harshman

sweet looking bait Harshman

yep small drill bit does the trick every time, use either a dremel or a hand drill. Just make sure that when you drill into the eye if it catches that the hook will not spin around on the bit and drive into your hand......learned that ont the good ole close call way. Harshman

great looking baits Harshman

Drought.....I aint seein no drought around here ;D ;D we're still 16" above normal rain fall in my neck of the woods Gustav rains finally reached us yesterday and it has rained non stop ever since....get out the frog toggs. Harshman

the company that makes these boats made a block to mount to the boat that you can mount your tm to for the pro boat models, I think you could do the same for the sportsman.Or Motorguide now makes a transom mounted foot controlled tm. All you would have to do is spin the head around and it would work great on the front of your boat. they are a little pricy and wouldn't work on a bigger boat if and when you get one. http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_97961_200002001_200000000_200002000_200-2-1 Here is a link to the mounting block I found, not sure if it would work for your boat but it would be a start. http://www.sundolphinboats.com/oz/4/com/fish/pro/pro.html From the looks of it you could make a mount and carpet yourself if you are mechanically inclined. Harshman

does yours have a thru the hull drain plug?? I had a similar problem with mine and I removed the plug assembly and caulked the living daylights out of it...problem solved. It was allowing water between the layers but not into the boat itself. Mine was on an older boat so taking it back ws not an option but your sounds like a take back or call the manufacturer to me.

SECOND TRY.....SECOND TRY!!!!!! that's it I quit.....with guys like you around I feel like an idiot when I make lures..... Great looking bait keep you the good work Harshman

Congrats on the upcoming marrage adn have fun with the new boat. Make sure you post any pics of mods you do. Harshman

first try...........then you my friend are a natural. Great looking bait. Harshman

???Is Betty the boat or the person laying under the back in the photos????? ;D ;D That is a great boat for the price congrats. Harshman

awesome DMB I went to Twain a couple days after reading your post and found the whites running there to.....i love catching those fish. Harshman

the colors I use the most of are 1. Black 2. PB & Jelly barbed wire 3. Blue Barbed wire 4. Browns.....I bet I have over 30 different shades of brown and I hardly ever use the same one twice....d**n bait monkey and his sparkely trinkets x2 on the fishingskirts.com huge selection of skirts........ ...........I said no...bad bait monkey...no more skirts today ;D ;D Harshman

Have I got a boat.........my problem is I got 3 and not enough time to fish them all ;D Harshman

The lake is back open to day boating only....... :) Harshman

Thanks for the pics....that is amazing. I have only been able to make it to Twain twice this year and by the looks of it it might be a bit longer before they will even let boats back on the lake. Harshman

I just ordered a umbrella skirt tool and some umbrella collars from Barlows but I'm not quite sure how to use them correctly.....can anybody help. This isn't my first rodeo making skirts just a first try with this style Thanks Harshman

those look great Harshman

What you fishing for??? In the spring I have caught bass off of the jetties and there are more cedar trees in the lake than a Home Depot parking lot in December for crappie. Good luck. This lake is where we have our bass resource tourney and get together the last two springs. Harshman

I use both a light gauge wire and a rubber mouse ear collar on all of of my jigs. The wire keeps the skirt in place and the ear collar gives me a place to put rattles. I also second fishingskirts.com great selection to choose from. Harshman

HA HA HA HA Harshman

Bet you fish heaver line next time......sorry for the lost bait. Harshman

fished my first night tournament at Lake of the Ozarks on Saturday and what an experience that was..... launch was at 8pm and weight in at 7am. It is amazing how dark it gets once the sun goes down when you aren't used to it and then add fog to the mix and needless to say we fished the same cove all night long :D We ended up with 15.10, not enough to win but enough to learn what we should do next time. Our biggest fish came right after I had taken 30 minute nap around 3 am. My partner had found a good brush pile and woke me up to fish it after he caught a 3lber off of it...his next cast was her twin...I was practically sleep walking hen I made a blind cast into the pile and BAM!!!!! 4.5 lber ;D ;D ;D My partner was sort of ticked about me catching the fish off of the pile...while I was asleep but it was for the team so he laughed it off. I have a huge amount of respect for all you guys that fish a lot of these type of tournaments. Harshman

I was on the lake Sat night for a tournament and had some success on a Purple Berkley power worm. We ended up with 15.10 lbs. All of our fish came out of brush piles around docks. 1/2 oz weight 5/0 hooks Harshman

x2 You better be ready to invest more than a little money ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D Harshman

I've had decent luck with up to 4 pads ( about 80 strands) and a rubber collar. the biggest problem I had was the skirt slipping past the collar on the bait. typically I use 3 pads ( around 60 strands) for all the jigs I make and they seem to work best. Harshman