A Man and a Boat

The recovery from having my labrum reattached was pretty bad in terms of pain. But the worst pain would be when I had surgery to fix sleep apnea. The shaved my top pallet, removed my uvula and tonsils, then cauterized the inside of my throat. I couldnt swallow anything (food or water) for 2 weeks and was coughing up blood the entire time. Good Times!

I learned that while fishing ned rig catches a lot of fish, a 5 in grub catches better fish. I also reaffirmed that I am much better fishing a grub on a jig head than i am fishing a swimbait on a jig head.

First name, middle initial, Im super clever that way.

A-Jay, if you arent a spokesperson for Sure-Life, I think you need to call them and set up a meeting. That was one heck of a sales pitch

I like the original but i really like the hard rock version. And i havent had time to go through all the pages yet haha

6 - as it isnt my scene but still cool

Weirdest sight for a California boy was seeing people sunbathing on snow when it hit 20 degrees in Iowa

My favorite is the Mitchell 308PRO, it is very smooth and is on virtually all of my spinning set ups. http://www.tacklewarehouse.com/Mitchell_300PRO_Spinning_Reels/descpage-MPS.html

Im lucky if I get in 2 - 3 days a month. Between work and my other hobbies (mainly softball tournaments), I just dont seem to get out very often. I mainly fish shasta which is about 30 miles from the house and my truck drinks fuel like I do beer in the summers, so that limits it as well.

The only time I have broke the hook was trying to get the hook out of the mouth of the fish.

Welcome, happy to have you on board.

So the wife and I decided to take advantage of her having a rare Monday off. We headed up to Jones Valley and launched about 8 am; like normal, the ramp was already full of trucks and trailers. We fished for about 3 hours before the wind took off and it became no fun. The wife and I caught 19 total, 17 bass and two 15 inch rainbows. We did most of our damage using a ned rig with shad colored hula stix. I did catch a few using a weighted wacky rigged senko deep, 30 - 50 feet, but they were the smaller of the bass caught. All in all it was a fun day. Now for the valuable lesson learned. I imagine most people on this forum already knew to do this, but I had to learn the hard way. Always have a backup clip for your kill-switch. Ours broke about 2 hours into the trip and I had to drive back holding my kill-switch in place and fighting the wind. I now have 3 clips in the boat just to be safe.

Thanks for the info

Does this come in a floatation style, you know, two birds one stone

I am curious if there are any bass clubs, especially those welcoming of people new to clubs, in the Redding, CA area?

My wife and I have Mitchell 308PROs on almost everyone of our set ups. It is incredibly smooth for a $70 reel. I have no advice on the rods, any number of them are good.

I had the same luck as you, the biggest bass I caught this past year came on a 4.5 inch roboworm on a dropshot.

I second this. Any time I make a sandwich it doesnt get eaten until the ride home. I usually dont bring a lunch. Plus my trips usually only go for about 6 hours at most. I just grab a bite to eat on my way out to the lake.

This may have to be my favorite post so far on this thread. "has an interior design background" this is too funny

Fishing off the coast of Brookings, Oregon with a whale surfacing in the background.

Fair enough, I already have a unit mounted just looking to upgrade

this is true, but my dash will only accommodate a 5 inch and im not interested in a RAM mount.

So im not really looking to buy one yet, just starting some research. I was wondering what everyone thought about these two units. I will be buying the 5 inch version, but I wanted to know what the difference between the two units (Lowrance Elite and Hummingbird helix) are and which is more user friendly?

Thats the whole reason I started this thread. I needed a place to brag and boast about my dog and I knew I wasn't the only one. Silver weighs in at 135 now, but he did get up to 160 at one point. He is calm and very much people oriented. He does love to talk to us and often times does it when I am trying to sleep, so that is a complete pain.

how much did kodi weigh?