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Lund 1775 Adventure V-hull aluminum multi-species boat with 90 HP mercury 4-stroke. Pros: Excellent storage and layout Super quick hole-shot, handles rough water well Wife likes the flip-up seats, very comfy Like @A-Jay, easy to launch and recover solo Fits in the garage without using the swing-away tongue Lund factory boat cover is really slick...easy on and off, trailers well Waited a long time for the Ulterra -- spot-lock and auto-pilot are game changers for me Networked Helis 9's and Ulterra are great...cruise around...mark waypoint...drop Ulterra and tell it to "navigate to waypoint"...takes me there, then automatically spot-locks. Handles bass, walleye, Musky, panfish... Cons: Rod locker can only hold 7'4" max Lots of open cubbies...would rather have doors on storage I was hoping for 40+ MPH...only can manage 39.5 MPH with the stock 4 blade prop (HA!)

@gimruis, yep, I have met a few here in Nebraska as well. And have met a few die-hard Musky fishermen. I like chasing Bass, pike, Musky, and panfish...love to cast and retrieve, and move around the water.

@The Barongreat timing, I was thinking about the C-rig the other day! There are quite a few techniques I have not used lately: Rattle-Trap, C-Rig, Floaty-worm, Slug-Go, deep cranks, craw, french-fry. I'm sure the list will grow...need to dig back through my 30+ years of fishing logs to see what I'm forgetting(!)

@gimruis this is good information! Thank you! Brother and I are headed to Slim's Cabin's (not exactly sure where in Canada), to chase pike, walleye and whatnot. We will definitely be bringing a good supply of Gulp!!

@gimruis, great points. I've heard rumors of gulp minnows and worms working for walleye. It's just soo hard for me to fish with live-bait, or even walleye fish...boring(!) My parents shared a cabin with grandparents, aunt/uncle on the Platte River. We would use set-lines in the river, with minnows, to catch catfish. Sometimes my uncle would use stink-bait on a bait-caster to fish for cats...throw it out...light up a Camel, crack a beer...and wait. Bored me to death! I much preferred heading back to the sandpit and casting my beetle-spins, Panther Martin, Mepps over and over again, trying to catch a Crappie, or Bluegill. I have college buddies who are hard-core walleye fishermen...they love nothing better than jig and a minnow, or bottom bouncing, or pulling cranks trying to catch "eyes."

@MickD & @gimruis, yep, live bait is a pain in the tail. There is a bait shop in the middle of Omaha that is open 24/7/365. Guy runs out of his garage...open access, honor system. He's got minnows, goldfish, shiners, crawlers, and I think leeches as well. My brother fishes live-bait a lot...he started a non profit to help get kids from fatherless and underprivileged families fishing...sets them up with live bait and slays crappie and bluegill. And he has gotten in to walleye fishing more. Bad back and wrists...it's easier for him to bottom bounce and live-bait vs. pounding the water with lures all day. We take my 82 year old Dad to South Dakota to chase walleyes and smallies...and primarily use live-bait.

Dogma: a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. What say you? I'll go first... Never leave fish in order to find fish Braid is better than mono, and fluorocarbon (there, I said it!) First light = top water There is absolutely no replacement for time on the water A closed tackle box is a happy tackle box! When the big motor is running, the PFD is always on...and so is the kill switch 90% of the fish are in 10% of the water T-rigged worm will always put fish in the boat Jitterbug is the greatest top-water lure ever When all else fails...green pumpkin

@33oldtimer you are good to go! I have a few spinning rods, from medium-light to medium-heavy...all spooled with 10lb braid, then 8 or 10lb fluoro leader. I throw a ton of different baits -- cranks, squarebills, spinnerbaits, NED, swim baits, t-rigged plastics, jerkbaits, drop shot, senkos, rattle traps. About the only thing that gets casting rod exclusively is big jig-n-pigs, frogs, or buzz-baits. Everything else is fair game for my spinning rod set ups. Good luck!!

Have a bunch of Bill Lewis Rattle-Traps, but have not thrown them in a while. I really need to break them out again! Looking back through old fishing logs...I have achieved good success running them down rip-rap early in the morning. When fish hit the trap...they HIT it! Even caught a Musky on a chrome-blue 1/2 oz. trap back in the day.

I am with you @A-Jay, right handed retrieve with casting gear, left handed retrieve with spinning gear. Most of the time it's a two handed cast...unless running really light spinning gear. I think my tendency dates back to the Zebco 33 right handed retrieve, and Mitchell 300 spinning reel left handed retrieve. Back then there was no option to switch handle to other side. You just made due. Unintended consequence: when my right hand gets tired...switch to spinning gear and a left hand retrieve : )

@Deephaven, base layer is under armor cold gear, then one or two long-sleeve poly layers. Fleece as mid-layer. Outer-layer is Gore-Tex | Thinsulate deer hunting parka and bibs. Does well.

Yep, my buddy used to pull 5th wheel hay trailer with his 2005 Duramax (rated at ~14k). I think he said rough calculation on the hay trailer, fully loaded, was around 30k. Granted, he was pulling hay from his pasture to farm, on gravel roads...and needed LOTS of room to slow down / stop. Getting the load going is not the problem...stopping is! My old 2500HD had the 8.1 Big Block. The put the same engine-transmission in medium duty trucks that were rated to pull 35k+ My truck was rated for 13k. It's suspension, brakes, etc. that determines ratings. You can pull anything you want...but if you get in an accident...insurance company and lawyers are going to look long and hard at your vehicle, tow rating, trailer, etc., etc.

Fished yesterday in Eastern Nebraska...atmosphere temps in the lower 40's...water temps were...wait for it 49 to 50 degrees(!). Two bass decided to take my flat sided crankbait. I did not fish today...it was 23 degrees with NNW wind blowing from 25-35 MPH. Dang!

@BayouSlide, agree 100%. Youtube guy (The Farm Project), did a comparison, and Lucas Red & Tacky was top rated. I use it on everything.

@throttleplate excellent advice!!

Welcome @kisu!

@new2BC4bass condolences on your loss. Sadness. @throttleplate strong work with tackle storage! This is something I struggle with, and yet excel at. Daughter's call it my "-tism" -- HA! I like to call it organization skills / obsession to maximize available storage space / utilization of resources.

My casting rod arsenal looks like this...the Cabela's and Berkeley rods are all ~30 years old. Recently I added a Scheels and two BPS Musky rods (in gray). Honestly, the medium-heavy rods can handle anything LMB related. The heavy rods are really stout.

Really sounds like the pond I scored my PR LMB back in the 1990's. You could probably throw pretty much anything and get bit! My PR came on a rainbow trout colored Slug-Go rigged weightless. Just twitching and jerking near trees...BAM! What a rush! Enjoy, and post pictures!!

@A-Jay most EXCELLENT!

Try raising your motor. Brother showed me that the motor was blocking some of the signal on side imaging.

@TcRoc, you got her fixed...that's all that really matters! Nice work!

I have had a heck of a time dialing in my Helix 9 G4N. Out last weekend... Baitfish on the side view...correct?

I'm with @Bird....all my spinning gear is 10lb bright yellow braid, mated with fluoro leaders (8 and 10lb, as needed). Visibility on lakes near me ranges from 1-3' max. All my casting gear is straight braid.

@gimruis, yes, it has swing-away tongue. When I position the boat right, it's not needed.