SPEEDBEAD.

Nice fish man!!! I remember the pics of your 'Cat. That is a sweet boat.

24 days left.... Jimzee, I may show up at your house earlier than originally expected. My fiance gets home from work around 11:30 on Friday night and I may very well leave for your place after saying goodbye. If you get up and see a black Explorer in your driveway....DONT SHOOT!!!!!

I hear that. You should have seen her face last year when I told her I was traveling to Alabama with a guy I have never met, to fish with two dozen other people that I had never met. Took some convincing for sure... ;D

I believe Sufix makes a line that color.

No doubt man. That was some serious crap. The guy was over the top, but seemed to help out a lot of up and coming fighters.

FBL, apparently his camp thought this guy would give Hamill fits on the ground so they kept the fight standing. I believe he was a D1 champ... His stand up is much improved over his TUF days. He looked like a freaking idiot throwing punches on that show.

Dang, now I feel left out of the loop. No one told me that before.... OK, can do. Note to self: Use JJ's magic for seasoning on Glenn's chicken and serve with a side of Megastrike for dipping sauce....

Sounds good to me. I will begin prepping for around 40 people for the chicken dinner should any stragglers show up unannounced.... Or if Burley eats a few extra chicken quarters.

You need to PM LBH, Roadwarrior and RobbieZ. They will be able to give firsthand accounts of how they do it. ;D

Thanks. I now have something to look forward to making this weekend. Some good looking stuff in there.

A couple things about last Saturday night.... - Shane Carwin is a hard punching SOB. If you can knock out Gonzaga with an arm punch, then you are a powerhouse. Period. - I have some newfound respect for Matt Hamill. I get the whole "inspiration because he is deaf" thing, but a fighter is a fighter. That head kick he put out there was serious. I dont know if he is or will be a contender, but he is looking better. - I hate Rashad Evans. As far as I know, Rampage hasnt decided to take the Evans fight in May. It will be his third fight in like 9 months or so and he said on Saturday that he felt overtrained. We still might get to see Machida/Evans. That will be the single time in my life that I want to see Evans beat someone. As for Mir/Lesnar, the bout got put on the big UFC 100 card in July. That is gonna be a completely sick card w/ three main events. Mir/Lesnar for the belt, St Pierre/Silva for the belt and Bisping/Henderson after their TUF coaching appearances.

Here is where he usually is when I get home.

Here is the big dumb arse himself....Smuckers

Anyone else find this title amusing? I will go on record and state my preference for beaver over tube any day of the week. ;D

Can't add anything there. Owner stuff all the way around Russ.

You are as awesome as the day is long.... :

Just remember....the more people that believe only Kalifornia fish will eat a "HUGE" 7.5 inch 3:16 bait or an "ENORMOUS" 9" Slammer, the better it is for me.

That is a freakin' tough looking boat!!!!

I would be on lake points with a jerkbait or spinnerbait. If you can find a protected cove that is getting a good bit of sun, I would be in there with the flipping shtick. Off color water warms faster, so that would help too. Cant go wrong with fishing the rip rap either.

He is making a bait, not looking to buy one.

I plan on it about 30 days from now.... ;D

Mike, at 3-3.5 MPH what are your typical settings as far as the chart speed and sensitivity? Any other controls that you think are exceptionally important? I bought one of these things last year and still dont feel exceptionally confident that I am seeing what I am supposed to. I have scheduled three different days w/ people at the KY lake Roadtrip who have this sonar, but I would like to know your general stats. Those pics are awesome!!!

The 3:16 stuff seems to be a more subtle bait that the slammer, given that the retrieve is the same. The slammer, to me, is a noisier overall bait. Both serve their purposes with the 3:16 obviously winning in the realism department. Sometimes noisy is the ticket, sometimes its not. You know what your bait is intended for....

Using Owners to switch out factory hooks. ST36 and 41 like Keith said. Owner makes a great split ring too.

I didnt know he was a biologist. No wonder he is a stick.