gardnerjigman

Totally agree. Those deals are meant to catch people not help.

You can walk a Zara chug spook. Chatterbait and buzz bait is two very different applications. I use a chatterbait in place of square bills and spinner baits.

I bought these rods for $45 a piece with Quantum Energy Reels on them in almost new condition. I can't find the rods alone for less than $150 now...

Out of that $500-$600 left over how much do you save of it. (actually save in a saving account of some sort) and how much do you and the GF go shopping, dating, spend on hobbies etc? I'm 26 years old, married with 2 kids. I have a welding certificate from Tulsa Welding School but don't use it at all. I work in facilities maintenance and have luckily worked my way up to a very good salary. My wife has an accounting degree (she just graduated in May of last year) and is making the same salary as I am. She will obviously blow me out of the water on salary eventually (especially since she has just sent in for her CPA materials). My point is, when my wife and I were just dating and engaged, the budgets we had were a joke. Our budget consisted of Rent, Utilities, Vehicle payments, Vehicle Gas, Phones, Insurance, Groceries. Whatever was left after that was a bonus and we blew through it like crazy having fun and doing what we wanted. What it did not include was: Cable, Internet, any form of savings, Date night fund, Emergency fund, Medical expenses, House hold items (cleaning supplies), Toiletries (soap, deodorant, shampoo etc..). Basically what I'm saying is that the $600 you have left a month, is probably really $200 after you put a little into each of the above items. Dave Ramsey was a pretty big help for our budgets, and then of course my wifes career keeps it pretty tight as well.

Hey guys, just wanting to know your opinion on the Team Diawa Light and Tough series rods. I have 3 of them. 1 cranking, 1 jig/worming, 1 im6 regular. From what I've used of them I really like them but I'm looking to get more of them and apparently the 3 I got, I got the deal of a century on. What are your opinions on these rods and what are they valued at? I'd like to get a frog one, another cranking and another jig one. Thanks

A starter is not a big job at all. And as long as you or a buddy can do the work there is no since in ever paying retail for parts when you can just shop online. Most marine mechanics charge $75-90 an hour with a 1 hour minimum also.

as said, top water weedless frogs (hollow or soft body) weightless sinkos, punch baits. Braid Braid Braid. Those fish know just how to nose dive into the thick stuff and if you aren't equipped to pull them through it you will be greatly disappointed.

does your wrist do the same thing when walking a top water bait? Not that you are jerking as hard as you do with a jerkbait, but you are twitching your wrist several more times walking a bait than a jerkbait. If it doesn't get irritated walking you may check your "form" while using a jerk bait.

60-70 is usually my best fall bite temps. Depends what wind conditions or rain conditions have done as well. can have 72 degree water but have 2" of cold rain come in and they turn on like crazy.

I don't usually have mine with me, but it is always prepped up and ready in the garage. On occasion I will take 2 rods and my quick shoulder bag with me to work and hit a spot at lunch.

Totally agree. I've had luck getting a following fish to strike by switching rod tip location. (I real to the right of my body, so i'll move it to the left of my body and burn it. Usually get's hammered with the direction and speed change.

Always love the old 0% interest for 12 months in large font, then in the smallest possible font you read if not paid of in 12 months interest will shoot to 30% and be back charged

Moth balls for sure. Keeps bugs away also. If you put poison out they die in your boat and let me tell you how great that smell is. Couldn't pay me enough to get a cat... I'd rather deal with rats before cat hair and pee.

Weed less with a nail weight. They kill around weed beds

I'll be there with jared

Great fish and great memories!

bluebasser86 does all his own and already has a business with it. He may be able to point you in the right direction.

be pretty rough to cull 3.15 fish huh?

Congrats on the check! We ran from the dam to alohanna and the gravious. Actually going to the weigh in or to the gravious from the dam wasn't bad at all, but coming back from either one going with the waves sucked! Nothing you could do to keep the boat from jumping and the slower you went the worse it was so it was 50mph all the way. Our condo had a big Jacuzzi tub in it and it was used both Friday and Saturday nights just to keep the ache out!

Yah, i've had very good luck in April on LOZ. Very first tournament we fished there was the carpenters union tourney from st louis. We placed 4th in it with 18lbs. This is definetly a lake that can keep you in check though. Can walk into it with all the confidence in the world and walk out at an all time low. I'm happy with our performance, but it's haunting me a little that the almost 8# winning fish came practically in the back yard of where we were staying!

The condos we stay at are on the main channel around the 1.5 mm. Saturday we ran up the gravious to Mill Creek Cove and Soap Creek Cove. Main lake of Saturday was very difficult to fish because the wind made it nearly impossible to skip docks or stay on a brush pile. Sunday we focused on docks until the pleasure boaters got to running and we then focused on main lake points and just let the wind drift us over them.

Sure did, came from the 2 mile marker on an Omega jig. Stud of a fish! It would have been rough for you with a broken foot to control everything. We were in a 2006 Triton 18'6 and we had the holy hell beat out of us on Saturday from waves from that 20-25mph gusts. Sunday the weather was much more tolerable, but that also made pleasure boaters come out. Had a 45' monster of a boat come around a main lake point close enough for me to cast and hit at full speed. Put the nose of the boat at a 45 degree angle in the air and when it slammed back down we took a wave straight on the nose and it just flooded the boat and almost took us both off of it. Was a fun tournament and atleast i didn't go completely empty handed. Won a lews speed spool and an omega tackle assortment. Can't decide if I want to fish the April one or not.

A triton 186 with a 150 merc. No dice today boys. Tried to hit a exact weight fish and it came in at 2.15. Caught all my fish today on main lake points dragging a wobble jig head with a green pumpkin berkley power hawg with the last inch dipped in blue garlic spike it. Getting loaded up and heading to the award ceremony. Heard there was a toad weighed in at just under 8#s!!

Had a great morning and weighed in 2 fish today. 4.09 (.09 cost me a $500 exact weight check) and a 4.24. Both fish were beat. Afternoon was rough. Had 4.5 foot whitecaps on the main lake making runs very hard (kidneys still hurt). Big fish is 6.7 so far. I went out and idled the backs of coves with feeder creeks and found big schools of gizzard shad. Will be starting there tomorrow morning.

Slick tricks or rage 3 blade 1.5. I shoot rage 3 blade from my pse brute x