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Sorry Clay, gotta stick up for them. Cats are cool as s*** These are my boys

Yes Sir. People in our area need to be careful of what we see on TV and what we read in the magazines. A lot of the location and forage talk really doesn't apply to us. Like when they talk about going into the backs of creeks, I'm smokin em in the deepest water I can find.

STEP AWAY FROM THE ICE TRAP! JUST PUT IT DOWN AND STEP AWAY! Call me if you need to Papa; we'll get through this together.

Makes sense

I'm so sorry man. Talking about it is good. Remember him and know that you made him as happy as he made you.

lol I can picture that! Great idea! Made me think of this though: Love that movie

^^^ I did see that and was wondering as well. Maybe when in penalty they cannot use any of their equipment?...for anything?

Good God Wayne, do you know what your settings were for those si shots?

They are 2 completely different tools. I use si to find the structure, gps to mark it and sonar to take it apart more closely. I don't know many people who fish a rock pile while watching their si.

I've wanted to try these. What's your favorite color for our water Shane? And favorite way to rig?

Yup, if I'm throwing something light and it starts to looses up, I'll make a long cast with the wind, hold the rod up the blank a little with the line running through my fingers and re wind it up. It's very rare I have to do that though.

So there is this hungry horse in a stable. He sees a pile of oats and a pile of hay.....

I think there is a couple of things going on. As Mark said, I, too, think you may have just a few winds too many on the spool. I always close the bail by hand anyway, every cast, and that can help too. And it does take a couple of days out for it to loosen up a little. But the biggest thing is that you were throwing a weightless worm...it's the weight, or your hand in a rag, to put tension on the line as it comes in so naturally it's going to lay a little loose. Try it on the water; you'll love it.

Strong post to username corrolation..lol. And why do you think we put up with the winters here?...what happens in Maine stays in Maine

Not to hijack but this is an incredible catch! And I love MLF as well. It's pretty cool seeing them on one of my home lakes. I remember when they were here and wanting to call in sick so bad to go out to watch them. edit: And just to make sure everyone knows, that show was just the first of 3 for that area. Then they usually have a "winning ways" show to talk about baits and techniques.

Dude! I'm wicked happy for you! I don't even know you but I'm proud of you as well; proud for anyone who can do that in that stage of your life. My wife is going back to school too and I see first hand how hard it is to do well in school and still run a good houshold. So GOOD FOR YOU!!! And hopefully this won't be you....

How would you tell them apart, may I ask?

This is the answer op^^^

wow! Those are absolutely beautiful! I used to stream fish a lot until I discovered bass; still love to see nice trout though.

Every once in a while I throw a shout out to see if anyone is in the publishing business. A few years ago I wrote a series of 3 children's books about bass fishing titled "Bass in the Grass". They are fun, easy to read books targeting ages 3-11 area. I included safety tips as well as fishing tips. I sent manuscripts to around 20 different publishers without much luck (typical from what I hear from other writers). Well it's always been in the back of my mind how much I'd like to see them on paper. So, I thought I'd throw it out here. Anyone with some connections? And at this point I'm not even looking for royalties, just would like to see them published.

I didn't know about that Oregon; I'm so sorry to hear. May this year bring another step of healing to you and your wife.

http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/365-nights-of-sex-can-it-strengthen-a-marriage Seems like a good way to start a year to me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Jourgensen Seems like my kind of read! Thanks

That's bada$$! The bigger joy will be when a Larry muckles onto that thing.