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I throw my lures on the deck and let them dry before I put them back in the box. No moisture problems.

I have the progressive sun glasses and regular glasses also. Takes some getting use to. Make sure you purchase the glasses with the widest field of vision or it will make you nuts trying to see out of them.

Go slow. The amount of submerged stumps is unreal. Even in the main channel there are floating stumps you can barely see. Most people do the best on live shiners.

That is great news. My Father-in-law is an 83 yr old farmer and he has put his body through hell with all kinds of serious injuries and he just keeps going. That generation is one tough group.

Have a buddy with one and he is very happy. Make sure you get the motor checked out real good by a mechanic. Make sure you check the compression and that it is within specs.

Maybe we should start dragging lures bacwards. LOL

Time for new batteries!

I have both the BPS Crankin stick and the AG Vendettas. Happy with both.

The cost of the exensive lures is to offset the big $$ they are paying the pros to talk about them.

I use a floro leader anytime I am using braid. Fishing clear water I need to.

Be careful in Rodman. LOTS and I mean LOTS of submerged stumps once you leave the channel and there are a number of floating stumps in the channel.

I drive a 2005 Chevy 3500 dually with a Duramax. Great truck with plenty of hauling capacity and lots of power. Only issue is drive thrus at fast food places and the bank.

You will enjoy it. I have lived/worked in the Daytona Beach area since 1983. Bike Week is nuts. Lots of gridlock and plenty of girls to see on Main Street and Destination Daytona. Be careful though. Every year there are a number of bikers killed by stupid car drivers and to much alcohol.

You probabaly had to send in a rebate slip for each one seperatly.

Had not seen that before. Very funny!

Welcome to the forum. What part of upstate are you from?

I watch it on a regular basis. Chumlee is an idiot and "Big Hoss" is one miserable person. It is funny you say the place is more souveniers and not much for sale worth buying. The wife and I stopped at the American Pickers place in Iowa a couple of years ago and it was full of crap I couldn't see anyone buying and the stuff that was good was not for sale. None of the TV folks were there either. They had some girls working in there that are never on the show.

Thanks!

I have treid them a number of times with no success. I must be doing something wrong. How do you find as the best way to fish them?

I have two older crankin sticks that I have had for years. Both have served me well.

I am very pleased with my 12' Talon. I wouldn't have had room for the Power Pole pump in my boat.

I can tell you first hand after working in the fire service for over 25 years that even though todays protective gear is the best $$ can buy, FF's still get subjected to the toxins that are in the air during fire fighting operations. I would come home from having fought a fire at work and up to three days later I would get a smell of smoke from my hair everytime I would take a shower. The turnout gear we wore was not an encapsulated suit and you would get subjected to the toxins in the fire. A study was done a number of years ago that found FF's life expectancy was 10 years less than the average worker. Most FF's don't wash their protective gear after each fire and the toxins from the last fire will remain in the gear for a long, long time. What use to make me crazy is when I would see a guy put his gear in the back seat of his car many times next to a babys seat when he was transfering stations. Many FF's are now being told after having health issues that they have Auto Immune Disease. I guess they classify what ever they can't figure out into that category. Fire fighting is hard on the body. I'm 61 and starting to find that out.

You got off way cheap. I dropped $265 the other day.

I have a wide assortment of rods also, but just picked up a 7'6" Heavy/Fast for an addition to my arsenal. I fish a lot of heavy cover so was looking for something a little beefier than my MH 7'.

This one!