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I feel your pain. I thought I would never have a boat. While I lost my employment, I was fortunate enough to be bought out > Ford Motor Co. After getting some debt cleaned up, I was not able to get a NEW boat. I did find one that was a showroom left over with 1 owner who traded back immediatly for a bigger boat. Still, without the buyout, Davey boy would not have a boat! THANK YOU LORD!!!!! The main thing I would say is Look for and buy a boat you REALLY WANT! I shopped for 4 months online and around the area for new and used rigs. And YES the best deals are in winter but the most available boats are in spring and early summer (When the big guys get a NEW BOAT ) They ARE out there. DO NOT SETTLE for anything that is not what you really want!!! Here is a good link to some perty nice preowned boats... http://stlouis.craigslist.org/ scroll to boats and click... http://stlouis.craigslist.org/boa/ Mind this is the St Louis page, just enter your city and browse. Please understand that I know you do not have cash in hand, and I HOPE and PRAY you will be blessed with a rightious boat, but if you live on pages like this you will be MUCH educated on what folks are asking and if it is fair. For this to work you must understand NEW boat pricing, as well as dealer USED boat pricing. http://www.nadaguides.com/SectionHome.aspx?l=1&w=24&p=0&f=5601&DNAid=12879,8,192599,4176805,365035419,1180888150,boat%20blue%20book&aid=75276&iid=56865&nozip=1 > You can compare your findings here. Also consider your expense of use and upgrade (bringing it to your liking with add ons) I hope this helped, and I hope you will find a nice boat within your means. Dave

Nice, Very Nice!

This is a great bait. I have had trouble with hook set tho. Recently a fella out at the river while we were snaggin told us to STOMP on the heads. Said it made em crazy HE WAS RIGHT! Now we stomp em 2-3 times till juices are lterally oozing out. ( If yout in the boat, an old pliers works as well ) String em on the hook like a night crawler. They bait easy and do stay on. And using them this way allows you to use larger 'MORSELS" ;D We have like tripled our hooksets and catches. Our catches now are CONSIDERABLY bigger then ever before. Just 2 weeks back my fishin partner took a 46" Flathead out of Baldwin Lake. That after myself taking 5 fish with a combined weight of 33lbs > One was a 14lb Bluecat. And this at Coffeen so it works in many lakes as we have found. Something about smashing them...releases enzymes or some such I guess. All I do know is IT WORKS! Give it a try > You'll be glad ya did!

:)Grats! First boats are a lil like first loves. ENJOY! Dave

Very Nice for a first fish. LOL mine was a small drum :

Power Bait, Salmon Eggs, Night Crawlers. I have alot of luck with in line spinners, mepps, roostertails, and woolyboogers! Dave

Yeah alot of lakes by me have 25hp limits and run tourney's. I have the 50 now so I am waiting on parts to finish converting my 9.9 to fish Coffeen (in specific) and the strip pits > I can't wait! Now consider Youngangler13, that if you find these lakes there WILL be some of the big guys show up with 275-300hp engines that they can't use > They will be running only electrics!!!! I have a vision of Youngangler and his partner BLASTING past high dollar boats that can only use the TM! GL with your boat, anything beats a blank and upgrades are sure to come lil brother!!!!! Dave

OMGoodness! LOL That is priceless! ;D

I think it would definatley be more comfortable on the back. I know I am sore as get out sometimes from the "Leaning". Check out this thread. http://www.bassresource.com/bass_fishing_forums/YaBB.pl?num=1172115652/0 A recess was installed. I want to have this done, but my dealer tells me it will get into the front supports of my Triton 1650SC. Good Luck with yours! Dave

EXACTLY. Plexi Glass and Glue. You can make it any size or shape ya desire. My buddy runs his like this. Stays put and still relativley light to handle.

I have caught an 18 pound Blue Cat on a parakeet crank bait. Several Channels as a kid on beetle spins. I hear they catch alot of Channels and Flat heads at baldwin on various lures. Stands to reason, if they are hungry, I mean they eat live fish as well.

Fishing alone is nice, but yeah it is nice to have your buddy along. Here is a thought... When you are fishing alone and the MAN wants to see your throwable...(Make sure you have it first...) But if ya wanna get a lil rise outta him > Ask him who would throw it to you if you fell in???

All this talk about Ducks and a Geese... Well I am originally from St Louis. On dog days we would fish for carp at Carondolet Park. One morning this guy comes down, rigs his rod, then studies a group of ducks. 2 cast later he hangs one, man what a fight. He pulls the duck up, snaps his neck, and smiling heads for the car. Hahahaha What a way to get a duck dinner.

You did the right thing! If people have no conscious, then it is nothing more then stooping to their level! Ozarkie is wise in his action IMHO!!! Example...I don't wish to change thread, but make a point. If you have no sense of "HUMILITY" then you simply care not for your fellows! On one of my maiden voyages, as pulling into the ramp dock (It was VERY windy) I nearly bumped my boat into a guys new boat. I asked my son to arm out and stop us from bumping. All was good in the end, but you could see in his face "Dang dude, awful close to my rig!" I felt SMALL, BUT I was upfront to apologize for my INEXPERIENCE! I believe that if I had said nothing, He WOULD have! My point? Be humble and expect the same, but remember as ole Ron White states... YOU CAN"T FIX STUPID! Not with a fight, they will heal and be the same! I'd bet 9 times out of 10 that massive stupidity is most always accompinied by MASSIVE ARROGANCE!!!