Darth-Baiter

quick story. I was maybe mid 20's. I saved my money up and booked a trip to Lake Huites, in Mexico. my brother and I went. he just became a rookie cop and he blew his first few paychecks on the trip. I am not sure how I paid for my half. I was waiting tables. anyways. we showed up unprepared. a bunch of bass pro lower $ combos and ugly sticks in our shared Bazooka rod tube. crankbaits, and stuff. we got this rookie guide (loved him). and we skunked the first day. we got back to the lodge totally crestfallen. I heard the guide tell the main guide we skunked. "nada" is pretty easy to understand in Spanish. the other fisherman CLEANED UP. stories of 100's of hits. two guys took us aside and asked us how we were fishing. we give them the details, and they stopped us. "no guys. Motor Oil worms." there were 8 of them, and they pooled their resources and gave us hooks, sinkers, and worms. we raided the lodge bait shop as well. they took us out on the lawn and showed us how to work the worm. changed my life. got me thinking. I rarely hear of that color anymore. I looked for a bag the other day. online pictures, it is like clean motor oil - orange yellowish. I remember it being more dark, like 1000 mile old motor oil in a new car. call it light cola color. is my memory tainted? or did they change motor oil the color? I really want a bag to try for nostalgia's sake. not sure I have ever seen a bag of motor oil worms here locally.

hahah..I usually see an entire family at the ramp pumping up stand up paddleboards. I never say anything because my buddy will always stomp over there first.

I have the arm muscles developed from decades of office work (<--sarcasm here). I can EASILY hork my Hobie Kayak into the back of my Tacoma. I use the Boomdoxs bed extender. it allows me to lift my kayak with my arms straight out in front of me, elbows bent, load kept in front close to minimize the cantilever load on arms and back - and I step in between the boondox and lowered tailgate, pivoting the kayak onto the bed extender. I feel it is the twisting of my lower back to turn my kayak onto the tailgate without the bed extender that is the risky move. no issues if I keep the load in front of me CLOSE. my friend has a bad sciatica and I sometime lift his Pro-Angler into his truck for him. it is noticeable how much heavier it is. he doesnt use a bed extender, so I am very careful how I twist. get a bed extender.

wow. I have two packs. I truly haven't used them this year. maybe tomorrow.

I try to remain calm. chances are it will be my only encounter with the perpetrator and I'll never see that person again. I was enjoying tranquility and all the good stuff, in a really peaceful cove. just working counter clockwise around an island. a smaller bass boat comes in hot and shuts the motor off as he gets 40 yards from me. a bass boat plowing to a stop sends a pretty good wake out for us kayakers. he drops his trolling motor and starts moving counter clockwise. I got a fish and I might have said, "dont come off bass!" louder than I needed to. he asked me what I got it on. I replied, "I got it with etiquette and courtesy". not sure he understood, but I worked clockwise and got 4 more around the corner. sure enough, I never saw him again. fishing is fun. arguing is the opposite of fun. forget it.

I put the butt of rods in passenger footwell and run the tips to the back corner of the drivers side. 7’3” rods. This is in my access cab Tacoma. Much smaller than a 4-door crew cab truck. all bets are off if I carry a passenger.

I should have found a synonym for “rub”. you all are dirty.

i'd quit oysters too. you didnt lose anything? they arrested it i guess, right?

easy. it wasnt for me. he loves it. (i think i stated that) he loves the horizontal rod holders, he loves that he can do a trolling motor with spot lock, and he can put a sliding drawer under his seat. i only have my opinion and its based on weight and speed mostly. too heavy, too nose heavy. but there is no denying that it is stable beyond anything i own. i found it too slow and manuevered too wide. i think he upgrade his rudder. he is better in wind by a mile. my bias is based on my first kayak, the Compass. it's just the style of kayak fishing i like. i dont need a floating boat dock. me not liking it at all doenst make it NOT a great kayak for somebody. my opinion is pretty much my own.

you dont even trim them down for jigs and stuff?

i would pee on a sparkplug if i thought it would help...

i use a silicon tube to wacky my senkos. i dont use the clamp, but just thread the worm on. as it slides on, it plows the salt up and really dulls and lightens the worm. bass kill it. when i tex rig them, i try to rub them, but my soft office worker fingers dont do the same job. my zoom worms, i rub to get the grit up. am i wasting my time?

the proangler is a great boat. set up time is the same usually. my friends and i are on the water at the same time. well, now he has a motor so i am casting already when he motors up, and i am driving away while he is still messing with things. if your truck isnt jacked up high, loading it is cake. you tilt it up while its on the cart, and schooch it in. the yank cord reverse is fine. i am so fast with it. i can motor thru significant weeds while any prop guy is tangled up. my kayak turns on a dime, so i tend to do tiny circles instead of using reverse. and super shallow water, you can do this shuffle kick where the fins are up tight against the boat and still move along at an okay clip. that is not happeing with a prop drive. i took my friends ProAngler 12 360 out and i hated it. it was so cumbersome, and slow. it felt like it was nose heavy and i was leaning forward all the time. he loves it. as do a lot of people. he cant go to all the places i can, like get a friend to help me lift my kayak over a cattle fence. the PA it aint happening.

i love them. i am lucky to live in Northern CA, where they are abundant. i do realize it has a Russian Roulette feel to them. one bad oyster and you are effed. hahah..i wont eat them if my spidey senses go off. for that, i found it was best to learn how to shuck them myself.

gospel. this translates across the spectrum for me. it applies to everything.

i am 99% using Senko #925, i buy three sizes and keep things simple. the other 1% is me burning the leftovers i bought before.

i think i am going to go with a manual set up. very nice. it even has a clip to attach the pole when not in use. i can take it on and off for times i fish deep or fish shallow. thanks.

sympathy pains friend..sympathy pains. gah!

so sorry for your loss. dang!! just talked to my brother today about fishing. our thoughts go out to you.

dont forget to add a pinch of white powerbait to the hooks.

I haven't eaten one in a while. but I remember them being very delicious. firm fleshed fish. leche de tigre!! i ate a lot of Peruvian Ceviche in Cusco. I actually took a cooking course where they showed me that as on of their dishes. they got me at Cuy. I ate it and felt ripped off. hahah..what a tourist trap of a meal.

I'm with this guy^^^. I have a friend that moves his around in the garage on a furniture dolly he bought from harbor freight. he just moves it out onto his driveway to put on a kayak trailer and reverse. I bet he paid $10 for the dolly.

at the risk of angering the B-Monkey. you ever notice you dont see "you guys" and the B-Monkey together at the same time? curious!! that "favorite popper" thread got me bad. BAD!! Does not help that I might be getting addicted to a topwater bite badly. right now, I can quit anytime.

that diablo looks interesting. but its still 67 lbs. an Hobie Compass is the same weight.

i cant wait to get a hold of one or two of these. they would slam fish around here.