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Has anyone seen this movie? I'm watching now and am laughing my ars off. And man oh man is Jessica Alba the bomb. I think I would give up 2 of my Loomis GLX's just to do her laundry.

Congrats on a good day. But please don't try and follow Avid's photography 101.

Welcome, now go catch some fish and post some pics.

welcome home. Pull up a chair and relax...

I was told I came from underneath a rock on the side of the road somewhere. Irish on my Dad's side. Don't know on Mon's side. Her parents are from Indiana 86 yrs ago and their parents the same.

Rolo nailed it again. Ladyfish are saltwater and great fun to catch. Are also an awesome Snook bait but you better hold onto your rod super tight when the Snook hits.

In addition to oatmeal, you can take a 8 or 12 ounce can of cheap cat/dog food. ( not the hard crunchy king but the wet nasty stuff). poke holes in the side of the can and submerge it along the bank where bait is likely to hide. This will most definately attract the shiners. Cat food has been used for decades and is a very common way to attract shiners amongst shiner fisherman who do it for a living. Just make sure you retrieve the cans afterwards and don't leave them in the canal. Tie rope to them is an easy way to retrieve them.

Almost every Florida canal, pond and lake have shiners. I use my cast net most of the time but hook and line are easy. Rolo explained a good way but all I do is 1. Take a loaf of regular white bread. 2. Pull a slice or two out and submerge them in a bucket of water. 3. Bread is now nice and soggy, smack the slices against the water near grass or canal edges. I usually focus on 1-5 ft of water. 4. This will attract many blue gill, bream, talapia and shiners. The shiners will usually be underneath the bream, bluegill and if you have on good quality sunglasses you will be able to see them flash. 5. use #4-6 mono and a hair hook. You can use a SMALL float if you want too and even a small splitshot to help get the bait below the bream. 6. use a small piece of bread ball and fish where you chummed. I will often chum 50 -100 feet of shoreline until I locate the bait. If you find a nice pond or canal, chum on a regular basis and the shiners will begin to hang out in that area on a regular basis and you won't have to hunt them. You can also mix a little bit of flour and water to a paste. This makes good bait balls and stays on the hook pretty good too. I've caught many shiners doing this. Don't forget that bream make an awesome bass bait as well as shiners.

I just got my 1st swimbait Bluegill the other day and got slammed on my 1st outing with it. Do you guys use braid or mono on your swimbaits?

And people give Britney a hard time....

The spoiled punk needs a floggin with a 8' heavy action flippin stick.

Same here. I laugh my till it hurts when they start auditions. I don't tune in much once they go to Hollywood.

Don't laugh. I knew an old timer, probably dead now, who would go out at night with a heavy cane pole and about 15 feet of #40 mono and work a big topwater plug back and forth infront of brush piles and other structure. He would just drag that lure back and forth. He caught more than his share of lunkers doing that.

I danced with super model Naomi Cambel at one of Donald Trumps parties at the Mara Lago in Palm Beach. And yes, she was HOT.

I hope not because you would make one ugly .

I guess that is why there is a flipping version. Just becuse they have a flipping version doesn't make it a practical flipping reel. Most serious anglers I know who spend a LOT of time flipping use #50 braid or minimum #20 mono to pull 5lb plus fish out of heavy, thick hydrilla. Will that core handle that?

Rod..line..then reel.

I had caught a nice bass and was trying to photograph by myself. A jogger was running by and offered to to help. He told me about BR and here I am. I don't know who the jogger is nor do I know his screen name but thank you to whom ever you are. If the mysterious jogger reads this, It was in Sherbrook Estates.

I don't have the Core yet but it is too nice and too expensive a reel to flip with. It's next on my list though. I like and have the Daiwa Sol for cranks with 10-12 lb line. I use my Curado 100 for top water plugs and soft plastics like the Flue. I also like and have the Premier that I use for worms and soft jerk baits as well. I use the Calcutta 250 for flipping. $189 plus it has the most balls out of all the reels mentioned IMO. If I had to choose only two though it would be the Calcutta which can triple for flipping, spinnerbaits and deep cranks. 2nd would be the Premier for worms, top water plugs and smaller cranks. The Premier is the lightest of them all is why I choose it over the Curado and has plenty of guts. But remember, with using only two reels for many different applications, you are going to have to pick out 2 well made suitable rods that handle different techniques. The 7' Loomis MBR843 M/H is good paired with the Premier and I'd get a 7'5 Loomis M/H flipping stick for the Calcutta.

Florida is $17 a year for fresh and $17 for salt or $32.50 for both. Lifetime is $301 for each. 65 and older are exempt.

Nice looking fish. And that's the way to tough it out.

You guys are killing me. I waited all week to get out there but, my partner canceled on me last night. I found a last minute replacement. I was up at 0415 making sandwiches when my replacement called saying the nyquil he took kicked his butt and can't get up. I called my brother to tell him it was just the two of us, to hurry up and get over to my house. My brother said he just checked his answering machine and has a chance to work some overtime so he ain't coming. So that left just me and I didn't want to drive 2 hours by myself and then fish all day alone. Needless to say I spent most of my day infront of the T.V pouting and a bit grumpy. I'm glad you had a good outing and those are some nice hawgs.

11.4 sounds like a good number. My main goal is to get a 7 plus on #4 mono ultrlite though.

MMMMMMMMMMMGOOD. I can smell the grease getting hot in the fryin pan.

Holy shnitz! That's a monster. Are they good to eat?