Trent Wilson

I saw these on BPS online. Good thing I decided not to get them.

NEWMAN!

I'm seeing to many posts about frogs. I have to get back to Guntersville.

Do you carry all your gear in with you or do you have one of the packs with rod holders? I do the occasional bank fishing on my way home from work and I get tired of lunking everything in under both arms.

That was almost 10 year ago. Way before I owned a smartphone. Or a phone in general. Oh...why do I feel old now?

If you have a diesel and are willing to do the work and chemistry, it's a great money saver in the long run. And, you can sell the byproducts of the process. Glycerin. Make soap. And sell.

The tank and chemicals are what makes it so expensive. Being related to an owner of a local race track, the fuel components cab be gotten cheap. Lye on the other hand, very controlled in the amount we buy. Oil is free. Tank ran almost 2 grand. We have since regained what we've spent on all the items.

Laugh all you want. Last batch we cooked up at roughly 17c a gallon. When was gas that low? Not in my lifetime. Granted, startup cost was disturbing...

I've found some baits float a little too much for me. In cold water, Yamamoto Jerkbaits float in my waters and the added weight of the swivel makes it sink. And other from that and little georges, I don't use them.

I thought that as well. We pour in the summer and allow them to dry in the hot sun. They dry right up with no issues. I can't tell you how much me and the old man have saved over the last 15 years. I'd pour, trim, sand, and paint while he'd do the rubber work. Probably 1000s of fish over the years.

This is sounding better. Really surprised zoom or Berkeley hasn't jumped on this.

Not so much. We were pushing 65 with a 115 merc on our full bullet. Then again, I did rebuild it from scratch with the help of a former merc racing engine builder. You'd hear me coming miles away. But definitely go for the 150. It'll make a world of difference.

I know I'll be ok trying on a baitcaster for the first time. My reel hasn't back lashed on the 1/8 oz stuff I'm throwing, so I'll be ok. Just need to find the colors that work.

I'm imagining TWRA thundering up the lake with two of those just pounding away. Forget a cigarette boat....

That boat have a casting deck?