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lol...Well I'm glad you got the full effect of it! And just for the record, I'm a big Dwight Yoakam, Garth, Shania fan too. And Martina McBride is in my handful of best female vocalists on the planet.

How cool would that be?

I love it! Good for him! Hopefully that will be me when I'm 70!

I have been using it for years and really think it helps my hookup ratio. I think fish hold a bait longer with it on my baits. Gives me just that extra fraction to stick her.

Welcome! Love to see some pics of a bass right about now, or even just some open water!

It's all of these things combined that makes me love, and stay with, a braid/fluoro leader setup on every one of my rods. I, too, thought I was missing something here when I just could not use straight fluoro. I have tried at least 8 different brands including Seaguar, Sunline etc... My thought is, if you have to go through so much song and dance (special way to spool it, KVD LL, special hook set etc), why use it. Super Slick and any brand of fluoro for a leader and I whack em! Put them together with a blood knot for standard guides; use an Albright for micro guides...found here: http://www.animatedknots.com/knotlist.php?Categ=home&LogoImage=LogoGrog.jpg&Website=www.animatedknots.com

Yup, that's Dottie. I agree that the record is still swimming and it's swimming in California. She was 25-1 when Jed caught her and when they found her floating I think they reported her at 19 maybe.? If you haven't already, you should Google her story. It's a good read. I think they said they offered another boat $1000 cash to let them fish her but they turned it down. The chances that this was the largest bass on the planet is slim to none imho.

^^^This, and you want water moving over it so they recommend the bottom of the ducer to be about 1/8 under the bottom of the boat. You'll see all that in the instructions too.

She's already been caught. Her name was Dottie. Outside the mouth or not she was the largest bass the planet has ever seen. RIP Dottie...

Yup, as cool as it seems it would be to have a camera crew and tv on our home waters, it would just ruin the place for a full season at least. When Field and Stream did an article on Cobbosseecontee Lake here in Maine, it became a vacation destination for everyone.

You're gonna love that thing. Sure it's small, but what it does makes up for it (I've lived by that motto for years btw...) There are pretty good instructions with it that really narrow the installation down for you. I watched a couple of vids on youtube also that helped. Just don't rush, do some homework on it and take your time; you'll be good.

I absolutely love fishing in the rain. Don't know what it is about it, the wetter the better as far as I'm concerned. We have been out in some surface frothing downpoors and just slayin em.

Someone correct me but I think it depends on the tournament. I have fished some local club tourneys that allow culling of dead fish; and some larger opens that it was not allowed. If I'm not mistaken, the Elites do not allow culling of dead fish. And with the cameras and Marshalls on board, I don't think you could get away with it.

Congrats on your new addition!

Huh? What's this thread about?

lol. They do say that wedding cake is the best form of birth control out there for a reason....

So what do you prefer in a good solo? A screaming, fast, metal solo?; more a bluesey feel?; long, drawn out own-the-night type of thing? Although I respect and admire any talented, well put together solo, I would say this is my bag baby: (@ 2:35) I especially love the 2 lead, dueling, harmonizing type as in that song. And although Poison always kinda got a bad rap, the solo in this one is also well put together. CC Deville described it as his favorite: (@ 2:33) And I'll just leave this right here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CknqOViS1Ww Again, more the fast, metal, clean, accurate type So, what does it for you? Judas Priest and Iron Maiden or BB King and Eric Clapton or do you go for the likes of Jimmy Page? Me' I love em all.

^^^ Just picked up a new G21. Can't wait to go pop some caps!

Si...no question

Chinese Goju checking in

Welcome Joe! Congrats on your little girl. I have 2 boys, 14 and 17. Enjoy every little moment with her. Congrats, too, on just being happy with your life as it rolls out. Refreshing introduction right there, thanks.

A buddy and I were going out to some clubs last friday and the first one we went to, I got in but my buddy didn't have a tie on so the bouncer wouldn't let him in. After some hemming and hawing, the bouncer told him "just go get something and make a tie out of it". So, my buddy goes to the car, gets the jumper cables, makes a tie out of them and says "How's that?". Bouncer says, "I guess that will work. Just don't start anything...."

1. Jig 2. Jig 3. Last but not least, you guessed it, the Jig.

I, too, love the Horney Toad but I'll be honest with ya; if they are not hitting it as a buzzbait, that means it's too fast, and I have found I get more hits when I let it sink just under the surface and work it with a jerk/pause instead.

Ripper Shooter 6.4:1 ?...nah Ranger Huddleston David Thomas so you could call him DT And of course there's always Ike