Everything posted by E-rude dude
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Which style of Jig?
I prefer Santone and Dirty jigs http://www.santonelures.com/store/store_product_detail.cfm?Product_ID=3&Category_ID=4 https://dirtyjigstackle.com/products.php?cat=47 you can skip them, swim them, bottom bounce them.
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Who Carries Daily.....and What Do You Carry...and Why..?
Glock 43x Its ok. Not very easy to conceal. I only carry it when I feel it’s necessary.
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electrical problem?
Somebody direct wired the dash and who knows what else. Or you have a mess of corroded wires crossing paths. The above suggestion is a good one. It could be simple or it could take a lot of time to find it.
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Colorado Trout fishing
Hey guys I’m leaving for Breckinridge Co on Monday. Family reunion for my wife’s family. We rented a house. Blue River is close. I’m going to fish for fun in the mornings. I read the Colorado Regs but don’t really know the boundaries at all. As best I can decipher it’s artificial only and catch and release on certain parts. Which is fine I’m just out there to have fun. I’m packing an ultra lite and lite rod with 2000 spinning reels with 4 lb flouro. I have some Kastmaster spoons, rooster tails, ultra light spinner baits, marabou jigs, and trout size swim baits. Any and all advice about regs is appreciated. It’s been 40 years since I waded a trout stream.
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When do you favor a popper?
Summer deep suspended bass just after sunrise or just before sunset
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Sturgeon Bay ate a couple of Nitro's
Some big boulders shallow around Snake Island. And they come up real fast if your not watching the gps/depth. Wouldn’t be the first time someone ran aground in the bays south of Sturgeon.
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Snell better for wacky?
Yes run the line thru the front of the eye first. It does give you some leverage and you find you hook them in the upper mouth more. Straight shank hooks work better but they need to be long shank.
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When using medium to deep diving crankbaits do you use a snap? Or snap swivel ? Do you just tie directly to the bait?
Either tie directly to the split ring or remove the split ring and tie directly to the bait with a Rapala knot.
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General life expectancy of spooled line?
When it kinks, frays, or starts giving me problems. Which is about once a year.
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Cheap Vs. Expensive Spinnerbaits.
Buy what you can afford Also I think too much is made of a spinner bait running “true”. All the Pros say let it pause or give it a rod twitch to entice bass to bite. If that’s when they bite isn’t the bait off center for that instance and would it not take a turn or 2 of the reel to right itself? Just my 2 cents
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Got a hook to the knee out in the kayak. Learned a lesson
I caught a 42” northern pike on a super shad rad. Went to unhook it and the pike thrashed. I took a treble between the thumb and pointer finger. Right in the webbing of skin and flesh. I spent the next 5-10 minutes trying to stop the fish from thrashing and trying to cut the hook with side cutters. Eventually the pike thrashed so much the hook went all the way though. Being half in and half out of the water the pike finally calmed down and I was able to release it. Not sure it made it though. Cut the barb on the hook and pulled it out. My hand bleed a lot. Still kept fishing though. Lucky no real damage was done. Hurt like heck though.
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weeks of rain, now what?
Zona did a show about this. He went shallow, very shallow.
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Fishing Alone
I get the being alone too. Still enjoy when the wife comes along though. I’m sure I do things that make her crazy too. She just doesn’t say anything.
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Pitching. I’m getting there.
Go pro your first cast from the kayak standing please?
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Noting lure weights
Yep if you fish them enough you can tell by how far you pitch them also?
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New Ranger RT178 - 3 recalls already!
So Ranger made a mistake, admitted they made a mistake, made you aware they made a mistake, and is paying to correct the mistake. But somehow this is wrong? p.s. Ranger does not manufacture Mercury motors.
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Help Me Understand How My Boat's Planing
Setting up a motor and prop is time consuming and takes patience. I would only lift the motor on hole at a time. Try it out then decide to go up or not.
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Prop question
Lift your motor one hole then report back ?
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Boat slow to plane out
Your in 2 prop territory like was mentioned above. I use one for me and one for a guest appearance. I have a 115 hp also. Smaller motors need help.
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My tow vehicle hits me.
Crawl under the vehicle and unplug the sensor or install a plug.
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Prop question
You can get it in half pitch sizes now to really tune in performance. https://www.boatpropellerwarehouse.com/category/8128/spitfire-x7 They are putting 115 command thrust on bass boats turning 23-24 pitch props. You just have to get the right one. It takes trials.
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What to do about fuel pump nozzle for oil after oil pump delete?
This^^^
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Buzz Baits : Toad vs. Skirt ?
Until I watch Ott DeFoe put a toad on a buzzbait I didn’t know it was a big thing. Boy is it ever. You can launch that bait a mile.
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Fish activity during heatwave.
I look for shade that’s where they will be. Docks, lay downs, weeds, etc fish the edges and the holes
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The key to catching bigger bass
Big Bass in WI inland lakes is anything over 4lbs. Jigs andvdocks is what I wait for all year long July and August. So hard to fish slow up here with our weedy lakes.