Darth-Baiter

keep it off Bottom? didnt the OP mention "crawling" it past the fish. and he is holding a pic of an actual fish. I would deduce it works okay on the bottom as well.

super easy to go to google earth pro, pull up structure, and transfer that to Navionics. no need to go back with the dog . haha..I found the stump, using historic images, and plunked it onto my phone app. I got this.

hahahahhahah

two words... yoga videos. learn a few back stretches. better if you watch a dude demonstrate the back stretches...the lady videos are titillating. and you'll keep getting them popping up in your YouTube feed. hahah

I love the place, but am a quick visitor. I go in, blow up ("don't go in there!")the spotlessly clean bathroom, wash hands, grab a bbq pork sandwich or two, a bag of the original bucce-bites, and maybe 10 bags of ice and get the heck out of there. it is full contact sport in there, and with people wearing short shorts too small, with T-shirts too big. :D. I am a losing bet. last time I was there, I saw a help wanted sign. a store manager makes $140k a year..not bad for the area I was in.

my dog is a jerk to other dogs. so he plays solo. I have been watching this story, and it really will affect if I go to Taiwan with the wife or not, this spring. I'll stay home to keep him home with me, solo.

hahaha...I am positive I didnt say anything outloud!:D my wife was cool, but I tend to really try to keep her happy...Me, I can tolerate some suffering..but, you know.

I wish I could do that. that is the first No-No for storing a Hobie according to the owners manual. our handles are flimsy.

ohh...jogging on a muddy lake bed is cause for sore legs and sore back. oooooh. I am going back soon, before the lake fills up. there are some juicy stumps I need to waypoint. tempted to hand carry my fish finder, hahah.. that way I don't have to transfer the point from my phone to the fish finder which takes NASA level encryption skills. (apparently) my dog only this time.

My wife and I wanted to hang out. So we packed up the dog and we went exploring. I tried to get to a secret spillway, but some agency apparently owns the area and their gates and signs warned us off. Mission failure trying to get to a possible free kayak beach launch. And double fail, not getting to a spillway. I took my wife to my high/dry usual launch and there were people riding horses out on the dry portion of the lake. I could see my favorite cover up on the dry lake. I cinched up my boots and jogged out there. Using my phone and my navionics app, I marked some channels. I tried to get to some stumps but it started getting wet. I was making a mess. I need to get at the stumps from the tiger side. still fun. My dog had a blast. I then headed to a small hidden lake. Totally unfishable. Fenced off. I got to the smaller spillway tho. I pitched in a Tex rigged SENKO and let it sink. A couple of cast in, I got smashed but lost the mystery fish. A few more fruitless cast and I jogged back to the truck where my wife was waiting. We trudge down the road and I check out a third lake. Big flat shallow lake. Needs more research but the lake is free. No launch fees. I was shocked where all the stumps were in lake #1. I only fished the southern end. I never knew the old cut down forest went further north. I git great intel. Literally “boots on the ground”. Fun hiking around w the family.

I tried. Lady was at least polite. Haha.

I bought a Newport Vessels NK180. I elected to not to with the 300, because I really am not in that big of a hurry (in life). I fin-kick/pedal @ 3.5mph fairly well, and if I can find a setting where I can go 4mph, while assisting with the pedals, I will be a happy dude. truth be told, I don't know why I went with Newport and not the Torquedo. I think I wanted to choose my own battery. it really is a hail-mary at this point. I just want to go farther, and I think I can with my pedals - but the redundancy safety can't be ignored. my pedal drive has been moving me around for 2 years. paddling back, if I have a drive failure feels so archaic and tiring.. bleechh. EDIT. just noticed it is even $50 cheaper today. ARGH!!!

I just use the reels. I have never ever thought the knob felt weird or small.

they sound awesome in flight!! I hunted them in Lubbock Tx, and it was awe inspiring. they are yummy.

that is one heck of an upgrade!!! wow!!! nicely done.

hahahah..... I just reverse snorted hot coffee out my nose...hahahhahaha

I’m a kayaker. The KING of limitations:)

i think lighter than most. 5-6. she doenst have that giant head.. ah...i dont know. i have taken plenty like that and sadly they seem to be 5-6.

indeed!!! have fun everyone. two words: stretchy pants.

i thought about my reply. it might need an amendment. i dont know who i will be when i retire. 3-6 years. i might become a lazy Dick. hahahha. or health issues that slow me the heck down. dunno. i do know this. i will finish my projects 100%. might take me longer, but i;ll get done. i wont leave headaches for whoever follows me. that is my rub. i am taking over for a dude retiring in a month. i keep looking at what he needs to get done, and the list isnt shrinking. i have to keep my own area, that i spit shined into a shining turd happily humming along (took me 2 years to clean it up) and then take on his new brand new turd. i think i got the assignment because i got my area done! he had some stuff languishing for a year, and i made 5 phone calls, and poof!! the got fixed. 3 days, it took me 3 days. i'm screwed. i may have to find a new position within my organization. i bet my temp area becomes my permanent area..unless i totally choke it and drop, burn, lose, the ball. before you all label the old man lazy. he was in a horrific work accident at work. three passengers and only he survived. we lost 2 coworkers that day. i think i was just hired. the guy got surgery after surgery and a decade of PT. i think he is in daily bad pain. i get it. it is why he is retiring in the first place. chronic unescapable pain would deflate my work ethics 100%. i get it.

You get a pass. The

slow rolling is all I do. burning it usually causes my spinnerbait to lean to the side.

so in summary, the rules require a full blown bass boat.

I'm asking for other. I know I what would do. full throttle. if I can't, I retire earlier. I want to be missed when I go, instead of everyone glad I am gone. hahaha.

..or do you do the slow-down. ? quit caring?