Catch 22

In my world ,that's a safe bet. I have had a string of snafus lately that has my eyebrows fluttering

That warm water ==cold water battle has been going on for 35 years that I know of. The stigma of "TROUT OPENING DAY" in Pa sells a ton of licenses so the PGFC will apparently never give that away.Roll with it!

High density bream community. Nice pic,thanks

$2.818 million for one fish in the White marlin open OCMD http://whitemarlinopen.com/

Sticky traps work.I knocked off a dozen of them in about 3 days in the garage.They ate half a box of cinnamon chex before I knew of the problem. Just be glad you don`t have to deal with chipmonks or skunks. C22

4 holes on my Lund hull drain rear live well drain rear live well intake to fill it front live well intake to fill it Both wells can recirculate or fill and overflow out the gunwales The front well drains out thru the hull right under it.

I fish barbless about half the time depending on what the game is.In the salt looking for a meal,the barb stays on. Plinking fresh water the barb is usually off. Its c& r so what diff does it make if there is an escapee. I once stuck a 5/0 hook on a 1 oz jig in the side of my leg as I jerked it away from a bluefish. I was just oh so thankful the barb was down on that one . I just eased it out with only a tiny drop of blood forming.I was alone but remember saying aloud,"$$%^)(*& I know that hurts",but it didn`t Some say barbless hooks stick fish deeper [penetration,not throat deeper]so I think that could be good or bad depending on where it sticks and also on the size of the hook? C22

Bad timing caused me to fall in. Where I was fishing was not to bad,but at the ramp it was kickin with two to three foot waves. I got tied up to the dock ok,but trying to get onto it proved different than a normal exit.On an up cycle of a wave,I tried to step on the dock,but waited about one half a second to long until it started down.I fell between the dock and boat in 45 degree water at which point I just walked on up the ramp. Water was running out of my gear all the way to the truck.I hit the coffee shop a short time later. C22

Excellent advice to try a different fuel source. Maybe inspect the fuel for water in a glass jar . If you do find water you might want to install a water separator filter because the problem may still exist even with all new fuel. Good luck getting any dealer to admit to bad fuel.

Thanks for all the replies,some self serving,some informative, ,some silly.Having chased bass for over 50 yrs now,I have btdt. I keep an eye on local T`s when I can and if there are any floaters later on,it is predictable that it will be in July or August when wt`s are high[80 deg +].NO ,I`m not anti T,I did it many times. I know many of the guys that fish them and they are all good people with good intentions. While this read does not mention hot water it does dwell on delayed mortality that is a reality in T`s and pleasure fishing. http://www.bassresource.com/fish_biology/after_the_catch.html My message would be to take extra care at a time when the fish are more apt to be stressed by c & r. I sent my wife to the ER days ago so I will be out of this discussion. Thanks for reading. C22

I have been seeing reports about people fishing 80 deg and higher water temps. I say its no good for the resource in so much that water temps that high stress the fish way more than normally. Fish need more oxygen in warm water and conversely there is less oxygen available. That leads to more stress and delayed mortality in some cases.I see it every summer after "t"s in small ponds Shallow rivers allow no place to escape the warm/hot water because of the constant churning and modulation of the flow. Shallow ponds,no place to hide. Large lakes would present more opportunity for the fish to seek cooler water. JMHO now I must put on my flack jacket. C22

1999 model with a Honda 50 hp,4 stroke,tiller. She was getting tired and the killing blow came with the destruction of the lower unit on an unknown object.This motor has my highest respect for durability and longevity. Shopping around I see that Honda and Yammie both make high thrust lower units for 60 hp that costs as much as $1600 more than standard LU`s. Question=does anyone have experience with these high thrust LU`s. Are they worth the extra $$ They are made for non planning vessels like toons and barges.This Lund is not light by alum boat standards but of course it does plane.Max is 60 hp Either manf is fine by me. Thanks C22

Well,I`ll be darned. I always bury my good rods in the dirt too. Who knew

Preytorien NIce poetic ,romantic type post. I get it.Its why I enjoy fishing the dead of winter so much.

"The Brood Master" Ya don`t get that big by eating plastics

If you can`t find them ,try using vise grips with an eye bolt to replace the screw.

I`m up on the lingo. Fantastic trip with a lot of good eats. WTG

You have never dealt with Penna,right

Fishing once on a really dark night and kept getting arm jarring hits with no results. A trip later on revealed it to be bats hitting the line. Iv`e had loons and cormorants whack lures underwater.

Sorry to hear it. Remember the good times C22

Go back ,run away before its to late. It could be the beginning of a life long uncontrollable addiction that will costs thousands in dollars and hours of time. Kidding ! nice smallie. Great start

I got hassled off of r s, where they don`t control the nonsense,so I went shopping for a better place and found it via goggle.Thank you Glenn and to all who make this a superior site. C22

I once catched an offset lmb Top view showed a distinct offset of almost 3/4" on a 14"`er. T22 that fish might show as circle on the df C22

Gundog"Or a big ole egret can take him out." Wow what size egrets do you have?

Definitely this. Get any length you need on Ebay