Jimzee

Very sorry to hear about this. Prayers for you and your family Jack in their time of need. He will be missed on my behalf. :'(

No head gear on that one, cool to get pics on those game trail cams though.

Mostly farms and older people around me. Everything is always quiet except for the occasional cow moo.

Nearest Cabela's to me is 125 miles, nearest BPS would be 265 miles away. I've noticed the two Dick's locations closest to me, (one is 15 minutes away, the other is 35 minutes away) have different items on sale. Lucky Crafts were not on sale for the most part at one store but the other had all LC's marked way down. The Rapalas were being restocked this very evening at the closest store to me, what a d**n mess that was. I also got some great deals on One Knockers for $2.00 a piece. Not all of them were on sale, just some select colors. Probably the best deal I noticed was the Invis-X marked down to $6.00 a spool. I would have cleaned the whole rack out of that but someone else beat me to it.

Yes, quite a few on sale for $2.00 a pack. That would be $1.06 after the 50% sale and sales tax for me. The Rage Shads and Rage Craws are the ones I noticed marked down.

Dan, tell that to the Roanoke store if you dont mind. Nothing seperated and only a few things actually marked (red sticker) as clearance items. Luckily, I took what I wanted (that was not red tagged) and got the guy to scan the stuff and it came up on clearance, plus the extra 50% off. I'm sure there's tons of other stuff thats supposed to be marked that isn't. Yes, most of the old stock is even 50% off the sticker price. I asked about the Rapala DT Flats yesterday, they were on sale but the price didn't end with a .93 or .97, they still ended up being $3.00 a piece though.

Team Daiwa gets my vote, too sexy not to.

You might need to pitch a tent on Dick's sidewalk tonight just to be sure you beat Blaine in the door tomorrow morning. I dont know what time the one here opens up. I bet if you called the store it would have a recorded message with the hours. Nah, im going to the one in Morgantown. He stays in his territory and ill stay in mine. I hit the Morgantown Dick's up yesterday, they had a better selection than the Clarksburg Dick's. However....are you ready for this? I cleared the rack on Lucky Craft Pointers @ $5.48 a pop. Also cleared the rack on all their LC cranks @ $4.50 a pop. Scored a few Sebile Magic Swimmers for $4.50 as well as Terminater T-1 spinnerbaits for $.98 BTW, I'll not have to buy replacement trebles for my cranks again for about ten years, probably bought 50 packs all together. ;D

Make yourself a set of these and you will never have to worry about spool pin issues again. They can be bought at any Sears. I have made a few for some members on here, they seem to work really well.

Just got back myself, stocked up on treble hooks @ $.98 a pack. Cleared the whole isle of DT Flats @ $3.00 a pop. Seaguar InvizX ended up being $6.00 for 200 yards, great deal there. Hell, the wife even found a Nike fleece priced @ $90.00, ended up paying $24.00 for it. Probably stop back by tomorrow and clean out the rest of the hooks.

Give half to St. Jude then buy a round trip ticket to Japan and shop until the money is gone.

Hey Steezy, I'll be on the road trip, can I borrow one of your Steez reels for the day? If I like it maybe I will get one.

Already sent one in brother, but no worries. Have you gotten anymore rods in for me? Nope, not yet. It will probably be in before fishing season.

He's too d**n mean to stay sick for very long.

Mailing the form to you Mike tomorrow morning for the PA and WV guys attending. Starting to get a little anxious already...

Just made our reservation. Staying from Saturday 16 to Saturday 23. Looking forward to seeing everyone again.

Thanks guys!! I'm on here quite a bit, just not as type happy. ;D Happy Birthday back at ya Tin!!

It rubs the lotion on the skin or else it gets the hose again. ;D

Fletch, I fish mostly nothing but flooded timber most of the time and I have great success with these, they deflect really well. http://www.buckeyelures.com/circuit_breaker_crankbait.shtml

What ever those guys are being paid it's not nearly enough. Gonna go throw up now!

I believe I have been to that light house before if that is the one on Lake Ontario close to where the Salmon River runs in. If not, it looks pretty similar. Great photos guys! The HDR image really caught my eye. Jay, nice to see you enjoying fishing again.

Metalica - ...And Justice for All It just never gets old to me for some reason.

I keep it pretty simple, I throw the silver and black quite a bit along with the craw color. I have a few cranks that I throw when I'm having a tough day getting bit, those DT flat 7's seem to always catch a fish or two for me. They may very well not be getting rid of the Flat DT cranks, I just always noticed they were available no matter where I went. I stopped by BPS in Tennessee a couple weeks ago and they didn't even have any in stock. That is what sent the red flag up for me. My local Dicks Sporting Goods always had them in stock, not a single one can be found at any of the Dicks I have been to. Something is up, just not sure what it is yet. If I find some I'm probably going to buy all I can just in case. This would be so like Rapala to do something like this, just like several other great baits they have made only to be discontinued.

I have looked everywhere for the Flat 7's and just can't seem to find them. Did I miss some bit of info that Rapala was discontinuing this model of crank?

Some of you guys have been posting just ridiculously great photos. I enjoy looking at this thread everyday. Keep it up!