CountryboyinDC

I am amazed when I know more that the person that has been sent to help me, although in the case of @Way2slow and an outboard engine, that's hardly surprising. I, like @Tennessee Boyearned about the difference between 2 and 4 cycle engines in FFA, but also from my dad who was a turboprop mechanic in the Air Force (U.S. Army Air Force then) and for a time in the civilian world. But I'm definitely not a mechanic, carpenter, or a preacher. And I've had experiences where I know more about the way a transfer case works, where to put flashing on a window, and what's in the Bible than some of the people I've encountered in those respective professions lately. Makes you wonder.

That's what we'd call bluegrass where I'm from. You'd usually have a bass, stringed or a jug, but not always. Those sounds bring me back to summer evenings of finishing up making hay, and stopping by Parker & Orange store to listen to the good ol' boys picking.

Zoom super flukes, Green Pumpkin only with some other restrictions at Wally World for $1.66. https://www.walmart.com/ip/Zoom-salty-super-fluke-green-pumpkin-10-ct-pack/17127392?selected=true&irgwc=1&sourceid=imp_1rjVK-2hBxyOWPQwUx0Mo38XUkiQhIXVuWvWQU0&veh=aff&wmlspartner=imp_10451&clickid=1rjVK-2hBxyOWPQwUx0Mo38XUkiQhIXVuWvWQU0&sharedid= Some of the other colors are more that $20.

Being raised an Appalachian-American (we've decided hillbilly is culturally insensitive), fights used to break out over such thing as whether music truly was bluegrass if it had a upright bass as opposed to a jug Saturday nights at the store in Hillsville. Scotch-Irish are known for quarreling, but evidently most that live in Southwest Virginia have a purist streak. Me, I somehow had that bent skip over me, so if you want to wash down your avocado toast with bootleg damson berry corn liquor, have at it. But I can't get so far from my upbringing as to not separate the two. I love them both, but I do feel like they've separate and beautiful genres of America music.

I know some may consider Ricky closer to Flatt and Scruggs than old Hank and George Jones, but if you have drums and a steel guitar, you're in C&W territory IMHO.

Like others have said, they're probably just swamped. I had a rather plain-vanilla rod that you usually can find anywhere in stock on backorder for 3 months (Avid 7'0 MH/XF casting). St. Croix is one of those companies that stands behind their products as long as I've been using them. You pay for it.

Some would describe it as jackknifed, although I think that term technically means that the trailer ends up in that position as a result of a sudden stop. Another way of putting it would be to describe it as being at a high angle; considering the trailer as being at 0 degrees when it's perfectly straight behind the tow vehicle and 90 degrees when it's perpendicular to the tow vehicle. In this case, in your regular mirrors (not the convex ones), you may see the trailer, but you won't be able to tell precisely where it is or where it's going. The convex mirrors are small and make it difficult to discern even major details. They are mainly there to keep you from hitting a vehicle or large object that ends up in your blind spot. In this case, we often look out our side windows, or depending on the tow vehicle, the rear window. I hope that makes sense.

They make pretty neat cameras now that they use to create a composite image of your car and where it is in relation to everything else. My neighbor has it on his BMW. I looked to see if there was an aftermarket product for this, because as much trouble as my wife has not running into things going forward, she has more going backward. They haven't come up with one that I can find. I don't have a solution for you not being able to turn around due to your back and I'm a fair to middling backer of trailers. I was raised on a farm, my father was an over-the-road trucker; I even won the FFA tractor driving VA state championship in 1994 (I know that because my mom made me take my old trophies from her basement over last Thanksgiving). But there are times when the trailer angle is beyond the view of your mirrors (not the convex ones), and the best way to get the status is to turn and look out the window. Some of the folks that are saying use your mirror may not even realize how often they do that. So I think a camera mounted high your cab or somewhere like that might be useful in your case.

If you get out past 3' or so beyond the swivel, it's like throwing an Alabama rig. I know some folks I fish with that fish inshore, and use a 7' leader. I would have my kayak looking like it was wrapped up in a cocoon. I like Carolina rigs; I've had good luck with them for a long time. I don't fish them in current, etc. where they'll get hung up, but I'll fish them most anywhere you might think of throwing a medium or deep diving crankbait. For me, the only rule I have with leader length is if the bass start hitting the beads/weight, shorten the leader 6" or so and see if they notice the bait then. I don't use Carolina rigs in the winter, or at least not that I can remember, so I don't know if you shorten or lengthen your leader for best results. I usually start at about 3', and it might be 18" with all the reties. So I guess that I have no idea what the ideal length is. As others have said, if bass are suspended, th Carolina rig is probably not going to be your best bait. Honestly, I can't get them on a dropshot that great either.

I'd start on the New River. Where's your new home, Blackburg, Pulaski, etc.?

It ain't so much the jump as that landing that can be a might unhealthy.

If by jig, you mean jig head, in most cases yes. Some that have brush guards, underspins, etc. wouldn't work, but most would, marginally. The keeper is of great value, as is the head shape. While a swimbait jighead probably wouldn't be very satisfactory, there are cases where using a football head jighead might work okay.

Honestly any ball head jig could be rigged 'shakey-style'. Without a keeper (screwlock or otherwise) cast into the head somewhere other than at the hook base, you would essentially Texas rig the bait on the hook. I doubt without a keeper, you'd find it ideal. I prefer the type where the keeper, preferably a screwlock, is cast into the jighead somewhere other than at the hook shank. Having the keeper at the hook shank would probably make it more snagless by reducing the gap. About the original post, I am not a screwlock keeper fan. I bought some Jewell jigs years ago with them and would always stick myself rigging them. Mind you, I was river fishing from a canoe mostly at that time. I can only imagine trying to put some Zman plastic on one.

I'm not super concerned about the aesthetics, but now that you mention it, the tip does look like the signature Ugly Stick. I got a 7'6 heavy/moderate, and it's definitely powerful. In fact, I only use it for deep diving crankbaits and I've decided it's fine for the LC trap (it's a little heavier than most traps). As for me, I'm definitely not in love with it, but I got at a year end sale for $180. I've got to say I've decided glass is where it's at for crankbaits and me.

For me, I can fish a chatterbait for several hours and never get a bite, but get hung up several times before I eventually lose it somewhere. With the spinnerbait, I can fish it for several hours without losing it (although I may still not get a bite). For me, I really want to get to where I catch fish with chatterbaits - there are too many people that do great with them for them to be a bad bait. But I can't get any positive data with them to figure out how I'm messing up. Part of the problem is the places/times I'm able to fish. Spinnerbaits don't get hung up as often for me, whether I'm fishing them in blowdowns or along grasslines. There's a lot of really great articles about which spinnerbait to use for different environments, but I only carry a few (single Colorado, double willow, a smaller profile bait with Indiana and Colorado blades with painted, silver, or gold blades). I don't throw them when the bite is tough, but there are people that always have some kind of spinnerbait tied on, even when there's bluebird skies, etc. I don't feel as though I'm necessarily missing out - there are tons of baits that have become popular that I've tried and realized that they're probably for the angler that has lots of time to really hone their skills. In the end, plastics, jibs, crankbaits, ripbaits, and spinnerbaits are probably good enough to cover most scenarios. Still want to get a chatterbait bite going for myself.

I had never weighed them, but it looks like around 1/20 oz. I use them with a Missle Baits 48 worm, and it looks like the aggregate weight is around 3/10 oz. If you were in a lot of current or fishing them deep (and likely you are this time of year), you might want something heavier. I don't have any footage or anything, but I like the action on these as I rig them.

I know a lot of people that buy tungsten nail weights, but I've always just used wood or drywall screws. I guess if you needed quite a bit of weight this could be a problem. If they fall out (which they don't usually), it won't bother me much.

His Force outboard gave out on him about 4 years ago. He ticked off the first 5 people that tried to offer him a tow. I didn't see him anymore after that.

If that kayak is not all to pieces, that is a good price. It won't have a lot of the really good upgrades they've had over the years (including reverse), but it's still a good deal. Unless that one's been sitting for most of the time, it could have a lot of wear on it. Check it out good; if you can take it on the water.

That'll do, I believe. My wife was on her collegiate 3 position rimfire team, which was definitely a conversation starter when I met her. We don't get to shoot nearly as much since my son was born and we moved to the DC area, but she enjoyed hand loading and trap as much as she did rimfire. It's good to find things you like to do together with your spouse, sometimes you just can't find the time. Tell your wife that's good shooting!

Those are things you have to contend with fishing a river like the Susquehana for sure. I personally believe it's worth learning how to do because you get on water that fewer (although I definitely wouldn't say few) people go. Don't see too many jetskis on any of the rivers I fished on the non tidal portions. If you do decide to make the effort, a good course in river/whitewater kayaking or canoeing might really help. ACA doesn't really have a course of which I'm aware that focuses on kayak fishing, but their lower level courses usually take place where there's only no more than easy Class 2 water. That really would allow you to fish 90+ percent of the really good water on the Susquehanna that I've been on. There used to be a guy somewhere around Harrisburg, Juan somebody, that gave highly-recommended river kayak fishing courses. I don't think he's still doing it any longer, but someone else may be. And there's always inflatables if you just can't get comfortable in a kayak. I hope you find a place you like to live; there's definitely more to think about than the best fishing even if I wished there weren't (I'm not living in the DC area for the fishing). I think regardless of where you end up, if there's a river known for bass fishing, it's worth checking out.

If the were all close to the same price, I'd pick the WS Radar. You can add pedals later, and you're likely to want them.. I don't have much seat time in the Topwaters, but I have a Predator PDL. The seat is nowhere near as comfortable as my Jackson Coosa HD seat. If paddling and maybe adding a electric motor is in your plans, but no pedaling, the Crescent LiteTackle looked pretty solid. I want to get some time paddling one if ever see one on the water. I looked them over pretty good at the Richmond fishing expo over the winter.

I think some of the comments here saying try to be near a world class river fishery is a good strategy, and I think that's a where kayak fishing shines. I live near enough to the Potomac and Shenandoah now to make those my primary fisheries and when I lived in southwestern VA, the James the New were places I came to know well fishing from a canoe. I also was stationed along the Chatahoochee River in Columbus, GA, and fished it both wading and from a canoe and kayak. But the absolute best place to fish from a kayak I've seen in my life is along the Susquehanna River. I would say you could make Harrisburg or thereabouts your target area. I have a cousin who lives in Delta (tiny town just over the MD border). I have no idea what the job market is like there, but the cost of living is pretty low, and there are lots of smallmouth in those shoals along the Susquehanna there too.

You may have to wait a while. Until then, maybe a combination of @A-Jay and @TnRiver46 suggestions would yield the best of all cheers in NFL cheers, "Go, Wash Potatoes!"

I think that they left because RFK wasn't really working out (imagine that, something in DC not working out). If you lived here you'd understand, it's hard to know where DC ends and Maryland and Virginia begin. I now believe that my favorite is the Washington Potatoes.