Wayne P.

All of my wrapped rods are left orientated including the Erhardt (Bud and Eadie) models.

I've been in several tackle shops that sell BPS labled products.

10 or more.

Get a couple of these, wear one, keep the other in your cooler, and alternate after a few hours. http://www.officialcoolcollar.com/

Gammy, Octopus 3/0-----I get mine from Dick's Sporting Goods, or Bass Pro Shops. The # 02413 is the black nickle color

I have several, some are custom and some are mass produced.

30# braid for topwater 65#-80# braid for frogs and Carolina rigging/16#-20# mono and fluorocarbon 50# fused super line for spinnerbaits/Chatterbaits/buzzbaits 16# mono for crankbaits 8#-10# fluorocarbon for light dropshot, splitshotting/mojo rigging 20# fluorocarbon for heavy dropshot 20# or 30# braid with 14#-20# fluorocarbon leader for wacky rigging finesse and Trick worms 14#-20# fluorocarbon or 30# braid for Tx rigging and jigs 17#-20# fluorocarbon for swimbaits 14#-17# fluorocarbon for Super Flukes and Senkos

I have several digital cameras. The one I take fishing is a mini-DV video camera that does videos on tape and stills on SD cards. It has a remote control so I can take pictures of fish with me holding them. I just set the camera up on a homemade monopod that I have attached to the transom of my jon boat, turn the screen towards me to compose the picture and take the picture with the remote control. When I fish in my bass boat, I use a regular camera tripod held on the back deck with strong bungee cords. This is an example of one I took-------

I did just that this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. I use a 5/0 Gammy Offset Shank Round Bend Worm Hook. I didn't catch any over 5# though.

Small hooks? All the bass I have caught that weighed over 9# were with the same hook style but in the smaller 2/0 size. They will not straighted out with any force you can apply with fishing tackle. Here is a 2/0 Octopus hook catch-----

Slomoe, no laws including gun bans are going to influence the behavior of a criminal. Murder is against the law, controlled drugs are illegal, robbery is illegal, etc. The added possession of handguns by lawabiding citizens in D.C. will lessen those crimes since the criminal may have to pay the ultimate price for their chosen profession. A concealed carry permit will lessen it even more. D.C. has been a perfect example of "when guns are outlawed, the outlaws will have guns."

I am guessing your knot tying technique is the problem. I use the uni-uni knot connection with no problems. It is VERY important to tie the knots S-L-O-W-L-Y and LUBRICATED. That goes for any knot type when joining braid to mono/fluorocarbon. Friction is the killer for fluorocarbon. If you are using Vanish Fluorocarbon, change brands.

A wacky rigged Zoom finesse worm or Trick worm after the surface water temps get above 45 degrees.

The satellite updates are free to get quicker lockon for TomTom units. It is called "QuickGPSfix" and is recommended to be done weekly. The first 30 days after you start using the TomTom is when you get the free map updates that take the "code" that is contained in the information sheet.

Gammy Octopus Hooks 3/0 #02413. You can do a hook set with those. I use them for Trick worms wacky style also.

I go early and stay late. I catch the most and the biggest around mid-day.

Must be ESP, I was on the pattern for the past two days. I used a 1/4 oz.

I am hunting with a weapon and with my camera. I don't hunt for the meat anymore and will not settle for an animal that is less than I have already taken. I have only seen one with a better rack, but it was too young (in my opinion). I am not doing my part in the population control of deer. Even if I take one, the meat would be donated to the Hunter's For The Hungry program. We have way too many deer, but I just don't care to fool with them anymore. I participate in archery season, muzzleloading season, and the general firearms season with rifle or pistol. In Va. if you are with someone that is hunting with a weapon, then you are participating in the act of hunting. If you go alone with a camera and no weapon, then you are not hunting and it would be no different than taking pictures of deer along the roadside, in a zoo, or park during any part of the year.

I have the Tom-Tom One, was on sale at Circuit City for less than $130 a couple of months ago. Very satisfied and surprised with it's accuracy. I have done two on-line updates since the purchase. It's so easy to use that "even a cave man can do it", my wife too.

If you are not satisfied with 10# mono with spincasting, then about the only fluorocarbon line that MIGHT cast better is 6# or smaller, but I doubt it. Fluorocarbon lines are stiffer than most nylon monos. The route that the line has to take from springing off the spool and being forced through the reel nose hole that is so close to the spool, may just kill any distance you may be hoping for. RW's suggestion may be your best option.

You guys are getting all hung up on the marketing hype of red line. It does not disappear. It may blend in with some stained or muddy water colors, but no more than green line does in green water. For clear water, the color red is filtered out by the water as the line gets deeper. The line itself is still visible but not in the red part of the spectrum. It may look brown to black as the depth increases, but it is still visible. The red line does not magically become clear when immersed. That goes for the red mono lines as well as the red braids. Fish can see red. Shorehugger, in your aquaruim test, try a red laser like those lazer pointers and watch the fish follow the red dot as you move it around. Your flashlight test only shows that dim light is less obtrusive to your fish than bright light.

The hook is a Falcon Lures Bait-Jerker 5/0 and the weight is 3/32 oz. I use that for getting deeper than 10'. For shallower presentations I use the same hook but lighter weight 1/32 oz. I also have some H & H Flutter Hooks in 5/0 and 1/8 oz with the same style hook. For the Magnum Super Fluke , I use the 6/0 and 3/32 oz. I use it just like an unweighted Fluke-underwater jerk-bait. Edited: The Falcon hooks are Gammy G-Lock and the H & H is the Gammy EWG

Another C/R deer

I do it all the time during deer season while waiting on THE one.

Fireline is not a braid, it is fused filament and is stiffer than braids. It is a desirable trait for some applications.