roadwarrior

It seems that OPEC may have raised their target pricing to $60 - $80. If oil show signs of dropping below $60 I would expect them to defend their pricing model and reduce production to maintain this range. We still have quite a bit of downside potential with $85 being a near-term target. 8-)

I cast spinning and baitcasting equipment with two hands, all the time. Try casting with both hands which significantly reduces fatigue and may improve your accuracy! I think this will solve the problem for you. 8-)

Starting the morning down another couple of bucks @ $91.77 Gasoline is high going through a rough period in the distribution network. We're paying $3.56-$3.89 in Memphis. Once we get past this in a week or two, if oil stays around current levels, gas at the pump will drop a dollar or more. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

I fish the Double Wide as a trailer on a 1/2 oz jig. This is a huge presentation: Go big or go home! 8-)

They will. BTW, I never use a trailer hook and have no issues. 8-)

Man, great story! 8-)

Those are some fine fish, nice pics and a great story! 8-)

Mind boggling: $20 rod/ $500 reel... :

You would be miles ahead with a Citica. If the new 2009 reels are more than you are willing to pay, you can probably find a new '08 for $60 - $75. 8-)

Geez... Send him back to Jessica and find another quarterback! >

Wow! Great day, "Classic" pics, excellent post! 8-)

Either side of 2 lbs. Nice pics! 8-)

I'm glad things went well.

Hmm...I think I'll quote you on that! I agree, completely. 8-)

$93.98 in "after hours" trading.

I caught a gar at Bull Shoals a couple of years ago about the size of fourbizz. ;D No...it didn't weigh as much, but it was way to big to get in the boat, especially at night! 8-)

This year has been my worst for smallmouth due to poor water flow. This has been my best year for largemouth bass because I found some new water. 8-)

I can buy the story that better fisherman can fish barbless and not lose manyy or even any fish, but I cannot see the logic behind a barbed hook reducing hook-up or landing percentages. It don't make "no cents" to me... 8-)

Man, if you haven't caught bass on shiners, I don't have any suggestions.

$95.24 @ 2:00 CDT

Man, that really surprises me. I have never had an issue with Gamakatsu hooks. Have you tried VMC Hooks? Never had any issues with them, either. http://www.luckycraft.com/luckycrafthome/Products/accessories/hooks.htm 8-)

States [edit] Alabama Tuscaloosa Refinery (Hunt Refining Company), Tuscaloosa 52,000 bbl/d (8,300 m³/d) Saraland Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Saraland 80,000 bbl/d (13,000 m³/d) Mobile Refinery (Gulf Atlantic Refining & Marketing), Mobile 16,700 bbl/d (2,660 m³/d)[2] [edit] Alaska Kenai Refinery (Tesoro), Kenai 72,000 bbl/d (11,400 m³/d) Valdez Refinery (Petro Star), Valdez 50,000 bbl/d (7,900 m³/d) North Pole Refinery (Petro Star), North Pole 17,000 bbl/d (2,700 m³/d) Kuparuk Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Kuparuk 14,400 bbl/d (2,290 m³/d) North Pole Refinery (Flint Hills Resources), North Pole 210,000 bbl/d (33,000 m³/d) Prudhoe Bay Refinery (BP), Prudhoe Bay 12,500 bbl/d (1,990 m³/d) [edit] Arkansas El Dorado Refinery (Lion Oil), El Dorado 70,000 bbl/d (11,000 m³/d) Smackover Refinery (Cross Oil), Smackover 6,800 bbl/d (1,080 m³/d) [edit] California Bakersfield Refinery (Big West), Bakersfield, 66,000 bbl/d (10,500 m³/d) Bakersfield Refinery (Kern Oil), Bakersfield, 25,000 bbl/d (4,000 m³/d) Bakersfield Refinery (San Joaquin Refining Company), Bakersfield, 24,300 bbl/d (3,860 m³/d) Benicia Refinery (Valero), Benicia, 144,000 bbl/d (22,900 m³/d) Carson Refinery (BP), Carson, 260,000 bbl/d (41,000 m³/d) El Segundo Refinery (Chevron), El Segundo, 260,000 bbl/d (41,000 m³/d) Golden Eagle Refinery (Tesoro), near Martinez, 166,000 bbl/d (26,400 m³/d) Long Beach Refinery (Edgington Oil Company), Long Beach, 26,000 bbl/d (4,100 m³/d) Martinez Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Martinez, 154,900 bbl/d (24,630 m³/d) Oxnard Refinery (Tenby Inc), Oxnard, 2,800 bbl/d (450 m³/d) Paramount Refinery (Paramount Petroleum), Paramount, 50,000 bbl/d (7,900 m³/d) Richmond Refinery (Chevron), Richmond, 242,901 bbl/d (38,618.2 m³/d) Rodeo San Francisco Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Rodeo, 100,000 bbl/d (16,000 m³/d) Santa Maria Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Santa Maria, 41,800 bbl/d (6,650 m³/d) Santa Maria Refinery (Greka Energy), Santa Maria, 9,500 bbl/d (1,510 m³/d) South Gate Refinery (Lunday Thagard), South Gate, 8,500 bbl/d (1,350 m³/d) Torrance Refinery (ExxonMobil), Torrance, 149,000 bbl/d (23,700 m³/d) Wilmington Asphalt Refinery (Valero), Wilmington, 5,900 bbl/d (940 m³/d) Wilmington Refinery (Tesoro), Wilmington, 133,100 bbl/d (21,160 m³/d) Wilmington Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Wilmington, 98,500 bbl/d (15,660 m³/d) Wilmington Refinery (Valero), Wilmington, 149,000 bbl/d (23,700 m³/d) [edit] Colorado Commerce City Refinery (Suncor), Commerce City 90,000 bbl/d (14,000 m³/d) [edit] Delaware Delaware City Refinery (Valero), Delaware City 175,000 bbl/d (27,800 m³/d) [edit] Georgia Savannah Refinery (Citgo), Savannah (Asphalt Refinery) 28,000 bpd Douglasville Refinery (Young Refining), Douglasville -- shutdown 07/04 [edit] Hawaii Kapolei Refinery (Tesoro), Kapolei 93,500 bbl/d (14,870 m³/d) Hawaii Refinery (Chevron), Kapolei 54,000 bbl/d (8,600 m³/d) [edit] Illinois Lemont Refinery (Citgo), Romeoville 160,000 bbl/d (25,000 m³/d) Joliet Refinery (ExxonMobil), Joliet 238,000 bbl/d (37,800 m³/d) Robinson Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Robinson 192,000 bbl/d (30,500 m³/d) Wood River Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Wood River 306,000 bbl/d (48,700 m³/d) [edit] Indiana Whiting Refinery (BP), Whiting 410,000 bbl/d (65,000 m³/d) Mount Vernon Refinery (Countrymark Co-op), Mount Vernon 23,000 bbl/d (3,700 m³/d) [edit] Kansas Coffeyville Refinery (Coffeyville Resources LLC), Coffeyville 112,000 bbl/d (17,800 m³/d) El Dorado Refinery (Frontier Oil), El Dorado 110,000 bbl/d (17,000 m³/d) McPherson Refinery (NCRA), McPherson 81,200 bbl/d (12,910 m³/d) [edit] Kentucky Catlettsburg Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Catlettsburg 222,000 bbl/d (35,300 m³/d) HDG International Group Refinery, Perry 195,500 bbl/d (31,080 m³/d) Somerset Refinery, Somerset 5,500 bbl/d (870 m³/d) [edit] Louisiana Baton Rouge Refinery (ExxonMobil), Baton Rouge 503,000 bbl/d (80,000 m³/d) Belle Chasse Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Belle Chasse 250,000 Chalmette Refinery (ExxonMobil), Chalmette 193,000 bbl/d (30,700 m³/d) Convent Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Convent 255,000 bbl/d (40,500 m³/d) Cotton Valley Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), Cotton Valley 13,000 bbl/d (2,100 m³/d) Garyville Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), near Garyville 245,000 bbl/d (39,000 m³/d) Krotz Springs Refinery (Alon), Krotz Springs 85,000 bbl/d (13,500 m³/d) Lake Charles Refinery (Citgo), Lake Charles 425,000 Lake Charles Refinery (Calcasieu Refining), Lake Charles 30,000 bbl/d (4,800 m³/d) Meraux Refinery (Murphy Oil), Meraux 125,000 bbl/d (19,900 m³/d) Norco Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Norco 242,000 bbl/d (38,500 m³/d) Port Allen Refinery (Placid Refining), Port Allen 48,500 bbl/d (7,710 m³/d) Princeton Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), Princeton 8,300 bbl/d (1,320 m³/d) Shreveport Refinery (Calumet Lubricants), Shreveport 35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m³/d) St. Charles Refinery (Valero), Norco 260,000 bbl/d (41,000 m³/d) Westlake Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Westlake 247,000 [edit] Michigan Detroit Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Detroit 100,000 bbl/d (16,000 m³/d) [edit] Minnesota Pine Bend Refinery (Flint Hills Resources), Rosemount 265,000 bbl/d (42,100 m³/d) St. Paul Park Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), St. Paul Park 70,000 bbl/d (11,000 m³/d) [edit] Mississippi Lumberton Refinery (Hunt Southland Refining), Lumberton 5,800 bbl/d (920 m³/d) Pascagoula Refinery (Chevron), Pascagoula 325,000 bbl/d (51,700 m³/d) Vicksburg Refinery (Ergon), Vicksburg 23,000 bbl/d (3,700 m³/d) Rogerslacy Refinery (Hunt Southland Refining), Sandersville 11,000 bbl/d (1,700 m³/d) [edit] Montana Billings Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Billings 58,000 bbl/d (9,200 m³/d) Billings Refinery (ExxonMobil), Billings 60,000 bbl/d (9,500 m³/d) Great Falls Refinery (Holly Corporation via Montana Refining), Great Falls 8,200 bbl/d (1,300 m³/d) Laurel Refinery (Cenex), Laurel 55,000 bbl/d (8,700 m³/d) [edit] Nevada Eagle Springs Refinery (Foreland Refining), Currant 1,700 bbl/d (270 m³/d) [edit] New Jersey Bayway Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Linden 230,000 bbl/d (37,000 m³/d) Eagle Point Refinery (Sunoco), Westville 145,000 bbl/d (23,100 m³/d) Paulsboro Asphalt Refinery (Citgo), Paulsboro 51,000 bbl/d (8,100 m³/d) Paulsboro Refinery (Valero), Paulsboro 160,000 bbl/d (25,000 m³/d) Perth Amboy Refinery (Chevron), Perth Amboy 80,000 bbl/d (13,000 m³/d) Port Reading Refinery (Hess), Port Reading 62,000 bbl/d (9,900 m³/d) [edit] New Mexico Artesia Refinery (Holly Corporation via Navajo Refining), Artesia 75,000 bbl/d (11,900 m³/d) Bloomfield Refinery (Western Refining), Bloomfield 16,800 bbl/d (2,670 m³/d) Gallup Refinery (Western Refining), Gallup 26,000 bbl/d (4,100 m³/d) Lovington Refinery (Holly Corporation), Lovington [edit] North Dakota Mandan Refinery (Tesoro), Mandan 60,000 bbl/d (9,500 m³/d) [edit] Ohio Canton Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Canton 73,000 bbl/d (11,600 m³/d) Lima Refinery (Husky Energy), Lima 158,400 bbl/d (25,180 m³/d) Toledo Refinery (BP), Toledo 160,000 bbl/d (25,000 m³/d) Toledo Refinery (Sunoco), Toledo 160,000 bbl/d (25,000 m³/d) [edit] Oklahoma Ardmore Refinery (Valero), Ardmore 74,700 bbl/d (11,880 m³/d) Ponca City Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Ponca City 194,000 bbl/d (30,800 m³/d) Tulsa Refinery (Sinclair Oil), Tulsa 70,300 bbl/d (11,180 m³/d) Tulsa Refinery (Sunoco), Tulsa 83,200 bbl/d (13,230 m³/d) Wynnewood Refinery, Wynnewood 52,500 bbl/d (8,350 m³/d) Ventura Refining and Transmission, Thomas 14,000 bbl/d (2,200 m³/d) [edit] Pennsylvania Bradford Refinery (American Refining Group), Bradford 10,000 bbl/d (1,600 m³/d) Marcus Hook Refinery (Sunoco), Marcus Hook 175,000 bbl/d (27,800 m³/d) Philadelphia Refinery (Sunoco), Philadelphia 335,000 bbl/d (53,300 m³/d) Penreco (Calumet), Karns City Trainer Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Trainer 185,000 bbl/d (29,400 m³/d) Warren Refinery, United Refining Company, Warren 70,000 bbl/d (11,000 m³/d) Wamsutta Oil Refinery (historical), McClintocksville Hess oil Refinery [edit] Tennessee Memphis Refinery (Valero), Memphis 180,000 bbl/d (29,000 m³/d) [edit] Texas Baytown Refinery (ExxonMobil), Baytown 557,000 bbl/d (88,600 m³/d) Big Spring Refinery (Alon USA), Big Spring 61,000 bbl/d (9,700 m³/d) Beaumont Refinery (ExxonMobil), Beaumont 348,500 bbl/d (55,410 m³/d) Borger Refinery (ConocoPhillips/EnCana), Borger 146,000 bbl/d (23,200 m³/d) Corpus Christi Complex (Flint Hills Resources), Corpus Christi 288,000 bbl/d (45,800 m³/d) Corpus Christi Refinery (Citgo), Corpus Christi 156,000 bbl/d (24,800 m³/d) Corpus Christi West Refinery (Valero), Corpus Christi 142,000 bbl/d (22,600 m³/d) Corpus Christi East Refinery (Valero), Corpus Christi 115,000 bbl/d (18,300 m³/d) Deer Park Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Deer Park 333,700 bbl/d (53,050 m³/d) El Paso Refinery (Western Refining), El Paso 120,000 bbl/d (19,000 m³/d) Houston Refinery (Lyondell), Houston 270,200 bbl/d (42,960 m³/d) Houston Refinery (Valero), Houston 83,000 bbl/d (13,200 m³/d) McKee Refinery (Valero), Sunray 158,300 bbl/d (25,170 m³/d) Pasadena Refinery (Petrobras), Pasadena 100,000 bbl/d (16,000 m³/d) Port Arthur Refinery (Total), Port Arthur 233,500 bbl/d (37,120 m³/d) Port Arthur Refinery (Motiva Enterprises), Port Arthur 285,000 bbl/d (45,300 m³/d) Port Arthur Refinery (Valero), Port Arthur 325,000 bbl/d (51,700 m³/d) Penreco (Calumet), Houston San Antonio Refinery (Age Refining), San Antonio 10,300 bbl/d (1,640 m³/d) Sweeny Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Sweeny 229,000 bbl/d (36,400 m³/d) Texas City Refinery (BP), Texas City 437,000 bbl/d (69,500 m³/d) Texas City Refinery (Marathon Petroleum Company), Texas City 72,000 bbl/d (11,400 m³/d) Texas City Refinery (Valero), Texas City 210,000 bbl/d (33,000 m³/d) Three Rivers Refinery (Valero), Three Rivers 90,000 bbl/d (14,000 m³/d) Tyler Refinery (Delek Refining Ltd.), Tyler 55,000 bbl/d (8,700 m³/d) [edit] Utah North Salt Lake Refinery (Big West Oil), North Salt Lake 24,400 bbl/d (3,880 m³/d) Salt Lake City Refinery (Chevron), Salt Lake City 45,000 bbl/d (7,200 m³/d) Salt Lake City Refinery (Tesoro), Salt Lake City 58,000 bbl/d (9,200 m³/d) Woods Cross Refinery (Holly Corporation), Woods Cross 26,000 bbl/d (4,100 m³/d) Woods Cross Refinery (Silver Eagle Refining), Woods Cross 10,200 bbl/d (1,620 m³/d) [edit] Virginia Yorktown Refinery (Western Refining), Yorktown 58,600 bbl/d (9,320 m³/d) [edit] Washington Tesoro Anacortes Refinery (Tesoro), Anacortes 108,000 bbl/d (17,200 m³/d) Shell Anacortes Refinery (Shell Oil Company), Anacortes 145,000 bbl/d (23,100 m³/d) Cherry Point Refinery (BP), Blaine 225,000 bbl/d (35,800 m³/d) ConocoPhillips Ferndale Refinery (ConocoPhillips), Ferndale 105,000 bbl/d (16,700 m³/d) Tacoma Refinery (U.S. Oil and Refining), Tacoma 35,000 bbl/d (5,600 m³/d) [edit] West Virginia Newell Refinery (Ergon), Newell 19,400 bbl/d (3,080 m³/d) [edit] Wisconsin Superior Refinery (Murphy Oil), Superior 33,000 bbl/d (5,200 m³/d) [edit] Wyoming Cheyenne Refinery (Frontier Oil), Cheyenne 52,000 bbl/d (8,300 m³/d) Evanston Refinery (Silver Eagle Refining), Evanston 3,000 bbl/d (480 m³/d) Evansville Refinery (Little America Refining), Evansville 24,500 bbl/d (3,900 m³/d) Newcastle Refinery (Wyoming Refining), Newcastle 12,500 bbl/d (1,990 m³/d) Sinclair Refinery (Sinclair Oil), Sinclair 66,000 bbl/d (10,500 m³/d) There are many more in the Carribean, Mexico and Canada.

Well...I guess everyone is entitled to an opinion... The main difference on a given day is whether bass are relating to baitfish or bottom bugs. I guess I really fish a blend, since most trailers I use are a "creature" rather than a chunk. My point is, I fish the GYCB "Kreature" fast, like a spinnerbait. Jigs I fish slow, real slow. With jigs, I'm always on the bottom, but the position in the water column varies with the Kreature. 8-)

Don't weigh 'em...I think that scares 2 or 3 lbs out of a fish! 8-)

Welcome aboard! One bass per hour is way above average, even for smaller fish. What you usually hear about are big days when guys catch some numbers. I'm after bigger bass, but I would estimated my success at about one 5 lb+ bass every four hours. Now, that's just a number I have in mind, I get skunked...a lot! 8-)