Harold Scoggins

*Sigh* The day I saw our Sears closing, I knew it was the beginning of the end for retail. We have both a DSG and AS and I'm wondering who will be first. My kids hardly ever shop the stores anymore and buy everything online, even their food. I'm just as bad, I can't remember the last time I bought any fishing gear in a store, it's just so much easier to buy online.

I love the Gantarel Jr. I hope they come out with a Red Ear pattern.

I use a 3600.

Congrats and welcome to the PawPaw club!

Cockpit of my BG2. Yes, she's slow, but at my age I'm in no hurry.

Yuki Ito provided all the evidence I needed the day he compared lure design to a katana. (Japanese sword) "Form follows function..."

Wow...you just saved me shipping on a JDM order I was preparing! I'll let you explain my Hookup order to my wife. LOL

Didn't save my post before quoting yours...Oooops.

In the footsteps of Lawrence...taken 25 years ago outside of Aqaba, Jordan. Oooops

White Python?

Although this is a long thread and I ended up reading it 4-5 times already, I hope the discussion on deep fishing continues. I think the polls would lean towards the shallow anglers for the very reason Roadwarrior mentioned earlier, more anglers are in their comfort zone when hunting hawgs in shallow water. I remember a time when I felt intimidated fishing deep, but with help from a couple of experienced old timers, I forced myself to go deep. I failed really bad at first, (lost a lot of jigs and cranks) but once I mastered topo maps and sonar and targeted those areas mentioned earlier (deep structure adjacent to points, etc) my luck changed. During the summer of '06, I landed 262 LMB between 5-8 lbs in 15'+ water. (McGee Creek Lake and Broken Bow Lake in SE Oklahoma for those who want to experience deep water) Although landing those big ones along the shore is fun, there is nothing more satisfying than pulling them up from the deep. I've really enjoyed reading this thread and I hope it continues.

This color has been very good me. (you can't go wrong with a lure with reddish orange on the belly or chin) I wish American retailers would carry more JDM colors like this.

My son (middle) in front of the Infantry Museum, Ft. Benning. He is now a police officer.

Like the boat.

Jack learned a new word, "Hydrodynamics."

I call it "Mushin."

Light Study

Take a Mann's 9" Blackberry Jelly Worm, a 4/0 or 5/0 EWG hook and call me in the morning.

You can explain the missing bath rug later...

Wall art.

"Form follows function, form follows emotion." - Yuki Ito

Balsa Max 80

Photo by Rob Choi.

Reminds me of a time my brother and I were casting jigs in deep structure. No sooner had my jig went in when my line took off across the surface and all I did was stand there with my mouth open watching it. It was my brother yelling, "Swing, swing...!" that finally brought me back to Earth. Yes, it was weird. Good thread.

The perfect popper is a rare thing, you can spend your life looking for one and it would not be a wasted life.