Diablos

Went back to Cook Pond Fall River yesterday and had my best day this year so far. Water was 70.4 degrees. Started throwing buzzbaits just after 6am and had 3 fish in the first 15-20 casts. As I started approaching lily pads I switched over to frogs and continued to get blowups but missed a lot more fish. The top water bite tapered off around 8am then I started dragging a Zoom lizard in black/emerald with a 1/2 tungsten bullet head. All I did was drag it with no other movement and the fish were taking it like crazy. From 8-10am I picked up another 12 fish anywhere from 10-15 inches with a 3.8 lunker for the day. I was off the water at 10:45am to attend Memorial Day activities.

I don't know what kind of boat you have but when that happened to my boat I had to pull the whole floor off to get to the bolts at the bottom of the base. I installed a whole new base. Try Marvel Mystery Oil then put ice bags around the pedestal so it retracts and see if that helps loosen it up.

I'm pretty sure Triton has a few aluminum bass boats under 10K.

Fished Ashumet on Saturday. Water was 64. One small fish. Fished Cook Pond Fall River Sunday. Water was 67. No fish on the beds I saw. Caught plenty of fish like Tate. Zoom horny toads in lily pads and trick worms over mossy grass.

Being from Mass and working in the fishing industry since I was 16, I constantly hear rumors that Charlie Moore is a lousy self centered person. He dropped a lawsuit on a tackle shop when they named themselves Mad Fish Outfitters and had to change their name to Bad Fish Outfitters. I personally don't know the guy but I don't think he is funny at all. I just don't like loud, close-talkers aka the raincoats.

Shimano makes a nice water/boat shoe called the Evair. I wear the Bimini Bay Marlin deck shoes which is basically a knockoff.

teaching people how to fish based on reading and understanding your sonar.

I always have a wacky rigged Senko on a rod. I refuse to go home skunked.

In the 6 years I've owned my boat, I've used Everstart(Walmart), Interstate and Diehard. The Diehard batteries were my most reliable at just over $100. I dropped down to a group 24 battery for my trolling motor and the Diehard preformed better them my group 27 Interstate.

You can try NADA for a place to start.

I'll be honest with you. I've never done much research on Quinsig due to the fact I always thought there was either a 20hp or 25hp limit. You learn something new everyday. I am still going to fish Flint pond because I always assumed it was treated as a different body of water with different rules.

I've put about 20hours on the water so far. Same pond. 19 fish 12"+ 1 4lb'er tons of dinks

I have a v hull with very limited storage so I purchased the best tackle bag I could get. Plano Hydro-Flo I must say this is the best tackle bag I've ever seen. The quality is top notch and durable. In the garage, I just use the plastic drawers that college kids use from wal-mart

I went out yesterday afternoon letting the water warm up and was able to pull 11 fish on topwaters and when the sun cast a shadow on the western shore, I was able to pick up fish on a Yuki bug/shakey head combo. They were tight on brush piles in 4-6ft of water. Nothing big but at least it kept me busy. I fished from 3:30 -7:30pm

I just fish really stained water so I can't tell if they came off a bed.

I'm a little confused. Are we talking about a lake that is private and only contains summer homes with some sort of association enforcing rules or man made pond that is stocked?

I am fortunate enough to have in-laws with a house on a private lake and always enjoy fishing there. I don't think anyone here would decline a chance to fish a low-pressured hole.

My lower unit usually does a good job.

My only spin rig is my senko set-up( 6'6" custom MHX with Stradic CI4 2500) I use it for skipping Senkos wacky under tree overhangs and docks.

3148 miles The distance UPS will travel getting from TW to my house.

For regular football heads I use Revenge and for shake-e I use either the Strike King or Picaso

It took me a couple of years to learn how to pitch with confidence. I can now pitch with both left and right hands with tension turned completely off. I can only flip with my right hand though. Practice, practice I find myself pitching almost all the time I make any cast less than 10 yards now.

How's Santuit for launching a v-hull boat?

Tubes and drop shotting

Thanks for the info guys. I like to drive to boat ramps before I actually fish to see if launching is feasible. I will drive to Flint on Friday evening to see the ramp condition. If there is one boat that doesn't do well on shallow ramps, it's mine.