12poundbass

Don't get me wrong, I'm just like everyone else. I got into Abu Garcia because Ike switched over to them and I happened to come across the Black and Pro Max reels and I like using them and they're well within my budget. I have a lot of Strike King lures, if KVD throws them there good for me. I just started throwing the Strike King bladed jig and I for the first time I bough a couple packages of the Rage bugs because @A-Jay was using them in one of his videos. Good enough for me. Do I follow they hype and think these are "game changers"? No but something I get turned on to and give it a shot. The Hydrowave and Livingston lures that make noise who knows if they make a difference. I guess if it gives you confidence then go for it. Confidence has been discussed on here a ton, so if it gives someone confidence in their fishing then I guess you could say in a way it worked.

See I told you we have a club. We have good membership numbers as you can see. ?

I sure did. I remember the day like it was yesterday. It was pretty big. I think I was 8 or 9? Made the loudest noise I had ever heard! That's a day I'll never forget.

Well you caught me. Sounds like a good way for someone trying to be funny to get shot by someone thinking they're the first to get Bigfoot. I did see Bigfoot once when I was a kid, I even got a picture of him. It has been verified by several Bigfoot "experts" to indeed be a real Bigfoot.

A bunch of the professional anglers use them to they must be effective. So much so that they proudly wear the name on their jersey's and on their boats. Heck they believe in them so much they talk about them all the time in articles and TV shows! Seriously though there are so many accessories and lures that are "game changers", "must haves", and "I've won more money with this one lure" on the market today. The life of a professional bass angler is not that glorious and tournament wise only a tiny percentage actually make a living doing it. The rest make their living sell product. A guy wrote the other day about his experience marshalling for Fletcher Shryock a few weeks back. Fletcher told him there's not that much money in tournament fishing. Merchandising is where the money is, which could explain why you see Fletcher with these bright colors. Same with Skeet and Swindle. Ike he's loud. It's all marketing and selling themselves which sells merchandise. I kinda trailed away from the Hydrowave a tad, but hopefully you get the point.

Jeez it's almost as big as you! Nice catch! Seems like you're living the dream right now traveling the country bass fishing and catching different species in your neck of the woods. Enjoy it! ?

I'm guessing money talks.....

Now were on the same page. At 120v system you could run the TM, run an A/C unit in the summer, and a heater in the spring and fall. With all that hooked up the Lund would look sweet! ?

Do it! You did say in that video the your rig is rated for 200 hp. The tag doesn't say how many 200's does it? So I'd say you're good! ?

Gpsstore.com These aren't the Plus units, but still a $999 unit for $599 is pretty good.

Right now you can get a Garmin Echomap 93sv for $599. This has a 9" screen, SideVu, DownVu, 2d sonar, over 17,000 lakes, and Quickdraw which all is you to create your own contour maps. Hard to beat that.

Did you happen to see the price tag?

http://www.thefishingwire.com/releases/b1ba1ddc-8b63-4bc4-974c-c2bde3c6d03f @A-Jay before you repower with a new Merc. You might want to look at this before you make your final decision. ?

Senko Frog Frog Frog Senko ? I'm a simpleton

0. Sorry I don't get it. My cousin has made a d**n good living in Vegas and traveling the world doing opra but not my cup of tea. Here's a little Justin Moore. I like him he for the most part keeps his music fairly traditional.

Yes they do grow fast. It seems like yesterday my son had his Spongebob pole. Last week he graduated from a spincast to a spinning combo. Next time I blink he'll have baitcasters piled up in the boat and pitching grass and skipping docks. Enjoy your fishing buddy! I do.

Key word is yet. Give it time. ?

Welcome to the club. We have T-shirts. ?

Hartwell is and isn't new. They've never had an Elite event on it but have had 2 or 3 classics on it. So a lot of the guys have fished it but there's quite a few who haven't.

Let me retract my statement and say I know Motorguide has trolling motors with wireless foot control. I'm not familiar with Minn Kota's models but I have to imagine they have at least one model with wireless foot control. Trust me you're not missing much. I just use my key fob which can be a pain when fighting a big fish or cranking on windy days.

Well 6poundbass and I headed out yesterday morning so he could break in his new Mike Iaconelli spinning combo he got for his birthday last week. @OCdockskipper would be proud knowing my son specifically asked for the Ike combo. LOL He ended up catching 7 in just over three hours. Most went around 1-8.He was pretty geeked. No more spincast for him.

They're making it back out to the west coast and the California Delta which should make some of you west coast guys happy. Then up to Washington and the Columbia river. Maybe we'll see @Glenn photo and video bombing the event. https://www.bassmaster.com/news/2019-elite-series-schedule-revealed

They already do. Both Minn Kota and Motorguide do. I have one and hate the wireless foot pedal.

Tackleunderground.com is the best site for the lure maker. They have everyone from newbies like you to guys who have huge set ups that do it for a living. Do-it molds has a ton of different molds including and exact copy of the Senko I spent a lot of time on Tackle underground pondering the idea of making my own lures and the thought still comes and goes from time to time but from what I've read on there and he adds from some who do it is you're not really doing it to save money because it's not a cheap hobby. I can see what they mean, I've never don't it and I was already thinking "ok I need this, this, and this" and the list goes on and next thing you know you're up to your eyeballs in stuff you'll use once. That being said it does look fun and like I said earlier I stink think about doing it. Good luck with your venture.