FordsnFishin

Ever since I started using my non piercing cull tags with floats it has made my life way easier loading fish.

http://dobynsrods.com/store/#!/Refurbished-Dobyns-Rods/c/14031087/offset=0&sort=normal Keep your eye on here and you can have a champion extreme for $250

@jbsoonerfan, you fishing any of the new dc's?

3-5 3700s of tackle that i need. Typically 2-3 gallon bags of plastics or 10 packs that i hand pick. Usually 3-5 rods. All depends of the lake im fishing and talking to the boater on a plan of attack on how we will fish

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Bass, Guinness, schafly oatmeal stout, riggs, spotted cow are some of my go to winter brews. I like a glass of whiskey or bourbon as well. Summer were either on the boat, kayaking or visiting friends. So I stick to lighter brews. Bud light, Budweiser, kona, miller light, bud light lime, a twisted tea in the mix during those hot days. My go to cheap beer is typically natural light. But we often visit breweries and will have a growler full of our choice. I like beer.

Helps if you tell us your location bud.

Dobyns champion extreme is what I use for all my bottom contact needs

Yep that's me!

let me know if you want to sell any of those 201's and make alittle money

So i'm looking to put out a few bait traps this year in one of my local lakes that i club fish a lot. Specifically id like to target crayfish, but possibly any other fish that might be around. The idea is id like to catch these crayfish/baitfish through different times of the year and document their colors to see how the change or if they change at all. I'm planning on placing out a few of these in different parts of the lake to see if the colors vary. Doing this will allow me to match the hatch that much better. I also will be interested in seeing their color to backup what i already know of the lake. Early year a brown with orange seems to be key. Through the year green pumpkin to brown do well. An black/blue will catch them, but never seems to be the exactly what they want. Anyways, i'm wondering if any of you had successfully built any homemade traps that i can do cheap and easy? What have you guys baited them with? Thanks

@Coonedawg anymore of the citicas there? Wanna sell any of them? ?

I actually just had someone pm the same question, so I'll copy what I sent him. This was the hardest part for me. I did a lot of research and drove my self crazy. Finally I decided I had to make a decision. "Acme Finish 1" automotive clear With acme "fast hardener". One reason was I had actually talked to multiple people that has used this clear, boats/ cars/ projects and had great results. Two, and the main reason I didn't do a gel coat or other style was because this boat from factory had a clear coat and no gel coat on the boat.

@FishinBuck07 , well you never know...i mean 14 year old kids are having..... kids..... these days.

Disposable camera, take a photo, have developed, than give to your grandkids to upload it for. How else?

They have a blackout coloring line. It's called xtasty. They're really cheap.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice shame on me. But really, thank you for your help sir.

I would also like to give a big shout out to @Way2slow. During the clear coat and prepping stages i had a lot of questions and he was able to help me out with several things. Very knowledgeable and helpful guy, really appreciate your help buddy!

Last year, i finally decided to go through my boat and give it the love and attention she needed. But because it was still fishing season and a busy winter for me im just now getting around to sharing my process with you guys! Any questions from my adventure feel free to ask as i'm leaving out a ton of details right now for the sake of a extremely long post. Back ground, the boat is a 1996 495 TF charger. 20'6 in length, originally it came with a 225 Johnson that was replaced with a 2009 mercury 250 direct injection by the previous owner. I bought this boat with intentions to do some upgrades cosmetically for the fact that it already had a strong motor and electronics were upgraded. I bought this boat 3 years ago, i finished the fishing season as i bought it. That next spring i knew the first thing i needed to do was redo the wiring as the previous owner or owners were " top notch electricians ?". So i spent a week of evenings after work basically either totally rewiring or redoing everything in the boat. Lots of goofy, splices, wire nuts, tape, ect to remove. I replaced the old glass fuse panels with new modern fuse panels that now has everything labeled whats what, and all new rocker switches on the dash. Also added several switches, split up circuits, and put in a 12v plug and several usb ports for charging while on the water. Also during this process, i built a new deck for the batteries/oil reservoir in the back compartment and added new battery trays for my all my new batteries. I fished the boat like this for the next year and the beginning of '19 season. An finally with the carpet flapping in the wind and the trailer with no brakes i decided it was time to bring the girl back into shape. https://photos.app.goo.gl/bD1qGGWDKB6AqRDu6 Now i hope this link works for everyone, as this is photo heavy of the whole process i took and the before and after of the clear coat and interior upgrades i made. If not, it might take me a minute to get all the photos downsized and loaded up here. First you will notice the original state of everything. Carpet worn, holes in it, and so thin you could look at it and it would rip. The clear coat was chipping so bad now that every time you laid your arm on the side you'd have to pull the chunks off your arm. This was primarily one the top 1/3 of the boat were the sun really hits. So i decided this is the area id be redoing. First step was demo. I went through the whole boat and started ripping out all the old carpet, and removing all the storage doors. Carefully keeping all the hardware separated in bags for each door labeled which they go to. Then was the long and super fun process of removing all the old glue. I tried several methods, but ultimately i found the best tools to be a oscillating tool and a angle grinder with a cup brush. Hours and hours of removing glue i finally got everything clean, and vacuumed. Than i started the process of laying out my doors for for carpet. I wanted to do these first to allow them to cure and dry while i did everything else. After the doors were done, i went to the clear coat. I took off all the big chunks of flaking clear first with a scraper. Then was the long process of carefully sanding everything thoroughly that i planned on clear coating. Starting in a coarse grit and working down to a very fine. Very careful to not sand down into the glitter and stay in the original clear coat. It was inevitable, that it still happened in some locations, but this boat was too be fished and not a show boat so it wasn't a big deal to me. After a full power wash of the whole boat, plenty of time to dry well, i wiped the whole boat down twice with acetone to make sure it was clean. Than i did the daunting process of applying the clear coat, i had never done this before. I opted to roll this on with foam rollers. Reason being, no over spray, a thicker coat, and was hoping a faster learning curve on me applying it. Overall, the whole process went pretty well with a few major things i did learn. One, i had to do this outside, and it being summer that scorching sun really played a roll in drying time and how fast i had to apply it. Two was because of the heat, how long i used the same roller. If you used it too long the clear would start drying and cause the clear to get to tacky and make a rough surface and orange peel. I ended up applying 2 of these thicker coats and felt pretty happy with the results. The last long process was to do all the of the wet sanding on the clear coat to remove any imperfections and orange peel i had. This took longer than actually sanding the boat for prep. But in the end is totally worth it. After all the sanding i left it to bake in the sun for 2 days and fully cure. Than the fun part, buffing and a coat of wax. After the buff and wax you really got to see the fruit of labor. She shines and glistens like a new boat now, and unfortunately the photos don't do it justice. While there are a few imperfections in it, she now looks 200x better than before and am extremely happy with the outcome. After all that i was able to lay the rest of the carpet throughout the boat, replace the rub rail, and put accessories back in. Putting the doors and seats in were my final steps. But a few more upgrades i did along the way were, -All new drum brakes on the trailer, flush brake lines, new fluid -all new led lights on front and back decks and in back hatch battery compartment -relocate 2 31 series batteries to front compartment for trolling motor, put in new battery charger for these that all link up to one 120v plug for easy charging of all 4 batteries. New trolling motor circuit breaker. -New handles in boat and bungee cords for dock tie off ease -fish ruler holder for ease of storage and easy to get to An im sure there were several other things i just cant think of. Relocating the 2 batteries to the front were for several reasons. But mainly because the rear end of the boat always seemed to have to much weight and when i came off plane i would have water get into the back compartment. After running it the rest of the season i no longer have this issue and i can literally get onto plane within 5 seconds. However, it did take 3-4 mph off my top end, this is a fine trade off to me. I can still cruise at 60mph and the boat handles rough water excellently. Overall i'm super happy with how everything turned out, and extremely ready to start fishing this year! Cabin fever is at a all time high. I apologize for the extremely long post, but i wanted to share what i had done! Thanks!

You absolutely stole them. You should almost feel bad.

Chatty bait

Id suggest looking up the schematic and checking every part. Sounds like you have something out of place.

I prefer a slower action, which highly depends on the rod. For the reel I like to have a faster speed. Because at times im throwing these baits a good distance covering water. So I want to be able to take up line fast if needed. I can always slow my retrieve. The fury series would get my vote. Can be found for under 100 often. New or used

Do you use the groove? Makes sense to have one with it, should make it much faster/ easier. How do you go about sharpening the inside of ther hook point? Just the flat stone?

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