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Half time must be for young folks, it was lost time to me.

I like to be on the water just as I can make out where I am, about an hour before sunrise. As it takes me 30 minutes to get out of the house, the earliest I get up is about 03:30. Bed time doesn't really change though, I'm used to crashing about 9 regardless of when I'm getting up.

Thanks folks

Bummer. I probably put more strain on my rods pulling the canoe when snagged then I do catching fish, thanks for the warning.

Milwaukee makes an M18 7 1/4" worm drive saw.

Same, magic eraser sometime over the winter. If you do it every year it only takes a couple minutes.

Sorry to hear about Cobey.

Thanks Mr Aquarium, exactly what I needed. Are there craws in these muddy bottomed ponds?

Hi Folks Kind of a general MA question for you. I fish small weed bound ponds in the hill at the western end of the state. How can I determine what the bass normally feed on in a given body of water? I can see the bass fry mixed with a couple other types. I practice catch and release so I have no experience seeing what's in their stomachs.

Yup, King Oscar double layer in oil, been eating them since I was a kid.

I bought one for surf casting many years ago, I figured it was just a way to make them cheaper, instead of 18" of cork, but it might have been for weight savings.

Since retiring in 13 this is the 1st year we haven't traveled south in the winter, got the fever pretty bad. Been getting by buying tackle I don't need.

Started with ocean and small pond fishing somewhere around 10. Pretty much all salt water up till 20 or so years ago, so maybe 55 years total. When I first started all our reels were baitcasters, and I had no problems with em. Now I use only spinning and can't cast a baitcaster to save my life.

Do they work wet?

So much for that idea, got an email back. "Due to the volume of emails we receive, this email address is not monitored..."

Get-A-Grip cigar clip, side cutters, Coffee mug, Clif Bars, Towel, head lamp, and being in a canoe, a memory foam seat cushion.

Bummer, that's the only idea I had. I dropped the admins a link to this thread. There is a Contact Us link at the bottom of the pages.

Same as A-jay, had it happening last week +/-, but it's gone now. If no one pipes in with ideas... From past experience clearing one's cache can clear some odd forum related issues. Might be worth having 1 person try it and see.

I'd not go alone.

My oldest grandson, 15, tells me he's ready to do some fishing this year. Then he mentioned he just doesn't want to touch them. Think I'll hand him a container of worms.

No, but the copyright says they started in 1971. They are in Norwalk which is at the shore towards NYC. I imagine they specialize in saltwater.

Just checked, he dropped the bismuth for being too brittle. Tungsten it'll be.

Doesn't leave us a whole heck of a lot of options.

Thanks, saved me some $.

"Lead Sinkers, Lead Weights, and Lead Jigs Weighing Less Than an Ounce. Any sinker or weight made from lead that weighs less than 1 ounce, and any lead jig (meaning any lead-weighted hook) that weighs less than 1 ounce, is prohibited for use in all inland waters of the Commonwealth." I was thinking a spinnerbait might be a "lead-weighted hook", not that I've called anyone to check on it.