Fishingmickey

Oh yes, and regarding the question about fin drive like the Hobie mirage it is much better IMHO then the prop type pedal drive around thick weedy waters. Also you can go shallower by feathering the fins or short stroking where the fin is out almost parallel to the water. FM

Hello BRB, Are you planning on car topping, trailering or truck bed transporting? Price concerns? How large of a person are you? Or you want something you can pick up under your arm and carry to water? Most of the pedal kayaks are pretty darn heavy 80-100lbs plus. There are some exceptions to that rule. The Hobie Lynx comes to mind. Pedal kayaks really open up a lot more water to fishing or add fishability in any kind of wind. Blue Raider can you possibly give more of an idea on how your going to use your new Kayak? Last thought is to let you know that if your going sit-on-top. The quality of the seat is paramount. Best, FM p.s. Here is a picture of the Lynx. It weighs 47lbs hull, 63 with seat and pedal drive.

If I am really trying to get deep (17-25' deep), straight braid 20-30lb works best for me. I find that smaller then that the wear and tear of repeated casting will cause the braid to fray and break. You really have to match the size of line to the size of the bait. Throwing a 8XD needs bigger line. 5XD not so much. FM

There is a 9 cm difference per handle turn 7:1 vs 8:1. 2.54 cm per inch = 3.54 inches per turn.

Hi Tim, Well I see you got one by the water plant. Fishing the Bird can be rough. It requires a lot of time to learn it and she can be very fickle. In short the Lady is a byatch. Now that we are getting into July. If you feel comfortable leaving your car and trailer unattended. You might try night fishing. It can produce double digit results in Barton Creek. Lady Bird has some very big and very,very smart bass in it. One thing I've thought of but haven't done it trying a large black NZ Crawler underneath the Congress street bridge at dusk. There will be a crowd watching you as they wait for the bats to come out. FM

I'm a Lefty righty (left handed caster, I fish with a right handed bait caster) like MN Fisher. No rod switching hands on the cast. FM

Welcome aboard, Matt. Lots of premier Texas waters sorta close to the Houston area! Fishingmickey

Bacca Burrito, medium sink, lemon lime, Geecrack Supaku swimmer, floating, flash bait color, Xbraid X8 20lb/330yard. 66yrd spool of the Seaguar Grandmax 27lb fluoro leader, Couple of the Queen Tungsten jig heads 1/2oz 5/0 and a 3/8 oz KeitechTee-bone spot remover spinner bait from the 10 & 20 dollar bargain bins. Best, FM

If you feel strongly about and think it was the police responding to a complaint from you neighbor. Go in front of the traffic court judge without a lawyer. Explain the situation, provide photographs of how the vehicle was parked, show proof it had up to date registration and was a running automobile. The police officer that wrote the ticket has to be there too. Ask what law was broken and how many times has it been enforced in your neighborhood. If you lose you lose, pay the ticket and court costs and go on with life. At least you got your two cents in. I beat a parking ticket years ago doing this. I was young and in my early 20's. I had been parking alongside the road at a local swimming hole for several years. It was a very popular place especially in the summer time. This time I went there was new no parking signs posted and all the signs were parallel to the road and the last sign was perpendicular. I parked after the perpendicular one thinking it was the end of the no parking zone. I went swimming and came back and my motorcycle had been towed. I got the ticket and got my bike back from the impound yard. I went to court several months later on my court date. Waited until my case was called and the police officer showed a picture of my motorcycle in front of the sign and I said it was mine and yes it was parked there on that date and time. They looked at me like I was stupidly admitting my guilt. I asked the judge when the ordinance was passed or changed for parking along river road and stated that the signage was brand new and the parallel/perpendicular signage theory. The judge asked the police officer when the no parking law was passed and how recently the signs had been installed (it was a few weeks before). The law cited was 10-15 years prior to my ticket. Judge banged his gavel and said case dismissed. The point being if you can show you were singled out and prejudically ticketed maybe you can get a judge to agree and dismiss it. At least your got your two cents in. FM

There are some pretty good buys on the TW sale. I perused the 5,10,20 dollar bins. Got another tee shirt coming. There are some/majority that just aren't much of a bargain at all. FM

I fish, therefore I am. FM

The Sierra's are a very nice rod. I have a couple of Kaydens and a XP also. The Sierra's do fish lighter then rated IMO. Heavy is more like Medium Heavy on the one I have. FM

I'm in the same camp as MassYak, The cutting point hooks especially Trokar have a tendency to make a bigger hole in the mouth of the bass and can cause problems on a deeply hooked ( gill, gut or tongue hooked bass). I am a fan or the Gamakatsu hybrid or nano coated EWG's. I really like the BKK EWG's too. Flame away that's IMHO. FM

FTG, Not sure if this would work for getting your boat here. I've used U-ship in the past to move a couple of Kayak's. If it's on a trailer, I'll bet you can get a decent deal on shipping it down here. Good luck, FM Find the best rates to ship your large items on uShipuShip makes shipping motorcycles, boats, and other large items fast and affordable by connecting you to our network of carriers who compete for your shipment.

Mine is delivered. Looks like it made it OK. I'll unbox it this evening. It wasn't in a tube. Long skinny undamaged box. FM