Olebiker

He's from North Florida. That's just the kind of stuff good ol' Crackers do down here.

Yeah, but what was his horse's name? What was Roy Rogers' horse's name and his dog's name? Dale Evans' horse? Robert E. Lee's horse?

I use a Browning spinnerbait wallet from BPS: http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_74099_100011010_100000000_100011000_100-11-10 I have gone through 3 or 4 hard boxes and have found this to be the best, most compact way to store spinnerbaits. For buzzboaits, though, I don't thing you can beat the Falcom buzzbait wallet.

I really don't need the 4X4. I think that the 4X4 requires the six cylinder.

Did you bring any Dixie beer?

I do not have an engineering mind so I thought you guys might help me out with some understanding of horsepower and torque. In about six months I am going to get a new truck. It will be a Ford Ranger. I am currently driving a 1999 Mazda pickup with a four cylinder engine. I tow a 17 foot Bass Tracker and the four cylinder truck does OK except that it is awfully lethargic getting up to speed when getting on the interstate. The Ranger comes with a four cylinder which makes 143 HP and 154 foot pounds of torque. The 3.0 liter 6 has only 5 more hp, but 180 foot pounds of touque. Is that increase in torque going to help me get on the interstate quicker? I don't want to go to the 4.0 liter 6 cylinder if I can avoid it.

I love those custom built, regularly spaced moguls. You want to feel old? Wait until you go to confession to a priest that is younger than your children.

That is what fishing is, or should be, all about. I love it.

And here I was feeling really good about the $55 Falcon Low Rider I got at Sportsman's Warehouse yesterday. I love Falcon rods.

I hook up the boat the night before and have everything ready so that I just have to pull the cover off the boat, load the rods, cooler and tackle bag, grab a bagel and coffee and hit the road. I don't shave on the mornings that I am going fishing. That way SWMBO is relatively confident that I am not actually out tomcatting. I am on the lake a bit before daylight, but my home lake is so stumpy that I am afraid to run the big motor until after daylight. I love being on the water at daylight, but I will admit that I really don't catch all that many fish early.

Glad you found us. Did you bring beer?

I will be waiting until after the press conference this Friday when he announces he is going with Stewart and who his sponsor is. I hope it is not UPS, that will be a boring paint scheme for a golf cart I read this morning that he will be driving the Number 4 car. They are still working on sponsorship deals.

I wouldn't try that Ryan Newman #12 paint job until you seewhere he is going to be next year.

You're going to love it here. It's a whole lot like Kentucky. . . only warmer.

No need to name a dog like that. He can't come when you call him anyway.

Not me, but that might be because Edwards came in 9th at the Glen. ;D Doh!!! I sat here and typed Watkins Glen all the time thinking Pocono. Getting old really sucks.

NASCAR needs to get back to its roots: STOCK car racing. The cars need to be production models that have added safety measures. What we have now is a bastardized version of IROC. I miss the old "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" mentality that was good for the American car industry. Who is going to go out and buy a Ford Fusion based on Carl Edwards' win at Watkins Glen?

Did you call on the 12 foot Topper today?

Now, don't be hating on Avid's sunglasses. Those things are required for all Florida retirees.

A buddy of mine got into a fight in a bar in Louisville years ago when someone said Johnny Paycheck was a made up name.

Bear with me folks. I can't fish this weekend and I am feeling a little cranky. Does anyone besides me want to stuff a tournament shirt in the mouth of that dweeb that hosts the BASS weigh-ins? I just want to shake him and explain to him, and BASS, that people come to see the fishermen and their fish, not listen to some goofy guy try to create some false sense of anticipation. They have turned the weigh-ins into something akin to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?"

I've read a lot of reviews that complain of the baits filling with water. Anyone seem to have that problem?

I have been in Florida 19 years and have only been approached by a game warden (locally known as the mullet police) twice. Both times were this year and by two different wardens. Both were polite, respectful and helpful. Here's a good idea I picked up on BR: Program your local game warden's telephone number into your cell phone so you can report game violations.

After all these years of living in Florida I still get tickled at Floridians talking about their ranches. I was always under the impression that a ranch implied the use of open range for grazing.

I think Berkley has deeper pockets that Loomis.