TheBigWelsh

well this weekend i broke down and bought me a new boat. I bought a new lund 1625 rebel xl ss. http://lundboats.com/rebel_2008.html Just wondering what type and size anchor i should require. Boat will be used in a few rivers near here along with inland lakes and lake michigan and i got an electric anchor winch from minnkota with the boat.

omg i thought 299 was expensive man im sorry!!!! Looks like i should invest in a bike or something!!! I know isen't insane I was looking at msn autos and in southern ca it already $3.999/10 a ga I'm thinking about a motercycle for work... 8-) I too am thinking of getting motorcycle for the gas savings. I drive a 3/4 ton chevy truck everywhere and it gets expensive at 12mpg. anything 4wd will suck down the gas.

Nope not that i know of. Just alot of gills, some dink bass, and some whopping *** perch you catch in the winter only. IMPOSSIBLE to catch in the summer.

Fished this lil local lake for a couple years now. Fished it pretty heavy for gills since barely any one else does, and it always produces good fish. Well today i caught some of the biggest gills ive ever seen. Our biggest was 10.5" (crappy shot with the tape) and our average was aroudn 8" and 1 pound. The 10.5 tipped the scale at 1.87 pounds. He'll be a good eater. ;D (a couple dinks got gut hooked, had to keep em)

does the boat sit outside uncovered?

I tend to try and help out the people that are ahead of me in "line". Some people get all pissy when ya try to give em a hand though.

Well i found a guy that owns a company who had these made for his own personal wedding. He said hed give me a good deal at 3 bucks a piece including hook (or key chain) and a plastic "rapala like" case to keep kids fingers outta the hooks. The picture he sent was from his wedding.

Well most people have seed packets or disposable cameras or the like. We are having trouble finding a place to make them without a minimum order of 500-1000 units. Anyone have any suggestions or are there any small time tackle makers that wanna help us out. We thought a lipless crank bait would be neat or a crankbait or some sort. We would like the side of it to have our names and date of the wedding. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks guys.

Looks like something new as i flip through my BPS catalog.....anyone use or have any experience with it?

All i caught was one hell of a sun burn. > I fished shallow, deep, plastics, crankbaits, jerk baits, spinner baits, and even threw some topwater. Alot of the structure on this lake is pads, and since its so early there were none. Another factor was i think the lake is FLOODED bad. Any suggestions on what i coulda done differently? I even tried to get some gills and got absolutly nothin.

thanks for the input guys. Ill pick up a few sammy 100's and a few zara spooks and give it a try. thanks a bunch.

Went to miejer and decided to browse the fishing isle. To my suprise it was very empty. Alot of the shelves were empty liek no rapala cranks or yum plastics, or berkley plastics. On the way out i peeked in the clearance isle, and all the tackle that was missing was marked down 50-90% off. I was stoked. i bought about 30 bucks worth and got quiet a bit of takle. My reciept said i saved a total of 49 bucks. what a deal! ;D ;D dunno if its all miejers, or just mine. If i were you guys id at least go look. 8-)

What type of color combinations do you think would work. Gonna pick up a sammy in that chart white colors. What about other colors, do you guy suggest natural shad patters?

What type: lews pencil plug BPS XPS walker LC sammy Zara Spook Rapala skitter walk Never fished these type of baits yet. Looking for color suggestions also. I fish clear deep spring fed lakes a few merky river fed lakes, and one swift current river thats pretty murky. Thats for all comments guys.

I was at BPS in gurnee mills last week, and they had a HUGE selection of these. Seemed like they were all randomly paired up. I was diggin through em for awhile before my girlfriend carted me off. hahah

Yeah as a technician in a auto dealership i can say sea foam ran consistantly through in an engine does harm. Everyone in awhile its good for cleaning carbon and mineral deposits out, but it plays hell on o-rings and gaskets.

Many vehicles that come from the factory with a 7 pin trailer connecter have one pin dedicated to a 14v charge directly from the alternator. Sometimes i use it to charge an extra "oh crap battery" in the boat while heading to the lake, ive also used it to charge my cars battery while its on the trailer on the way to the track. Now i dont know if id try it on a deep cycle with out some type of inverter ready mounted in the boat and hooked to the battery.

I havnt had any first hand experience of it happening, but the koi fish in the pond at work spawned again like 4 weeks ago.

I think going to a metal fab shop / welding outfit would be a good idea. Just have em through some nice beads across the crack. Although i could see this causing more cracks if the integrity of the mtal around it isnt crap.

I use a car battery in my small 12 foot boat that i use on private lakes that i fish with no trailer launch. The car battery is lighter and since i just borrow the boat whenever i want i cant see buying a deep cycle for it. On a good charge it will last around 4 hours. But the power level really drops off after about an hour and a half or so.

I prefer to stand, or lean against the railing. *boat doubles as a bow fishing boat sometimes* so my front deck has railing aroudn 340° of it.

I have an 18' Jon WIth a 30hp evinrude thats awesome in the river i fish. On the lakes with all the sport boats the ride is a lil hard on the back and butt. You feel every wave. But for me its the perfect combination since i also enjoy drifting for walleye along with bass fishing.

Well Im taking my uncles boat out for the weekend. Its a 18' jon with a 30hp Evinrude. It just may be the kick in the butt that i need to go buy one finally haha.

Riveted would be fine and keeps the cost down. Ive been looking for a used one for a few months now. All i ever manage to find is 10-12 footers that the owners think are worth brand new prices. I guess this is the totally wrong season to be looking for one. There are TONS of inland lake around me and alot of folks fish here. Maybe ill wait till winter to come across a killer deal or just pony up the extra cash and buy one new.

Im all over two strokes no worries, built plenty of dirt bikes and 4 wheelers. Ill drag it into work and tear into it saturday. Thanks for some sound advice.