way way way way way way way way way way too small. Try a 3/0 or 4/0 Owner Rig'n Hook or Offset Shank Wide Gap. http://www.ownerhooks.com/pages/products/hooks/basshooks.htm

Great movie? :-? It's the story of a slacker. The dummy got what he deserved.