Log Catcher

The lakes I fish it is mostly stumps, stick ups, lay downs, and rock banks. The lakes around here don't get any grass or weeds. I know of two lakes The dept. of fish and wildlife owns 100 yards of bank all the way around so people can't put boat docks on them.

Hope you have better luck than I did. I tried them in this color last year and couldn't get a fish to look at them.

Let us know how they do.

My rods are all fairly old and had seen a lot of use before I ever did anything to take care of them. The cork was getting in pretty rough shape before I started cleaning and sealing them.

Anything we can do to be of help.

Zoom baby Brush Hog Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Craw Zoom Ultra Vibe Speed Worm Zoom Fat Albert Grub Zoom Centipede

I store mine in plastic boxes in my basement.

I try to do mine once a year. I use Magic Eraser to clean them. If there are any pits or holes I fill them with wood filler. After it dries I sand it smooth with some 220 grit sandpaper. Then recoat them with U40. Don't try to put it on heavy. A light coating is all you need.

I have 98 Bass Tracker Pro Team 175 with a 40HP motor on it. I put new batteries in it two years ago. I got Interstate batteries. The cranking battery is a 24M-XHD and rated for 800 CCA and 1000 MCA. My last batteries were Interstate and I got seven years out of them.

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Hello and welcome to the forum.

I had an aunt that always called me Dennis the Menace. Never could understand why. I was always such a good child. HAHAHAHAHA.

Like many others I have guns that haven't been shot in a long time. I also have a generator and a snow blower. I will be happy if I never have use either one of them again.

I don't target only one species. If I am fishing a place that has both LMB and SMB I tend to target the SMB just to see if I can figure out the puzzle to catching them.

Our winter day yesterday turned into a major windstorm. We had temp of 81 and winds of 78MPH. It took out a big maple tree across the street from me. Luckily it fell on to another Maple tree to hold it up. It did not hit the house. Lot of damage and power outages throughout the county. Last I heard there were 42,000 people still without power. Have been very lucky and kept our power on so far. I tried to post a picture but I can't get it sized right to work.

I use 12# on most of mine. I use florocarbon for Texas rigs and jigs. If I had to use mono for that I go up to 14#

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Got my BPS spring sale flyer today. Haven't had a chance to check it yet to see if they have anything on sale I might actually need.

I won't buy any rods in the bright green, orange, white, or any other bright obnoxious color. I also want a full cork grip. Don't want any split grip rods. Other than that as long as it works like it should it is okay with me.

I have helped people on the water before. Towed people in to the boat ramp a few times and been towed in. Helped people with the fishing. Have given them some soft plastics and told them the places where I had caught some.

Like @airshot I have never replaced a prop on the water. Many years ago my first boat was 14' aluminum V hull. I had two motors for this boat. One was a 12HP and the other was an 18HP. I don't remember which motor this happened with. I was fishing one time and had to replace the shear pins three times on the water that day. Spent more time replacing shear pins than I did fishing.

I will probably start with either a crankbait or jerkbait depending on the water temp. Also have a spinnerbait and a Baby Brush Hog rigged up. If they don't work I will get out the spinning rods and throw a Senko and a shakyhead.

I have spare props for the outboard and the trolling motor and the tools to change them. Also have spare spark plugs. Have several old props that need to be rebuilt but since I put a SS prop on the outboard I never worried about getting them fixed.

I found two of them in a tackle box I haven't used in years. I think they are the smaller ones. They never caught anything but they haven't been used much either. One is a baby bass color and the other one is a shad color. I never thought about using them for smallmouth. I may have to put them in another box and try them when I might be able to catch a smallmouth.

Then everybody will find out about Zooms new Brush Craw and Baby Brush Craw and spend even more money.